To contact the Indiana Sheriffs’ Association regarding the Indiana Sheriffs’ Sex Offender Registry, please call (800) 622-4779.
To contact the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute regarding Indiana’s Sex and Violent Offender Directory, please call (317) 232-1232.
Offenders Required to Register:
Indiana law defines a sex and violent offender as:
Rape (IC 35-42-4-1)
Criminal Deviate Conduct (IC 35-42-4-2)
Child Molesting (IC 35-42-4-3)
Child Exploitation (IC 35-42-4-4b)
Vicarious Sexual Gratification (IC 35-42-4-5)
Child Solicitation (IC 35-42-4-6)
Child Seduction (IC 35-42-4-7)
Sexual Misconduct with a Minor as a Class A, B, or C felony (IC 35-42-4-9)
Incest (IC 35-46-1-3)
Sexual Battery (IC 35-42-4-8)
Kidnapping, if the victim is less than 18 (IC 35-42-3-2) or
Criminal Confinement, if the victim is less than 18 (IC 35-42-3-3)];
2. An individual who has been convicted of attempting to commit or conspiring to commit any of the above-listed offenses;
3. An individual who has been convicted of a crime, convicted of attempting to commit a crime, or convicted of conspiring to commit a crime under the laws of another state or in a military court that is substantially equivalent to any of the above-listed offenses; or
4. A child who is at least 14 years of age and is on probation or parole or is discharged from a facility by the department of correction, discharged from a secure private facility, or discharged from a juvenile detention facility as a result of being adjudicated as a delinquent child for an act that would be an offense listed above if committed by an adult and is found by a court to be likely to repeat an act that would be an offense listed above if committed by an adult.
The following sex and violent offenders are required to register with the sheriff’s department in the county where the offender intends to live, work or study for longer than seven (7) days. In Marion County, offenders must register with the Indianapolis Police Department.
• A sex and violent offender who spends or intends to spend at least seven (7) days (including part of a day) in Indiana during a 180 day period or an offender who owns real property in Indiana and returns to Indiana at any time,
• A sex and violent offender who works or carries on a vocation or intends to work or carry on a vocation in Indiana either full-time or part-time for more than 14 days in a row during any calendar year,
• A sex and violent offender who works or carries on a vocation or intends to work or carry on a vocation in Indiana either full-time or part-time for a total of more than 30 days whether or not they are in a row during any calendar year, and
• A sex and violent offender who is enrolled or intends to be enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in any public or private educational institution in Indiana.
Information Collected:
Aliases, date of birth, physical description, social security number, drivers license number, conviction and sentence imposed if applicable. Department of Correction collects DNA samples.
Administrating Agency:
Offenders are required to register with the sheriffs’ department in each county where they intend to live, work or study. Maintained by the Indiana Sheriffs’ Association, the Indiana Sheriffs’ Sex Offender Registry (at http://www.indianasheriffs.org/default.asp) provides detailed information about registered individuals. The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute maintains Indiana’s Sex and Violent Offender Directory, a list of individuals who have been convicted of a sex or violent offense.
Timeframe for Registration:
Registration must occur not more than seven (7) days after the offender arrives in each jurisdiction where the offender intends to live, work or study, either after being released from custody or moving to Indiana from another state. Any time an offender changes the location of his/her address, place of employment, or study, the offender must re-register with the sheriff who has jurisdiction in the new location. The offender also is required to inform the sheriff with whom the offender last registered, not more than seven (7) days after the change.
Applies to Out of State Offenders:
Yes.
Duration of Requirement:
Except as noted below, the duty to register with the sheriff’s department expires ten (10) years after the date the offender is released from a prison, jail or a secure juvenile detention facility; placed in a community transition program; placed in a community corrections program; placed on parole; or placed on probation, whichever occurred last.
For individuals convicted of any of the following offenses, the duty to register is for life:
• A sex and violent offense committed when the offender was 18 years of age or older against a victim who was less than 12 years old at the time of the crime,
• A sex and violent offense in which the offender caused serious bodily injury or death to the victim; used force or the threat of force against the victim or a member of the victim’s family; or rendered the victim unconscious or otherwise incapable of giving voluntary consent, and
• Two or more unrelated sex and violent offenses.
• For an individual found to be a sexually violent predator by a court, the duty to register is for an indefinite period unless a court, assisted by a board of experts, finds that the offender is no longer a sexually violent predator.
Verification of Address:
At least once a year (or at least once every 90 days for individuals determined by a court to be sexually violent predators) the sheriff’s department (or, in Marion County, the Indianapolis Police Department) must mail a registration form to each offender to verify the offender’s address. If an offender fails to return a signed registration form by mail or in person, the sheriff’s department (or, in Marion County, the Indianapolis Police Department) is required to notify the prosecuting attorney.
Penalties for Non-Compliance:
A sex or violent offender who knowingly or intentionally fails to register commits a Class D Felony. The offense is a Class C Felony if the individual has a prior offense for failure to register.
Access to Information:
The Indiana Sheriff's Sex Offender Registry presents detailed information, including photographs and addresses, about individuals who register as sex or violent offenders at Indiana sheriff departments. This information is available at, http://www.indianasheriffs.org/default.asp.
Indiana’s Sex and Violent Offender Directory lists individuals who have bee convicted of a sex or violent offense. This information is available at, www.in.gov/serv/cji_sor.
Confidentiality Provision:
According to Indiana Code 5-2-5-5, any person who misuses limited criminal history information commits a Class A misdemeanor.
