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AL Code § 15-20A-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 20A - Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.|Section 15-20A-29 - Juvenile Sex Offender - Requirements Prior to Release.

Section 15-20A-29Juvenile sex offender - Requirements prior to release. (a) Prior to the release of a juvenile sex offender, the following shall apply: (1) The juvenile sex offender and the parent, custodian, or guardian of the juvenile sex offender shall provide the required registration information to the responsible agency. (2) If the juvenile sex offender or the parent, guardian, or custodian of the juvenile sex offender declares a residence outside of the state, the responsible agency shall immediately notify the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and the designated state law enforcement agency of the state to which the juvenile sex offender or the parent, guardian, or custodian of the juvenile sex offender has declared the residence. The notification shall include all information available to the responsible agency that would be necessary to identify and trace the juvenile sex offender, including, but not limited to, the risk assessment and a current photograph of the juvenile sex offender. (3) If the juvenile sex offender or the parent, guardian, or custodian of the juvenile sex offender declares a residence within this state, the responsible agency shall immediately notify the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, and local law enforcement in each county, in which the juvenile sex offender or the parent, guardian, or custodian of the juvenile sex offender has declared the residence. The notification shall include all information available to the responsible agency that would be necessary to identify and trace the juvenile sex offender, including, but not limited to, the risk assessment and a current photograph of the juvenile sex offender. (b) When a juvenile sex offender becomes the age of majority, the parent, guardian, or custodian of the juvenile sex offender shall no longer be subject to this section and the juvenile sex offender shall instead be solely responsible for all requirements pursuant to this section. (c) Any person who knowingly violates this section shall be guilty of a Class C felony. (Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §29; Act 2015-463, §1.)
AL Code § 15-20A-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 20A - Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.|Section 15-20A-31 - Juvenile Sex Offender - Employment Restrictions.

Section 15-20A-31Juvenile sex offender - Employment restrictions. (a) During the time a juvenile sex offender is subject to the registration requirements of this chapter, the juvenile sex offender shall not accept or maintain employment or a volunteer position at any school, childcare facility, or any other business or organization that provides services primarily to children. (b) It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of any childcare facility or any other organization that provides services primarily to children to knowingly provide employment or a volunteer position to a juvenile sex offender. (c) Any person who knowingly violates this section shall be guilty of a Class C felony. (Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §31; Act 2015-463, p. 1506, §1; Act 2017-414, §5.)
AL Code § 15-20A-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 20A - Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.|Section 15-20A-32 - Juvenile Sex Offender - Requirements Upon Entering State.

Section 15-20A-32Juvenile sex offender - Requirements upon entering state. (a) A juvenile sex offender or youthful offender sex offender, or equivalent thereto, who is not currently a resident of this state, shall immediately appear in person and register all required registration information upon establishing a residence, accepting employment or a volunteer position, or beginning school attendance in this state with local law enforcement in each county where the juvenile sex offender or youthful offender sex offender resides or intends to reside, accepts employment or a volunteer position, or begins school attendance. (b) Within 30 days of initial registration, the juvenile sex offender or youthful offender sex offender shall provide each registering agency with a certified copy of his or her sex offense adjudication; however, a juvenile sex offender or youthful offender sex offender shall be exempt under this subsection if the court of adjudication seals the records and refuses to provide a certified copy or the records have been destroyed by the court. (c) Whenever a juvenile sex offender enters this state to establish a residence, he or she shall be subject to the requirements of this chapter as it applies to juvenile sex offenders in this state. (d) Whenever a youthful offender sex offender, or equivalent thereto, enters this state to establish a residence, he or she shall be subject to the requirements of this chapter as it applies to youthful offender sex offenders in this state. (e) A juvenile sex offender or youthful offender sex offender entering this state to accept employment or a volunteer position or to begin school attendance, but not to establish a residence, must immediately appear in person and register any subsequent changes to the required registration information with local law enforcement in each county where he or she is required to register. (f) Any person who knowingly violates this section shall be guilty of a Class C felony. (Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §32; Act 2015-463, p. 1506, §1; Act 2017-414, §5.)
AL Code § 15-20A-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 20A - Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.|Section 15-20A-33 - Juvenile Sex Offender - Retention of Court Records.

Section 15-20A-33Juvenile sex offender - Retention of court records.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court records of juvenile sex offenders are to be retained, either in paper format or electronically, and not to be destroyed for a period of 75 years from the date of adjudication. (Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §33.)
AL Code § 15-20A-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 20A - Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.|Section 15-20A-35 - Youthful Offender Treated as Juvenile or Adult.

Section 15-20A-35Youthful offender treated as juvenile or adult. For the purposes of this chapter, a youthful offender sex offender who has not been previously adjudicated or convicted of a sex offense and who has not yet attained the age of 18 at the time of the offense shall be considered a juvenile sex offender. A youthful offender sex offender who has been previously adjudicated or convicted of a sex offense as a juvenile sex offender, youthful offender sex offender, or adult sex offender, or who has attained the age of 18 at the time of the offense shall be treated as an adult sex offender convicted of a sex offense. A youthful offender sex offender who is treated as a juvenile sex offender for purposes of this chapter may not be released from the jurisdiction of the sentencing court until the youthful offender sex offender has undergone sex offender treatment and a risk assessment as required by Section 15-20A-26. (Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §35; Act 2015-463, §1.)
AL Code § 15-20A-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 20A - Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.|Section 15-20A-36 - Name Change of Offender.

Section 15-20A-36Name change of offender. (a) No sex offender shall change his or her name unless the change is incident to a change in the marital status of the sex offender or is necessary to effect the exercise of the religion of the sex offender. Such a change shall be immediately reported to local law enforcement in each county in which the sex offender is required to register. If the sex offender is subject to the notification provisions of this chapter, the reporting of a name change under this section shall invoke notification. (b) Any person who knowingly violates this section shall be guilty of a Class C felony. (Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §36; Act 2015-463, §1.)
AL Code § 15-20A-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 20A - Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.|Section 15-20A-37 - Failure to Register; Absconding.

Section 15-20A-37Failure to register; absconding. (a) When a sex offender declares, and the county is notified that a sex offender intends to reside, maintain employment or a volunteer position, or attend school in the county and the sex offender fails to appear for registration, the county that received the notice shall immediately inform the sheriff of the county that provided the notice that the sex offender failed to appear for registration. (b) When a sex offender fails to register or cannot be located, an effort shall immediately be made by the sheriff in the county in which the sex offender failed to register or is unable to be located to determine whether the sex offender has absconded. (c) If no determination can be made as to whether the sex offender has absconded, the sheriff of the county in which the sex offender failed to appear for registration shall immediately notify the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and the United States Marshals Service that the sex offender cannot be located and provide any information available to determine whether the sex offender absconded to the United States Marshals Service. (d) Once a determination is made that the sex offender has absconded, the following shall occur: (1) The sheriff of the county in which the sex offender has absconded shall immediately obtain a warrant for the arrest of the sex offender. (2) The sheriff of the county in which the sex offender has absconded shall immediately notify the United States Marshals Service and the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (3) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall immediately update its public registry website to reflect that the sex offender has absconded. (4) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall immediately notify the Criminal Justice Information Center, who shall immediately notify the National Criminal Information Center. (5) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall immediately notify the National Sex Offender Registry to reflect that the sex offender has absconded and enter the information into the National Crime Center Wanted Person File. (e) A sex offender who knowingly fails to appear for registration after declaring his or her intent to reside, be employed, or attend school in a county without notifying local law enforcement in that county that he or she will no longer establish a residence, maintain employment or a volunteer position, or attend school, shall be guilty of a Class C felony. (Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §37; Act 2015-463, p. 1506, §1; Act 2017-414, §5.)
AL Code § 15-20A-38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 20A - Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.|Section 15-20A-38 - Escape From Correctional Facility.

Section 15-20A-38Escape from correctional facility. (a) If a sex offender escapes from a state or local correctional facility, juvenile detention facility, or any other facility that would not permit unsupervised access to the public, the responsible agency, within 24 hours, shall notify the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, local law enforcement who had jurisdiction at the time of adjudication or conviction of the sex offense, the sheriff of the county and each chief of police of every municipality in the county where the sex offender escaped, and the United States Marshals Service. (b) The responsible agency shall provide each law enforcement agency listed in subsection (a) with the following information: (1) The name and aliases of the sex offender. (2) The amount of time remaining to be served by the sex offender. (3) The nature of the crime for which the sex offender was incarcerated. (4) A copy of the fingerprints and current photograph of the sex offender and a summary of the criminal record of the sex offender. (Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §38; Act 2015-463, §1.)
AL Code § 15-20A-39 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 20A - Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.|Section 15-20A-39 - Harboring, Assisting, Concealing, or Withholding Information About a Sex Offender.

Section 15-20A-39Harboring, assisting, concealing, or withholding information about a sex offender. (a) A person is guilty of the crime of harboring, assisting, concealing, or withholding information about a sex offender if the person has knowledge or reason to believe that a sex offender is required to register and the person assists the sex offender in avoiding a law enforcement agency that is seeking to find the sex offender to question the sex offender about, or to arrest the sex offender for, noncompliance with the requirements of this chapter if the person does any of the following: (1) Harbors, attempts to harbor, or assists another person in harboring or attempting to harbor the sex offender. (2) Allows a sex offender to reside at his or her residence to avoid registration if the address is not the address the sex offender listed as his or her residence address. (3) Warns a sex offender that a law enforcement agency is attempting to locate the sex offender. (4) Provides the sex offender with money, transportation, weapon, disguise, or other means of avoiding discovery or apprehension. (5) Conceals, attempts to conceal, or assists another in concealing or attempting to conceal the sex offender. (6) Provides information to a law enforcement agency regarding a sex offender which the person knows to be false. (b) For the purposes of this section, the term law enforcement agency includes, but is not limited to, the Board of Pardons and Paroles. (c) Knowingly harboring, assisting, or concealing a sex offender is a Class C felony. (Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §39; Act 2015-463, §1.)
AL Code § 15-20A-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 20A - Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.|Section 15-20A-40 - Public Records - Certified Copies of Adjudication or Conviction.

Section 15-20A-40Public records - Certified copies of adjudication or conviction. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that a duplicate of a certified copy of a public record be admissible and is not dependent on the original custodian of record to gain admissibility. Further, the Legislature finds that the certification by the clerk of the court and the certification by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency assures reliability and trustworthiness. (b) The clerk of the court shall forward a certified copy of a sex offender's adjudication or conviction to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency within 30 days of receipt of the order of adjudication or conviction of any of the offenses listed in Section 15-20A-5. (c) Any state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency, the Attorney General, or a district attorney may request a duplicate of the sex offender's adjudication or conviction from the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (d) Upon the request of any of the agencies listed in subsection (c), the custodian of records, or its designee, of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall immediately certify all of the following: (1) That the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency received the certified copy of the sex offender's conviction or adjudication from the clerk of the court pursuant to subsection (b). (2) That the original certified copy received from the clerk of the court remains in the possession of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (3) That no changes or alterations have been made to the original certified copy. (e) Upon certification by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, as provided in subsection (d), the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall immediately forward the certified documents to the requesting agency. (f) Notwithstanding any other law or rule of evidence, a certified copy of the record of adjudication or conviction as defined in subsection (b), provided by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, as provided in subsection (d), shall be proof of the sex offender's adjudication or conviction of a sex offense and shall be admissible into evidence, without further proof, in any court in this state. (g) For the purpose of this section, the term conviction or adjudication shall mean a final conviction or adjudication, regardless of whether the conviction or adjudication is on appeal. (h) Any clerk of a court, who willfully or intentionally fails to report any such conviction or adjudication in his or her court shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §40; Act 2015-463, §1.)
AL Code § 15-20A-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 20A - Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.|Section 15-20A-41 - Victim Assistance.

Section 15-20A-41Victim assistance.  (a) After a sex offender's conviction or adjudication, and upon request of the Attorney General's Office, the office of the prosecuting attorney or the clerk of the court shall immediately forward the victim's name and most current address, if available, to the Attorney General's Office of Victim Assistance. (b) When providing notice of a parole hearing, the Board of Pardons and Paroles shall provide the Attorney General's Office of Victim Assistance with any victim information on victims whose offenders are subject to this chapter. (c) Upon request of the victim, the Attorney General's Office of Victim Assistance shall send a notice to the victim notifying the victim of the pending release of the sex offender and the location at which the sex offender intends to reside. This request by the victim shall be made electronically or in writing to the Attorney General's Office of Victim Assistance. (d) It shall be the responsibility of the victim to inform the Attorney General's Office of Victim Assistance of any change to the victim's address or any other pertinent information. If the notice sent by the Attorney General's Office of Victim Assistance is returned as undeliverable, no further action shall be required of the Attorney General's Office of Victim Assistance. (Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §41.)
AL Code § 15-20A-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 20A - Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.|Section 15-20A-43 - Registration and Notification Requirements Mandatory.

Section 15-20A-43Registration and notification requirements mandatory. (a) Except as provided in Sections 15-20A-5, 15-20A-16, 15-20A-23, 15-20A-24, 15-20A-25, 15-20A-34 or the former 15-20-21(4)(a), the requirements of this chapter are mandatory and shall not be altered, amended, waived, or suspended by any court. Any court order altering, amending, waiving, or suspending sex offender registration and notification requirements, except as provided in Sections 15-20A-5, 15-20A-16, 15-20A-23, 15-20A-24, 15-20A-25, 15-20A-34 or the former 15-20-21(4)(a), shall be null, void, and of no effect. (b) The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall not grant relief from any provisions of this chapter to any sex offender unless all three of the following conditions are met: (1) At the time of the commission of the sex offense, the sex offender was less than five years older than the victim. (2) At the time of the commission of the sex offense, the victim was 13 years of age or older. (3) The sex offense did not involve force and was only a crime due to the age of the victim. (Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §43; Act 2015-463, p. 1506, §1; Act 2017-414, §5.)
AL Code § 15-20A-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 20A - Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.|Section 15-20A-44 - Rulemaking Authority.

Section 15-20A-44Rulemaking authority. (a) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall adopt rules establishing an administrative hearing for persons who are only made subject to this chapter pursuant to subdivision (35) of Section 15-20A-5. (b) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall adopt rules setting forth a listing of offenses from other jurisdictions that are to be considered criminal sex offenses under subdivision (35) of Section 15-20A-5. Thereafter, any individual convicted of any offense set forth in the listing shall immediately be subject to this chapter and shall not be entitled to an administrative hearing as provided in subsection (a). (c) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency may adopt any rules as are necessary to implement and enforce this chapter. (Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §44; Act 2015-463, p. 1506, §1; Act 2018-528, §4; Act 2019-465, §1.)
AL Code § 15-20A-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 20A - Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act.|Section 15-20A-45 - Penalties.

Section 15-20A-45Penalties. (a) A sex offender who is convicted of any offense specified in this chapter, in addition to any imprisonment or fine, or both, and in addition to any other fees, costs, and assessments, imposed for the commission of the underlying offense, shall be punished by a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250). (b) The fines collected in subsection (a) shall be distributed as follows: (1) Fifty dollars ($50) to the Highway Traffic Safety Fund in the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (2) Twenty-five dollars ($25) to the Circuit Clerk's Restitution Recovery Fund. (3) Twenty-five dollars ($25) to the State General Fund. (4) Fifty dollars ($50) to the District Attorney's Fund or the fund prescribed by law for district attorney fees. (5) Fifty dollars ($50) to the Office of Prosecution Services for the Alabama Computer Forensics Labs. (6) Fifty dollars ($50) to the law enforcement agency who requested the warrant subject to the following: a. If the warrant was requested by the sheriff, or his or her designee, any and all monies collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the county general fund earmarked for use by the sheriff and shall be paid to the sheriff upon request by the sheriff to be used at the discretion of the sheriff for any law enforcement purpose related to sex offender registration, notification, tracking, or apprehension. b. The monies provided in this subdivision and the use of the funds shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other reimbursement or other source of income established for the sheriff or the operation of his or her office. c. If the warrant was requested by a municipality, any proceeds from this subdivision shall be deposited into the municipal general fund and made available to the affected law enforcement agency or department upon requisition of the chief law enforcement official of such agency or department and shall be used for any lawful purpose related to sex offender registration notification, tracking, or apprehension. The monies provided in this paragraph shall in no way diminish or take the place of any other reimbursement or other source of income established for the chief of police for the operation of his or her office. (c) Fines ordered pursuant to this section shall not be waived, suspended, or remitted. (Act 2011-640, p. 1569, §45; Act 2015-463, §1.)