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Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725 (2026)

Conditions requiring individual to report in person and provide notice to registering authority; release of incarcerated individual; notice; compliance; removal upon expungement.

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SEX OFFENDERS REGISTRATION ACT


Act 295 of 1994


28.725 Conditions requiring individual to report in person and provide notice to registering authority; release of incarcerated individual; notice; compliance; removal upon expungement.

Sec. 5.

    (1) An individual required to be registered under this act who is a resident of this state shall report in person, or in another manner as prescribed by the department, and notify the registering authority having jurisdiction where his or her residence or domicile is located not more than 3 business days after any of the following occur:

    (a) The individual changes or vacates his or her residence or domicile.

    (b) The individual changes his or her place of employment, or employment is discontinued.

    (c) The individual enrolls as a student with an institution of higher education, or enrollment is discontinued.

    (d) The individual changes his or her name.

    (e) Any change required to be reported under section 4a.

    (2) An individual required to be registered under this act who is a resident of this state shall report in the manner prescribed by the department to the registering authority having jurisdiction where his or her residence or domicile is located not more than 3 business days after any of the following occur:

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, any change in vehicle information, electronic mail addresses, internet identifiers, or telephone numbers registered to or used by the individual. The requirement to report any change in electronic mail addresses and internet identifiers applies only to an individual required to be registered under this act after July 1, 2011.

    (b) The individual intends to temporarily reside at any place other than his or her residence for more than 7 days.

    (3) An individual required to be registered under this act, who is not a resident of this state but has his or her place of employment in this state shall report in person and notify the registering authority having jurisdiction where his or her place of employment is located or the department post of the individual's place of employment not more than 3 business days after the individual changes his or her place of employment or employment is discontinued.

    (4) If an individual who is incarcerated in a state correctional facility and is required to be registered under this act is granted parole or is due to be released upon completion of his or her maximum sentence, the department of corrections, before releasing the individual, shall provide notice of the location of the individual's proposed place of residence or domicile to the department of state police.

    (5) If an individual who is incarcerated in a county jail and is required to be registered under this act is due to be released from custody, the sheriff's department, before releasing the individual, shall provide notice of the location of the individual's proposed place of residence or domicile to the department of state police.

    (6) Not more than 7 days after either of the following occurs, the department of corrections shall notify the local law enforcement agency or sheriff's department having jurisdiction over the area to which the individual is transferred or the department post of the transferred residence or domicile of an individual required to be registered under this act:

    (a) The individual is transferred to a community residential program.

    (b) The individual is transferred into a level 1 correctional facility of any kind, including a correctional camp or work camp.

    (7) An individual required to be registered under this act who is a resident of this state shall report in person and notify the registering authority having jurisdiction where his or her residence or domicile is located not more than 3 business days before he or she changes his or her domicile or residence to another state. The individual shall indicate the new state and, if known, the new address. The department shall update the registration and compilation databases and promptly notify the appropriate law enforcement agency and any applicable sex or child offender registration authority in the new state.

    (8) An individual required to be registered under this act, who is a resident of this state, shall report in person and notify the registering authority having jurisdiction where his or her residence or domicile is located not later than 21 days before he or she changes his or her domicile or residence to another country or travels to another country for more than 7 days. The individual shall state the new country of residence or country of travel and the address of his or her new domicile or residence or place of stay, if known. The department shall update the registration and compilation databases and promptly notify the appropriate law enforcement agency and any applicable sex or child offender registration authority.

    (9) If the probation or parole of an individual required to be registered under this act is transferred to another state or an individual required to be registered under this act is transferred from a state correctional facility to any correctional facility or probation or parole in another state, the department of corrections shall promptly notify the department and the appropriate law enforcement agency and any applicable sex or child offender registration authority in the new state. The department shall update the registration and compilation databases.

    (10) An individual registered under this act shall comply with the verification procedures and proof of residence procedures prescribed in sections 4a and 5a.

    (11) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 8c, a tier I offender shall comply with this section for 15 years.

    (12) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 8c, a tier II offender shall comply with this section for 25 years.

    (13) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 8c, a tier III offender shall comply with this section for life.

    (14) The registration periods under this section exclude any period of incarceration for committing a crime and any period of civil commitment.

    (15) For an individual who was previously convicted of a listed offense for which he or she was not required to register under this act but who is convicted of any felony on or after July 1, 2011, any period of time that he or she was not incarcerated for that listed offense or that other felony and was not civilly committed counts toward satisfying the registration period for that listed offense as described in this section. If those periods equal or exceed the registration period described in this section, the individual has satisfied his or her registration period for the listed offense and is not required to register under this act. If those periods are less than the registration period described in this section for that listed offense, the individual shall comply with this section for the period of time remaining.

    (16) If an individual required to be registered under this act presents an order to the department or the appropriate registering authority that the conviction or adjudication for which the individual is required to be registered under this act has been set aside under 1965 PA 213, MCL 780.621 to 780.624, or has been otherwise expunged, his or her registration under this act must be discontinued. If this subsection applies, the department shall remove the individual from both the law enforcement database and the public internet website maintained under section 8.

    

    

History: 1994, Act 295, Eff. Oct. 1, 1995 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 85, Eff. Sept. 1, 1999 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 542, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 240, Eff. Oct. 1, 2004 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 123, Eff. Jan. 1, 2006 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 132, Eff. Jan. 1, 2006 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 402, Eff. Dec. 1, 2006 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 17, Eff. July 1, 2011 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 295, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 94 cases (50 in the last 5 years), 2000–2026 · leading case: People v. Dowdy, 802 N.W.2d 239 (Mich. 2011).
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People v. Dowdy, 802 N.W.2d 239 (Mich. 2011). · cites it 24× “Those requirements are set forth in MCL 28.725 and MCL 28.725a. During most of the period in which defendant was charged with violating MCL 28.”
Does v. Snyder, 101 F. Supp. 3d 672 (E.D. Mich. 2015). · cites it 20× “Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 28.725 (10)-(13). The most recent amendments became effective while this case was pending and now require registrants to pay a pay a $50 annual registration fee.”
People v. Tucker, 879 N.W.2d 906 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 11× “MCL 28.725(1), as amended by 2011 PA 17 .”
Commonwealth v. Wilgus, 40 A.3d 1201 (Pa. 2012). · cites it 6× “" MCL 28.725(1) (2006), amended by MCL 28.725(1)(a) (2011).”
John Does 1-4 v. Snyder, 932 F. Supp. 2d 803 (E.D. Mich. 2013). · cites it 7× “SORA’s requirement that a registrant intending to reside at a temporary residence for more than seven days report the name and address of such residence and the dates the lodging will be used, see Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 28.725 (l)(e), .728(l)(e), does not, as Plaintiffs contend,…”
People v. Golba, 729 N.W.2d 916 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “MCL 28.725(6). Defendant was charged with possession of child sexually abusive material, MCL750.”
People v. Fonville, 804 N.W.2d 878 (Mich. Ct. App. 2011). “724a; MCL 28.725; MCL 28.725a. MCL 28.735. See Padilla, 559 US at _ ; 130 S Ct at 1481 .”
Fullmer v. Michigan Dep't of State Police, 207 F. Supp. 2d 650 (E.D. Mich. 2002). · cites it 4× “MCLA § 28.725(3). 18. Lifetime registration is required for persons convicted of a second or subsequent listed offense after October 1, 1995, regardless of when the first listed offense was committed.”
People v. Rahilly, 635 N.W.2d 227 (Mich. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “MCL 28.725(6). In accordance with the cited rules regarding statutory construction, we presume that the Legislature was aware of the yta when it enacted the sora.”
State of Indiana v. Scott Zerbe, 50 N.E.3d 368 (Ind. 2016). “Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725 (3), (11). In 2006, our General Assembly amended the definition of sex offender in Indiana’s Act to include “a person who is required to register as a sex offender in any jurisdiction.”
People v. Dowdy, 769 N.W.2d 648 (Mich. 2009). · cites it 4× “The pertinent provision of SORA is MCL 28.725(1). It reads: An individual required to be registered under this act shall notify the local law enforcement agency or sheriff's department having jurisdiction where his or her new residence or domicile is located or the department…”
In Re Ayres, 608 N.W.2d 132 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000). “MCL 28.725(3); MSA 4.475(5)(3). The Department of State Police is vested with the duty of maintaining the registration of sex offenders by means of a computerized data base.”
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— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(1) — 31 cases
People v. Dowdy, 802 N.W.2d 239 (Mich. 2011). “Those requirements are set forth in MCL 28.725 and MCL 28.725a. During most of the period in which defendant was charged with violating MCL 28.”
People v. Tucker, 879 N.W.2d 906 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “MCL 28.725(1), as amended by 2011 PA 17 .”
Commonwealth v. Wilgus, 40 A.3d 1201 (Pa. 2012). “" MCL 28.725(1) (2006), amended by MCL 28.725(1)(a) (2011).”
John Does 1-4 v. Snyder, 932 F. Supp. 2d 803 (E.D. Mich. 2013). “SORA’s requirement that a registrant intending to reside at a temporary residence for more than seven days report the name and address of such residence and the dates the lodging will be used, see Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 28.725 (l)(e), .728(l)(e), does not, as Plaintiffs contend,…”
People v. Dowdy, 769 N.W.2d 648 (Mich. 2009). “The pertinent provision of SORA is MCL 28.725(1). It reads: An individual required to be registered under this act shall notify the local law enforcement agency or sheriff's department having jurisdiction where his or her new residence or domicile is located or the department…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(1)(a) — 13 cases
Commonwealth v. Wilgus, 40 A.3d 1201 (Pa. 2012). “" MCL 28.725(1) (2006), amended by MCL 28.725(1)(a) (2011).”
People v. Lockett, 659 N.W.2d 681 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003).
People v Shaver (Mich. 2026).
People of Michigan v. Randey Alan Kienutske (Mich. Ct. App. 2021).
People of Michigan v. Paul J Betts Jr (Mich. 2021).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(1)(d) — 1 case
People of Michigan v. Johnathan Andrew Shannon (Mich. Ct. App. 2026).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(1)(e) — 3 cases
People of Michigan v. Paul Thomas Makosky Jr (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
People of Michigan v. Paul J Betts Jr (Mich. 2021).
People of Michigan v. Paul J Betts Jr (Mich. 2021).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(1)(f) — 13 cases
Does v. Snyder, 101 F. Supp. 3d 672 (E.D. Mich. 2015). “Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 28.725 (10)-(13). The most recent amendments became effective while this case was pending and now require registrants to pay a pay a $50 annual registration fee.”
People of Michigan v. Harold L Wilson II (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
People of Michigan v. Jocque Nolan (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
People of Michigan v. Paul J Betts Jr (Mich. 2021).
People of Michigan v. Paul J Betts Jr (Mich. 2021).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(1)(g) — 4 cases
Does v. Snyder, 101 F. Supp. 3d 672 (E.D. Mich. 2015). “Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 28.725 (10)-(13). The most recent amendments became effective while this case was pending and now require registrants to pay a pay a $50 annual registration fee.”
People of Michigan v. Terry Reese Darnell (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
People of Michigan v. Paul J Betts Jr (Mich. 2021).
People of Michigan v. Paul J Betts Jr (Mich. 2021).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(1)(h)(12) — 2 cases
People of Michigan v. Anthony Taylor Nunez (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
People of Michigan v. Anthony Taylor Nunez (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(10) — 10 cases
People v. Tucker, 879 N.W.2d 906 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “MCL 28.725(1), as amended by 2011 PA 17 .”
Doe 1-5 v. Whitmer (E.D. Mich. 2022).
People of Michigan v. Paul J Betts Jr (Mich. 2021).
People of Michigan v. Paul J Betts Jr (Mich. 2021).
People Of Mi V Cora Ladane Lymon (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(11) — 6 cases
People of Michigan v. Cora Ladane Lymon (Mich. 2024).
People v Kardasz (Mich. 2025).
People of Michigan v. Paul J Betts Jr (Mich. 2021).
People of Michigan v. Paul J Betts Jr (Mich. 2021).
People of Michigan v. Kenny Jay Linn (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(12) — 17 cases
People v. Temelkoski, 859 N.W.2d 743 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014).
People of Michigan v. Wayne Duane Jenkins (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
People of Michigan v. Wayne Duane Jenkins (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
In Re Ryan Douglas Harder (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).
People of Michigan v. Rudy Frank Fabela (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(13) — 26 cases
People v Kardasz (Mich. 2025).
People of Michigan v. Jerry Jerome Brown-Pegues (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).
People of Michigan v. Michael Calvin Knol (Mich. Ct. App. 2024).
People of Michigan v. Demarcus Georgio Jupree Bolden (Mich. Ct. App. 2024).
20250122_C366923_56_366923.Opn.Pdf (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(14) — 5 cases
People Of Mi V Cora Ladane Lymon (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
People of Michigan v. David Edward Tyler III (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
People of Michigan v. David Edward Tyler III (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
20231109_C359614_72_359614A.Opn.Pdf (Mich. Ct. App. 2023).
People of Michigan v. Cora Ladane Lymon (Mich. 2024).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(16) — 3 cases
People of Michigan v. Paul J Betts Jr (Mich. 2021).
People of Michigan v. Paul J Betts Jr (Mich. 2021).
People Of Mi V Cora Ladane Lymon (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(2) — 1 case
People v Kardasz (Mich. 2025).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(2)(a) — 9 cases
People of Michigan v. Paul J Betts Jr (Mich. 2021).
People of Michigan v. Paul J Betts Jr (Mich. 2021).
People of Michigan v. Johnathan Andrew Shannon (Mich. Ct. App. 2026).
People Of Mi V Cora Ladane Lymon (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
People of Michigan v. Cora Ladane Lymon (Mich. 2024).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(2)(b) — 1 case
People Of Mi V Cora Ladane Lymon (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(3) — 4 cases
In Re Ayres, 608 N.W.2d 132 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000). “MCL 28.725(3); MSA 4.475(5)(3). The Department of State Police is vested with the duty of maintaining the registration of sex offenders by means of a computerized data base.”
Fullmer v. Michigan Dep't of State Police, 207 F. Supp. 2d 650 (E.D. Mich. 2002). “MCLA § 28.725(3). 18. Lifetime registration is required for persons convicted of a second or subsequent listed offense after October 1, 1995, regardless of when the first listed offense was committed.”
People v. Tucker, 879 N.W.2d 906 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “MCL 28.725(1), as amended by 2011 PA 17 .”
People of Michigan v. Jarrett Nyschick (Mich. Ct. App. 2024).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(4) — 1 case
Fullmer v. Michigan Dep't of State Police, 207 F. Supp. 2d 650 (E.D. Mich. 2002). “MCLA § 28.725(3). 18. Lifetime registration is required for persons convicted of a second or subsequent listed offense after October 1, 1995, regardless of when the first listed offense was committed.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(6) — 4 cases
People v. Golba, 729 N.W.2d 916 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007). “MCL 28.725(6). Defendant was charged with possession of child sexually abusive material, MCL750.”
People v. Rahilly, 635 N.W.2d 227 (Mich. Ct. App. 2001). “MCL 28.725(6). In accordance with the cited rules regarding statutory construction, we presume that the Legislature was aware of the yta when it enacted the sora.”
People of Michigan v. Paul J Betts Jr (Mich. 2021).
People of Michigan v. Paul J Betts Jr (Mich. 2021).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(7) — 1 case
People v. Tucker, 879 N.W.2d 906 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “MCL 28.725(1), as amended by 2011 PA 17 .”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(7)(b) — 5 cases
In Re Wentworth, 651 N.W.2d 773 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002).
In Re Spears, 645 N.W.2d 718 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002).
People of Michigan v. Wayne Duane Jenkins (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
People of Michigan v. Wayne Duane Jenkins (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
In Re Williams, 747 N.W.2d 867 (Mich. 2008).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(8) — 1 case
People Of Mi V Cora Ladane Lymon (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(8)(b) — 1 case
In Re Williams, 747 N.W.2d 867 (Mich. 2008).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(l)(a) — 3 cases
Commonwealth v. Wilgus, 40 A.3d 1201 (Pa. 2012). “" MCL 28.725(1) (2006), amended by MCL 28.725(1)(a) (2011).”
People v. Allen, 872 N.W.2d 21 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
In Re Spears, 645 N.W.2d 718 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(l)(f) — 1 case
Does v. Snyder, 101 F. Supp. 3d 672 (E.D. Mich. 2015). “Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 28.725 (10)-(13). The most recent amendments became effective while this case was pending and now require registrants to pay a pay a $50 annual registration fee.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.725(l)(g) — 2 cases
John Does 1-4 v. Snyder, 932 F. Supp. 2d 803 (E.D. Mich. 2013). “SORA’s requirement that a registrant intending to reside at a temporary residence for more than seven days report the name and address of such residence and the dates the lodging will be used, see Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 28.725 (l)(e), .728(l)(e), does not, as Plaintiffs contend,…”
Does v. Snyder, 101 F. Supp. 3d 672 (E.D. Mich. 2015). “Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 28.725 (10)-(13). The most recent amendments became effective while this case was pending and now require registrants to pay a pay a $50 annual registration fee.”
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