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All registered sex offenders in the State of Arkansas are required to submit to assessment by the Sex Offender Screening & Risk Assessment Program coordinated by the Arkansas Department of Correction. Each offender is assigned a risk level based on the results of the assessment. Offenders failing to submit to assessment are assigned default RiskArkansas Code Annotated §12-12-913 (j)(1)(A), mandates that information on registered sex offenders determined to pose the highest level of risk to the public (Level 3 and Level 4), must be available on the Arkansas state website by January 1, 2004.
Based on information obtained from the risk assessment process, offenders are assigned the following levels: Level 1: Low Risk; Level 2: Moderate Risk; Level 3: High Risk; Level 4: Sexually Violent Predator. Arkansas law requires the offender to:
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Report to the local law
enforcement agency within 10 days after release from incarceration or after the
date of sentencing or within 30 days of moving into Arkansas from another
state.
Provide registration information, along with fingerprints and a photograph.
Inform the Arkansas Crime Information Center in writing of any change in residence address within Arkansas not later than 10 days before establishing residency at a new address.
Inform the Arkansas Crime Information Center in writing of any change in residence address to another state, and also to inform a designated law enforcement agency in the new state, not later than 10 days before establishing residency in the new state.
Return a Verification of Residence address form every 6 months (every 3 months for a designated sexually violent predator).
Remain registered for 15 years (lifetime for a sexually violent predator or if convicted of an aggravated sex offense or mutliple offenses) from the date of release from incarceration or being placed on parole or probation or other supervision.
Release from these registration requirements may only be obtained from a court.
Failure to Register
A person who fails to register, who fails to report changes of address or fails to comply with assessment as required, shall be guilty of a Class D felony. Class D felonies are punishable by up to 6 years imprisonment and up to a $10,000 fine.
