Florida

updated 5/02/07

Contact Person: Sexual Offender/Predator Hotline 1-888-FL-PREDATOR or 1-888 357-7332
Offenders Required to Register: Sexual predators (a higher level of offense) whose date of offense was committed on or after October 1, 1993. Sexual offenders convicted and released on or after October 1, 1997. Juvenile offenders convicted as adults.
Information Collected: Name, SSN, age, race, sex, DOB, height, weight, hair color, eye color, photograph, address(es), date & place of employment, fingerprints, date and place of each conviction, description of crime(s), tattoos or identifying marks, occupation, DNA and other genetic markers.
Administrating Agency: Florida Department of Law Enforcement, local law enforcement.
Timeframe for Registration: Within 48 hours of entering a county; establishing a residence; or changing address.
Applies to Out of State Offenders: Yes
Duration of Requirement: Life. Predators or offenders are now allowed to petition the court for relief from registration after 20 years. During the 20 years they may not have had any felony or misdemeanor arrests.
Verification of Address: Decision of local law enforcement or sheriff's office.
Penalties for Non-Compliance: Third degree felony.
Access to Information: The general public has access to SOR information through the FDLE Internet Website, through a toll-free phone line (1-888-357-7332), and through fliers and leaflets produced for community notification on sexual predators.
Confidentiality Provision: Yes
Number Registered: 6,293 predators, 36,078 sex offenders as of 5/02/07
Percent Compliance: Not known*
Internet access: The State index is the most complete. Start here: http://www3.fdle.state.fl.us/sexual_predators/
Escambia County: http://www.escambiaso.com/
Fort Lauderdale: http://ci.ftlaud.fl.us/police/contents.html
Jacksonville: http://www.coj.net/jso/
Leon County: http://lcso.leonfl.org/sexpred.htm
Manatee County: http://legal.firn.edu/sheriff/manatee/
Margate County: http://www.margatefl.com/police/
Martin County: http://www.martin.fl.us/GOVT/co/sher/
Okaloosa County: http://www.sheriff-okaloosa.org/
Osceola County: http://www.osceolasheriff.org/sexpred/Default.htm
Palm Beach County: http://www.pbso.org/
St. Lucie County: http://www.stluciesheriff.com/
Suwannee County: http://www.suwanneesheriff.com
Seminole County: http://www.seminolesheriff.org/sex_offenders/sex_offender_register.html
Volusia County: http://volusia.org/sheriff/


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