# Division 7. Criminal Offender Registration

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Division 7. Criminal Offender Registration

### Sec. 14-143. Definitions

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 14-143 (2026)

(a) For purposes of this Division, the following words and phrases shall mean:

  (1) Chief of Police means the Chief of Police for the Prince George's County Police Department or designee.

  (2) Confining authority means any private entity doing business in the County that has been ordered or directed by a court to retain residential custody of an offender as a result of the conviction of the offender.

  (3) Convicted includes a probation before judgement and a finding of not criminally responsible for an offense or any other court disposition from any jurisdiction which requires residential custody.

  (4) Offender means an adult who has been convicted of a crime or a juvenile who has been adjudicated as a delinquent child and who has been remanded to the custody of a confining authority.

### Sec. 14-144. Registration

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 14-144 (2026)

(a) An offender who is placed under the custody of a confining authority within the County shall register with the Chief of Police, in a manner directed by the Chief of Police, within five business days of the offender's placement. If an offender is released into the custody of a confining authority which is located within a municipality having its own police department, the Chief of Police shall provide a copy of the registration to the municipality's chief of police within five business days of receipt of information from the offender.

(b) A confining authority located within the County shall register each offender received into custody with the Chief of Police, in a manner directed by the Chief of Police, within five business days of receiving custody of an offender. If the confining authority is located within a municipality having its own police department, the Chief of Police shall notify the municipality's chief of police within five business days of receipt of information from the offender. For each offender registered, the confining authority shall pay a registration fee of Sixty Dollars ($60.00) at the time each offender is registered by the confining authority.

(c) Registration of an offender shall include the identification of the offender, the offender's place of residence while in the custody of the confining authority, the offender's criminal record information, and such other information as required by the Chief of Police. The Chief of Police shall not distribute or disclose any of the information provided in the registration except for a legitimate law enforcement purpose.

(d) The confining authority shall provide each offender with the required registration form in a format approved by the Chief of Police so as to comply with the provisions of this Division.

(e) The confining authority shall provide to the Chief of Police the location of all facilities located within the County used for the purpose of housing offenders.

(f) Nothing herein is intended to require registration of individuals placed in home detention programs.

(g) The confining authority shall inform the Chief of Police of a registered offender's release from custody, in a manner directed by the Chief of Police, within thirty days of the day the registered offender was released from the custody of the confining authority.

(h) The Chief of Police shall, within thirty days of being informed of a registered offender's release from a confining authority, destroy all registration information relating to the released offender.

### Sec. 14-145. Penalty

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 14-145 (2026)

Any person who violates any provision of this Division shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both such fine and imprisonment.