North Carolina § 14-208 - 7. Registration.

§ 14-208. 7. Registration.

A person who is a State resident and who has a reportable conviction shall be required to maintain registration with the sheriff of the county where the person resides. If the person moves to North Carolina from outside this State, the person shall register within three business days of establishing residence in this State, or whenever the person has been present in the State for 15 days, whichever comes first. If the person is a current resident of North Carolina, the person shall register: Within three business days of release from a penal institution or arrival in a county to live outside a penal institution; or Immediately upon conviction for a reportable offense where an active term of imprisonment was not imposed. A person who is a nonresident student or a nonresident worker and who has a reportable conviction, or is required to register in the person's state of residency, is required to maintain registration with the sheriff of the county where the person works or attends school. In addition to the information required under subsection (b) of this section, the person shall also provide information regarding the person's school or place of employment as appropriate and the person's address in his or her state of residence. The Department of Public Safety shall provide each sheriff with forms for registering persons as required by this Article. The registration form shall require all of the following: The person's full name, each alias, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight, eye color, hair color, drivers license number, and home address. A statement indicating what the person's name was at the time of the conviction for the offense that requires registration; what alias, if any, the person was using at the time of the conviction of that offense; and the name of the person as it appears on the judgment imposing the sentence on the person for the conviction of the offense. The type of offense for which the person was convicted, the date of conviction, and the sentence imposed. A current photograph taken by the sheriff, without charge, at the time of registration. The person's fingerprints taken by the sheriff, without charge, at the time of registration. A statement indicating whether the person is a student or expects to enroll as a student within a year of registering. If the person is a student or expects to enroll as a student within a year of registration, then the registration form shall also require the name and address of the educational institution at which the person is a student or expects to enroll as a student. A statement indicating whether the person is employed or expects to be employed at an institution of higher education within a year of registering. If the person is employed or expects to be employed at an institution of higher education within a year of registration, then the registration form shall also require the name and address of the educational institution at which the person is or expects to be employed. Any online identifier that the person uses or intends to use. When a person registers, the sheriff with whom the person registered shall immediately send the registration information to the Department of Public Safety in a manner determined by the Department of Public Safety. The sheriff shall retain the original registration form and other information collected and shall compile the information that is a public record under this Part into a county registry. Any person required to register under this section shall report in person at the appropriate sheriff's office to comply with the registration requirements set out in this section. The sheriff shall provide the registrant with written proof of registration at the time of registration. Registration shall be maintained for a period of at least 30 years following the date of initial county registration unless the person, after 10 years of registration, successfully petitions the superior court to shorten his or her registration time period under G.S. 14-208.12 A. History (1995, c. 545, s. 1; 1997-516, s. 1; 2001-373, s. 4; 2002-147, s. 17; 2006-247, s. 5(a); 2008-117, s. 8; 2008-220, s. 2; 2011-61, s. 1; 2014-100, s. 17.1(r).) Cross References. - As to permanent no contact order against convicted sex offender, see G.S. 15A-1340.50 . As to permanent civil no-contract order against sext offender on behalf of crime victim, see G.S. 50D-1 et seq. As to prohibition on registered sex offenders being credentialed as emergency medical services personnel, see G.S. 131E-159(h) . Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2011-61, s. 9, provides in part: "Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 of this act become effective December 1, 2011, and applicable to persons whose initial registration under Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes occurs on or after December 1, 2011, and to persons who are registered under Article 27 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes prior to December 1, 2011, and continue to be registered on December 1, 2011. However, any person registered under Article 27 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes prior to December 1, 2011, and continuing to be registered on December 1, 2011, shall not be in violation of the registration, verification, and reporting requirements regarding a person's name, if the person provides the required information at the first verification of information that occurs on or after December 1, 2011." Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2006-247, s. 5(a), effective December 1, 2006, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date, rewrote the last paragraph of subsection (a) and added subsection (d). Session Laws 2011-61, s. 1, effective December 1, 2011, added subdivision (b)(1a). For applicability, see Editor's note. Session Laws 2014-100, s. 17.1(r), effective July 1, 2014, substituted "Department of Public Safety" for "Division" in the introductory paragraph of subsection (b) and twice in subsection (c). Legal Periodicals. - For article, "North Carolina v. Bryant: Paving the Way for a Comprehensive National Sex Offender Registry," see 30 N.C. Cent. L. Rev. 75 (2007). For article, "Holding on to Fundamental Rights Is No Walk in the Park: Challenging the Constitutionality of the Park Ban Upheld in Stanley v. Town of Woodfin," see 87 N.C.L. Rev. 1979 (2009). For note, "The Peering Predator: Drone Technology Leaves Children Unprotected from Registered Sex Offenders," see 39 Campbell L. Rev. 167 (2017). For article, "Incorporating Collateral Consequences Into Criminal Procedure," see 54 Wake Forest L. Rev. 1 (2019).