Sec. 8. (a) The registration required under this chapter must include the following information:

(1) The sex or violent offender‘s full name, alias, any name by which the sex or violent offender was previously known, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight, hair color, eye color, any scars, marks, or tattoos, Social Security number, driver’s license number or state identification card number, vehicle description, vehicle plate number, and vehicle identification number for any vehicle the sex or violent offender owns or operates on a regular basis, principal residence address, other address where the sex or violent offender spends more than seven (7) nights in a fourteen (14) day period, and mailing address, if different from the sex or violent offender’s principal residence address.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 11-8-8-8

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • electronic chat room username: means an identifier that allows a person to communicate over the Internet in real time using typed text. See Indiana Code 11-8-8-1.2
  • electronic mail address: means a destination, commonly expressed as a string of characters, to which electronic mail may be sent or delivered. See Indiana Code 11-8-8-1.4
  • instant messaging username: means an identifier that allows a person to communicate over the Internet in real time using typed text. See Indiana Code 11-8-8-1.6
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • local law enforcement authority: means the:

    Indiana Code 11-8-8-2

  • principal residence: means the residence where a sex or violent offender spends the most time. See Indiana Code 11-8-8-3
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • register: means to report in person to a local law enforcement authority and provide the information required under section 8 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 11-8-8-4
  • sex or violent offender: means a person convicted of any of the following offenses:

    Indiana Code 11-8-8-5

  • sexually violent predator: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 11-8-8-6
  • social networking web site username: means an identifier or profile that allows a person to create, use, or modify a social networking web site, as defined in Indiana Code 11-8-8-1.8
(2) A description of the offense for which the sex or violent offender was convicted, the date of conviction, the county of the conviction, the cause number of the conviction, and the sentence imposed, if applicable.

(3) If the person is required to register under section 7(a)(2) or 7(a)(3) of this chapter, the name and address of each of the sex or violent offender’s employers in Indiana, the name and address of each campus or location where the sex or violent offender is enrolled in school in Indiana, and the address where the sex or violent offender stays or intends to stay while in Indiana.

(4) A recent photograph of the sex or violent offender.

(5) If the sex or violent offender is a sexually violent predator, that the sex or violent offender is a sexually violent predator.

(6) If the sex or violent offender is required to register for life, that the sex or violent offender is required to register for life.

(7) Any electronic mail address, instant messaging username, electronic chat room username, or social networking web site username that the sex or violent offender uses or intends to use.

(8) Any other information required by the department.

     (b) If a sex or violent offender on probation or parole registers any information under subsection (a)(7), the offender shall sign a consent form authorizing the:

(1) search of the sex or violent offender’s personal computer or device with Internet capability, at any time; and

(2) installation on the sex or violent offender’s personal computer or device with Internet capability, at the sex or violent offender’s expense, of hardware or software to monitor the sex or violent offender’s Internet usage.

     (c) If the information described in subsection (a) changes, the sex or violent offender shall report in person to the local law enforcement authority having jurisdiction over the sex or violent offender’s principal address not later than seventy-two (72) hours after the change and submit the new information to the local law enforcement authority. Upon request of the local law enforcement authority, the sex or violent offender shall permit a new photograph of the sex or violent offender to be made.

As added by P.L.140-2006, SEC.13 and P.L.173-2006, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.216-2007, SEC.16; P.L.119-2008, SEC.6; P.L.214-2013, SEC.7.