441—103.9(692A) Sex offender registration. An individual who has been determined to be a sex offender as defined in Iowa Code section 692A.101 must register as a sex offender before release from the state training school unless the juvenile court finds that the individual is exempted from this requirement.
	103.9(1) Notification. When an individual who is a juvenile offender has not previously registered, the superintendent or designee shall provide the individual with Form DCI-144, Notification of Registration Requirement, as required by the department of public safety in 661—subrule 83.3(1). Failure to provide a juvenile offender with the notification form does not relieve the juvenile offender of the duty to register with the Iowa sex offender registry.
	103.9(2) Exemption from registration. To exempt a juvenile offender from registration, the language in the order of adjudication or disposition must clearly state that the juvenile offender is exempted from the registration requirement. If a court order is silent, the registration requirement applies.
	a. 	If the order language does not clearly state that the juvenile offender is exempted from the registration process, then the responsibility rests with the juvenile offender to seek a clarifying order to be exempt from the registration process. A juvenile offender who seeks an exemption from the registration requirement has the obligation to prove that the juvenile offender deserves the exemption.
	b. 	When the judicial decision is deferred, registration shall be assumed to be required until the court orders otherwise. If the court order defers the decision to grant an exemption from registration until the juvenile offender’s treatment is completed, the language in the order should specify who tracks the case until the new court order is issued. If it is not clear who tracks the case, the juvenile offender is responsible to seek a clarifying order to be exempt from the registration process.
	103.9(3) Registration. The superintendent or designee shall provide the juvenile offender with Form DCI-145, Sex Offender Registration, as required by the department of public safety in 661—subrule 83.3(2). Form DCI-145 must be submitted to the sheriff of each county in which the offender will be residing, employed, or attending classes as well as to the department of public safety to satisfy the registration requirements of the Iowa sex offender registry.
	a. 	When the juvenile offender is released from the state training school, the superintendent or designee shall submit the registration form to the division of criminal investigation of the department of public safety unless, by the time of release, the juvenile court finds that the juvenile should not be required to register as allowed by Iowa Code chapter 692A.
	b. 	Copies of the sex offender registration shall be maintained in the juvenile offender’s file at the state training school.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 692A.109.
[ARC 9318B, IAB 12/29/10, effective 2/2/11; ARC 6276C, IAB 4/6/22, effective 6/1/22]