(a) (1) A person required to register under Section 290 for an offense not listed in paragraph (2), upon obtaining a certificate of rehabilitation under Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 4852.01) of Title 6 of Part 3, shall be relieved of any further duty to register under Section 290 if he or she is not in custody, on parole, or on probation.
(2) A person required to register under Section 290, upon obtaining a certificate of rehabilitation under Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 4852.01) of Title 6 of Part 3, shall not be relieved of the duty to register under Section 290, or of the duty to register under Section 290 for any offense subject to that section of which he or she is convicted in the future, if his or her conviction is for one of the following offenses:
(A) Section 207 or 209 committed with the intent to violate Section 261, 286, 288, 288a, or 289.
(B) Section 220, except assault to commit mayhem.
(C) Section 243.4, provided that the offense is a felony.
(D) Paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), or (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 261.
(E) Section 264.1.
(F) Section 266, provided that the offense is a felony.
(G) Section 266c, provided that the offense is a felony.
(H) Section 266j.
(I) Section 267.
(J) Section 269.
(K) Paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 286, provided that the offense is a felony.
(L) Paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of, or subdivision (c), (d), (f), (g), (i), (j), or (k) of, Section 286.
(M) Section 288.
(N) Paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 288a, provided that the offense is a felony.
(O) Paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of, or subdivision (c), (d), (f), (g), (i), (j), or (k) of, Section 288a.
(P) Section 288.5.
(Q) Section 288.7.
(R) Subdivision (a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h) of Section 289, provided that the offense is a felony.
(S) Subdivision (i) or (j) of Section 289.
(T) Section 647.6.
(U) The attempted commission of any of the offenses specified in this paragraph.
(V) The statutory predecessor of any of the offenses specified in this paragraph.
(W) Any offense which, if committed or attempted in this state, would have been punishable as one or more of the offenses specified in this paragraph.
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), a person described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) shall not be relieved of the duty to register until that person has obtained a full pardon as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 4800) or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 4850) of Title 6 of Part 3.
(2) This subdivision does not apply to misdemeanor violations of Section 647.6.
(3) The court, upon granting a petition for a certificate of rehabilitation pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 4852.01) of Title 6 of Part 3, if the petition was granted prior to January 1, 1998, may relieve a person of the duty to register under Section 290 for a violation of Section 288 or 288.5, provided that the person was granted probation pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 1203.066, has complied with the provisions of Section 290 for a continuous period of at least 10 years immediately preceding the filing of the petition, and has not been convicted of a felony during that period.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2021, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 541, Sec. 11. (SB 384) Effective January 1, 2018. Repealed as of July 1, 2021, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 12 of Stats. 2017, Ch.541.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018