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title: "34 U.S.C. § 20915"
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description: "Duration of registration requirement"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 34
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title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
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chapter_number: "209"
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chapter_name: "CHILD PROTECTION AND SAFETY"
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section: "20915"
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citation: "34 U.S.C. § 20915"
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---
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# 34 U.S.C. § 20915 - Duration of registration requirement
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## Text
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(a) Full registration period A sex offender shall keep the registration current for the full registration period (excluding any time the sex offender is in custody or civilly committed) unless the offender is allowed a reduction under subsection (b). The full registration period is—
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(1) 15 years, if the offender is a tier I sex offender;
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(2) 25 years, if the offender is a tier II sex offender; and
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(3) the life of the offender, if the offender is a tier III sex offender.
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(b) Reduced period for clean record (1) Clean record The full registration period shall be reduced as described in paragraph (3) for a sex offender who maintains a clean record for the period described in paragraph (2) by—
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(A) not being convicted of any offense for which imprisonment for more than 1 year may be imposed;
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(B) not being convicted of any sex offense;
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(C) successfully completing any periods of supervised release, probation, and parole; and
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(D) successfully completing of 11 So in original. The word “of” probably should not appear. an appropriate sex offender treatment program certified by a jurisdiction or by the Attorney General.
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(2) Period In the case of—
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(A) a tier I sex offender, the period during which the clean record shall be maintained is 10 years; and
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(B) a tier III sex offender adjudicated delinquent for the offense which required registration in a sex registry under this subchapter, the period during which the clean record shall be maintained is 25 years.
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(3) Reduction In the case of—
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(A) a tier I sex offender, the reduction is 5 years;
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(B) a tier III sex offender adjudicated delinquent, the reduction is from life to that period for which the clean record under paragraph (2) is maintained.
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(Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 115, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 595.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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References in TextThis subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(2)(B), was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of Pub. L. 109–248, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 590, known as the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Short Title of 2006 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables.
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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 16915 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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