United States Code
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§ 20915.
Duration of registration requirement
(a)
Full registration period
A sex offender shall keep the registration current for the full registration period (excluding any time the sex offender is in custody or civilly committed) unless the offender is allowed a reduction under subsection (b). The full registration period is—
(1)
15 years, if the offender is a tier I sex offender;
(2)
25 years, if the offender is a tier II sex offender; and
(3)
the life of the offender, if the offender is a tier III sex offender.
(b)
Reduced period for clean record
(1)
Clean record
The full registration period shall be reduced as described in paragraph (3) for a sex offender who maintains a clean record for the period described in paragraph (2) by—
(A)
not being convicted of any offense for which imprisonment for more than 1 year may be imposed;
(B)
not being convicted of any sex offense;
(C)
successfully completing any periods of supervised release, probation, and parole; and
(D)
successfully completing of 1 an appropriate sex offender treatment program certified by a jurisdiction or by the Attorney General.
1
So in original. The word “of” probably should not appear.(2)
Period
In the case of—
(A)
a tier I sex offender, the period during which the clean record shall be maintained is 10 years; and
(B)
a tier III sex offender adjudicated delinquent for the offense which required registration in a sex registry under this subchapter, the period during which the clean record shall be maintained is 25 years.
(3)
Reduction
In the case of—
(A)
a tier I sex offender, the reduction is 5 years;
(B)
a tier III sex offender adjudicated delinquent, the reduction is from life to that period for which the clean record under paragraph (2) is maintained.
cite as: 34 USC 20915
