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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-704" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Sex Offender Registration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person shall register with the person’s supervising authority if the person is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a tier I sex offender;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a tier II sex offender;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a tier III sex offender; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a sex offender who is required to register by another jurisdiction, a federal, military, or tribal court, or a foreign government, and who is not a resident of this State, and who enters this State:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to begin residing or to habitually live;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to carry on employment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>to attend a public or private educational institution, including a secondary school, trade or professional institution, or institution of higher education, as a full–time or part–time student; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>as a transient.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person is no longer subject to registration under this subtitle if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the underlying conviction requiring registration is reversed, vacated, or set aside; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the registrant is pardoned for the underlying conviction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who has been adjudicated delinquent for an act that, if committed by an adult, would constitute a violation of § 3–303 or § 3–304 of the Criminal Law Article, § 3–305 or § 3–306 of the Criminal Law Article as the sections existed before October 1, 2017, or § 3–307(a)(1) or (2) or § 3–308(b)(1) of the Criminal Law Article involving conduct described in § 3–301(e)(2) of the Criminal Law Article, shall register with the person’s supervising authority if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the person was a minor who was at least 13 years old at the time the delinquent act was committed;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the State’s Attorney or the Department of Juvenile Services requests that the person be required to register;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>90 days prior to the time the juvenile court’s jurisdiction over the person terminates under § 3–8A–07 of the Courts Article, the court, after a hearing, determines under a clear and convincing evidence standard that the person is at significant risk of committing a sexually violent offense or an offense for which registration as a tier II sex offender or tier III sex offender is required; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the person is at least 18 years old.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the person has committed a delinquent act that would cause the court to make a determination regarding registration under paragraph (1) of this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the State’s Attorney shall serve written notice to the person or the person’s counsel at least 30 days before a hearing to determine if the person is required to register under this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Department of Juvenile Services shall:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>provide the court with any information necessary to make the determination; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>conduct any follow–up the court requires.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The form of petitions and all other pleadings under this subsection and, except as otherwise provided under Title 3 of the Courts Article, the procedures to be followed by the court under this subsection shall be specified in the Maryland Rules.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The court may order an evaluation of the person in making the determination under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
