Opinion ID: 2582506
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Heading: the registration statute

Text: The registration requirement applicable to defendant was contained in section 290, former subdivision (a)(1), as amended in 1994. That provision, in pertinent part, provided that a sex offender is required for the rest of his ... life while residing in California ... to register . .. within 14 days of coming into any county [or] city ... in which he ... temporarily resides or is domiciled for that length of time. (§ 290, former subd. (a)(1), as amended by Stats.1994, ch. 867, § 2.7, p. 4389; see § 290, present subd. (a)(1)(A) [registration within five working days].) Persons subject to section 290 were required to inform the appropriate law enforcement agency of any change of residence address within 10 days. (§ 290, former subd. (f), as amended by Stats.1994, ch. 867, § 2.7, p. 4392; see § 290, present subd. (f)(1) [notice within five working days].) The agency is required to forward changed address information to the Department of Justice, which in turn must forward it to the appropriate agencies in the new place of residence. (§ 290, former subd. (f), as amended by Stats.1994, ch. 867, § 2.7, p. 4392; see § 290, present subd. (f)(1).) When a person required to register is paroled, he must be informed of his ... duty to register under this section by the official in charge of the place of confinement ..., and the official shall require the person to read and sign any form that may be required by the Department of Justice, stating that the duty of the person to register under this section has been explained to the person. (§ 290, former subd. (b), as amended by Stats.1994, ch. 867, § 2.7, p. 4390; see § 290, present subd. (b)(1).) The official must give the person a copy of the form. (§ 290, former subd. (b), as amended by Stats.1994, ch. 867, § 2.7, p. 4390; see § 290, present subd. (b)(2).) A person required to register because of a felony conviction who willfully violates the registration or notification provisions is guilty of a felony. (§ 290, former subd. (g)(3), as amended by Stats.1994, ch. 867, § 2.7, p. 4393; see § 290, present subd. (g)(3).)