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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 12.06.01.11" title_num="12" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="01" heading="Periodic Registration—Local Law Enforcement Unit.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>General.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A local law enforcement unit shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Establish a schedule for periodic registration for each child sexual offender and sexually violent predator; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Maintain a copy of documents pertaining to periodic registration.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A local law enforcement unit shall notify the Sex Offender Registry Unit when:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A child sexual offender does not appear for annual registration as required under Regulation .10 of this chapter; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A sexually violent predator does not return the address verification and change of address form as required under Regulation .10 of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If a local law enforcement unit receives notice that a child sexual offender or sexually violent predator has changed address by moving:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Out of the local law enforcement unit's county, it shall delete the registrant from the periodic registration process; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Into the local law enforcement unit's county, it shall add the registrant to the periodic registration process.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Periodic registration of a child sexual offender follows the same procedure established under Regulation .07 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Periodic Registration of a Sexually Violent Predator.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A local law enforcement unit shall send an address verification and change of address form to the last reported address of a sexually violent predator:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>By certified mail, return receipt requested; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Not later than 15 days before the periodic registration deadline for the registrant.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Within 5 business days of receiving a signed address verification and change of address form from a sexually violent predator, a local law enforcement unit shall send the address verification and change of address form to the Sex Offender Registry Unit and maintain a copy for local records.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>