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34 U.S.C. § 20921

U.S. CodeFederal
National Sex Offender Registry
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/us/usc/t34/s20921
Title
34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Chapter
STII/CH209
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

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(a) InternetThe Attorney General shall maintain a national database at the Federal Bureau of Investigation for each sex offender and any other person required to register in a jurisdiction’s sex offender registry. The database shall be known as the National Sex Offender Registry. (b) Electronic forwardingThe Attorney General shall ensure (through the National Sex Offender Registry or otherwise) that updated information about a sex offender is immediately transmitted by electronic forwarding to all relevant jurisdictions. (Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 119, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 596.) Editorial Notes Codification Section was formerly classified to section 16919 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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