Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 22 > Article 49 - Offender Registration

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Correctional facility: means any public or private correctional facility, juvenile detention facility, prison or jail. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Drug offender: includes any person who, on or after July 1, 2007:

  (1) Is convicted of any of the following crimes:

  (A) Unlawful manufacture or attempting such of any controlled substance or controlled substance analog, as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902

• Duration of registration: means the length of time during which an offender is required to register for a specified offense or violation. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902
• Employment: means any full-time, part-time, transient, day-labor employment or volunteer work, with or without compensation, for three or more consecutive days or parts of days, or for 10 or more nonconsecutive days in a period of 30 consecutive days. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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.
• Law enforcement agency having initial jurisdiction: means the registering law enforcement agency of the county or location of jurisdiction where the offender expects to most often reside upon the offender's discharge, parole or release. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Offender: means :

  (1) A sex offender;

  (2) a violent offender;

  (3) a drug offender;

  (4) any person who has been required to register under out-of-state law or is otherwise required to be registered; and

  (5) any person required by court order to register for an offense not otherwise required as provided in the Kansas offender registration act. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902

• Out-of-state: means : the District of Columbia; any federal, military or tribal jurisdiction, including those within this state; any foreign jurisdiction; or any state or territory within the United States, other than this state. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Registering law enforcement agency: means the sheriff's office or tribal police department responsible for registering an offender. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902
• Reside: means to stay, sleep or maintain with regularity or temporarily one's person and property in a particular place other than a location where the offender is incarcerated. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902
• Residence: means a particular and definable place where an individual resides. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902
• School: means any public or private educational institution, including, but not limited to, postsecondary school, college, university, community college, secondary school, high school, junior high school, middle school, elementary school, trade school, vocational school or professional school providing training or education to an offender for three or more consecutive days or parts of days, or for 10 or more nonconsecutive days in a period of 30 consecutive days. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902
• Sex offender: includes any person who:

  (1) On or after April 14, 1994, is convicted of any sexually violent crime;

  (2) on or after July 1, 2002, is adjudicated as a juvenile offender for an act which, if committed by an adult, would constitute the commission of a sexually violent crime, unless the court, on the record, finds that the act involved non-forcible sexual conduct, the victim was at least 14 years of age and the offender was not more than four years older than the victim;

  (3) has been determined to be a sexually violent predator;

  (4) on or after July 1, 1997, is convicted of any of the following crimes when one of the parties involved is less than 18 years of age:

  (A) Adultery, as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902

• sexually motivated: means that one of the purposes for which the defendant committed the crime was for the purpose of the defendant's sexual gratification. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902
• Sexually violent crime: means :

  (1) Rape, as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902

• Sexually violent predator: means any person who, on or after July 1, 2001, is found to be a sexually violent predator pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Transient: means having no fixed or identifiable residence. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902
• Treatment facility: means any public or private facility or institution providing inpatient mental health, drug or alcohol treatment or counseling, but does not include a hospital, as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902
• Violent offender: includes any person who:

  (1) On or after July 1, 1997, is convicted of any of the following crimes:

  (A) Capital murder, as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 22-4902