Kansas Criminal Defense Attorney Explains Sex Offender Registration

If you have been accused of a crime of a sexual nature, you may be concerned about the potential consequences of having to register as a sex offender if you are convicted. This is only natural, because the details of a person’s intimate life are often something which most people prefer to keep private. Also, even though not all sex offenders are alike, being registered as a sex offender carries with it a sort of stigma that you do not want to experience. If you are convicted and you are ordered to register as a sex offender, here are a few of the things that you can expect:

Initially, you will have approximately three business days following your conviction to register. Also, you must obtain a new driver’s license or state identification card. Your new license or identification card will indicate that you are a registered offender.

Registering as a sex offender is not a one-time event. If you must register, you will have to report four times a year, with the months in which you must report being determined by the month in which your birthday falls. Also, changes in your residence, employment, or education, whether they are changes in location or changes in status, require you to register those changes within three days of their occurrence. If you do not have a residence, you are considered a transient individual, and you must report every thirty days.

If you are concerned about how long the registration and reporting requirements will last, your requirement will depend upon your age and the type of offense of which you have been convicted.  Adults may be required to register for fifteen years, twenty five years, or for life, depending upon the offense. If a registered adult is convicted of a second or subsequent offense that requires registration, they will then have to register for the rest of their life.

Different rules apply for juveniles, and the requirements depend upon the age of the offender and the offense which was committed. If someone who is under fourteen years of age has committed a sexually violent crime, they must register until the latest of three possible dates – their eighteenth birthday, five years from the date of their conviction, or five years from their release from confinement. For juveniles over the age of fourteen, the same requirements apply, unless the offense that they are convicted of is an off-grid felony or level one felony. Juveniles who are over the age of fourteen who have been convicted of a sexually violent off-grid or level one felony must require for life.

Fortunately, registering as a sex offender in Kansas in and of itself does not cause you to be restricted in regards to where you live, attend school, or work, or who you associate with. If it is appropriate that restrictions involving any of those things be imposed upon you, they would be imposed as conditions of your probation.

If you have been accused of a crime for which you would have to register as a sex offender if you are convicted, it is important that you pursue your criminal defense with the aid of an experienced and dedicated Kansas criminal defense attorney on your side. A Kansas Sex Crime Defense Attorney can be your best defense against conviction, and your best ally for minimizing the impact of any conviction on your life. To learn more about how a Kansas criminal defense attorney can help you to obtain the settlement that you deserve, please call the Wichita office of Cummings & Cummings, L.L.C. today at (316) 264-1548.

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