N.Y.
Correction Law Section 168-G
Prior convictions
- duty to inform and register
1.
The department or office of probation and correctional alternatives in accordance with risk factors pursuant to § 168-L (Board of examiners of sex offenders)section one hundred sixty-eight-l of this article shall determine the duration of registration and notification for every sex offender who on the effective date of this article is then on community supervision or probation for an offense provided for in subdivision two or three of § 168-A (Definitions)section one hundred sixty-eight-a of this article.2.
Every sex offender who on the effective date of this article is then on community supervision or probation for an offense provided for in subdivision two or three of § 168-A (Definitions)section one hundred sixty-eight-a of this article shall within ten calendar days of such determination register with his parole or probation officer. On each anniversary of the sex offender’s initial registration date thereafter, the provisions of § 168-F (Duty to register and to verify)section one hundred sixty-eight-f of this article shall apply. Any sex offender who fails or refuses to so comply shall be subject to the same penalties as otherwise provided for in this article which would be imposed upon a sex offender who fails or refuses to so comply with the provisions of this article on or after such effective date.3.
It shall be the duty of the parole or probation officer to inform and register such sex offender according to the requirements imposed by this article. A parole or probation officer shall give one copy of the form to the sex offender and shall, within three calendar days, send two copies electronically or otherwise to the department which shall forward one copy electronically or otherwise to the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction where the sex offender resides upon his or her community supervision, probation, or local conditional release.4.
A petition for relief from this section is permitted to any sex offender required to register while released to community supervision or probation pursuant to section one hundred sixty-eight-o of this article.
Source:
Section 168-G — Prior convictions; duty to inform and register, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/COR/168-G (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 13, 2024).
