Bill Text: OH SB217 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: To require sex offenders/child-victim offenders who register a residence address or verify a registered residence address to provide proof of residency at that address, to require Tier III sex offenders/child-victim offenders to verify their registered residence address every 30 days, to revise the criteria for subjecting offenders and delinquent children to SORN Law community notification, to expand SORN Law community notification to also generally apply when offenders or delinquent children verify their registered residence address, and to generally require a sheriff or designee to confirm by personal observation a residence address registered or verified by a Tier III sex offender/child-victim offender.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-11-25 - To Judiciary Criminal Justice [SB217 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-SB217-Introduced.html
As Introduced

128th General Assembly
Regular Session
2009-2010
S. B. No. 217


Senator Turner 

Cosponsors: Senators Cafaro, Smith, Strahorn, Miller, R., Fedor, Wagoner, Kearney, Morano 



A BILL
To amend sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.06, 1
2950.081, 2950.11, 2950.111, and 2950.13 and to 2
enact sections 2950.044 and 2950.112 of the 3
Revised Code to require sex offenders/child-victim 4
offenders who register a residence address or 5
verify a registered residence address to provide 6
proof of residency at that address, to require 7
Tier III sex offenders/child-victim offenders to 8
verify their registered residence address every 30 9
days, to revise the criteria for subjecting 10
offenders and delinquent children to SORN Law 11
community notification, to expand SORN Law 12
community notification to also generally apply 13
when offenders or delinquent children verify their 14
registered residence address, and to generally 15
require a sheriff or designee to confirm by 16
personal observation a residence address 17
registered or verified by a Tier III sex 18
offender/child-victim offender.19


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1. That sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.06, 20
2950.081, 2950.11, 2950.111, and 2950.13 be amended and sections 21
2950.044 and 2950.112 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as 22
follows:23

       Sec. 2950.04. (A)(1)(a) Immediately after a sentencing 24
hearing is held on or after January 1, 2008, for an offender who 25
is convicted of or pleads guilty to a sexually oriented offense 26
and is sentenced to a prison term, a term of imprisonment, or any 27
other type of confinement and before the offender is transferred 28
to the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction 29
or to the official in charge of the jail, workhouse, state 30
correctional institution, or other institution where the offender 31
will be confined, the offender shall register personally with the 32
sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, of the county in which the 33
offender was convicted of or pleaded guilty to the sexually 34
oriented offense.35

       (b) Immediately after a dispositional hearing is held on or 36
after January 1, 2008, for a child who is adjudicated a delinquent 37
child for committing a sexually oriented offense, is classified a 38
juvenile offender registrant based on that adjudication, and is 39
committed to the custody of the department of youth services or to 40
a secure facility that is not operated by the department and 41
before the child is transferred to the custody of the department 42
of youth services or the secure facility to which the delinquent 43
child is committed, the delinquent child shall register personally 44
with the sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, of the county in 45
which the delinquent child was classified a juvenile offender 46
registrant based on that sexually oriented offense.47

       (c) A law enforcement officer shall be present at the 48
sentencing hearing or dispositional hearing described in division 49
(A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section to immediately transport the 50
offender or delinquent child who is the subject of the hearing to 51
the sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, of the county in which the 52
offender or delinquent child is convicted, pleads guilty, or is 53
adjudicated a delinquent child.54

       (d) After an offender who has registered pursuant to division 55
(A)(1)(a) of this section is released from a prison term, a term 56
of imprisonment, or any other type of confinement, the offender 57
shall register as provided in division (A)(2) of this section. 58
After a delinquent child who has registered pursuant to division 59
(A)(1)(b) of this section is released from the custody of the 60
department of youth services or from a secure facility that is not 61
operated by the department, the delinquent child shall register as 62
provided in division (A)(3) of this section.63

       (2) Regardless of when the sexually oriented offense was 64
committed, each offender who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, 65
has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to a sexually 66
oriented offense shall comply with the following registration 67
requirements described in divisions (A)(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), and 68
(e) of this section:69

       (a) The offender shall register personally with the sheriff, 70
or the sheriff's designee, of the county within three days of the 71
offender's coming into a county in which the offender resides or 72
temporarily is domiciled for more than three days.73

       (b) The offender shall register personally with the sheriff, 74
or the sheriff's designee, of the county immediately upon coming 75
into a county in which the offender attends a school or 76
institution of higher education on a full-time or part-time basis 77
regardless of whether the offender resides or has a temporary 78
domicile in this state or another state.79

       (c) The offender shall register personally with the sheriff, 80
or the sheriff's designee, of the county in which the offender is 81
employed if the offender resides or has a temporary domicile in 82
this state and has been employed in that county for more than 83
three days or for an aggregate period of fourteen or more days in 84
that calendar year.85

       (d) The offender shall register personally with the sheriff, 86
or the sheriff's designee, of the county in which the offender 87
then is employed if the offender does not reside or have a 88
temporary domicile in this state and has been employed at any 89
location or locations in this state more than three days or for an 90
aggregate period of fourteen or more days in that calendar year.91

       (e) The offender shall register with the sheriff, or the 92
sheriff's designee, or other appropriate person of the other state 93
immediately upon entering into any state other than this state in 94
which the offender attends a school or institution of higher 95
education on a full-time or part-time basis or upon being employed 96
in any state other than this state for more than three days or for 97
an aggregate period of fourteen or more days in that calendar year 98
regardless of whether the offender resides or has a temporary 99
domicile in this state, the other state, or a different state.100

       (3)(a) Each child who is adjudicated a delinquent child for 101
committing a sexually oriented offense and who is classified a 102
juvenile offender registrant based on that adjudication shall 103
register personally with the sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, 104
of the county within three days of the delinquent child's coming 105
into a county in which the delinquent child resides or temporarily 106
is domiciled for more than three days.107

       (b) In addition to the registration duty imposed under 108
division (A)(3)(a) of this section, each public registry-qualified 109
juvenile offender registrant shall comply with the following 110
additional registration requirements:111

       (i) The public registry-qualified juvenile offender 112
registrant shall register personally with the sheriff, or the 113
sheriff's designee, of the county immediately upon coming into a 114
county in which the registrant attends a school or institution of 115
higher education on a full-time or part-time basis regardless of 116
whether the registrant resides or has a temporary domicile in this 117
state or another state.118

       (ii) The public registry-qualified juvenile offender 119
registrant shall register personally with the sheriff, or the 120
sheriff's designee, of the county in which the registrant is 121
employed if the registrant resides or has a temporary domicile in 122
this state and has been employed in that county for more than 123
three days or for an aggregate period of fourteen or more days in 124
that calendar year.125

       (iii) The public registry-qualified juvenile offender 126
registrant shall register personally with the sheriff, or the 127
sheriff's designee, of the county in which the registrant then is 128
employed if the registrant does not reside or have a temporary 129
domicile in this state and has been employed at any location or 130
locations in this state more than three days or for an aggregate 131
period of fourteen or more days in that calendar year.132

       (iv) The public registry-qualified juvenile offender 133
registrant shall register with the sheriff, or the sheriff's 134
designee, or other appropriate person of the other state 135
immediately upon entering into any state other than this state in 136
which the registrant attends a school or institution of higher 137
education on a full-time or part-time basis or upon being employed 138
in any state other than this state for more than three days or for 139
an aggregate period of fourteen or more days in that calendar year 140
regardless of whether the registrant resides or has a temporary 141
domicile in this state, the other state, or a different state.142

       (c) If the delinquent child is committed for the sexually 143
oriented offense to the department of youth services or to a 144
secure facility that is not operated by the department, this duty 145
begins when the delinquent child is discharged or released in any 146
manner from custody in a department of youth services secure 147
facility or from the secure facility that is not operated by the 148
department if pursuant to the discharge or release the delinquent 149
child is not committed to any other secure facility of the 150
department or any other secure facility. 151

       (4) Regardless of when the sexually oriented offense was 152
committed, each person who is convicted, pleads guilty, or is 153
adjudicated a delinquent child in a court in another state, in a 154
federal court, military court, or Indian tribal court, or in a 155
court in any nation other than the United States for committing a 156
sexually oriented offense shall comply with the following 157
registration requirements if, at the time the offender or 158
delinquent child moves to and resides in this state or temporarily 159
is domiciled in this state for more than three days, the offender 160
or public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant enters 161
this state to attend a school or institution of higher education, 162
or the offender or public registry-qualified juvenile offender 163
registrant is employed in this state for more than the specified 164
period of time, the offender or delinquent child has a duty to 165
register as a sex offender or child-victim offender under the law 166
of that other jurisdiction as a result of the conviction, guilty 167
plea, or adjudication:168

       (a) Each offender and delinquent child shall register 169
personally with the sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, of the 170
county within three days of the offender's or delinquent child's 171
coming into the county in which the offender or delinquent child 172
resides or temporarily is domiciled for more than three days.173

       (b) Each offender or public registry-qualified juvenile 174
offender registrant shall register personally with the sheriff, or 175
the sheriff's designee, of the county immediately upon coming into 176
a county in which the offender or public registry-qualified 177
juvenile offender registrant attends a school or institution of 178
higher education on a full-time or part-time basis regardless of 179
whether the offender or public registry-qualified juvenile 180
offender registrant resides or has a temporary domicile in this 181
state or another state.182

       (c) Each offender or public registry-qualified juvenile 183
offender registrant shall register personally with the sheriff, or 184
the sheriff's designee, of the county in which the offender or 185
public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant is employed 186
if the offender resides or has a temporary domicile in this state 187
and has been employed in that county for more than three days or 188
for an aggregate period of fourteen days or more in that calendar 189
year.190

       (d) Each offender or public registry-qualified juvenile 191
offender registrant shall register personally with the sheriff, or 192
the sheriff's designee, of the county in which the offender or 193
public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant then is 194
employed if the offender or public registry-qualified juvenile 195
offender registrant does not reside or have a temporary domicile 196
in this state and has been employed at any location or locations 197
in this state for more than three days or for an aggregate period 198
of fourteen or more days in that calendar year.199

       (5) An offender or a delinquent child who is a public 200
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant is not required to 201
register under division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of this section if a 202
court issues an order terminating the offender's or delinquent 203
child's duty to comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, 204
and 2950.06 of the Revised Code pursuant to section 2950.15 of the 205
Revised Code. A delinquent child who is a juvenile offender 206
registrant but is not a public registry-qualified juvenile 207
offender registrant is not required to register under any of those 208
divisions if a juvenile court issues an order declassifying the 209
delinquent child as a juvenile offender registrant pursuant to 210
section 2152.84 or 2152.85 of the Revised Code.211

       (B) An offender or delinquent child who is required by 212
division (A) of this section to register in this state personally 213
shall obtain from the sheriff or from a designee of the sheriff a 214
registration form that conforms to division (C) of this section, 215
shall complete and sign the form, and shall return the completed 216
form together with the offender's or delinquent child's 217
photograph, copies of travel and immigration documents, and any 218
other required material to the sheriff or the designee, and if the 219
address being registered is the offender's or delinquent child's 220
residence address shall provide proof in accordance with section 221
2950.044 of the Revised Code that the offender or delinquent child 222
resides at that residence address. The sheriff or designee shall 223
sign the form and indicate on the form the date on which it is so 224
returned and the type of proof of residence provided. The 225
registration required under this division is complete when the 226
offender or delinquent child returns the form, containing the 227
requisite information, photograph, other required material, 228
signatures, and date, to the sheriff or designee and if the 229
address being registered is the offender's or delinquent child's 230
residence address provides proof that the offender or delinquent 231
child resides at that residence address.232

       (C) The registration form to be used under divisions (A) and 233
(B) of this section shall include or contain all of the following 234
for the offender or delinquent child who is registering:235

        (1) The offender's or delinquent child's name and any aliases 236
used by the offender or delinquent child;237

       (2) The offender's or delinquent child's social security 238
number and date of birth, including any alternate social security 239
numbers or dates of birth that the offender or delinquent child 240
has used or uses;241

       (3) Regarding an offender or delinquent child who is 242
registering under a duty imposed under division (A)(1) of this 243
section, a statement that the offender is serving a prison term, 244
term of imprisonment, or any other type of confinement or a 245
statement that the delinquent child is in the custody of the 246
department of youth services or is confined in a secure facility 247
that is not operated by the department;248

       (4) Regarding an offender or delinquent child who is 249
registering under a duty imposed under division (A)(2), (3), or 250
(4) of this section as a result of the offender or delinquent 251
child residing in this state or temporarily being domiciled in 252
this state for more than three days, the current residence address 253
of the offender or delinquent child who is registering, the name 254
and address of the offender's or delinquent child's employer if 255
the offender or delinquent child is employed at the time of 256
registration or if the offender or delinquent child knows at the 257
time of registration that the offender or delinquent child will be 258
commencing employment with that employer subsequent to 259
registration, any other employment information, such as the 260
general area where the offender or delinquent child is employed, 261
if the offender or delinquent child is employed in many locations, 262
and the name and address of the offender's or public 263
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant's school or 264
institution of higher education if the offender or public 265
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant attends one at the 266
time of registration or if the offender or public 267
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant knows at the time 268
of registration that the offender or public registry-qualified 269
juvenile offender registrant will be commencing attendance at that 270
school or institution subsequent to registration;271

       (5) Regarding an offender or public registry-qualified 272
juvenile offender registrant who is registering under a duty 273
imposed under division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of this section as a 274
result of the offender or public registry-qualified juvenile 275
offender registrant attending a school or institution of higher 276
education in this state on a full-time or part-time basis or being 277
employed in this state or in a particular county in this state, 278
whichever is applicable, for more than three days or for an 279
aggregate of fourteen or more days in any calendar year, the name 280
and current address of the school, institution of higher 281
education, or place of employment of the offender or public 282
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant who is 283
registering, including any other employment information, such as 284
the general area where the offender or public registry-qualified 285
juvenile offender registrant is employed, if the offender or 286
public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant is employed 287
in many locations;288

        (6) The identification license plate number of each vehicle 289
the offender or delinquent child owns, of each vehicle registered 290
in the offender's or delinquent child's name, of each vehicle the 291
offender or delinquent child operates as a part of employment, and 292
of each other vehicle that is regularly available to be operated 293
by the offender or delinquent child; a description of where each 294
vehicle is habitually parked, stored, docked, or otherwise kept; 295
and, if required by the bureau of criminal identification and 296
investigation, a photograph of each of those vehicles;297

       (7) If the offender or delinquent child has a driver's or 298
commercial driver's license or permit issued by this state or any 299
other state or a state identification card issued under section 300
4507.50 or 4507.51 of the Revised Code or a comparable 301
identification card issued by another state, the driver's license 302
number, commercial driver's license number, or state 303
identification card number;304

       (8) If the offender or delinquent child was convicted of, 305
pleaded guilty to, or was adjudicated a delinquent child for 306
committing the sexually oriented offense resulting in the 307
registration duty in a court in another state, in a federal court, 308
military court, or Indian tribal court, or in a court in any 309
nation other than the United States, a DNA specimen, as defined in 310
section 109.573 of the Revised Code, from the offender or 311
delinquent child, a citation for, and the name of, the sexually 312
oriented offense resulting in the registration duty, and a 313
certified copy of a document that describes the text of that 314
sexually oriented offense;315

       (9) A description of each professional and occupational 316
license, permit, or registration, including those licenses, 317
permits, and registrations issued under Title XLVII of the Revised 318
Code, held by the offender or delinquent child;319

       (10) Any email addresses, internet identifiers, or telephone 320
numbers registered to or used by the offender or delinquent child;321

       (11) Any other information required by the bureau of criminal 322
identification and investigation.323

       (D) After an offender or delinquent child registers with a 324
sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, pursuant to this section, the 325
sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, shall forward the signed, 326
written registration form, photograph, and other material to the 327
bureau of criminal identification and investigation in accordance 328
with the forwarding procedures adopted pursuant to section 2950.13 329
of the Revised Code. If an offender registers a school, 330
institution of higher education, or place of employment address, 331
or provides a school or institution of higher education address 332
under division (C)(4) of this section, the sheriff also shall 333
provide notice to the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction 334
over the premises of the school, institution of higher education, 335
or place of employment of the offender's name and that the 336
offender has registered that address as a place at which the 337
offender attends school or an institution of higher education or 338
at which the offender is employed. The bureau shall include the 339
information and materials forwarded to it under this division in 340
the state registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders 341
established and maintained under section 2950.13 of the Revised 342
Code.343

       (E) No person who is required to register pursuant to 344
divisions (A) and (B) of this section, and no person who is 345
required to send a notice of intent to reside pursuant to division 346
(G) of this section, shall fail to register or send the notice of 347
intent as required in accordance with those divisions or that 348
division.349

       (F) An offender or delinquent child who is required to 350
register pursuant to divisions (A) and (B) of this section shall 351
register pursuant to this section for the period of time specified 352
in section 2950.07 of the Revised Code, with the duty commencing 353
on the date specified in division (A) of that section.354

       (G) If an offender or delinquent child who is required by 355
division (A) of this section to register is a tier III sex 356
offender/child-victim offender, the offender or delinquent child 357
also shall send the sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, of the 358
county in which the offender or delinquent child intends to reside 359
written notice of the offender's or delinquent child's intent to 360
reside in the county. The offender or delinquent child shall send 361
the notice of intent to reside at least twenty days prior to the 362
date the offender or delinquent child begins to reside in the 363
county. The notice of intent to reside shall contain the following 364
information:365

       (1) The offender's or delinquent child's name;366

       (2) The address or addresses at which the offender or 367
delinquent child intends to reside;368

       (3) The sexually oriented offense of which the offender was 369
convicted, to which the offender pleaded guilty, or for which the 370
child was adjudicated a delinquent child.371

       (H) If, immediately prior to January 1, 2008, an offender or 372
delinquent child who was convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or was 373
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually oriented 374
offense or a child-victim oriented offense as those terms were 375
defined in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code prior to January 1, 376
2008, was required by division (A) of this section or section 377
2950.041 of the Revised Code to register and if, on or after 378
January 1, 2008, that offense is a sexually oriented offense as 379
that term is defined in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code on and 380
after January 1, 2008, the duty to register that is imposed 381
pursuant to this section on and after January 1, 2008, shall be 382
considered, for purposes of section 2950.07 of the Revised Code 383
and for all other purposes, to be a continuation of the duty 384
imposed upon the offender or delinquent child prior to January 1, 385
2008, under this section or section 2950.041 of the Revised Code.386

       Sec. 2950.041.  (A)(1)(a) Immediately after a sentencing 387
hearing is held on or after January 1, 2008, for an offender who 388
is convicted of or pleads guilty to a child-victim oriented 389
offense and is sentenced to a prison term, a term of imprisonment, 390
or any other type of confinement and before the offender is 391
transferred to the custody of the department of rehabilitation and 392
correction or to the official in charge of the jail, workhouse, 393
state correctional institution, or other institution where the 394
offender will be confined, the offender shall register personally 395
with the sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, of the county in 396
which the offender was convicted of or pleaded guilty to the 397
child-victim offense.398

       (b) Immediately after a dispositional hearing is held on or 399
after January 1, 2008, for a child who is adjudicated a delinquent 400
child for committing a child-victim oriented offense, is 401
classified a juvenile offender registrant based on that 402
adjudication, and is committed to the custody of the department of 403
youth services or to a secure facility that is not operated by the 404
department and before the child is transferred to the custody of 405
the department of youth services or the secure facility to which 406
the delinquent child is committed, the delinquent child shall 407
register personally with the sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, 408
of the county in which the delinquent child was classified a 409
juvenile offender registrant based on that child-victim oriented 410
offense.411

       (c) A law enforcement officer shall be present at the 412
sentencing hearing or dispositional hearing described in division 413
(A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section to immediately transport the 414
offender or delinquent child who is the subject of the hearing to 415
the sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, of the county in which the 416
offender or delinquent child is convicted, pleads guilty, or is 417
adjudicated a delinquent child.418

       (d) After an offender who has registered pursuant to division 419
(A)(1)(a) of this section is released from a prison term, a term 420
of imprisonment, or any other type of confinement, the offender 421
shall register as provided in division (A)(2) of this section. 422
After a delinquent child who has registered pursuant to division 423
(A)(1)(b) of this section is released from the custody of the 424
department of youth services or from a secure facility that is not 425
operated by the department, the delinquent child shall register as 426
provided in division (A)(3) of this section.427

       (2) Regardless of when the child-victim oriented offense was 428
committed, each offender who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, 429
has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to a child-victim 430
oriented offense shall comply with all of the following 431
registration requirements:432

       (a) The offender shall register personally with the sheriff, 433
or the sheriff's designee, of the county within three days of the 434
offender's coming into a county in which the offender resides or 435
temporarily is domiciled for more than three days.436

       (b) The offender shall register personally with the sheriff, 437
or the sheriff's designee, of the county immediately upon coming 438
into a county in which the offender attends a school or 439
institution of higher education on a full-time or part-time basis 440
regardless of whether the offender resides or has a temporary 441
domicile in this state or another state.442

       (c) The offender shall register personally with the sheriff, 443
or the sheriff's designee, of the county in which the offender is 444
employed if the offender resides or has a temporary domicile in 445
this state and has been employed in that county for more than 446
three days or for an aggregate period of fourteen or more days in 447
that calendar year.448

       (d) The offender shall register personally with the sheriff, 449
or the sheriff's designee, of the county in which the offender 450
then is employed if the offender does not reside or have a 451
temporary domicile in this state and has been employed at any 452
location or locations in this state for more than three days or 453
for an aggregate period of fourteen or more days in that calendar 454
year.455

       (e) The offender shall register personally with the sheriff, 456
or the sheriff's designee, or other appropriate person of the 457
other state immediately upon entering into any state other than 458
this state in which the offender attends a school or institution 459
of higher education on a full-time or part-time basis or upon 460
being employed in any state other than this state for more than 461
three days or for an aggregate period of fourteen or more days in 462
that calendar year regardless of whether the offender resides or 463
has a temporary domicile in this state, the other state, or a 464
different state.465

       (3) Regardless of when the child-victim oriented offense was 466
committed, each child who on or after July 31, 2003, is 467
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a child-victim 468
oriented offense and who is classified a juvenile offender 469
registrant based on that adjudication shall register personally 470
with the sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, of the county within 471
three days of the delinquent child's coming into a county in which 472
the delinquent child resides or temporarily is domiciled for more 473
than three days. If the delinquent child is committed for the 474
child-victim oriented offense to the department of youth services 475
or to a secure facility that is not operated by the department, 476
this duty begins when the delinquent child is discharged or 477
released in any manner from custody in a department of youth 478
services secure facility or from the secure facility that is not 479
operated by the department if pursuant to the discharge or release 480
the delinquent child is not committed to any other secure facility 481
of the department or any other secure facility. 482

       (4) Regardless of when the child-victim oriented offense was 483
committed, each person who is convicted, pleads guilty, or is 484
adjudicated a delinquent child in a court in another state, in a 485
federal court, military court, or Indian tribal court, or in a 486
court in any nation other than the United States for committing a 487
child-victim oriented offense shall comply with all of the 488
following registration requirements if, at the time the offender 489
or delinquent child moves to and resides in this state or 490
temporarily is domiciled in this state for more than three days, 491
the offender enters this state to attend the school or institution 492
of higher education, or the offender is employed in this state for 493
more than the specified period of time, the offender or delinquent 494
child has a duty to register as a child-victim offender or sex 495
offender under the law of that other jurisdiction as a result of 496
the conviction, guilty plea, or adjudication:497

       (a) Each offender and delinquent child shall register 498
personally with the sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, of the 499
county within three days of the offender's or delinquent child's 500
coming into the county in which the offender or delinquent child 501
resides or temporarily is domiciled for more than three days.502

       (b) Each offender shall register personally with the sheriff, 503
or the sheriff's designee, of the county immediately upon coming 504
into a county in which the offender attends a school or 505
institution of higher education on a full-time or part-time basis 506
regardless of whether the offender resides or has a temporary 507
domicile in this state or another state.508

       (c) Each offender shall register personally with the sheriff, 509
or the sheriff's designee, of the county in which the offender is 510
employed if the offender resides or has a temporary domicile in 511
this state and has been employed in that county for more than 512
three days or for an aggregate period of fourteen days or more in 513
that calendar year.514

       (d) Each offender shall register personally with the sheriff, 515
or the sheriff's designee, of the county in which the offender 516
then is employed if the offender does not reside or have a 517
temporary domicile in this state and has not been employed at any 518
location or locations in this state for more than three days or 519
for an aggregate period of fourteen or more days in that calendar 520
year.521

       (5) An offender is not required to register under division 522
(A)(2), (3), or (4) of this section if a court issues an order 523
terminating the offender's duty to comply with sections 2950.04, 524
2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code pursuant to 525
section 2950.15 of the Revised Code. A delinquent child who is a 526
juvenile offender registrant but is not a public 527
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant is not required to 528
register under any of those divisions if a juvenile court issues 529
an order declassifying the delinquent child as a juvenile offender 530
registrant pursuant to section 2152.84 or 2152.85 of the Revised 531
Code.532

       (B) An offender or delinquent child who is required by 533
division (A) of this section to register in this state personally 534
shall do so in the manner described in division (B) of section 535
2950.04 of the Revised Code, including if the address being 536
registered is the offender's or delinquent child's residence 537
address by providing proof that the offender or delinquent child 538
resides at that residence address, and the registration is 539
complete as described in that division.540

       (C) The registration form to be used under divisions (A) and 541
(B) of this section shall include or contain all of the following 542
for the offender or delinquent child who is registering:543

        (1) The offender's or delinquent child's name, any aliases 544
used by the offender or delinquent child, and a photograph of the 545
offender or delinquent child;546

       (2) The offender's or delinquent child's social security 547
number and date of birth, including any alternate social security 548
numbers or dates of birth that the offender or delinquent child 549
has used or uses;550

       (3) Regarding an offender or delinquent child who is 551
registering under a duty imposed under division (A)(1) of this 552
section, a statement that the offender is serving a prison term, 553
term of imprisonment, or any other type of confinement or a 554
statement that the delinquent child is in the custody of the 555
department of youth services or is confined in a secure facility 556
that is not operated by the department;557

       (4) Regarding an offender or delinquent child who is 558
registering under a duty imposed under division (A)(2), (3), or 559
(4) of this section as a result of the offender or delinquent 560
child residing in this state or temporarily being domiciled in 561
this state for more than three days, all of the information 562
described in division (C)(4) of section 2950.04 of the Revised 563
Code;564

       (5) Regarding an offender who is registering under a duty 565
imposed under division (A)(2) or (4) of this section as a result 566
of the offender attending a school or institution of higher 567
education on a full-time or part-time basis or being employed in 568
this state or in a particular county in this state, whichever is 569
applicable, for more than three days or for an aggregate of 570
fourteen or more days in any calendar year, all of the information 571
described in division (C)(5) of section 2950.04 of the Revised 572
Code;573

        (6) The identification license plate number issued by this 574
state or any other state of each vehicle the offender or 575
delinquent child owns, of each vehicle registered in the 576
offender's or delinquent child's name, of each vehicle the 577
offender or delinquent child operates as a part of employment, and 578
of each other vehicle that is regularly available to be operated 579
by the offender or delinquent child; a description of where each 580
vehicle is habitually parked, stored, docked, or otherwise kept; 581
and, if required by the bureau of criminal identification and 582
investigation, a photograph of each of those vehicles;583

       (7) If the offender or delinquent child has a driver's or 584
commercial driver's license or permit issued by this state or any 585
other state or a state identification card issued under section 586
4507.50 or 4507.51 of the Revised Code or a comparable 587
identification card issued by another state, the driver's license 588
number, commercial driver's license number, or state 589
identification card number;590

       (8) If the offender or delinquent child was convicted of, 591
pleaded guilty to, or was adjudicated a delinquent child for 592
committing the child-victim oriented offense resulting in the 593
registration duty in a court in another state, in a federal court, 594
military court, or Indian tribal court, or in a court in any 595
nation other than the United States, a DNA specimen, as defined in 596
section 109.573 of the Revised Code, from the offender or 597
delinquent child, a citation for, and the name of, the 598
child-victim oriented offense resulting in the registration duty, 599
and a certified copy of a document that describes the text of that 600
child-victim oriented offense;601

       (9) Copies of travel and immigration documents;602

       (10) A description of each professional and occupational 603
license, permit, or registration, including those licenses, 604
permits, and registrations issued under Title XLVII of the Revised 605
Code, held by the offender or delinquent child;606

       (11) Any email addresses, internet identifiers, or telephone 607
numbers registered to or used by the offender or delinquent child;608

       (12) Any other information required by the bureau of criminal 609
identification and investigation.610

       (D) Division (D) of section 2950.04 of the Revised Code 611
applies when an offender or delinquent child registers with a 612
sheriff pursuant to this section.613

       (E) No person who is required to register pursuant to 614
divisions (A) and (B) of this section, and no person who is 615
required to send a notice of intent to reside pursuant to division 616
(G) of this section, shall fail to register or send the notice as 617
required in accordance with those divisions or that division.618

       (F) An offender or delinquent child who is required to 619
register pursuant to divisions (A) and (B) of this section shall 620
register pursuant to this section for the period of time specified 621
in section 2950.07 of the Revised Code, with the duty commencing 622
on the date specified in division (A) of that section.623

       (G) If an offender or delinquent child who is required by 624
division (A) of this section to register is a tier III sex 625
offender/child-victim offender, the offender or delinquent child 626
also shall send the sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, of the 627
county in which the offender or delinquent child intends to reside 628
written notice of the offender's or delinquent child's intent to 629
reside in the county. The offender or delinquent child shall send 630
the notice of intent to reside at least twenty days prior to the 631
date the offender or delinquent child begins to reside in the 632
county. The notice of intent to reside shall contain all of the 633
following information:634

       (1) The information specified in divisions (G)(1) and (2) of 635
section 2950.04 of the Revised Code;636

       (2) The child-victim oriented offense of which the offender 637
was convicted, to which the offender pleaded guilty, or for which 638
the child was adjudicated a delinquent child.639

       (H) If, immediately prior to January 1, 2008, an offender or 640
delinquent child who was convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or was 641
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a child-victim 642
oriented offense or a sexually oriented offense as those terms 643
were defined in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code prior to 644
January 1, 2008, was required by division (A) of this section or 645
section 2950.04 of the Revised Code to register and if, on or 646
after January 1, 2008, that offense is a child-victim oriented 647
offense as that term is defined in section 2950.01 of the Revised 648
Code on and after January 1, 2008, the duty to register that is 649
imposed pursuant to this section on and after January 1, 2008, 650
shall be considered, for purposes of section 2950.07 of the 651
Revised Code and for all other purposes, to be a continuation of 652
the duty imposed upon the offender or delinquent child prior to 653
January 1, 2008, under this section or section 2950.04 of the 654
Revised Code.655

       Sec. 2950.044. (A) An offender or delinquent child who 656
registers a residence address under section 2950.04, 2950.041, or 657
2950.05 of the Revised Code or who verifies a residence address 658
under section 2950.06 of the Revised Code shall provide proof that 659
the offender or delinquent child resides at the address registered 660
or verified by showing to the sheriff or designee with whom the 661
offender or delinquent child registers or verifies the address one 662
of the following:663

        (1) A current and valid photo identification or military 664
identification of the offender or delinquent child that includes 665
that address as the offender's or delinquent child's residence 666
address;667

        (2) A copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, 668
government check, paycheck, or other government document that 669
shows the offender's or delinquent child's name and that residence 670
address for the offender or delinquent child;671

       (3) Another type of proof of residence specified in a rule 672
adopted by the attorney general pursuant to section 2950.13 of the 673
Revised Code that shows that the offender or delinquent child 674
resides at that residence address.675

        (B) If an offender or delinquent child who registers a 676
residence address under section 2950.04, 2950.041, or 2950.05 of 677
the Revised Code does not have any of the forms of proof of 678
residence required under division (A) of this section regarding 679
the address being registered, the offender or delinquent child may 680
execute an affirmation under penalty of falsification that the 681
offender or delinquent child cannot provide the proof of residence 682
required under that division regarding that residence address but 683
that the offender or delinquent child resides at that residence 684
address. The attorney general shall prescribe pursuant to section 685
2950.13 of the Revised Code the form of the affirmation, which 686
shall include the offender's or delinquent child's name, the 687
residence address registered by the offender or delinquent child, 688
and the offender's or delinquent child's signature affirming that 689
the address so registered is the offender's or delinquent child's 690
residence address at that time. If an offender or delinquent child 691
who registers a residence address executes an affirmation as 692
described in this division, both of the following apply:693

        (1) The execution of the affirmation constitutes proof that 694
the offender or delinquent child resides at that residence address 695
for purposes of the registration under section 2950.04, 2950.041, 696
or 2950.05 of the Revised Code, whichever is applicable.697

        (2) The execution of the affirmation is not relevant and does 698
not constitute proof of residence for purposes of any subsequent 699
verification of that residence address pursuant to section 2950.06 700
of the Revised Code.701

        (C)(1) Division (A) of this section applies to a residence 702
address verified as described in division (A) of this section only 703
if the residence address is verified on and after the effective 704
date of a rule adopted by the attorney general pursuant to section 705
2950.13 of the Revised Code that specifies one or more types of 706
proof of residence, in addition to those identified in divisions 707
(A)(1) and (2) of this section, that an offender or delinquent 708
child may use to provide proof that the offender or delinquent 709
child resides at a verified residence address.710

        (2) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section apply to a 711
residence address registered as described in division (A) of this 712
section only if the residence address is registered on and after 713
the effective date described in division (C)(1) of this section or 714
the date on which the attorney general prescribes pursuant to 715
section 2950.13 of the Revised Code the form of an affirmation 716
that an offender or delinquent child may execute to provide proof 717
that the offender or delinquent child resides at a registered 718
residence address, whichever is later.719

       Sec. 2950.06.  (A) An offender or delinquent child who is 720
required to register a residence address pursuant to division 721
(A)(2), (3), or (4) of section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised 722
Code shall periodically verify the offender's or delinquent 723
child's current residence address, and an offender or public 724
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant who is required to 725
register a school, institution of higher education, or place of 726
employment address pursuant to any of those divisions shall 727
periodically verify the address of the offender's or public 728
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant's current school, 729
institution of higher education, or place of employment, in 730
accordance with this section. The frequency of verification shall 731
be determined in accordance with division (B) of this section, and 732
the manner of verification shall be determined in accordance with 733
division (C) of this section.734

       (B) The frequency with which an offender or delinquent child 735
must verify the offender's or delinquent child's current 736
residence, school, institution of higher education, or place of 737
employment address pursuant to division (A) of this section shall 738
be determined as follows:739

       (1) Regardless of when the sexually oriented offense or 740
child-victim oriented offense for which the offender or delinquent 741
child is required to register was committed, if the offender or 742
delinquent child is a tier I sex offender/child-victim offender, 743
the offender shall verify the offender's current residence address 744
or current school, institution of higher education, or place of 745
employment address, and the delinquent child shall verify the 746
delinquent child's current residence address, in accordance with 747
division (C) of this section on each anniversary of the offender's 748
or delinquent child's initial registration date during the period 749
the offender or delinquent child is required to register.750

       (2) Regardless of when the sexually oriented offense or 751
child-victim oriented offense for which the offender or delinquent 752
child is required to register was committed, if the offender or 753
delinquent child is a tier II sex offender/child-victim offender, 754
the offender shall verify the offender's current residence address 755
or current school, institution of higher education, or place of 756
employment address, and the delinquent child shall verify the 757
delinquent child's current residence address, in accordance with 758
division (C) of this section every one hundred eighty days after 759
the offender's or delinquent child's initial registration date 760
during the period the offender or delinquent child is required to 761
register.762

       (3) Regardless of when the sexually oriented offense or 763
child-victim oriented offense for which the offender or delinquent 764
child is required to register was committed, if the offender or 765
delinquent child is a tier III sex offender/child-victim offender, 766
the offender shall verify the offender's current residence address 767
or current school, institution of higher education, or place of 768
employment address, and the delinquent child shall verify the 769
delinquent child's current residence address and, if the 770
delinquent child is a public registry-qualified juvenile offender 771
registrant, the current school, institution of higher education, 772
or place of employment address, in accordance with division (C) of 773
this section every ninetythirty days after the offender's or 774
delinquent child's initial registration date during the period the 775
offender or delinquent child is required to register.776

       (4) If, prior to January 1, 2008, an offender or delinquent 777
child registered with a sheriff under a duty imposed under section 778
2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code as a result of a 779
conviction of, plea of guilty to, or adjudication as a delinquent 780
child for committing a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim 781
oriented offense as those terms were defined in section 2950.01 of 782
the Revised Code prior to January 1, 2008, the duty to register 783
that is imposed on the offender or delinquent child pursuant to 784
section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code on and after 785
January 1, 2008, is a continuation of the duty imposed upon the 786
offender prior to January 1, 2008, under section 2950.04 or 787
2950.041 of the Revised Code and, for purposes of divisions 788
(B)(1), (2), and (3) of this section, the offender's initial 789
registration date related to that offense is the date on which the 790
offender initially registered under section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of 791
the Revised Code.792

       (5) The amendment to division (B)(3) of this section that 793
takes effect on the effective date of this division applies to all 794
offenders and delinquent children in a category described in that 795
division who commit their sexually oriented offense or 796
child-victim oriented offense on or after the effective date of 797
this division. The amendment to division (B)(3) of this section 798
that takes effect on the effective date of this division applies 799
to all offenders and delinquent children who, on and after January 800
1, 2008, and prior to the effective date of this division, were 801
required pursuant to that division as it existed between those 802
dates to verify a residence address every ninety days after the 803
offender's or delinquent child's initial registration date, 804
provided that the amendment does not apply to those offenders and 805
delinquent children until the first time on or after the effective 806
date of this division that the offender or delinquent child 807
verifies the residence address, provides notice of a change in 808
residence address, or registers a new residence address.809

       If an offender or delinquent child, on and after January 1, 810
2008, and prior to the effective date of this division, was 811
required pursuant to division (B)(3) of this section as it existed 812
between those dates to verify a residence address every ninety 813
days after the offender's or delinquent child's initial 814
registration date, the first time on or after the effective date 815
of this division that the offender or delinquent child verifies 816
the residence address, provides notice of a change in residence 817
address, or registers a new residence address, the sheriff with 818
whom the offender or delinquent child verifies or registers the 819
address or to whom the offender or delinquent child provides the 820
notice of a change in address shall inform the offender or 821
delinquent child of the amendment to division (B)(3) of this 822
section that takes effect on the effective date of this division 823
and of the offender's or delinquent child's duty thereafter to 824
verify the residence address with the frequency specified in that 825
amendment.826

       (C)(1) An offender or delinquent child who is required to 827
verify the offender's or delinquent child's current residence, 828
school, institution of higher education, or place of employment 829
address pursuant to division (A) of this section shall verify the 830
address with the sheriff with whom the offender or delinquent 831
child most recently registered the address by personally appearing 832
before the sheriff or a designee of the sheriff, no earlier than 833
ten days before the date on which the verification is required 834
pursuant to division (B) of this section and no later than the 835
date so required for verification, and completing and signing a 836
copy of the verification form prescribed by the bureau of criminal 837
identification and investigation, and if the address being 838
verified is the offender's or delinquent child's residence address 839
providing proof in accordance with section 2950.044 of the Revised 840
Code that the offender or delinquent child resides at that 841
residence address. The sheriff or designee shall sign the 842
completed form and indicate on the form the date on which it is so 843
completed and the type of proof of residence provided. The 844
verification required under this division is complete when the 845
offender or delinquent child personally appears before the sheriff 846
or designee and completes and signs the form as described in this 847
division and if the address being verified is the offender's or 848
delinquent child's residence address provides the proof that the 849
offender or delinquent child resides at the address verified.850

       (2) To facilitate the verification of an offender's or 851
delinquent child's current residence, school, institution of 852
higher education, or place of employment address, as applicable, 853
under division (C)(1) of this section, the sheriff with whom the 854
offender or delinquent child most recently registered the address 855
may mail a nonforwardable verification form prescribed by the 856
bureau of criminal identification and investigation to the 857
offender's or delinquent child's last reported address and to the 858
last reported address of the parents of the delinquent child, with 859
a notice that conspicuously states that the offender or delinquent 860
child must personally appear before the sheriff or a designee of 861
the sheriff to complete the form and the date by which the form 862
must be so completed. Regardless of whether a sheriff mails a form 863
to an offender or delinquent child and that child's parents, each 864
offender or delinquent child who is required to verify the 865
offender's or delinquent child's current residence, school, 866
institution of higher education, or place of employment address, 867
as applicable, pursuant to division (A) of this section shall 868
personally appear before the sheriff or a designee of the sheriff 869
to verify the address in accordance with division (C)(1) of this 870
section.871

       (D) The verification form to be used under division (C) of 872
this section shall contain all of the following:873

       (1) Except as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, 874
the current residence address of the offender or delinquent child, 875
the name and address of the offender's or delinquent child's 876
employer if the offender or delinquent child is employed at the 877
time of verification or if the offender or delinquent child knows 878
at the time of verification that the offender or delinquent child 879
will be commencing employment with that employer subsequent to 880
verification, the name and address of the offender's or public 881
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant's school or 882
institution of higher education if the offender or public 883
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant attends one at the 884
time of verification or if the offender or public 885
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant knows at the time 886
of verification that the offender will be commencing attendance at 887
that school or institution subsequent to verification, and any 888
other information required by the bureau of criminal 889
identification and investigation.890

       (2) Regarding an offender or public registry-qualified 891
juvenile offender registrant who is verifying a current school, 892
institution of higher education, or place of employment address, 893
the name and current address of the school, institution of higher 894
education, or place of employment of the offender or public 895
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant and any other 896
information required by the bureau of criminal identification and 897
investigation.898

       (E) Upon an offender's or delinquent child's personal 899
appearance and completion of a verification form under division 900
(C) of this section, a sheriff promptly shall forward a copy of 901
the verification form to the bureau of criminal identification and 902
investigation in accordance with the forwarding procedures adopted 903
by the attorney general pursuant to section 2950.13 of the Revised 904
Code. If an offender or public registry-qualified juvenile 905
offender registrant verifies a school, institution of higher 906
education, or place of employment address, or provides a school or 907
institution of higher education address under division (D)(1) of 908
this section, the sheriff also shall provide notice to the law 909
enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the premises of the 910
school, institution of higher education, or place of employment of 911
the offender's or public registry-qualified juvenile offender 912
registrant's name and that the offender or public 913
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant has verified or 914
provided that address as a place at which the offender or public 915
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant attends school or 916
an institution of higher education or at which the offender or 917
public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant is 918
employed. The bureau shall include all information forwarded to it 919
under this division in the state registry of sex offenders and 920
child-victim offenders established and maintained under section 921
2950.13 of the Revised Code.922

       (F) No person who is required to verify a current residence, 923
school, institution of higher education, or place of employment 924
address, as applicable, pursuant to divisions (A) to (C) of this 925
section shall fail to verify a current residence, school, 926
institution of higher education, or place of employment address, 927
as applicable, in accordance with those divisions by the date 928
required for the verification as set forth in division (B) of this 929
section, provided that no person shall be prosecuted or subjected 930
to a delinquent child proceeding for a violation of this division, 931
and that no parent, guardian, or custodian of a delinquent child 932
shall be prosecuted for a violation of section 2919.24 of the 933
Revised Code based on the delinquent child's violation of this 934
division, prior to the expiration of the period of time specified 935
in division (G) of this section.936

       (G)(1) If an offender or delinquent child fails to verify a 937
current residence, school, institution of higher education, or 938
place of employment address, as applicable, as required by 939
divisions (A) to (C) of this section by the date required for the 940
verification as set forth in division (B) of this section, the 941
sheriff with whom the offender or delinquent child is required to 942
verify the current address, on the day following that date 943
required for the verification, shall send a written warning to the 944
offender or to the delinquent child and that child's parents, at 945
the offender's or delinquent child's and that child's parents' 946
last known residence, school, institution of higher education, or 947
place of employment address, as applicable, regarding the 948
offender's or delinquent child's duty to verify the offender's or 949
delinquent child's current residence, school, institution of 950
higher education, or place of employment address, as applicable.951

       The written warning shall do all of the following:952

       (a) Identify the sheriff who sends it and the date on which 953
it is sent;954

       (b) State conspicuously that the offender or delinquent child 955
has failed to verify the offender's or public registry-qualified 956
juvenile offender registrant's current residence, school, 957
institution of higher education, or place of employment address or 958
the current residence address of a delinquent child who is not a 959
public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant by the date 960
required for the verification;961

       (c) Conspicuously state that the offender or delinquent child 962
has seven days from the date on which the warning is sent to 963
verify the current residence, school, institution of higher 964
education, or place of employment address, as applicable, with the 965
sheriff who sent the warning;966

       (d) Conspicuously state that a failure to timely verify the 967
specified current address or addresses is a felony offense;968

       (e) Conspicuously state that, if the offender or public 969
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant verifies the 970
current residence, school, institution of higher education, or 971
place of employment address or the delinquent child who is not a 972
public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant verifies 973
the current residence address with that sheriff within that 974
seven-day period, the offender or delinquent child will not be 975
prosecuted or subjected to a delinquent child proceeding for a 976
failure to timely verify a current address and the delinquent 977
child's parent, guardian, or custodian will not be prosecuted 978
based on a failure of the delinquent child to timely verify an 979
address;980

       (f) Conspicuously state that, if the offender or public 981
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant does not verify 982
the current residence, school, institution of higher education, or 983
place of employment address or the delinquent child who is not a 984
public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant does not 985
verify the current residence address with that sheriff within that 986
seven-day period, the offender or delinquent child will be 987
arrested or taken into custody, as appropriate, and prosecuted or 988
subjected to a delinquent child proceeding for a failure to timely 989
verify a current address and the delinquent child's parent, 990
guardian, or custodian may be prosecuted for a violation of 991
section 2919.24 of the Revised Code based on the delinquent 992
child's failure to timely verify a current residence address.993

       (2) If an offender or delinquent child fails to verify a 994
current residence, school, institution of higher education, or 995
place of employment address, as applicable, as required by 996
divisions (A) to (C) of this section by the date required for the 997
verification as set forth in division (B) of this section, the 998
offender or delinquent child shall not be prosecuted or subjected 999
to a delinquent child proceeding for a violation of division (F) 1000
of this section, and the delinquent child's parent, guardian, or 1001
custodian shall not be prosecuted for a violation of section 1002
2919.24 of the Revised Code based on the delinquent child's 1003
failure to timely verify a current residence address and, if the 1004
delinquent child is a public registry-qualified juvenile offender 1005
registrant, the current school, institution of higher education, 1006
or place of employment address, as applicable, unless the 1007
seven-day period subsequent to that date that the offender or 1008
delinquent child is provided under division (G)(1) of this section 1009
to verify the current address has expired and the offender or 1010
delinquent child, prior to the expiration of that seven-day 1011
period, has not verified the current address. Upon the expiration 1012
of the seven-day period that the offender or delinquent child is 1013
provided under division (G)(1) of this section to verify the 1014
current address, if the offender or delinquent child has not 1015
verified the current address, all of the following apply:1016

       (a) The sheriff with whom the offender or delinquent child is 1017
required to verify the current residence, school, institution of 1018
higher education, or place of employment address, as applicable, 1019
promptly shall notify the bureau of criminal identification and 1020
investigation of the failure.1021

       (b) The sheriff with whom the offender or delinquent child is 1022
required to verify the current residence, school, institution of 1023
higher education, or place of employment address, as applicable, 1024
the sheriff of the county in which the offender or delinquent 1025
child resides, the sheriff of the county in which is located the 1026
offender's or public registry-qualified juvenile offender 1027
registrant's school, institution of higher education, or place of 1028
employment address that was to be verified, or a deputy of the 1029
appropriate sheriff, shall locate the offender or delinquent 1030
child, promptly shall seek a warrant for the arrest or taking into 1031
custody, as appropriate, of the offender or delinquent child for 1032
the violation of division (F) of this section and shall arrest the 1033
offender or take the child into custody, as appropriate.1034

       (c) The offender or delinquent child is subject to 1035
prosecution or a delinquent child proceeding for the violation of 1036
division (F) of this section, and the delinquent child's parent, 1037
guardian, or custodian may be subject to prosecution for a 1038
violation of section 2919.24 of the Revised Code based on the 1039
delinquent child's violation of that division.1040

       (H) An offender or public registry-qualified juvenile 1041
offender registrant who is required to verify the offender's or 1042
public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant's current 1043
residence, school, institution of higher education, or place of 1044
employment address pursuant to divisions (A) to (C) of this 1045
section and a delinquent child who is not a public 1046
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant who is required to 1047
verify the delinquent child's current residence address pursuant 1048
to those divisions shall do so for the period of time specified in 1049
section 2950.07 of the Revised Code.1050

       Sec. 2950.081. (A) Any statements, information, photographs, 1051
fingerprints, or materials that are required to be provided, and 1052
that are provided, by an offender or delinquent child pursuant to 1053
section 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, or 2950.06 of the Revised Code 1054
and that are in the possession of a county sheriff and all 1055
summaries described in division (D) of section 2950.112 of the 1056
Revised Code that are in the possession of a county sheriff are 1057
public records open to public inspection under section 149.43 of 1058
the Revised Code and shall be included in the internet sex 1059
offender and child-victim offender database established and 1060
maintained under section 2950.13 of the Revised Code to the extent 1061
provided in that section.1062

       (B) Except when the child is classified a public 1063
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, the sheriff shall 1064
not cause to be publicly disseminated by means of the internet any 1065
statements, information, photographs, fingerprints, or materials 1066
that are provided by a delinquent child who sends a notice of 1067
intent to reside, registers, provides notice of a change of 1068
residence address and registers the new residence address, or 1069
provides verification of a current residence address pursuant to 1070
this chapter and that are in the possession of a county sheriff.1071

       (C) If a sheriff establishes on the internet a sex offender 1072
and child-victim offender database for the public dissemination of 1073
some or all of the materials that are described in division (A) of 1074
this section, that are not prohibited from inclusion by division 1075
(B) of this section, and that pertain to offenders or delinquent 1076
children who register in the sheriff's county, in addition to all 1077
of the other information and materials included, the sheriff shall 1078
include in the database a chart describing which sexually oriented 1079
offenses and child-victim oriented offenses are included in the 1080
definitions of tier I sex offender/child-victim offender, tier II 1081
sex offender/child-victim offender, and tier III sex 1082
offender/child-victim offender and for each offender or delinquent 1083
child in relation to whom information and materials are provided a 1084
statement as to whether the offender or delinquent child is a tier 1085
I sex offender/child-victim offendersoffender, a tier II sex 1086
offender/child-victim offendersoffender, or a tier III sex 1087
offender/child-victim offendersoffender.1088

       Sec. 2950.11.  (A) Regardless of when the sexually oriented 1089
offense or child-victim oriented offense was committed, if a 1090
person is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has been convicted of, 1091
or has pleaded guilty to a sexually oriented offense or a 1092
child-victim oriented offense or a person is or has been 1093
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually oriented 1094
offense or a child-victim oriented offense and is classified a 1095
juvenile offender registrant or is an out-of-state juvenile 1096
offender registrant based on that adjudication, and if the 1097
offender or delinquent child is in any category specified in 1098
division (F)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section, the sheriff with 1099
whom the offender or delinquent child has most recently registered 1100
under section 2950.04, 2950.041, or 2950.05 of the Revised Code1101
and, the sheriff to whom the offender or delinquent child most 1102
recently sent a notice of intent to reside under section 2950.04 1103
or 2950.041 of the Revised Code, and the sheriff with whom the 1104
offender or delinquent child most recently verified a residence 1105
address pursuant to section 2950.06 of the Revised Code, within 1106
the period of time specified in division (C)(D) of this section, 1107
shall provide a written notice containing the information set 1108
forth in division (B) of this section to all of the persons 1109
described in divisions (A)(1) to (10) of this section. If the 1110
sheriff has sent a notice to the persons described in those 1111
divisions as a result of receiving a notice of intent to reside 1112
and if the offender or delinquent child registers a residence 1113
address that is the same residence address described in the notice 1114
of intent to reside, the sheriff is not required to send an 1115
additional notice when the offender or delinquent child registers. 1116
The sheriff shall provide the notice to all of the following 1117
persons:1118

       (1)(a) Any occupant of each residential unit that is located 1119
within one thousand feet of the offender's or delinquent child's 1120
residential premises, that is located within the county served by 1121
the sheriff, and that is not located in a multi-unit building. 1122
Division (D)(3) of this section applies regarding notices required 1123
under this division.1124

       (b) If the offender or delinquent child resides in a 1125
multi-unit building, any occupant of each residential unit that is 1126
located in that multi-unit building and that shares a common 1127
hallway with the offender or delinquent child. For purposes of 1128
this division, an occupant's unit shares a common hallway with the 1129
offender or delinquent child if the entrance door into the 1130
occupant's unit is located on the same floor and opens into the 1131
same hallway as the entrance door to the unit the offender or 1132
delinquent child occupies. Division (D)(3) of this section applies 1133
regarding notices required under this division.1134

       (c) The building manager, or the person the building owner or 1135
condominium unit owners association authorizes to exercise 1136
management and control, of each multi-unit building that is 1137
located within one thousand feet of the offender's or delinquent 1138
child's residential premises, including a multi-unit building in 1139
which the offender or delinquent child resides, and that is 1140
located within the county served by the sheriff. In addition to 1141
notifying the building manager or the person authorized to 1142
exercise management and control in the multi-unit building under 1143
this division, the sheriff shall post a copy of the notice 1144
prominently in each common entryway in the building and any other 1145
location in the building the sheriff determines appropriate. The 1146
manager or person exercising management and control of the 1147
building shall permit the sheriff to post copies of the notice 1148
under this division as the sheriff determines appropriate. In lieu 1149
of posting copies of the notice as described in this division, a 1150
sheriff may provide notice to all occupants of the multi-unit 1151
building by mail or personal contact; if the sheriff so notifies 1152
all the occupants, the sheriff is not required to post copies of 1153
the notice in the common entryways to the building. Division 1154
(D)(3) of this section applies regarding notices required under 1155
this division.1156

       (d) All additional persons who are within any category of 1157
neighbors of the offender or delinquent child that the attorney 1158
general by rule adopted under section 2950.13 of the Revised Code 1159
requires to be provided the notice and who reside within the 1160
county served by the sheriff;1161

       (2) The executive director of the public children services 1162
agency that has jurisdiction within the specified geographical 1163
notification area and that is located within the county served by 1164
the sheriff;1165

       (3)(a) The superintendent of each board of education of a 1166
school district that has schools within the specified geographical 1167
notification area and that is located within the county served by 1168
the sheriff;1169

       (b) The principal of the school within the specified 1170
geographical notification area and within the county served by the 1171
sheriff that the delinquent child attends;1172

       (c) If the delinquent child attends a school outside of the 1173
specified geographical notification area or outside of the school 1174
district where the delinquent child resides, the superintendent of 1175
the board of education of a school district that governs the 1176
school that the delinquent child attends and the principal of the 1177
school that the delinquent child attends.1178

       (4)(a) The appointing or hiring officer of each chartered 1179
nonpublic school located within the specified geographical 1180
notification area and within the county served by the sheriff or 1181
of each other school located within the specified geographical 1182
notification area and within the county served by the sheriff and 1183
that is not operated by a board of education described in division 1184
(A)(3) of this section;1185

       (b) Regardless of the location of the school, the appointing 1186
or hiring officer of a chartered nonpublic school that the 1187
delinquent child attends.1188

       (5) The director, head teacher, elementary principal, or site 1189
administrator of each preschool program governed by Chapter 3301. 1190
of the Revised Code that is located within the specified 1191
geographical notification area and within the county served by the 1192
sheriff;1193

       (6) The administrator of each child day-care center or type A 1194
family day-care home that is located within the specified 1195
geographical notification area and within the county served by the 1196
sheriff, and the provider of each certified type B family day-care 1197
home that is located within the specified geographical 1198
notification area and within the county served by the sheriff. As 1199
used in this division, "child day-care center," "type A family 1200
day-care home," and "certified type B family day-care home" have 1201
the same meanings as in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code.1202

       (7) The president or other chief administrative officer of 1203
each institution of higher education, as defined in section 1204
2907.03 of the Revised Code, that is located within the specified 1205
geographical notification area and within the county served by the 1206
sheriff, and the chief law enforcement officer of the state 1207
university law enforcement agency or campus police department 1208
established under section 3345.04 or 1713.50 of the Revised Code, 1209
if any, that serves that institution;1210

       (8) The sheriff of each county that includes any portion of 1211
the specified geographical notification area;1212

       (9) If the offender or delinquent child resides within the 1213
county served by the sheriff, the chief of police, marshal, or 1214
other chief law enforcement officer of the municipal corporation 1215
in which the offender or delinquent child resides or, if the 1216
offender or delinquent child resides in an unincorporated area, 1217
the constable or chief of the police department or police district 1218
police force of the township in which the offender or delinquent 1219
child resides;1220

       (10) Volunteer organizations in which contact with minors or 1221
other vulnerable individuals might occur or any organization, 1222
company, or individual who requests notification as provided in 1223
division (J) of this section.1224

       (B) The notice required under division (A) of this section 1225
shall include all of the following information regarding the 1226
subject offender or delinquent child:1227

       (1) The offender's or delinquent child's name;1228

       (2) The address or addresses of the offender's or public 1229
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant's residence, 1230
school, institution of higher education, or place of employment, 1231
as applicable, or the residence address or addresses of a 1232
delinquent child who is not a public registry-qualified juvenile 1233
offender registrant;1234

       (3) The sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented 1235
offense of which the offender was convicted, to which the offender 1236
pleaded guilty, or for which the child was adjudicated a 1237
delinquent child;1238

       (4) A statement that identifies the category specified in 1239
division (F)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section that includes the 1240
offender or delinquent child and that subjects the offender or 1241
delinquent child to this section;1242

       (5) The offender's or delinquent child's photograph.1243

       (C) If a sheriff with whom an offender or delinquent child 1244
registers under section 2950.04, 2950.041, or 2950.05 of the 1245
Revised Code or, to whom thean offender or delinquent child most 1246
recently sent a notice of intent to reside under section 2950.04 1247
or 2950.041 of the Revised Code, or with whom an offender or 1248
delinquent child most recently verified a residence address 1249
pursuant to section 2950.06 of the Revised Code is required by 1250
division (A) of this section to provide notices regarding an 1251
offender or delinquent child and if, pursuant to that requirement, 1252
the sheriff provides a notice to a sheriff of one or more other 1253
counties in accordance with division (A)(8) of this section, the 1254
sheriff of each of the other counties who is provided notice under 1255
division (A)(8) of this section shall provide the notices 1256
described in divisions (A)(1) to (7) and (A)(9) and (10) of this 1257
section to each person or entity identified within those divisions 1258
that is located within the specified geographical notification 1259
area and within the county served by the sheriff in question.1260

       (D)(1) A sheriff required by division (A) or (C) of this 1261
section to provide notices regarding an offender or delinquent 1262
child based on the offender's or delinquent child's sending of a 1263
notice of intent to reside or registration of an address shall 1264
provide the notice to the neighbors that are described in division 1265
(A)(1) of this section and the notices to law enforcement 1266
personnel that are described in divisions (A)(8) and (9) of this 1267
section as soon as practicable, but no later than five days after 1268
the offender sends the notice of intent to reside to the sheriff 1269
and again no later than five days after the offender or delinquent 1270
child registers with the sheriff or, if the sheriff is required by 1271
division (C) of this section to provide the notices, no later than 1272
five days after the sheriff is provided the notice described in 1273
division (A)(8) of this section.1274

       A sheriff required by division (A) or (C) of this section to 1275
provide notices regarding an offender or delinquent child based on 1276
the offender's or delinquent child's sending of a notice of intent 1277
to reside or registration of an address shall provide the notices 1278
to all other specified persons that are described in divisions 1279
(A)(2) to (7) and (A)(10) of this section as soon as practicable, 1280
but not later than seven days after the offender or delinquent 1281
child registers with the sheriff or, if the sheriff is required by 1282
division (C) of this section to provide the notices, no later than 1283
five days after the sheriff is provided the notice described in 1284
division (A)(8) of this section.1285

       A sheriff required by division (A) or (C) of this section to 1286
provide notices regarding an offender or delinquent child based on 1287
the offender's or delinquent child's verification of a residence 1288
address shall provide the notices to the specified persons that 1289
are described in divisions (A)(1) to (10) of this section once 1290
each year after the offender's or delinquent child's verification 1291
that occurs nearest to the anniversary date of the offender's or 1292
delinquent child's initial registration of that residence address. 1293
When required to provide notices regarding an offender or 1294
delinquent child based on the offender's or delinquent child's 1295
verification of a residence address, the sheriff shall provide the 1296
notices as soon as practicable, but not later than seven days 1297
after the offender or delinquent child verifies that address with 1298
the sheriff or, if the sheriff is required by division (C) of this 1299
section to provide the notices, not later than five days after the 1300
sheriff is provided the notice described in division (A)(8) of 1301
this section.1302

       (2) If an offender or delinquent child in relation to whom 1303
division (A) of this section applies verifies the offender's or 1304
delinquent child's current residence, school, institution of 1305
higher education, or place of employment address, as applicable, 1306
with a sheriff pursuant to section 2950.06 of the Revised Code, 1307
the sheriff may provide a written notice containing the 1308
information set forth in division (B) of this section to the 1309
persons identified in divisions (A)(1) to (10) of this section. If 1310
a sheriff provides a notice pursuant to this division to the 1311
sheriff of one or more other counties in accordance with division 1312
(A)(8) of this section, the sheriff of each of the other counties 1313
who is provided the notice under division (A)(8) of this section 1314
may provide, but is not required to provide, a written notice 1315
containing the information set forth in division (B) of this 1316
section to the persons identified in divisions (A)(1) to (7) and 1317
(A)(9) and (10) of this section.1318

       (3) A sheriff may provide notice under division (A)(1)(a) or 1319
(b) of this section, and may provide notice under division 1320
(A)(1)(c) of this section to a building manager or person 1321
authorized to exercise management and control of a building, by 1322
mail, by personal contact, or by leaving the notice at or under 1323
the entry door to a residential unit. For purposes of divisions 1324
(A)(1)(a) and (b) of this section, and the portion of division 1325
(A)(1)(c) of this section relating to the provision of notice to 1326
occupants of a multi-unit building by mail or personal contact, 1327
the provision of one written notice per unit is deemed as 1328
providing notice to all occupants of that unit.1329

       (E) All information that a sheriff possesses regarding an 1330
offender or delinquent child who is in a category specified in 1331
division (F)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section that is described 1332
in division (B) of this section and that must be provided in a 1333
notice required under division (A) or (C) of this section or that 1334
may be provided in a notice authorized under division (D)(2) of 1335
this section is a public record that is open to inspection under 1336
section 149.43 of the Revised Code.1337

        The sheriff shall not cause to be publicly disseminated by 1338
means of the internet any of the information described in this 1339
division that is provided by a delinquent child unless that child 1340
is in a category specified in division (F)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of 1341
this section.1342

       (F)(1) Except as provided in division (F)(2) of this section, 1343
theThe duties to provide the notices described in divisions (A) 1344
and (C) of this section apply regarding any offender or delinquent 1345
child who is in any of the following categories:1346

       (a)(1) The offender is a tier III sex offender/child-victim 1347
offender, or the delinquent child is a public registry-qualified 1348
juvenile offender registrant, and a juvenile court has not removed 1349
pursuant to section 2950.15 of the Revised Code the delinquent 1350
child's duty to comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, 1351
and 2950.06 of the Revised Code.1352

       (b)(2) The delinquent child is a tier III sex 1353
offender/child-victim offender who is not a public-registry 1354
qualifiedpublic registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, 1355
the delinquent child was subjected to this section prior to the 1356
effective date of this amendmentJanuary 1, 2008, as a sexual 1357
predator, habitual sex offender, child-victim predator, or 1358
habitual child-victim offender, as those terms were defined in 1359
section 2950.01 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to the 1360
effective date of this amendmentJanuary 1, 2008, and a juvenile 1361
court has not removed pursuant to section 2152.84 or 2152.85 of 1362
the Revised Code the delinquent child's duty to comply with 1363
sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised 1364
Code.1365

       (c)(3) The delinquent child is a tier III sex 1366
offender/child-victim offender who is not a public 1367
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, the delinquent 1368
child was classified a juvenile offender registrant on or after 1369
the effective date of this amendmentJanuary 1, 2008, the court 1370
has imposed a requirement under section 2152.82, 2152.83, or 1371
2152.84 of the Revised Code subjecting the delinquent child to 1372
this section, and a juvenile court has not removed pursuant to 1373
section 2152.84 or 2152.85 of the Revised Code the delinquent 1374
child's duty to comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, 1375
and 2950.06 of the Revised Code.1376

        (2) The notification provisions of this section do not apply 1377
to a person described in division (F)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this 1378
section if a court finds at a hearing after considering the 1379
factors described in this division that the person would not be 1380
subject to the notification provisions of this section that were 1381
in the version of this section that existed immediately prior to 1382
the effective date of this amendment. In making the determination 1383
of whether a person would have been subject to the notification 1384
provisions under prior law as described in this division, the 1385
court shall consider the following factors:1386

       (a) The offender's or delinquent child's age;1387

       (b) The offender's or delinquent child's prior criminal or 1388
delinquency record regarding all offenses, including, but not 1389
limited to, all sexual offenses;1390

       (c) The age of the victim of the sexually oriented offense 1391
for which sentence is to be imposed or the order of disposition is 1392
to be made;1393

       (d) Whether the sexually oriented offense for which sentence 1394
is to be imposed or the order of disposition is to be made 1395
involved multiple victims;1396

       (e) Whether the offender or delinquent child used drugs or 1397
alcohol to impair the victim of the sexually oriented offense or 1398
to prevent the victim from resisting;1399

       (f) If the offender or delinquent child previously has been 1400
convicted of or pleaded guilty to, or been adjudicated a 1401
delinquent child for committing an act that if committed by an 1402
adult would be, a criminal offense, whether the offender or 1403
delinquent child completed any sentence or dispositional order 1404
imposed for the prior offense or act and, if the prior offense or 1405
act was a sex offense or a sexually oriented offense, whether the 1406
offender or delinquent child participated in available programs 1407
for sexual offenders;1408

       (g) Any mental illness or mental disability of the offender 1409
or delinquent child;1410

       (h) The nature of the offender's or delinquent child's sexual 1411
conduct, sexual contact, or interaction in a sexual context with 1412
the victim of the sexually oriented offense and whether the sexual 1413
conduct, sexual contact, or interaction in a sexual context was 1414
part of a demonstrated pattern of abuse;1415

       (i) Whether the offender or delinquent child, during the 1416
commission of the sexually oriented offense for which sentence is 1417
to be imposed or the order of disposition is to be made, displayed 1418
cruelty or made one or more threats of cruelty;1419

       (j) Whether the offender or delinquent child would have been 1420
a habitual sex offender or a habitual child victim offender under 1421
the definitions of those terms set forth in section 2950.01 of the 1422
Revised Code as that section existed prior to the effective date 1423
of this amendment;1424

       (k) Any additional behavioral characteristics that contribute 1425
to the offender's or delinquent child's conduct.1426

       (G)(1) The department of job and family services shall 1427
compile, maintain, and update in January and July of each year, a 1428
list of all agencies, centers, or homes of a type described in 1429
division (A)(2) or (6) of this section that contains the name of 1430
each agency, center, or home of that type, the county in which it 1431
is located, its address and telephone number, and the name of an 1432
administrative officer or employee of the agency, center, or home. 1433

       (2) The department of education shall compile, maintain, and 1434
update in January and July of each year, a list of all boards of 1435
education, schools, or programs of a type described in division 1436
(A)(3), (4), or (5) of this section that contains the name of each 1437
board of education, school, or program of that type, the county in 1438
which it is located, its address and telephone number, the name of 1439
the superintendent of the board or of an administrative officer or 1440
employee of the school or program, and, in relation to a board of 1441
education, the county or counties in which each of its schools is 1442
located and the address of each such school. 1443

       (3) The Ohio board of regents shall compile, maintain, and 1444
update in January and July of each year, a list of all 1445
institutions of a type described in division (A)(7) of this 1446
section that contains the name of each such institution, the 1447
county in which it is located, its address and telephone number, 1448
and the name of its president or other chief administrative 1449
officer. 1450

       (4) A sheriff required by division (A) or (C) of this 1451
section, or authorized by division (D)(2) of this section, to 1452
provide notices regarding an offender or delinquent child, or a 1453
designee of a sheriff of that type, may request the department of 1454
job and family services, department of education, or Ohio board of 1455
regents, by telephone, in person, or by mail, to provide the 1456
sheriff or designee with the names, addresses, and telephone 1457
numbers of the appropriate persons and entities to whom the 1458
notices described in divisions (A)(2) to (7) of this section are 1459
to be provided. Upon receipt of a request, the department or board 1460
shall provide the requesting sheriff or designee with the names, 1461
addresses, and telephone numbers of the appropriate persons and 1462
entities to whom those notices are to be provided.1463

       (H)(1) Upon the motion of the offender or the prosecuting 1464
attorney of the county in which the offender was convicted of or 1465
pleaded guilty to the sexually oriented offense or child-victim 1466
oriented offense for which the offender is subject to community 1467
notification under this section, or upon the motion of the 1468
sentencing judge or that judge's successor in office, the judge 1469
may schedule a hearing to determine whether the interests of 1470
justice would be served by suspending the community notification 1471
requirement under this section in relation to the offender. The 1472
judge may dismiss the motion without a hearing but may not issue 1473
an order suspending the community notification requirement without 1474
a hearing. At the hearing, all parties are entitled to be heard, 1475
and the judge shall consider all of the factors set forth in 1476
division (K) of this section. If, at the conclusion of the 1477
hearing, the judge finds that the offender has proven by clear and 1478
convincing evidence that the offender is unlikely to commit in the 1479
future a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented 1480
offense and if the judge finds that suspending the community 1481
notification requirement is in the interests of justice, the judge 1482
may suspend the application of this section in relation to the 1483
offender. The order shall contain both of these findings.1484

       The judge promptly shall serve a copy of the order upon the 1485
sheriff with whom the offender most recently registered under 1486
section 2950.04, 2950.041, or 2950.05 of the Revised Code and upon 1487
the bureau of criminal identification and investigation.1488

        An order suspending the community notification requirement 1489
does not suspend or otherwise alter an offender's duties to comply 1490
with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the 1491
Revised Code and does not suspend the victim notification 1492
requirement under section 2950.10 of the Revised Code.1493

        (2) A prosecuting attorney, a sentencing judge or that 1494
judge's successor in office, and an offender who is subject to the 1495
community notification requirement under this section may 1496
initially make a motion under division (H)(1) of this section upon 1497
the expiration of twenty years after the offender's duty to comply 1498
with division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of section 2950.04, division 1499
(A)(2), (3), or (4) of section 2950.041 and sections 2950.05 and 1500
2950.06 of the Revised Code begins in relation to the offense for 1501
which the offender is subject to community notification. After the 1502
initial making of a motion under division (H)(1) of this section, 1503
thereafter, the prosecutor, judge, and offender may make a 1504
subsequent motion under that division upon the expiration of five 1505
years after the judge has entered an order denying the initial 1506
motion or the most recent motion made under that division.1507

        (3) The offender and the prosecuting attorney have the right 1508
to appeal an order approving or denying a motion made under 1509
division (H)(1) of this section.1510

        (4) Divisions (H)(1) to (3) of this section do not apply to 1511
any of the following types of offender:1512

        (a) A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a 1513
violent sex offense or designated homicide, assault, or kidnapping 1514
offense and who, in relation to that offense, is adjudicated a 1515
sexually violent predator;1516

        (b) A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a 1517
sexually oriented offense that is a violation of division 1518
(A)(1)(b) of section 2907.02 of the Revised Code committed on or 1519
after January 2, 2007, and either who is sentenced under section 1520
2971.03 of the Revised Code or upon whom a sentence of life 1521
without parole is imposed under division (B) of section 2907.02 of 1522
the Revised Code;1523

       (c) A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a 1524
sexually oriented offense that is attempted rape committed on or 1525
after January 2, 2007, and who also is convicted of or pleads 1526
guilty to a specification of the type described in section 1527
2941.1418, 2941.1419, or 2941.1420 of the Revised Code;1528

       (d) A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to an 1529
offense described in division (B)(3)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of 1530
section 2971.03 of the Revised Code and who is sentenced for that 1531
offense pursuant to that division;1532

       (e) An offender who is in a category specified in division 1533
(F)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section and who, subsequent to 1534
being subjected to community notification, has pleaded guilty to 1535
or been convicted of a sexually oriented offense or child-victim 1536
oriented offense.1537

       (I) If a person is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has been 1538
convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to a sexually oriented offense 1539
or a child-victim oriented offense or a person is or has been 1540
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually oriented 1541
offense or a child-victim oriented offense and is classified a 1542
juvenile offender registrant or is an out-of-state juvenile 1543
offender registrant based on that adjudication, and if the 1544
offender or delinquent child is not in any category specified in 1545
division (F)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section, the sheriff with 1546
whom the offender or delinquent child has most recently registered 1547
under section 2950.04, 2950.041, or 2950.05 of the Revised Code 1548
and the sheriff to whom the offender or delinquent child most 1549
recently sent a notice of intent to reside under section 2950.04 1550
or 2950.041 of the Revised Code, within the period of time 1551
specified in division (D) of this section, shall provide a written 1552
notice containing the information set forth in division (B) of 1553
this section to the executive director of the public children 1554
services agency that has jurisdiction within the specified 1555
geographical notification area and that is located within the 1556
county served by the sheriff.1557

       (J) Each sheriff shall allow a volunteer organization or 1558
other organization, company, or individual who wishes to receive 1559
the notice described in division (A)(10) of this section regarding 1560
a specific offender or delinquent child or notice regarding all 1561
offenders and delinquent children who are located in the specified 1562
geographical notification area to notify the sheriff by electronic 1563
mail or through the sheriff's web site of this election. The 1564
sheriff shall promptly inform the bureau of criminal 1565
identification and investigation of these requests in accordance 1566
with the forwarding procedures adopted by the attorney general 1567
pursuant to section 2950.13 of the Revised Code.1568

       (K) In making a determination under division (H)(1) of this 1569
section as to whether to suspend the community notification 1570
requirement under this section for an offender, the judge shall 1571
consider all relevant factors, including, but not limited to, all 1572
of the following:1573

       (1) The offender's age;1574

       (2) The offender's prior criminal or delinquency record 1575
regarding all offenses, including, but not limited to, all 1576
sexually oriented offenses or child-victim oriented offenses;1577

       (3) The age of the victim of the sexually oriented offense or 1578
child-victim oriented offense the offender committed;1579

       (4) Whether the sexually oriented offense or child-victim 1580
oriented offense the offender committed involved multiple victims;1581

       (5) Whether the offender used drugs or alcohol to impair the 1582
victim of the sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented 1583
offense the offender committed or to prevent the victim from 1584
resisting;1585

       (6) If the offender previously has been convicted of, pleaded 1586
guilty to, or been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing 1587
an act that if committed by an adult would be a criminal offense, 1588
whether the offender completed any sentence or dispositional order 1589
imposed for the prior offense or act and, if the prior offense or 1590
act was a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented 1591
offense, whether the offender or delinquent child participated in 1592
available programs for sex offenders or child-victim offenders;1593

       (7) Any mental illness or mental disability of the offender;1594

       (8) The nature of the offender's sexual conduct, sexual 1595
contact, or interaction in a sexual context with the victim of the 1596
sexually oriented offense the offender committed or the nature of 1597
the offender's interaction in a sexual context with the victim of 1598
the child-victim oriented offense the offender committed, 1599
whichever is applicable, and whether the sexual conduct, sexual 1600
contact, or interaction in a sexual context was part of a 1601
demonstrated pattern of abuse;1602

       (9) Whether the offender, during the commission of the 1603
sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense the 1604
offender committed, displayed cruelty or made one or more threats 1605
of cruelty;1606

       (10) Any additional behavioral characteristics that 1607
contribute to the offender's conduct.1608

       (L) As used in this section, "specified geographical 1609
notification area" means the geographic area or areas within which 1610
the attorney general, by rule adopted under section 2950.13 of the 1611
Revised Code, requires the notice described in division (B) of 1612
this section to be given to the persons identified in divisions 1613
(A)(2) to (8) of this section.1614

       Sec. 2950.111.  (A) If an offender or delinquent child 1615
registers a residence address, provides notice of a change of any 1616
residence address, or verifies a current residence address 1617
pursuant to section 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, or 2950.06 of the 1618
Revised Code, unless section 2950.112 of the Revised Code requires 1619
confirmation by personal observation by the sheriff or a designee,1620
all of the following apply:1621

       (1) At any time after the registration, provision of the 1622
notice, or verification, the sheriff with whom the offender or 1623
delinquent child so registered or to whom the offender or 1624
delinquent child so provided the notice or verified the current 1625
address, or a designee of that sheriff, may contact a person who 1626
owns, leases, or otherwise has custody, control, or supervision of 1627
the premises at the address provided by the offender or delinquent 1628
child in the registration, the notice, or the verification and 1629
request that the person confirm or deny that the offender or 1630
delinquent child currently resides at that address.1631

       (2) Upon receipt of a request under division (A)(1) of this 1632
section, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the person 1633
who owns, leases, or otherwise has custody, control, or 1634
supervision of the premises, or an agent of that person, shall 1635
comply with the request and inform the sheriff or designee who 1636
made the request whether or not the offender or delinquent child 1637
currently resides at that address.1638

       (3) Section 2950.12 of the Revised Code applies to a person 1639
who, in accordance with division (A)(2) of this section, provides 1640
information of the type described in that division.1641

       (B) Division (A) of this section applies regarding any public 1642
or private residential premises, including, but not limited to, a 1643
private residence, a multi-unit residential facility, a halfway 1644
house, a homeless shelter, or any other type of residential 1645
premises. Division (A) of this section does not apply regarding an 1646
offender's registration, provision of notice of a change in, or 1647
verification of a school, institution of higher education, or 1648
place of employment address pursuant to section 2950.04, 2950.041, 1649
2950.05, or 2950.06 of the Revised Code.1650

       (C) A sheriff or designee of a sheriff may attempt to confirm 1651
that an offender or delinquent child who registers a residence 1652
address, provides notice of a change of any residence address, or 1653
verifies a current residence address as described in division (A) 1654
of this section currently resides at the address in question in 1655
manners other than the manner provided in this section, subject to 1656
section 2950.112 of the Revised Code. A sheriff or designee of a 1657
sheriff is not limited in the number of requests that may be made 1658
under this section regarding any registration, provision of 1659
notice, or verification, or in the number of times that the 1660
sheriff or designee may attempt to confirm, in manners other than 1661
the manner provided in this section, that an offender or 1662
delinquent child currently resides at the address in question.1663

       Sec. 2950.112. (A)(1) If an offender or delinquent child who 1664
is a tier III sex offender/child-victim offender registers a 1665
residence address pursuant to section 2950.04, 2950.041, or 1666
2950.05 of the Revised Code, the sheriff with whom the offender or 1667
delinquent child so registered or a designee of that sheriff shall 1668
confirm in accordance with division (A)(2) of this section that 1669
the offender or delinquent child actually resides at the address 1670
so registered by the offender or delinquent child.1671

       If an offender or delinquent child who is a tier III sex 1672
offender/child-victim offender verifies a current residence 1673
address pursuant to section 2950.06 of the Revised Code, except as 1674
otherwise provided in this division, the sheriff with whom the 1675
offender or delinquent child so verified the current residence 1676
address or a designee of that sheriff shall confirm in accordance 1677
with division (A)(2) of this section that the offender or 1678
delinquent child actually resides at the address so verified by 1679
the offender or delinquent child. When an offender or delinquent 1680
child who is a tier III sex offender/child-victim offender 1681
verifies a current residence address pursuant to section 2950.06 1682
of the Revised Code, the sheriff or designee is not required to 1683
confirm that the offender or delinquent child actually resides at 1684
the address so verified if, within the preceding ninety days, the 1685
sheriff or a designee has confirmed in accordance with division 1686
(A)(2) or (B)(1) of this section that the offender or delinquent 1687
child actually resides at that address.1688

       (2) A sheriff or designee who is required pursuant to 1689
division (A)(1) of this section to confirm that an offender or 1690
delinquent child who registers or verifies a residence address 1691
actually resides at that address shall confirm the actual 1692
residence by going to the address and personally observing the 1693
offender or delinquent child at that address. The sheriff or 1694
designee shall confirm that the offender or delinquent child 1695
actually resides at that address as soon as possible after the 1696
offender or delinquent child registers or verifies the address.1697

       A sheriff or a designee of a sheriff shall comply with this 1698
division and division (A)(1) of this section each time an offender 1699
or delinquent child who is a tier III sex offender/child-victim 1700
offender registers a residence address pursuant to section 1701
2950.04, 2950.041, or 2950.05 of the Revised Code and, subject to 1702
the exception provided in that division, each time an offender or 1703
delinquent child who is a tier III sex offender/child-victim 1704
offender verifies a current residence address pursuant to section 1705
2950.06 of the Revised Code.1706

       (B) If a sheriff or designee, in attempting to confirm 1707
pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section that an offender or 1708
delinquent child actually resides at a residence address the 1709
offender or delinquent child registered or verified as described 1710
in that division, is unable after a good faith effort to 1711
personally observe the offender or delinquent child at that 1712
address, all of the following apply:1713

       (1) Not later than two weeks after the unsuccessful effort to 1714
confirm that the offender or delinquent child actually resides at 1715
that address, the sheriff or designee shall make another attempt 1716
to confirm pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section that the 1717
offender or delinquent child actually resides at that address.1718

       (2) If the sheriff or designee makes a good faith effort 1719
pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section to confirm that the 1720
offender or delinquent child actually resides at that address but 1721
is unable to personally observe the offender or delinquent child 1722
at that address, the sheriff or a designee may take the steps 1723
described in division (A) or (C) of section 2950.111 of the 1724
Revised Code to confirm that the offender or delinquent child 1725
actually resides at that address.1726

       (3) The inability of the sheriff or designee to confirm 1727
pursuant to division (A) of this section or division (B)(1) or (2) 1728
of this section that the offender or delinquent child actually 1729
resides at that address does not affect the validity of the 1730
offender's or delinquent child's registration or address 1731
verification pursuant to section 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, or 1732
2950.06 of the Revised Code, whichever is applicable, subject to 1733
division (C) of this section.1734

       (C) If a sheriff or designee, in attempting pursuant to 1735
division (A)(2), (B)(1), or (B)(2) of this section to confirm that 1736
an offender or delinquent child actually resides at a residence 1737
address the offender or delinquent child registered or verified as 1738
described in division (A) of this section, determines that the 1739
offender or delinquent child does not reside at that address, the 1740
offender or delinquent child shall be considered to be in 1741
violation of division (E) of section 2950.04, division (E) of 1742
section 2950.041, division (F)(2) of section 2950.05, or division 1743
(F) of section 2950.06 of the Revised Code, whichever is 1744
applicable.1745

       (D) A sheriff or designee who attempts pursuant to division 1746
(A)(2), (B)(1), or (B)(2) of this section to confirm that an 1747
offender or delinquent child actually resides at a residence 1748
address the offender or delinquent child registered or verified 1749
described in division (A) of this section shall include a summary 1750
of the attempt, including the results of the attempt, in the 1751
records maintained by the sheriff regarding the offender or 1752
delinquent child.1753

       (E) Divisions (A) to (D) of this section apply to every 1754
offender and delinquent child who is a tier III sex 1755
offender/child-victim offender, regardless of when the offender or 1756
delinquent child committed the sexually oriented offense or 1757
child-victim oriented offense that is the basis of the 1758
classification as a tier III sex offender/child-victim offender.1759

       Sec. 2950.13.  (A) The attorney general shall do all of the 1760
following:1761

       (1) No later than July 1, 1997, establish and maintain a 1762
state registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders that is 1763
housed at the bureau of criminal identification and investigation 1764
and that contains all of the registration, change of residence, 1765
school, institution of higher education, or place of employment 1766
address, and verification information the bureau receives pursuant 1767
to sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised 1768
Code regarding each person who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, 1769
has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to a sexually 1770
oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense and each 1771
person who is or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for 1772
committing a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented 1773
offense and is classified a juvenile offender registrant or is an 1774
out-of-state juvenile offender registrant based on that 1775
adjudication, all of the information the bureau receives pursuant 1776
to section 2950.14 of the Revised Code, and any notice of an order 1777
terminating or modifying an offender's or delinquent child's duty 1778
to comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of 1779
the Revised Code the bureau receives pursuant to section 2152.84, 1780
2152.85, or 2950.15 of the Revised Code. For a person who was 1781
convicted of or pleaded guilty to the sexually oriented offense or 1782
child-victim related offense, the registry also shall indicate 1783
whether the person was convicted of or pleaded guilty to the 1784
offense in a criminal prosecution or in a serious youthful 1785
offender case. The registry shall not be open to inspection by the 1786
public or by any person other than a person identified in division 1787
(A) of section 2950.08 of the Revised Code. In addition to the 1788
information and material previously identified in this division, 1789
the registry shall include all of the following regarding each 1790
person who is listed in the registry:1791

       (a) A citation for, and the name of, all sexually oriented 1792
offenses or child-victim oriented offenses of which the person was 1793
convicted, to which the person pleaded guilty, or for which the 1794
person was adjudicated a delinquent child and that resulted in a 1795
registration duty, and the date on which those offenses were 1796
committed;1797

       (b) The text of the sexually oriented offenses or 1798
child-victim oriented offenses identified in division (A)(1)(a) of 1799
this section as those offenses existed at the time the person was 1800
convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or was adjudicated a delinquent 1801
child for committing those offenses, or a link to a database that 1802
sets forth the text of those offenses;1803

       (c) A statement as to whether the person is a tier I sex 1804
offender/child-victim offender, a tier II sex 1805
offender/child-victim offender, or a tier III sex 1806
offender/child-victim offender for the sexually oriented offenses 1807
or child-victim oriented offenses identified in division (A)(1)(a) 1808
of this section;1809

       (d) The community supervision status of the person, 1810
including, but not limited to, whether the person is serving a 1811
community control sanction and the nature of any such sanction, 1812
whether the person is under supervised release and the nature of 1813
the release, or regarding a juvenile, whether the juvenile is 1814
under any type of release authorized under Chapter 2152. or 5139. 1815
of the Revised Code and the nature of any such release;1816

       (e) The offense and delinquency history of the person, as 1817
determined from information gathered or provided under sections 1818
109.57 and 2950.14 of the Revised Code;1819

       (f) The bureau of criminal identification and investigation 1820
tracking number assigned to the person if one has been so 1821
assigned, the federal bureau of investigation number assigned to 1822
the person if one has been assigned and the bureau of criminal 1823
identification and investigation is aware of the number, and any 1824
other state identification number assigned to the person of which 1825
the bureau is aware;1826

       (g) Fingerprints and palmprints of the person;1827

       (h) A DNA specimen, as defined in section 109.573 of the 1828
Revised Code, from the person;1829

       (i) Whether the person has any outstanding arrest warrants;1830

       (j) Whether the person is in compliance with the person's 1831
duties under this chapter.1832

       (2) In consultation with local law enforcement 1833
representatives and no later than July 1, 1997, adopt rules that 1834
contain guidelines necessary for the implementation of this 1835
chapter;1836

       (3) In consultation with local law enforcement 1837
representatives, adopt rules for the implementation and 1838
administration of the provisions contained in section 2950.11 of 1839
the Revised Code that pertain to the notification of neighbors of 1840
an offender or a delinquent child who has committed a sexually 1841
oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense and and is in 1842
a category specified in division (F)(1) of that section and rules 1843
that prescribe a manner in which victims of a sexually oriented 1844
offense or a child-victim oriented offense committed by an 1845
offender or a delinquent child who is in a category specified in 1846
division (B)(1) of section 2950.10 of the Revised Code may make a 1847
request that specifies that the victim would like to be provided 1848
the notices described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 1849
2950.10 of the Revised Code;1850

       (4) In consultation with local law enforcement 1851
representatives and through the bureau of criminal identification 1852
and investigation, prescribe the forms to be used by judges and 1853
officials pursuant to section 2950.03 or 2950.032 of the Revised 1854
Code to advise offenders and delinquent children of their duties 1855
of filing a notice of intent to reside, registration, notification 1856
of a change of residence, school, institution of higher education, 1857
or place of employment address and registration of the new,1858
school, institution of higher education, or place of employment 1859
address, as applicable, and address verification under sections 1860
2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code, and 1861
prescribe the forms to be used by sheriffs relative to those 1862
duties of filing a notice of intent to reside, registration, 1863
change of residence, school, institution of higher education, or 1864
place of employment address notification, and address 1865
verification;1866

       (5) Make copies of the forms prescribed under division (A)(4) 1867
of this section available to judges, officials, and sheriffs;1868

       (6) Through the bureau of criminal identification and 1869
investigation, provide the notifications, the information and 1870
materials, and the documents that the bureau is required to 1871
provide to appropriate law enforcement officials and to the 1872
federal bureau of investigation pursuant to sections 2950.04, 1873
2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code;1874

       (7) Through the bureau of criminal identification and 1875
investigation, maintain the verification forms returned under the 1876
address verification mechanism set forth in section 2950.06 of the 1877
Revised Code;1878

       (8) In consultation with representatives of the officials, 1879
judges, and sheriffs, adopt procedures for officials, judges, and 1880
sheriffs to use to forward information, photographs, and 1881
fingerprints to the bureau of criminal identification and 1882
investigation pursuant to the requirements of sections 2950.03, 1883
2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, 2950.06, and 2950.11 of the Revised 1884
Code;1885

       (9) In consultation with the director of education, the 1886
director of job and family services, and the director of 1887
rehabilitation and correction, adopt rules that contain guidelines 1888
to be followed by boards of education of a school district, 1889
chartered nonpublic schools or other schools not operated by a 1890
board of education, preschool programs, child day-care centers, 1891
type A family day-care homes, certified type B family day-care 1892
homes, and institutions of higher education regarding the proper 1893
use and administration of information received pursuant to section 1894
2950.11 of the Revised Code relative to an offender or delinquent 1895
child who has committed a sexually oriented offense or a 1896
child-victim oriented offense and is in a category specified in 1897
division (F)(1) of that section;1898

       (10) In consultation with local law enforcement 1899
representatives and no later than July 1, 1997, adopt rules that 1900
designate a geographic area or areas within which the notice 1901
described in division (B) of section 2950.11 of the Revised Code 1902
must be given to the persons identified in divisions (A)(2) to (8) 1903
and (A)(10) of that section;1904

       (11) Through the bureau of criminal identification and 1905
investigation, not later than January 1, 2004, establish and 1906
operate on the internet a sex offender and child-victim offender 1907
database that contains information for every offender who has 1908
committed a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented 1909
offense and registers in any county in this state pursuant to 1910
section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code and for every 1911
delinquent child who has committed a sexually oriented offense, is 1912
a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, and 1913
registers in any county in this state pursuant to either such 1914
section. The bureau shall not include on the database the identity 1915
of any offender's or public registry-qualified juvenile offender 1916
registrant's victim, any offender's or public registry-qualified 1917
juvenile offender registrant's social security number, the name of 1918
any school or institution of higher education attended by any 1919
offender or public registry-qualified juvenile offender 1920
registrant, the name of the place of employment of any offender or 1921
public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, any 1922
tracking or identification number described in division (A)(1)(f) 1923
of this section, or any information described in division (C)(7) 1924
of section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code. The bureau 1925
shall provide on the database, for each offender and each public 1926
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, at least the 1927
information specified in divisions (A)(11)(a) to (h) of this 1928
section. Otherwise, the bureau shall determine the information to 1929
be provided on the database for each offender and public 1930
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant and shall obtain 1931
that information from the information contained in the state 1932
registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders described in 1933
division (A)(1) of this section, which information, while in the 1934
possession of the sheriff who provided it, is a public record open 1935
for inspection as described in section 2950.081 of the Revised 1936
Code. The database is a public record open for inspection under 1937
section 149.43 of the Revised Code, and it shall be searchable by 1938
offender or public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant 1939
name, by county, by zip code, and by school district. The database 1940
shall provide a link to the web site of each sheriff who has 1941
established and operates on the internet a sex offender and 1942
child-victim offender database that contains information for 1943
offenders and public registry-qualified juvenile offender 1944
registrants who register in that county pursuant to section 1945
2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code, with the link being a 1946
direct link to the sex offender and child-victim offender database 1947
for the sheriff. The bureau shall provide on the database, for 1948
each offender and public registry-qualified juvenile offender 1949
registrant, at least the following information:1950

       (a) The information described in divisions (A)(1)(a), (b), 1951
(c), and (d) of this section relative to the offender or public 1952
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant;1953

       (b) The address of the offender's or public 1954
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant's school, 1955
institution of higher education, or place of employment provided 1956
in a registration form;1957

       (c) The information described in division (C)(6) of section 1958
2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code;1959

       (d) A chart describing which sexually oriented offenses and 1960
child-victim oriented offenses are included in the definitions of 1961
tier I sex offender/child-victim offender, tier II sex 1962
offender/child-victim offender, and tier III sex 1963
offender/child-victim offender;1964

       (e) Fingerprints and palm printspalmprints of the offender 1965
or public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant and a 1966
DNA specimen from the offender or public registry-qualified 1967
juvenile offender registrant;1968

       (f) The information set forth in division (B) of section 1969
2950.11 of the Revised Code;1970

       (g) Any outstanding arrest warrants for the offender or 1971
public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant;1972

       (h) The offender's or public registry-qualified juvenile 1973
offender registrant's compliance status with duties under this 1974
chapter.1975

       (12) Develop software to be used by sheriffs in establishing 1976
on the internet a sex offender and child-victim offender database 1977
for the public dissemination of some or all of the information and 1978
materials described in division (A) of section 2950.081 of the 1979
Revised Code that are public records under that division, that are 1980
not prohibited from inclusion by division (B) of that section, and 1981
that pertain to offenders and public registry-qualified juvenile 1982
offender registrants who register in the sheriff's county pursuant 1983
to section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code and for the 1984
public dissemination of information the sheriff receives pursuant 1985
to section 2950.14 of the Revised Code and, upon the request of 1986
any sheriff, provide technical guidance to the requesting sheriff 1987
in establishing on the internet such a database;1988

       (13) Through the bureau of criminal identification and 1989
investigation, not later than January 1, 2004, establish and 1990
operate on the internet a database that enables local law 1991
enforcement representatives to remotely search by electronic means 1992
the state registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders 1993
described in division (A)(1) of this section and any information 1994
and materials the bureau receives pursuant to sections 2950.04, 1995
2950.041, 2950.05, 2950.06, and 2950.14 of the Revised Code. The 1996
database shall enable local law enforcement representatives to 1997
obtain detailed information regarding each offender and delinquent 1998
child who is included in the registry, including, but not limited 1999
to the offender's or delinquent child's name, aliases, residence 2000
address, name and address of any place of employment, school, 2001
institution of higher education, if applicable, license plate 2002
number of each vehicle identified in division (C)(5) of section 2003
2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code to the extent applicable, 2004
victim preference if available, date of most recent release from 2005
confinement if applicable, fingerprints, and palmprints, all of 2006
the information and material described in divisiondivisions2007
(A)(1)(a) to (h) of this section regarding the offender or 2008
delinquent child, and other identification parameters the bureau 2009
considers appropriate. The database is not a public record open 2010
for inspection under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall 2011
be available only to law enforcement representatives as described 2012
in this division. Information obtained by local law enforcement 2013
representatives through use of this database is not open to 2014
inspection by the public or by any person other than a person 2015
identified in division (A) of section 2950.08 of the Revised Code.2016

       (14) Through the bureau of criminal identification and 2017
investigation, maintain a list of requests for notice about a 2018
specified offender or delinquent child or specified geographical 2019
notification area made pursuant to division (J) of section 2950.11 2020
of the Revised Code and, when an offender or delinquent child 2021
changes residence to another county, forward any requests for 2022
information about that specific offender or delinquent child to 2023
the appropriate sheriff;2024

       (15) Through the bureau of criminal identification and 2025
investigation, establish and operate a system for the immediate 2026
notification by electronic means of the appropriate officials in 2027
other states specified in this division each time an offender or 2028
delinquent child registers a residence, school, institution of 2029
higher education, or place of employment address under section 2030
2950.04 or 2950.041 of the revisedRevised Code or provides a 2031
notice of a change of address or registers a new address under 2032
division (A) or (B) of section 2950.05 of the Revised Code. The 2033
immediate notification by electronic means shall be provided to 2034
the appropriate officials in each state in which the offender or 2035
delinquent child is required to register a residence, school, 2036
institution of higher education, or place of employment address. 2037
The notification shall contain the offender's or delinquent 2038
child's name and all of the information the bureau receives from 2039
the sheriff with whom the offender or delinquent child registered 2040
the address or provided the notice of change of address or 2041
registered the new address;2042

       (16) Not later than thirty days after the effective date of 2043
this amendment, adopt a rule that specifies one or more types of 2044
proof of residence in addition to those identified in divisions 2045
(A)(1) and (2) of section 2950.044 of the Revised Code that an 2046
offender or delinquent child may use to provide proof that the 2047
offender or delinquent child resides at a residence address the 2048
offender or delinquent child registers under section 2950.04, 2049
2950.041, or 2950.05 of the Revised Code or verifies under section 2050
2950.06 of the Revised Code;2051

       (17) Not later than thirty days after the effective date of 2052
this amendment, prescribe the form of an affirmation that an 2053
offender or delinquent child may execute pursuant to division (B) 2054
of section 2950.044 of the Revised Code to provide proof that the 2055
offender or delinquent child resides at a residence address the 2056
offender or delinquent child registers under section 2950.04, 2057
2950.041, or 2950.05 of the Revised Code.2058

       (B) The attorney general in consultation with local law 2059
enforcement representatives, may adopt rules that establish one or 2060
more categories of neighbors of an offender or delinquent child 2061
who, in addition to the occupants of residential premises and 2062
other persons specified in division (A)(1) of section 2950.11 of 2063
the Revised Code, must be given the notice described in division 2064
(B) of that section.2065

       (C) No person, other than a local law enforcement 2066
representative, shall knowingly do any of the following:2067

       (1) Gain or attempt to gain access to the database 2068
established and operated by the attorney general, through the 2069
bureau of criminal identification and investigation, pursuant to 2070
division (A)(13) of this section.2071

       (2) Permit any person to inspect any information obtained 2072
through use of the database described in division (C)(1) of this 2073
section, other than as permitted under that division.2074

       (D) As used in this section, "local law enforcement 2075
representatives" means representatives of the sheriffs of this 2076
state, representatives of the municipal chiefs of police and 2077
marshals of this state, and representatives of the township 2078
constables and chiefs of police of the township police departments 2079
or police district police forces of this state.2080

       Section 2. That existing sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.06, 2081
2950.081, 2950.11, 2950.111, and 2950.13 of the Revised Code are 2082
hereby repealed.2083

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