| Contact Person: |
Lt. Janet A. McNeal, State Police (717) 783-4363 Fax (717) 705-8839. |
| Offenders Required to Register: |
An individual convicted of a sexually violent offense or of attempt to commit a sexually violent offense. These are: Rape; Aggravated Indecent Assault; Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse; Sexual Assault; Kidnapping (victim is a minor); Indecent Assault (victim is less than 13 years); Incest; Promotion of Prostitution (victim is a minor); Obscene and other Sexual Materials; Unlawful Contact or Communication with Minor and sexual exploitation of children. An individual convicted of an equivalent offense where the conviction occurred in another state, territory, federal court, the District of Columbia or where the individual was sentenced by court martial, or where the individual was required to register under a sexual offender statute in the jurisdiction where they were convicted, and the individual: resides in Pennsylvania; or is employed or is a student in Pennsylvania. Juveniles are not required to register unless they are convicted in adult court or they are required to register as a sex offender in another jurisdiction. |
| Information Collected: |
Aliases, identifying factors such as photo and fingerprints; scars, marks, and tattoos; race, gender, and ethnicity; SSN; date of birth; address and employment; collect criminal history of the offender, documentation of treatment received for mental abnormality or personality disorder. |
| Administrating Agency: |
The Pennsylvania State Police, Megan's Law Section.
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| Timeframe for Registration: |
Offenders must register with the Pennsylvania State Police upon release from incarceration, upon parole from a state or county correctional facility or upon the commencement of a sentence of intermediate punishment or probation. Offenders are required to notify the Pennsylvania State Police within 10 days of any change of residence or establishment of an additional residence(s). Offenders are required to notify the Pennsylvania State Police within 10 days of any change of employer or employment location. Offenders are required to notify the Pennsylvania State Police within 10 days of any change of institution or location at which the offender is enrolled as a student, or termination of enrollment. Offenders are required to notify the Pennsylvania State Police within 10 days of becoming employed or enrolled as a student if the offender has not previously provided that information to the Pennsylvania State Police. Offenders are required to register with the appropriate law enforcement authorities in another state within 10 days of establishing a residence in another state. |
| Applies to Out of State Offenders: |
Offenders convicted in jurisdictions outside Pennsylvania must meet all registration requirements in the state of origin or Pennsylvania, whichever is greater. |
| Duration of Requirement: |
10-Year Registration for offenders convicted of the following offenses: Kidnapping, where the victim is a minor; Luring a Child into a Motor Vehicle; Institutional Sexual Assault; Indecent Assault where the victim is under 13 years of age; Incest, where the victim is 12 years of age or older but under 18 years of age; Prostitution and related offenses, where the actor promotes the prostitution of a minor; Obscene and other sexual materials and performances, where the victim is a minor; Sexual abuse of children; Unlawful contact with minor; Offenders convicted of an attempt to commit any of the offenses under 10-year registration or lifetime registration; Offenders convicted in jurisdictions outside the Commonwealth of an equivalent offense listed under the 10-year registration where the conviction occurred in another state, territory, Federal court, the District of Columbia, or where the offender was sentenced by court martial, or where the offender was required to register under a sexual offender statute in the jurisdiction where the offender was convicted, and the offender: Resides in the Commonwealth; or is employed in the Commonwealth; or is a student in the Commonwealth. Lifetime Registration for offenders convicted of the following offenses: Offenders with two or more convictions of any of the offenses set forth under the 10-year registration; Rape; Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse; Sexual Assault; Aggravated Indecent Assault; Incest, where the victim is under 12 years of age; Offenders designated by the court as Sexually Violent Predators; Offenders being released from a state or county correctional facility for any of the offenses under lifetime registration; Offenders convicted in jurisdictions outside the Commonwealth of an equivalent offense listed under lifetime registration where the conviction occurred in another state, territory, Federal court, the District of Columbia, or where the offender was sentenced by court martial, or where the offender was required to register under a sexual offender statute in the jurisdiction where the offender was convicted, and the offender: Resides in the Commonwealth; or is employed in the Commonwealth; or is a student in the Commonwealth. |
| Verification of Address: |
For 10-year and lifetime registrants: the Pennsylvania State Police verifies the registrants' addresses though an address verification process which is done annually on the anniversary date of their initial registration. The registrant must appear at an approved registration site to complete a verification form and to be photographed. For Sexually Violent Predators: the Pennsylvania State Police verifies the registrants' addresses through an address verification process which is done quarterly. Sexually Violent Predators are required to report to an approved registration site between January 5 and January 15; April 5 and April 15; July 5 and July 15; and October 5 and October 15 to complete a verification form and to be photographed.
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| Penalties for Non-Compliance: |
Sexual Offenders subject to the ten-year registration period who fail to comply with Megan's Law commit an offense graded as a misdemeanor of the third degree up to a felony of the third degree. Sexually Violent Predators and Sexual Offenders subject to registration for their lifetime who fail to comply with Megan's Law commit an offense graded as a misdemeanor of the second degree up to a felony of the third degree. The grade of offense increases with each subsequent conviction. |
| Access to Information: |
Members of the public may search for registered Sex Offenders or Sexually Violent Predators living in their community through this web site maintained by the Pennsylvania State Police, Megan's Law Section. Members of the public are only entitled to the information about registered persons provided on the website. No other information can be provided to the public. Additional information on a Sexually Violent Predators residing in your community may be obtained by contacting the chief law enforcement officer in your community. In communities where the Pennsylvania State Police is the primary law enforcement agency, members of the public may contact the local Pennsylvania State Police station for community notification flyers.
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| Confidentiality Provision: |
Yes |
| Number Registered: |
9,209 as of 7/10/07 |
| Percent Compliance: |
Unknown |
| Internet Access: |
http://www.pameganslaw.state.pa.us |
