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National Sex Offender Public Registry (NSOPR)
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) launched
the National Sex Offender Public Registry
(NSOPR) Web site on July 20, 2005.
The NSOPR provides a search tool which allows the public to search for information
on offenders listed in the sex offender registries of participating state registries.
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states and the District of Columbia and territory of Guam
were participating, with the
DOJ expecting the remaining state public sex offender registries expected to be added
to the National Sex Offender Public Registry by January 2006.
What states and localities are included?
The charter participants are the states of Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida,
Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey,
Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin,
as well as the District of Columbia. Michigan was added on August 5, 2005.
West Virginia was added on August 9, 2005. Alabama, Iowa, Minnesota, Texas and Wyoming were added on August 19, 2005.
South Carolina and Guam were added on September 21, 2005.
Arkansas, Georgia and Oklahoma were added on October 7, 2005.
North Dakota was added on October 18, 2005. New York was added on October 24, 2005.
Maine, Massachusetts, and Missouri were added on November 18, 2005.
Washington was added on November 29, 2005.
North Carolina was added on November 30, 2005.
California, Montana and New Hampshire were added on December 2, 2005.
How can I access the state registries that aren't included?
Our Sex Offender Registry directory provides
information about and links to all available public state sex offender registries,
as well as several hundred city and county registries and sex offender mapping Web sites and
sex offender registry information for Canadian provinces.
Who is is listed on the national sex offender registry?
That's a tricky question. The information is hosted by each state, not the federal government,
and states have different criteria for what crimes are considerd sex offenses and criteria for
deciding which convicted offenders' information is made public. In addition, some states
list those convicted of crimes against children and violent crimes that are not generally
thought of as sex offenses. For more information, see NSOPR Background Information, Megan's Law details for each state and each state's sex offender registry.
How does the NSOPR search tool work?
Users can search for listed registered sex offenders by selecting one or more
states simultaneously to search for a name (full or partial first name and/or last name),
or may search by ZIP Code. Searches by
city, town or county are available for certain states. Each successful query displays
search results including the name, state, city/town, county and ZIP Code of the offenders,
with a link to the offender's state sex offender registry listing. The state listings
generally provide additional details.
Please note that some state
and local sex offender registry Web sites offer additional search options which are
not available on the Department of Justice Web site.
Should I use the National Sex Offender Public Registry?
That depends on your needs. If you want to find out if someone is a registered sex offender listed on a participating state's sex offender registry and you don't know what state the individual may be listed in, the multi-state simultaneous search capability allows you to do so quickly. However, since only
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you may still need to search a number other states' registries.
And since the NSOPR's data comes directly from each state, the data on the state registry will be "fresher" than the data on the national registry.
On top of that, many of the state registries offer additional search options which are not available using the national registry.
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