North Carolina § 7B-2509 - Registration of certain delinquent juveniles.
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§ 7B-2509. Registration of certain delinquent juveniles.
In any case in which a juvenile, who was at least 11 years of age at the time of the offense, is adjudicated delinquent for committing a violation of G.S. 14-27.6 (attempted rape or sexual offense), G.S. 14-27.21 (first-degree forcible rape), G.S. 14-27.22 (second-degree forcible rape), G.S. 14-27.24 (first-degree statutory rape), G.S. 14-27.26 (first-degree forcible sexual offense), G.S. 14-27.27 (second-degree forcible sexual offense), or G.S. 14-27.29 (first-degree statutory sexual offense), the judge, upon a finding that the juvenile is a danger to the community, may order that the juvenile register in accordance with Part 4 of Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes. History (1997-516, s. 1A; 1998-202, s. 11; 2015-181, s. 26.) Editor's Note. - This section was originally enacted by Session Laws 1997-516, s. 1A, as G.S. 7A-647(4) and by Session Laws 1998-202, s. 11, as G.S. 7B-2508.1 and was recodified as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2015-181, s. 48 provides: "This act becomes effective December 1, 2015, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date. 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." Session Laws 2015-181, s. 26, had rewritten the section. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2015-181, s. 26, effective December 1, 2015, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date, rewrote section.
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