(a) Any person who is required to register or verify his or her address or give notice
of a change of address or residence who knowingly fails to do so shall be guilty of
a felony and, upon conviction, be imprisoned not more than ten (10) years, or fined
not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.
(b) Any person who is required to register or verify his or her address or give notice
of a change of address or residence who knowingly fails to do so shall be in violation
of the terms of his or her release, regardless of whether or not the term was a special
condition of his or her release on probation, parole, home confinement or other form
of supervised release.
(c) Except in the case of a level-three (3) sex offender, any person who is required to
register or verify his or her address, who knowingly resides within three hundred
feet (300′) of any school as defined in § 11-37.1-2, which distance shall be measured from the nearest boundary line of the real property
supporting the residence of the person to the nearest boundary line of the real property
that supports or upon which there exists a school shall be guilty of a felony and,
upon conviction, may be imprisoned not more than five (5) years, or fined not more
than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.
(d) Any level-three (3) sex offender who knowingly resides within one thousand feet (1,000′)
of any school as defined in § 11-37.1-2, which distance shall be measured from the nearest boundary line of the real property
supporting the residence of the person to the nearest boundary line of the real property
that supports or upon which there exists a school shall be guilty of a felony and,
upon conviction, may be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or fined not
more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.
Notes of Decisions
Bradshaw v. State, 671 S.E.2d 485 (Ga. 2008).
· cites it 2× “§§ 4915 (b) (3), 1103 (2); R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37.1-10 (a); S.C. Code Ann.”
State v. Germane, 971 A.2d 555 (R.I. 2009).
“For example, as recently as July 2, 2008, the General Assembly amended § 11-37.1-10 to prohibit registered sex offenders from residing within 300 feet of a public or private school.”
Garrison v. State, 950 So. 2d 990 (Miss. 2006).
“§ 4915(a) (knowingly failing to register is violation of statute); R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37.1-10 (knowingly failing to register is a felony); S.”
State v. Robert Beaudoin, 137 A.3d 717 (R.I. 2016).
· cites it 2× “Therefore, violation proceedings that arise from noncriminal conduct that transgresses the terms and conditions of probation — such as refusal to comply with special conditions of probation; failure to comply with sex-offender registration laws, where the violation adjudication…”
Sebastian Atryzek v. State of Rhode Island, 197 A.3d 334 (R.I. 2018).
“Further, the state points out that failing to register as a sex offender in violation of § 11-37.1-10 is itself a registerable offense, which may have further extended Atryzek's duty to register.”
Chapdelaine v. Neronha (D.R.I. 2023).
· cites it 5× “1 (noting that Plaintiffs’ use of the term “Residency Prohibition” in the pleadings and the new term “Residency Restriction’—which Plaintiffs adopted to stipulate facts—both refer to R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37.1-10(d)). granted.”
Laureano (D.R.I. 2025).
· cites it 3× “Laureano was charged under R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 11-37.1-10. Defendants violated his rights under the First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments by compelling him to register as a sex offender and then later arresting him for failing to comply with Rhode Island’s…”
Chapdelaine v. Neronha (D.R.I. 2019).
· cites it 2× “G.L. §11-37.1-10(d). Additionally, the representative parties’ claims are typical of the class and no conflicts of interest have been uncovered that cail in doubt the representative parties’ ability to fairly and adequately represent the class.”
Ralph Garrison v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 2005).
“§ 4915(a) (knowingly failing to register is violation of statute); R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37.1-10 (knowingly failing to register is a felony); S.”
State v. Preston L. Moore, 58 A.3d 923 (R.I. 2013).
“1-5 and §11-37.1-10 of the General Laws of Rhode Island * * On January 16, 2009, defendant pled nolo con-tendere to that charge of failure to register, and the justice of the Superior Court who accepted his plea sentenced him to six years at the Adult Correctional Institutions,…”
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37.1-10(A) — 1 case
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37.1-10(a) — 3 cases
Bradshaw v. State, 671 S.E.2d 485 (Ga. 2008).
“§§ 4915 (b) (3), 1103 (2); R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37.1-10 (a); S.C. Code Ann.”
— R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37.1-10(d) — 2 cases
Chapdelaine v. Neronha (D.R.I. 2023).
“1 (noting that Plaintiffs’ use of the term “Residency Prohibition” in the pleadings and the new term “Residency Restriction’—which Plaintiffs adopted to stipulate facts—both refer to R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37.1-10(d)). granted.”
Chapdelaine v. Neronha (D.R.I. 2019).
“G.L. §11-37.1-10(d). Additionally, the representative parties’ claims are typical of the class and no conflicts of interest have been uncovered that cail in doubt the representative parties’ ability to fairly and adequately represent the class.”
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