Pennsylvania Statutes Title 42 Pa.C.S.A. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure § 9799.26. Victim notification

(1) If an individual is determined to be a sexually violent predator or a sexually violent delinquent child, the municipal police department or the Pennsylvania State Police, if no municipal police jurisdiction exists, shall give written notice to the victim when the sexually violent predator or the sexually violent delinquent child registers initially under section 9799.19 (relating to initial registration) or under section 9799.15(g)(2), (3) or (4) (relating to period of registration). The notice shall be given within 72 hours after the sexually violent predator or the sexually violent delinquent child registers or notifies the Pennsylvania State Police of current information under section 9799.15(g). The notice shall contain the following information about the sexually violent predator or sexually violent delinquent child:

(2) A victim may terminate the duty to inform set forth in paragraph (1) by providing the local municipal police department or the Pennsylvania State Police, if no local municipal police department exists, with a written statement releasing that agency from the duty to comply with this section as it pertains to that victim.

(1) The Pennsylvania State Police may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Office of Victim Advocate to assist the Pennsylvania State Police in notifying victims and providing the information under subsection (a). In addition, the memorandum of understanding may also include the Office of Victim Advocate's notifying a victim of relief granted to a petitioner under section 9799.15(a.2). The memorandum of understanding must state the manner and method of notifying victims and the duties of the Pennsylvania State Police and the Office of Victim Advocate under this section and section 9799.15(a.2). A memorandum of understanding entered into under this subsection shall be valid for no more than 10 years. There shall be no limit to the number of memoranda of understanding which may be executed by the Pennsylvania State Police and the Office of Victim Advocate under this subsection.

(2) As used in this subsection, the term “Office of Victim Advocate” shall mean the office established under section 301 of the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L. 882, No. 111),  2 known as the Crime Victims Act.