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34 U.S.C. § 20915 — Registry requirements for jurisdictions
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**(a) Jurisdiction to maintain a registry** Each jurisdiction shall maintain a jurisdiction-wide sex offender registry conforming to the requirements of this subchapter.
**(b) Guidelines and regulations** The Attorney General shall issue guidelines and regulations to interpret and implement this subchapter.
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**(a) Jurisdiction to maintain a registry** Each jurisdiction shall maintain a jurisdiction-wide sex offender registry conforming to the requirements of this subchapter.
**(b) Guidelines and regulations** The Attorney General shall issue guidelines and regulations to interpret and implement this subchapter.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 16902 was editorially reclassified as [section 20902 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20902&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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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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### Statutory Notes
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Section 16915 was editorially reclassified as [section 20915 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20915&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
§ 20915
(2) not later than 3 business days after being
sentenced for that offense, if the sex offender
is not sentenced to a term of imprisonment.
(c) Keeping the registration current
A sex offender shall, not later than 3 business
days after each change of name, residence, em-
ployment, or student status, appear in person in
at least 1 jurisdiction involved pursuant to sub-
section (a) and inform that jurisdiction of all
changes in the information required for that of-
fender in the sex offender registry. That juris-
diction shall immediately provide that informa-
tion to all other jurisdictions in which the of-
fender is required to register.
(d) Initial registration of sex offenders unable to
comply with subsection (b)
The Attorney General shall have the authority
to specify the applicability of the requirements
of this subchapter to sex offenders convicted be-
fore the enactment of this chapter or its imple-
mentation in a particular jurisdiction, and to
prescribe rules for the registration of any such
sex offenders and for other categories of sex of-
fenders who are unable to comply with sub-
section (b).
(e) State penalty for failure to comply
Each jurisdiction, other than a Federally rec-
ognized Indian tribe, shall provide a criminal
penalty that includes a maximum term of im-
prisonment that is greater than 1 year for the
failure of a sex offender to comply with the re-
quirements of this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 113, July 27, 2006, 120
Stat. 593.)
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This subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (d) and (e),
was in the original ‘‘this title’’, meaning title I of Pub.
L. 109–248, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 590, known as the Sex
Offender Registra
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