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34 U.S.C. § 20925

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Development and availability of registry management and website software
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/us/usc/t34/s20925
Title
34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Chapter
STII/CH209
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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(a) Duty to develop and supportThe Attorney General shall, in consultation with the jurisdictions, develop and support software to enable jurisdictions to establish and operate uniform sex offender registries and Internet sites. (b) CriteriaThe software should facilitate—(1) immediate exchange of information among jurisdictions; (2) public access over the Internet to appropriate information, including the number of registered sex offenders in each jurisdiction on a current basis; (3) full compliance with the requirements of this subchapter; and (4) communication of information to community notification program participants as required under section 20923 of this title. (c) DeadlineThe Attorney General shall make the first complete edition of this software available to jurisdictions within 2 years of July 27, 2006. (Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 123, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 598.) Editorial Notes References in TextThis subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of Pub. L. 109–248, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 590, known as the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Short Title of 2006 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 16923 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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