28 C.F.R. § 72.5

How long sex offenders must register

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(a) Duration. A sex offender has a continuing obligation to register and keep the registration current (except when the sex offender is in custody or civilly committed) for the following periods of time:

(1) 15 years, if the offender is a tier I sex offender;

(2) 25 years, if the offender is a tier II sex offender; and

(3) The life of the offender, if the offender is a tier III sex offender.

(b) Commencement. The registration period begins to run:

(1) When a sex offender is released from imprisonment following conviction for the offense giving rise to the registration requirement, including in cases in which the term of imprisonment is based wholly or in part on the sex offender's conviction for another offense; or

(2) If the sex offender is not sentenced to imprisonment, when the sex offender is sentenced for the offense giving rise to the registration requirement.

(c) Reduction. If a tier I sex offender has maintained for 10 years a clean record, as described in 34 U.S.C. 20915(b)(1), the period for which the sex offender must register and keep the registration current under paragraph (a) of this section is reduced by 5 years. If a tier III sex offender required to register on the basis of a juvenile delinquency adjudication has maintained a clean record, as described in 34 U.S.C. 20915(b)(1), for 25 years, the period for which the sex offender must register and keep the registration current under paragraph (a) of this section is reduced to the period for which the clean record has been maintained.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2022–2023 · leading case: Liana MacColl (formerly known as Liana M. Bradford) v. Missouri State High. Patrol & Boone Cnty., Missouri, Sheriff (Mo. Ct. App. 2022).

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Liana MacColl (formerly known as Liana M. Bradford) v. Missouri State High. Patrol & Boone Cnty., Missouri, Sheriff (Mo. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “” 28 C.F.R. § 72.5 (b)(2); see Petrovick v.”

Brock Smith v. St. Louis Cnty. Police, & Gary Nelson Ford v. Col. Jon Belmar, Chief of Police as Chief Law Enf't Officer of St. Louis Cnty., Pursuant to Cnty. Charter, & Missouri State High. Patrol, & Jim Buckles, Sheriff of St. Louis Cnty. as \Chief Law Enf't Off.\" as Defined by RSMo 589.404(3)" (Mo. 2023). · cites it 2× “" 28 C.F.R. § 72.5 (b)(2). Smith's 15-year registration period ran from 2005 to 2020.”

Barker v. United States (W.D. Mo. 2022). “See also 28 CFR § 72.5 (b) (the federal registration requirement begins to run when the sex offender is sentenced for the offense giving rise to the registration requirement when not sentenced to a term of imprisonment); (Doc.”

William H. Drewel v. Missouri State High. Patrol & Cole Cnty. Sheriff John P. Wheeler (Mo. Ct. App. 2023). “” 28 C.F.R. § 72.5 (b)(2). Drewel’s fifteen-year registration period ran from 2001 to 2016.”

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