US Sex Offender Registration Laws

How to Stay Compliant by Meeting State Registration Requirements

Registered citizens must meet registration requirements in the states they visit as well the states in which they reside. State visitor requirements vary widely from 48 hours in Florida to 10 days in Hawaii. These requirements apply regardless of whether the visit is a vacation, business trip or school-related activity.

“It is essential for registered citizens to remain compliant when they visit another state,” said CA RSOL President Janice Bellucci. “In order to remain compliant, registered citizens must know the requirements of the state they choose to visit.”

Below is a link to a spreadsheet that provides an overview of requirements for state visitors as well as the verbatim laws from which this information was gathered (current as of May 2014). This information will be permanently linked from the main Navigation under “Legal”.

US Registration Laws Overview

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Where do I find information about the S.O. Laws in Puerto Rico? I would like to live there. I have been convicted in Missouri for a misdemeanor in 2005 BUT in MO. one is on the S.O. Registry for life….Does Puerto Rico have a tiered system and ability to get off the Registry?

I’m looking for information on registration on non-resident travel for a sex offender to South Carolina (4 days) and Georgia (3 days). He’s on probation and his Probation Officer has given him permission.

I found this site that lists all the states in one page while researching on Colorado requirement for RSO.
http://rsotravel.blogspot.com/p/each-state-sex-offender-registration.html

Glad you all find that link helpful too, but I cannot seem to find definte answer on California. It says within 5 days of arriving, but how about the max days of stay to trigger the registration?

I am currently on a lifetime moderate registration as a sex offender in the state of Texas. I am getting married in Jan, 2019 and we are taking out honeymoon to Seattle, Washington. I am having a very difficult time finding out what I will need to do, or if I even WILL have to register in Washington state as I will only be there 6 or 7 days. I am getting conflicting info here.
Can anyone please help me or point me in the right direction?
Thanks so much, my email is below.
Take care!
[email protected]

I just downloaded the Pennsylvania set. Read through them. Then went to the PA site for their laws. Seems most of the sections were deleted or expired in 2012! Yet the document on this site is dated 2013/2014. And I can’t find anything useful to read if a linear fashion through PA’s own website to determine travel requirements.

They want people to reoffend. Clearly.