(a) (1) A person required to register as a sex offender shall verify registration every six (6) months after the person's initial registration date during the period of time in which the person is required to register.
(2) (A) (i) The verification shall be done in person at a local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction at which time the person shall sign and date a Sex Offender Acknowledgment Form in which a law enforcement officer shall also witness and sign.
(ii) The Sex Offender Acknowledgment Form shall state the date of verification as well as a date certain that the person is required to return in person to a specific local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction to verify his or her address.
(B) The Sex Offender Acknowledgement Form shall be uniform and created by the Arkansas Crime Information Center.
(C) The local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall file the verification of registration electronically with the center.
(3) If the person lives in a jurisdiction that does not have a local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction that is able to electronically file the verification, the verification shall be done by certified mail in the following manner:
(A) The center shall mail a nonforwardable verification form to the last reported address of the person by certified mail;
(B) (i) The person shall return the verification form in person to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction within ten (10) days after receipt of the verification form.
(ii) Within three (3) days after receipt of the verification form, the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall forward the verification form to the center;
(C) The verification form shall be signed by the person and state that the person still resides at the address last reported to the center; and
(D) If the person fails to return the verification form to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction within ten (10) days after receipt of the verification form, the person is in violation of this subchapter.
(4) If the person changes his or her address without notice or fails to return the verification form if he or she is allowed to do so by mail, notification shall be sent to law enforcement and supervising parole or probation authorities, and notice may be posted on the Internet until proper reporting is again established or the person is incarcerated.
(5) Subdivision (a)(1) of this section applies to a person required to register as a sexually dangerous person, except that the person shall verify the registration every ninety (90) days after the date of the initial release or commencement of parole.
(6) Subdivision (a)(1) of this section applies to a person required to register as a sex offender who claims to be homeless except that a person required to register as a sex offender claiming to be homeless shall verify the registration every thirty (30) days during the period of time in which the person is required to register as a sex offender and claims to be homeless.
(b) (1) (A) Before a change of address within the state, a sex offender shall report the change of address to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction no later than ten (10) days before the sex offender establishes residency or is temporarily domiciled at the new address.
(B) The sex offender shall report to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the new address within three (3) days after relocating to the new address.
(C) Upon receipt of a report of a change of address as described in subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section, the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall report the change of address to the center.
(D) Other than a change of address as provided in subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section, a sex offender shall report a change of any other information required to be reported at registration under § 12-12-908 or required to be reported at the time of verification under § 12-12-906 to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction within ten (10) days of the change.
(2) When a change of address within the state is reported to the center, the center shall immediately report the change of address to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction where the sex offender expects to reside.
(c) (1) Before a change of address to another state, a sex offender shall register the new address with the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction and with a designated law enforcement agency in the state to which the sex offender moves not later than ten (10) days before the sex offender establishes residence or is temporarily domiciled in the new state if the new state has a registration requirement.
(2) When a change of address to another state is reported to the center, the center shall immediately notify the law enforcement agency with which the sex offender must register in the new state if the new state has a registration requirement.
(d) The center shall require a sex offender to report any change of information through the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction.
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