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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-707" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Sex Offender Registration">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A tier I sex offender and a tier II sex offender shall register in person every 6 months with a local law enforcement unit for the term provided under paragraph (4) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Registration shall include a digital image that shall be updated every 6 months.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A tier III sex offender shall register in person every 3 months with a local law enforcement unit for the term provided under paragraph (4) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Registration shall include a digital image that shall be updated every 6 months.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A sexually violent predator shall register in person every 3 months with a local law enforcement unit for the term provided under paragraph (4) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Registration shall include a digital image that shall be updated every 6 months.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the term of registration is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>15 years, if the registrant is a tier I sex offender;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>25 years, if the registrant is a tier II sex offender;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the life of the registrant, if the registrant is a tier III sex offender; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>up to 5 years, if the registrant is a person described under § 11–704(c)(1) of this subtitle, subject to reduction by the juvenile court on the filing of a petition by the registrant for a reduction in the term of registration.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A registrant who is not a resident of the State shall register for the appropriate time specified in this subsection or until the registrant’s employment, student enrollment, or transient status in the State ends.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A term of registration described in this section shall be computed from:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the last date of release;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the date granted probation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the date granted a suspended sentence; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the date the juvenile court’s jurisdiction over the registrant terminates under § 3–8A–07 of the Courts Article if the registrant was a minor who lived in the State at the time the act was committed for which registration is required.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The term of registration for a tier I sex offender shall be reduced to 10 years if, in the 10 years following the date on which the registrant was required to register, the registrant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is not convicted of any offense for which a term of imprisonment of more than 1 year may be imposed;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is not convicted of any sex offense;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>successfully completes, without revocation, any period of supervised release, parole, or probation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>successfully completes an appropriate sex offender treatment program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
