692A.3  Registration process.

1.  A person required to register under this chapter shall register with the sheriff of the county of the person's residence within ten days of establishment of residence in this state or within ten days of any conviction for which the person is not incarcerated, a release from custody, or placement on probation, parole, or work release.

2.  A person required to register under this chapter shall, within ten days of changing residence within a county in this state or within ten days of a change in the person's name as a result of marriage, dissolution of marriage, or a legal name change, notify the sheriff of the county in which the person is registered of the change of address, name, and any changes in the person's telephone number in writing on a form provided by the sheriff. The sheriff shall send a copy of the change of information to the department within three working days of receipt of notice of the change. The sex offender registry shall maintain and make available information from the registry cross-referenced by name at the time of conviction and by name subsequent to any change.

3.  A person required to register under this chapter shall register with the sheriff of a county in which residence has been newly established and notify the sheriff of the county in which the person was registered, within ten days of changing residence to a location outside the county in which the person was registered. Registration shall be in writing on a form provided by the sheriff and shall include the person's change of address and any changes to the person's telephone number or name. The sheriff shall send a copy of the change of information to the department within three working days of receipt of notice of the change.

4.  A person required to register under this chapter shall notify the sheriff of the county in which the person is registered, within ten days of changing residence to a location outside this state, of the new residence address and any changes in telephone number or name. The sheriff shall send a copy of the change to the department within three working days of receipt of notice of the change. The person must register with the registering agency of the other state within ten days of changing residency, if persons are required to register under the laws of the other state. The department or the sheriff of the county in this state in which the person last resided may notify the registering agency in the other state of the registrant's new address, telephone number, or name.

5.  The collection of information by a court or releasing agency under section 692A.5 shall serve as the person's initial registration for purposes of this section. The court or releasing agency shall forward a copy of the registration to the department within three working days of completion of registration.

Section History: Recent form

  95 Acts, ch 146, §3; 98 Acts, ch 1169, §7


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