Sec. 8. (a) The registration required under this chapter
must include the following information:
(1) The sex or violent offender's full name, alias, any name by
which the sex or violent offender was previously known, date of
birth, sex, race, height, weight, hair color, eye color, any scars,
marks, or tattoos, Social Security number, driver's license number
or state identification card number, vehicle description, vehicle
plate number, and vehicle identification number for any vehicle
the sex or violent offender owns or operates on a regular basis,
principal residence address, other address where the sex or violent
offender spends more than seven (7) nights in a fourteen (14) day
period, and mailing address, if different from the sex or violent
offender's principal residence address.
(2) A description of the offense for which the sex or violent
offender was convicted, the date of conviction, the county of the
conviction, the cause number of the conviction, and the sentence
imposed, if applicable.
(3) If the person is required to register under section 7(a)(2) or
7(a)(3) of this chapter, the name and address of each of the sex or
violent offender's employers in Indiana, the name and address of
each campus or location where the sex or violent offender is
enrolled in school in Indiana, and the address where the sex or
violent offender stays or intends to stay while in Indiana.
(4) A recent photograph of the sex or violent offender.
(5) If the sex or violent offender is a sexually violent predator,
that the sex or violent offender is a sexually violent predator.
(6) If the sex or violent offender is required to register for life,
that the sex or violent offender is required to register for life.
(7) Any electronic mail address, instant messaging username,
electronic chat room username, or social networking website
username that the sex or violent offender uses or intends to use.
(8) Any other information required by the department.
(b) If a sex or violent offender on probation or parole registers any
information under subsection (a)(7), the offender shall sign a consent
form authorizing the:
(1) search of the sex or violent offender's personal computer or
device with Internet capability, at any time; and
(2) installation on the sex or violent offender's personal computer
or device with Internet capability, at the sex or violent offender's
expense, of hardware or software to monitor the sex or violent
offender's Internet usage.
(c) If the information described in subsection (a) changes, the sex
or violent offender shall report in person to the local law enforcement
authority having jurisdiction over the sex or violent offender's principal
address not later than seventy-two (72) hours after the change and
submit the new information to the local law enforcement authority.
Upon request of the local law enforcement authority, the sex or violent
offender shall permit a new photograph of the sex or violent offender
to be made.
As added by P.L.140-2006, SEC.13 and P.L.173-2006, SEC.13.
Amended by P.L.216-2007, SEC.16; P.L.119-2008, SEC.6;
P.L.214-2013, SEC.7; P.L.1-2025, SEC.156.
Notes of Decisions
Michael L. Harris v. State of Indiana (2013)
indctapp · cites it 82×
“Code § 11-8-8-8 (a)(7) Harris argues that registration of his email address “curtails any anonymity that he may wish to use […] thereby imposing a material burden upon his free speech and 21 exchange of ideas.” (Appellant’s Br.”
Jensen v. State (2009)
ind · cites it 7×
“Ind.Code §§ 11-8-8-8, -14, -17 (2006). The duties imposed on offenders are significant and intrusive, including allowing in home personal visitation for verification of the offender's address, id.”
Wallace v. State (2009)
ind · cites it 4×
“Ind.Code § 11-8-8-8 (Supp. 2008). Verification of the disclosed information has also become more expansive.”
Lemmon v. Harris (2011)
ind · cites it 4×
“Ind.Code § 11-8-8-8 (Supp.2007); Jensen, 905 N.”
Doe v. Town of Plainfield (2008)
indctapp · cites it 6×
“To fulfill this legislative goal, Indiana Code section 11-8-8-8 requires a “sex or violent offender” 3 to “register” by providing local law enforcement with, among other things, a current address, a current employer’s address (if applicable), a description of the offense for…”
Andre Gonzalez v. State of Indiana (2013)
ind · cites it 2×
“Code § 11-8-8-15, among other requirements. The State contends that, because the defendant’s offense, Child Solicitation, has always been a qualifying sex offense, and because he was already required to register as a sex offender at the time of his discharge from probation, see…”
State of Iowa v. Lloyd Aschbrenner (2019)
iowa
“2013) (holding that an Indiana statute requiring offender to report "[a]ny electronic mail address, instant messaging username, electronic chat room username, or social networking web site username that the sex or violent offender uses or intends to use" did not violate the…”
Coppolino v. Noonan (2014)
pacommwct
“at 775 (quoting Ind. Code § 11-8-8-8 (a)(7) (2014)). Harris characterized himself as a political activist opposed to sex offender registration and stated that, due to business and safety concerns, he wished to speak about such issues anonymously online.”
Buss v. Harris (2010)
indctapp · cites it 4×
“Ind.Code § 11-8-8-8 (Supp.2008). Verification of the disclosed information has also become more expansive.”
Dye v. State (2011)
indctapp · cites it 2×
“Indiana Code section 11-8-8-8 requires the offender to include the address of where the offender is residing.”
— Ind. Code § 11-8-8-8(1) — 2 cases
Doe v. Town of Plainfield (2008)
indctapp
“To fulfill this legislative goal, Indiana Code section 11-8-8-8 requires a “sex or violent offender” 3 to “register” by providing local law enforcement with, among other things, a current address, a current employer’s address (if applicable), a description of the offense for…”
— Ind. Code § 11-8-8-8(5) — 1 case
Doe v. Town of Plainfield (2008)
indctapp
“To fulfill this legislative goal, Indiana Code section 11-8-8-8 requires a “sex or violent offender” 3 to “register” by providing local law enforcement with, among other things, a current address, a current employer’s address (if applicable), a description of the offense for…”
— Ind. Code § 11-8-8-8(a) — 2 cases
— Ind. Code § 11-8-8-8(a)(1) — 3 cases
— Ind. Code § 11-8-8-8(a)(3) — 1 case
— Ind. Code § 11-8-8-8(a)(5) — 1 case
Jensen v. State (2009)
ind
“Ind.Code §§ 11-8-8-8, -14, -17 (2006). The duties imposed on offenders are significant and intrusive, including allowing in home personal visitation for verification of the offender's address, id.”
— Ind. Code § 11-8-8-8(a)(7) — 3 cases
Michael L. Harris v. State of Indiana (2013)
indctapp
“Code § 11-8-8-8 (a)(7) Harris argues that registration of his email address “curtails any anonymity that he may wish to use […] thereby imposing a material burden upon his free speech and 21 exchange of ideas.” (Appellant’s Br.”
— Ind. Code § 11-8-8-8(c) — 1 case
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