North Carolina § 14-208 - 28. Verification of registration information.
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§ 14-208. 28. Verification of registration information.
The information provided to the sheriff shall be verified semiannually for each juvenile registrant as follows: Every year on the anniversary of a juvenile's initial registration date and six months after that date, the sheriff shall mail a verification form to the juvenile court counselor assigned to the juvenile. The juvenile court counselor for the juvenile shall return the verification form to the sheriff within three business days after the receipt of the form. The verification form shall be signed by the juvenile court counselor and the juvenile and shall indicate whether the juvenile still resides at the address last reported to the sheriff. If the juvenile has a different address, then that fact and the new address shall be indicated on the form. History (1997-516, s. 1; 2001-490, s. 2.37; 2006-247, s. 13; 2008-117, s. 15.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2006-247, s. 1(a), provided: "This act shall be known as 'An Act To Protect North Carolina's Children/Sex Offender Law Changes.'" This section, as amended by Session Laws 2006-247, s. 13, effective December 1, 2006, is applicable to persons for whom the period of registration would terminate on or after that date. Session Laws 2006-247, s. 21, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2006-247, s. 22, provides, in part: "Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions." This act became effective December 1, 2006. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2006-247, s. 13, effective December 1, 2006, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date, inserted "and six months after that date" in subdivision (1). Session Laws 2008-117, s. 15, effective December 1, 2008, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date, substituted "three business days" for "10 days" in subdivision (2).
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