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34 U.S.C. § 20923 — Public access to sex offender information through the Internet
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**(a) In general** Except as provided in this section, each jurisdiction shall make available on the Internet, in a manner that is readily accessible to all jurisdictions and to the public, all information about each sex offender in the registry. The jurisdiction shall maintain the Internet site in a manner that will permit the public to obtain relevant information for each sex offender by a single 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 participation 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 offense;
(2) the Social Security number of the sex offender;
(3) any reference to arrests of the sex offender 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 offender convicted of an offense other than a specified offense against a minor;
(2) the name of an employer of the sex offender;
(3) the name of an educational institution where the sex offender is a student; and
(4) any other information exempted from disclosure by the Attorney General.
**(d) Links** The site shall include, to the extent practicable, links to sex offender safety and education resources.
**(e) Correction of errors** The site shall include instructions on how to seek correction of information that an individual contends is erroneous.
**(f) Warning** The site shall include a warning th
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**(a) In general** Except as provided in this section, each jurisdiction shall make available on the Internet, in a manner that is readily accessible to all jurisdictions and to the public, all information about each sex offender in the registry. The jurisdiction shall maintain the Internet site in a manner that will permit the public to obtain relevant information for each sex offender by a single 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 participation 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 offense;
(2) the Social Security number of the sex offender;
(3) any reference to arrests of the sex offender 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 offender convicted of an offense other than a specified offense against a minor;
(2) the name of an employer of the sex offender;
(3) the name of an educational institution where the sex offender is a student; and
(4) any other information exempted from disclosure by the Attorney General.
**(d) Links** The site shall include, to the extent practicable, links to sex offender safety and education resources.
**(e) Correction of errors** The site shall include instructions on how to seek correction of information that an individual contends is erroneous.
**(f) Warning** The site shall include a warning that information on the site should not be used to unlawfully injure, harass, or commit a crime against any individual named in the registry or residing or working at any reported address. The warning shall note that any such action could result in civil or criminal penalties.
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### Statutory Notes
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Section 16916 was editorially reclassified as [section 20918 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20918&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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**(a) Duty to develop and support** The Attorney General shall, in consultation with the jurisdictions, develop and support software to enable jurisdictions to establish and operate uniform sex offender registries and Internet sites.
**(b) Criteria** The software should facilitate—
(1) immediate exchange of information among jurisdictions;
(2) public access over the Internet to appropriate information, including the number of registered sex offenders in each jurisdiction on a current basis;
(3) full compliance with the requirements of this subchapter; and
(4) communication of information to community notification program participants as required under [section 20923 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20923&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Deadline** The Attorney General shall make the first complete edition of this software available to jurisdictions within 2 years of July 27, 2006.
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### Statutory Notes
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Section 16921 was editorially reclassified as [section 20923 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20923&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
§ 20923
§ 20923. Megan Nicole Kanka and Alexandra Ni-
cole Zapp Community Notification Program
(a) Establishment of Program
There is established the Megan Nicole Kanka
and Alexandra Nicole Zapp Community Notifica-
tion Program (hereinafter in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Program’’).
(b) Program notification
Except as provided in subsection (c), imme-
diately after a sex offender registers or updates
a registration, an appropriate official in the ju-
risdiction shall provide the information in the
registry (other than information exempted from
disclosure by the Attorney General) about that
offender to the following:
(1) The Attorney General, who shall include
that information in the National Sex Offender
Registry or other appropriate databases.
(2) Appropriate law enforcement agencies
(including probation agencies, if appropriate),
and each school and public housing agency, in
each area in which the individual resides, is an
employee or is a student.
(3) Each jurisdiction where the sex offender
resides, is an employee, or is a student, and
each jurisdiction from or to which a change of
residence, employment, or student status oc-
curs.
(4) Any agency responsible for conducting
employment-related background checks under
section 40102 of this title.
(5) Social service entities responsible for
protecting minors in the child welfare system.
(6) Volunteer organizations in which contact
with minors or other vulnerable individuals
might occur.
(7) Any organization, company, or individual
who requests such notification pursuant to
procedures established by the jurisdiction.
(c) Frequency
Notwithstanding subsection (b), an organiza-
tion or individual described in subsection (b)(6)
or (b
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