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12-12-904. Failure to comply with registration and reporting requirements — Refusal to cooperate with assessment process.
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12-12-904. Failure to comply with registration and reporting requirements — Refusal to cooperate with assessment process.
(a)(1)(A) A person is guilty of a Class C felony who:
(i) Fails to register or verify registration as required under this subchapter;
(ii) Fails to report in person a change of address, employment, education, or training as required under this subchapter;
(iii) Refuses to cooperate with the assessment process as required under this subchapter; or
(iv) Files false paperwork or documentation regarding verification, change of information, or petitions to be removed from the Arkansas Sex Offender Registry.
(B)(i) Upon conviction, a sex offender who fails or refuses to provide any information necessary to update his or her registration file as required by § 12-12-906(b)(2) is guilty of a Class C felony.
(ii) If a sex offender fails or refuses to provide any information necessary to update his or her registration file as required by § 12-12-906(b)(2), as soon as administratively feasible the Division of Correction, the Division of Community Correction, the Arkansas State Hospital, or the Department of Human Services shall contact the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction to report the violation of subdivision (a)(1)(B)(i) of this section.
(2) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution if the person:
(A) Delayed reporting a change in address because of:
(i) An eviction;
(ii) A natural disaster; or
(iii) Any other unforeseen circumstance; and
(B) Provided the new address to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction in person no later than five (5) business days after the person establishes residency.
(b) Any agency or official subject to reporting requirements under this subchapter that knowingly fails to co
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-12-904
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12-12-904. Failure to comply with registration and reporting requirements — Refusal to cooperate with assessment process.
(a)(1)(A) A person is guilty of a Class C felony who:
(i) Fails to register or verify registration as required under this subchapter;
(ii) Fails to report in person a change of address, employment, education, or training as required under this subchapter;
(iii) Refuses to cooperate with the assessment process as required under this subchapter; or
(iv) Files false paperwork or documentation regarding verification, change of information, or petitions to be removed from the Arkansas Sex Offender Registry.
(B)(i) Upon conviction, a sex offender who fails or refuses to provide any information necessary to update his or her registration file as required by § 12-12-906(b)(2) is guilty of a Class C felony.
(ii) If a sex offender fails or refuses to provide any information necessary to update his or her registration file as required by § 12-12-906(b)(2), as soon as administratively feasible the Division of Correction, the Division of Community Correction, the Arkansas State Hospital, or the Department of Human Services shall contact the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction to report the violation of subdivision (a)(1)(B)(i) of this section.
(2) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution if the person:
(A) Delayed reporting a change in address because of:
(i) An eviction;
(ii) A natural disaster; or
(iii) Any other unforeseen circumstance; and
(B) Provided the new address to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction in person no later than five (5) business days after the person establishes residency.
(b) Any agency or official subject to reporting requirements under this subchapter that knowingly fails to comply with the reporting requirements under this subchapter is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
12-12-906. Duty to register or verify registration generally — Review of requirements with offenders.
(a)(1)(A)(i) At the time of adjudication of guilt, the sentencing court shall enter on the judgment and commitment or judgment and disposition form that the offender is required to register as a sex offender and shall indicate whether the:
(a) Offense is an aggravated sex offense;
(b) Sex offender has been adjudicated guilty of a prior sex offense under a separate case number; or
(c) Sex offender has been classified as a sexually dangerous person.
(ii) If the sentencing court finds the offender is required to register as a sex offender, then at the time of adjudication of guilt the sentencing court shall require the sex offender to complete the sex offender registration form prepared by the Director of the Arkansas Crime Information Center pursuant to § 12-12-908 and shall forward the completed sex offender registration form to the Arkansas Crime Information Center.
(iii) A sex offender is not required to register as a sex offender under this subchapter if the:
(a) Victim was under eighteen (18) years of age and the sex offender was no more than three (3) years older than the victim at the time of the sex offense;
(b) Court determines that there was no evidence of force, compulsion, threat, or intimidation in the commission of the sex offense; and
(c) Court does not otherwise order registration under § 12-12-903(13)(B)(i).
(B)(i) The Division of Correction shall ensure that a sex offender received for incarceration has completed the sex offender registration form.
(ii) If the Division of Correction cannot confirm that the sex offender has completed the sex offender registration form, the Division of Correction shall require the sex offender to comp
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-12-906
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 12-12-906. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.