Fifty State Survey of Adult Sex Offender Registration Requirements ...

Fifty State Survey of Adult Sex Offender Registration Requirements
NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape
Community Notification
and Websites Cont’d
(California)
(iii) Whether he or she was subsequently incarcerated for any other felony, if that fact is reported to the
department. If the department has no information about a subsequent incarceration for any felony, that
fact shall be noted on the Internet Web site.
Limitations on Residency or
Employment
(California)
CAL. PENAL CODE § 290.009 (West 2010)
Any person required to register under the Act who is enrolled as a student or is an employee or carries on a
vocation, with or without compensation, at an institution of higher learning in this state, shall register pursuant to
the provisions of the Act.
CAL. PENAL CODE § 290.95 (West 2010)
(a) Every person required to register who applied for or accepts a position where the registrant would be working
directly and in an unaccompanied setting with minor children must disclose his or her status as a registrant upon
application or acceptance of a position.
(b) Every person required to register who applies for or accepts a position as an employee or volunteer where the
applicant would be working directly and in an accompanied setting with minor children, and the applicant’s work
would require him or her to touch the minor children shall disclose his or her status as a registrant upon application
or acceptance of the position.
(c) No registrant who has been convicted of a crime against a victim under the age of 16 may work in a position
where the registrant would have direct and unaccompanied access to minor children or have supervision or
disciplinary power over minor children.
CAL. PENAL CODE § 3003.5(b) (West 2010)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is unlawful for any person for whom registration is required pursuant
to Section 290 to reside within 2000 feet of any public or private school or park where children regularly gather.
** Denotes those states where sex offender registration is required for convictions under the staff sexual misconduct laws of the states. Staff and
inmates could also be required to register as sex offenders if the offense were charged under other registrable offenses.
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American University, Washington College of Law
Current as of November 2010