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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The following individuals shall register with the Pennsylvania State Police as provided in sections 9799.15 (relating to period of registration), 9799.19 (relating to initial registration) and 9799.25 (relating to verification by sexual offenders and Pennsylvania State Police) and otherwise comply with the provisions of this subchapter:
(1) A sexual offender who has a residence within this Commonwealth or is a transient.
(1.1) A sexual offender who is convicted in this Commonwealth and who does not have a residence in this Commonwealth and:
(i) is employed in this Commonwealth; or
(ii) is a student in this Commonwealth.
(1.2) A sexual offender who does not have a residence within this Commonwealth or is not a transient in this Commonwealth and:
(i) is employed in this Commonwealth; or
(ii) is a student in this Commonwealth.
(2) A sexual offender who is an inmate in a State or county correctional institution of this Commonwealth, including a community corrections center or a community contract facility, is being supervised by the Department of Corrections or county probation or parole, is subject to a sentence of intermediate punishment or restrictive conditions of probation or has supervision transferred pursuant to the Interstate Compact for Adult Supervision in accordance with section 9799.19(g).
(2.1) A sexual offender who is an inmate in a Federal correctional institution or is supervised by Federal probation authorities and who:
(i) has a residence within this Commonwealth or is a transient;
(ii) is employed within this Commonwealth; or
(iii) is a student within this Commonwealth.
(3) to (3.2) Deleted by 2018, Feb. 21, P.L. 27, No. 10, § 8, imd. effective.
(4) to (6) Deleted by 2012, July 5, P.L. 880, No. 91, § 5, effective Dec. 20, 2012.
(7) A sexual offender required to register in a sexual offender registry in another jurisdiction or in a foreign country based upon a conviction for a sexually violent offense or under a sexual offender statute in the jurisdiction where the individual is convicted and:
(i) has a residence in this Commonwealth or is a transient;
(ii) is employed within this Commonwealth; or
(iii) is a student within this Commonwealth.
(7.1) An individual who, as a result of committing an offense set forth in section 9799.14(b)(23) (relating to sexual offenses and tier system) on or after December 20, 2012, for which the individual was convicted, is required to register in a sexual offender registry in another jurisdiction or foreign country and:
(i) has a residence in this Commonwealth or is a transient;
(ii) is employed within this Commonwealth; or
(iii) is a student within this Commonwealth.
(7.2) A sexual offender who is convicted in another jurisdiction or foreign country, or is incarcerated or under supervision as a result of a conviction in another jurisdiction or foreign country and:
(i) has a residence in this Commonwealth or is a transient;
(ii) is employed within this Commonwealth; or
(iii) is a student within this Commonwealth.
(8) An individual who, on or after December 20, 2012, is a juvenile offender who was adjudicated delinquent within this Commonwealth or was adjudicated delinquent in another jurisdiction or a foreign country and:
(i) has a residence within this Commonwealth;
(ii) is employed within this Commonwealth; or
(iii) is a student within this Commonwealth.
(8.1) An individual who is a juvenile offender who is adjudicated delinquent in this Commonwealth on or after December 20, 2012, but who does not have a residence within this Commonwealth, is not a transient, is not employed in this Commonwealth or is not a student within this Commonwealth must register with the Pennsylvania State Police in accordance with section 9799.19 prior to leaving this Commonwealth.
(8.2) An individual who between January 23, 2005, and December 19, 2012, established a residence or was a transient in this Commonwealth, was employed within this Commonwealth, or was a student in this Commonwealth, and who was required to register in a sexual offender registry as a result of an adjudication of delinquency for an offense which occurred in a foreign country or another jurisdiction and that required the individual to register in that foreign country or other jurisdiction.
(9) An individual who is a sexually violent delinquent child.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 42 Pa.C.S.A. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure § 9799.13. Applicability - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-42-pacsa-judiciary-and-judicial-procedure/pa-csa-sect-42-9799-13/
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