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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 12.06.01.04" title_num="12" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="01" heading="Term of Registration.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Sex Offender Registry Unit shall calculate a term of registration:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>For a resident registrant, from:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The last date of release from a term of confinement related to a crime for which registration is required;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The date granted probation or a suspended sentence; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The date of registration if a registrant is subject to registration under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-702.1, Annotated Code of Maryland; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>For a nonresident registrant or a registrant moving into this State, from the date established by the state that required registration.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Except as provided in §D of this regulation, a registrant shall register for a term of 10 years.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If a registrant is reincarcerated during a 10-year term of registration for a crime that does not require lifetime registration under §D of this regulation and, at the time of release, the term of confinement related to the original crime for which registration is required has:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Not expired, a registrant shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Submit a new registration statement to the supervising authority; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Begin a new 10-year term of registration as calculated under §A of this regulation; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Expired, a registrant shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Resume the periodic registration requirement under Regulation .10 of this chapter for any remaining balance of the original 10-year term of registration; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Submit written notification of change of residence address to the Sex Offender Registry Unit under Regulation .13 of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Lifetime Registration.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Lifetime registration is required if the registrant meets the criteria under Criminal Procedure Article, §11-707(a)(4)(ii), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>When lifetime registration is based on a prior conviction that is subsequently reversed, vacated, expunged, or set aside by the court, or for which the registrant is subsequently pardoned by the Governor, the term of registration shall revert to 10 years from the date established under §A or C of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A nonresident registrant shall register for the term specified in §B or D of this regulation and shall comply with the periodic registration requirements until termination of registration is authorized under Regulation .14 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>