2010 Maine Code
TITLE 34-A: CORRECTIONS
Chapter 15: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION ACT OF 1999
34-A §11221. Maintenance of sex offender registry

Subchapter 2: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION HEADING: PL 1999, C. 437, §2 (NEW)

§11221. Maintenance of sex offender registry

1. Maintenance of registry. The bureau shall establish and maintain a registry of persons required to register pursuant to this subchapter. The registry must include the following information on each registrant:

A. The registrant's name, aliases, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight, eye color, mailing address and physical location of expected domicile and residence; [2005, c. 423, §9 (AMD).]

B. Place of employment and college or school being attended, if applicable, and the corresponding address and location; [2003, c. 371, §4 (AMD).]

C. Offense history; [1999, c. 437, §2 (NEW).]

D. Notation of any treatment received for a mental abnormality or personality disorder; [1999, c. 437, §2 (NEW).]

E. A photograph and set of fingerprints; [1999, c. 437, §2 (NEW).]

F. A description of the offense for which the registrant was convicted, the date of conviction and the sentence imposed; and [2003, c. 711, Pt. C, §17 (AMD); 2003, c. 711, Pt. D, §2 (AFF).]

G. Any other information the bureau determines important. [1999, c. 437, §2 (NEW).]

[ 2005, c. 423, §9 (AMD) .]

2. National or regional registry. The bureau is authorized to make the registry available to and accept files from a national or regional registry of registrants for the purpose of sharing information.

[ 2003, c. 711, Pt. C, §18 (AMD); 2003, c. 711, Pt. D, §2 (AFF) .]

3. Registration form. The bureau shall develop a standardized registration form to be made available to the appropriate reporting authorities and persons required to register.

[ 1999, c. 437, §2 (NEW) .]

4. Verification form. The bureau shall develop and mail a nonforwardable verification form to the last reported mailing address of each person required to meet the verification requirements of this chapter.

[ 1999, c. 437, §2 (NEW) .]

5. Sexually violent predator directory.

[ 2003, c. 371, §5 (RP) .]

6. Distribution of information to department and law enforcement agencies. The bureau shall distribute information described in subsection 1 to the department and law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over the address and location of the registrant's domicile, residence, place of employment and college or school being attended.

[ 2005, c. 423, §10 (AMD) .]

7. Rules.

[ 2005, c. 423, §11 (RP) .]

8. Criminal justice agency access to information. The bureau shall provide access to the information described in subsection 1 to criminal justice agencies. For purposes of this subsection, "criminal justice agency" has the same meaning as in Title 16, section 611, subsection 4.

[ 2003, c. 371, §7 (NEW) .]

9. Public access to information. The bureau shall provide information to the public as follows.

A. The bureau shall post on the Internet for public inspection the following information concerning a registrant:

(1) The registrant's name, date of birth and photograph;

(2) The registrant's city or town of domicile and residence;

(3) The registrant's place of employment and college or school being attended, if applicable, and the corresponding address and location; and

(4) The statutory citation and name of the offense for which the registrant was convicted. [2003, c. 711, Pt. C, §20 (AMD); 2003, c. 711, Pt. D, §2 (AFF).]

B. Upon receiving a written request that includes the name and date of birth of a registrant, the bureau shall provide the following information concerning a registrant to the requestor:

(1) The registrant's name, aliases, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight, eye color, mailing address and physical location of domicile and residence;

(2) The registrant's place of employment and college or school being attended, if applicable, and the corresponding address and location;

(3) A description of the offense for which the registrant was convicted, the date of conviction and the sentence imposed; and

(4) The registrant's photograph. [2005, c. 423, §12 (AMD).]

[ 2005, c. 423, §12 (AMD) .]

10. Registrant access to information. Pursuant to Title 16, section 620, the bureau shall provide all information described in subsection 1 to a registrant who requests that person's own information.

[ 2003, c. 711, Pt. C, §20 (AMD); 2003, c. 711, Pt. D, §2 (AFF) .]

11. Maintenance by bureau. Only the bureau is authorized to maintain a sex offender registry on the Internet for purposes of public access as described in subsection 9.

[ 2005, c. 545, §1 (AMD) .]

12. Law enforcement agency website. A law enforcement agency may maintain its own sex offender website and may make that information available for use by the public if:

A. A notice is prominently posted on the website that expressly states that the website is not the official state sex offender registry under subsection 1 and that the law enforcement agency posting the website is solely responsible for the website's content; [2005, c. 545, §2 (NEW).]

B. The website provides a link to the bureau's Internet sex offender registry under subsection 1; [2005, c. 545, §2 (NEW).]

C. The website contains information regarding only registrants who are domiciled, reside, attend college or school or work within the posting law enforcement agency's jurisdiction; and [2005, c. 545, §2 (NEW).]

D. The information on the website is updated by the law enforcement agency as frequently as available resources permit, but no less than every 7 days. The law enforcement agency shall also prominently post on the website the date and time of the most recent update to the website. [2005, c. 545, §2 (NEW).]

[ 2005, c. 545, §2 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1999, c. 437, §2 (NEW). 2003, c. 371, §§4-7 (AMD). 2003, c. 711, §§C17-20 (AMD). 2003, c. 711, §D2 (AFF). 2005, c. 423, §§9-13 (AMD). 2005, c. 545, §§1,2 (AMD).