§ 9799.26. Victim notification.
(a) Duty to inform victim.--
(1) If an offender is determined to be a sexually violent predator or a sexually violent delinquent child, the municipal police department or the Pennsylvania State Police, if no municipal police jurisdiction exists, shall give written notice to the victim when the sexually violent predator or the sexually violent delinquent child registers initially under section 9799.19 (relating to initial registration) or under section 9799.15(g)(2), (3) or (4) (relating to period of registration). The notice shall be given within 72 hours after the sexually violent predator or the sexually violent delinquent child registers or notifies the Pennsylvania State Police of current information under section 9799.15(g). The notice shall contain the following information about the sexually violent predator or sexually violent delinquent child:
(i) Name.
(ii) Residence. This subparagraph includes whether the sexually violent predator or sexually violent delinquent child is a transient, in which case the notice shall contain information about the transient's temporary habitat or other temporary place of abode or dwelling, including, but not limited to, a homeless shelter or park. In addition, the notice shall contain a list of places the transient eats, frequents and engages in leisure activities.
(iii) The address of employment.
(iv) The address where the sexually violent predator or sexually violent delinquent child is enrolled as a student.
(2) A victim may terminate the duty to inform set forth in paragraph (1) by providing the local municipal police department or the Pennsylvania State Police, if no local municipal police department exists, with a written statement releasing that agency from the duty to comply with this section as it pertains to that victim.
(b) Individual not determined to be sexually violent predator or sexually violent delinquent child.--If an individual is not determined to be a sexually violent predator or a sexually violent delinquent child, the victim shall be notified in accordance with section 201 of the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111), known as the Crime Victims Act.
(c) Electronic notification option.--In addition to subsections (a) and (b), the Pennsylvania State Police shall develop and implement a system that allows a victim to receive electronic notification instead of the notification in subsections (a) and (b) when a sexual offender provides current information to the Pennsylvania State Police under subsection (a).
(Dec. 20, 2011, P.L.446, No.111, eff. one year; July 5, 2012, P.L.880, No.91, eff. Dec. 20, 2012)
2012 Amendment. Act 91 amended subsec. (a)(1)(ii) and carried without amendment subsec. (a)(1)(i).
2011 Amendment. Act 111 added section 9799.26.
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