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34 U.S.C. § 20922 — Duty to notify sex offenders of registration requirements and to register

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34 U.S.C. § 20922 — Duty to notify sex offenders of registration requirements and to register

**(a) In general** An appropriate official shall, shortly before release of the sex offender from custody, or, if the sex offender is not in custody, immediately after the sentencing of the sex offender, for the offense giving rise to the duty to register— (1) inform the sex offender of the duties of a sex offender under this subchapter and explain those duties; (2) require the sex offender to read and sign a form stating that the duty to register has been explained and that the sex offender understands the registration requirement; and (3) ensure that the sex offender is registered. **(b) Notification of sex offenders who cannot comply with subsection (a)** The Attorney General shall prescribe rules for the notification of sex offenders who cannot be registered in accordance with subsection (a).

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42 U.S.C. § 16917 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 16915b was editorially reclassified as [section 20917 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20917&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.

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34 U.S.C. § 10101 — Establishment of Office of Justice Programs

There is hereby established an Office of Justice Programs within the Department of Justice under the general authority of the Attorney General. The Office of Justice Programs (hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the “Office”) shall be headed by an Assistant Attorney General (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Assistant Attorney General”) appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

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42 U.S.C. § 16922 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 16920 was editorially reclassified as [section 20922 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20922&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.

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34 U.S.C. § 20922 — Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public

Page 513 TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT § 20922 classification of title I to the Code, see Short Title of 2006 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 16917 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. § 20920. Public access to sex offender information through the Internet (a) In general Except as provided in this section, each juris- diction shall make available on the Internet, in a manner that is readily accessible to all juris- dictions and to the public, all information about each sex offender in the registry. The jurisdic- tion shall maintain the Internet site in a man- ner that will permit the public to obtain rel- evant information for each sex offender by a sin- gle query for any given zip code or geographic radius set by the user. The jurisdiction shall also include in the design of its Internet site all field search capabilities needed for full partici- pation in the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website and shall participate in that website as provided by the Attorney General. (b) Mandatory exemptions A jurisdiction shall exempt from disclosure— (1) the identity of any victim of a sex of- fense; (2) the Social Security number of the sex of- fender; (3) any reference to arrests of the sex of- fender that did not result in conviction; and (4) any other information exempted from disclosure by the Attorney General. (c) Optional exemptions A jurisdiction may exempt from disclosure— (1) any information about a tier I sex of- fender convicted of an offense other than a specified offense against a minor; (2) the name of an employer of the sex of- fender; (3) the name of a

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