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    Default Sex Offender Registration Requirements After Moving to a Different State

    A woman in Colorado was employed in a prison and started an affair with an inmate, whom she married after she was released. However, she was convicted of the crime of sexual conduct in a penal institution, a felony, and was required to register as a sex offender for ten years. She has moved to Virginia, and her ten year registration requirement is almost over, but she has learned that Virginia requires sex offender registration for fifteen years. Will she have to register in Virginia after Colorado's ten-year registration requirement expires?

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    Default Re: Sex Offender Registration Requirements After Moving to a Different State

    Each state has its own sex offender registration laws, and they apply without regard to whether registration is required (or is no longer required) in the state of conviction. However, any person who relocates should verify that they are required to register as a sex offender in the new state before assuming that the registration requirements are the same -- sometimes the conviction offense will have a different registration requirement, or won't be an offense that requires registration.

    In this specific instance, the Colorado offense appears to be analogous to a violation of Virginia Code, Sec. 18.2-67.4., sexual battery, and the woman should verify whether that is the case and whether registration is even required by consulting a Virginia criminal defense lawyer. (See the summary of registration requirements, here.)

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