Section 22-24B-13 - Duty of institutions to inform convicted sex offenders of registration requirementsand community safety zone restrictions.
22-24B-13. Duty of institutions to inform convicted sex offenders of registration requirements and community safety zone restrictions. Any person required to register pursuant to §§ 22-24B-1 to 22-24B-14, inclusive, who is discharged or paroled or temporarily released from an institution of the Department of Corrections or the Department of Human Services or from any jail or other facility in this state where the person was confined because of a conviction of an offense as described in § 22-24B-1 shall, prior to discharge, parole, furlough, work release, or similar program outside the facility, or release, be informed of the duty to register under §§ 22-24B-1 to 22-24B-14, inclusive, and informed of community safety zone restrictions, by the institution in which the person was confined. The institution shall require the person to read and sign any forms as may be required by the Division of Criminal Investigation stating that the duty to register, community safety zone restrictions, and the procedure for registration have been explained. The institution shall obtain the address where the person plans to reside upon discharge, parole, furlough, work release, or similar program outside the facility, or release and shall report the address to the Division of Criminal Investigation. The institution shall give one copy of the form to the person and shall send one copy to the Division of Criminal Investigation and one copy to the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction where the person plans to reside upon discharge, parole, furlough, work release, or similar program outside the facility, or release, and one copy to the office of the state's attorney in the county in which the person was convicted.
Source: SL 1994, ch 174, § 7; SL 1995, ch 123, § 9; SDCL, § 22-22-38; SL 2005, ch 120, § 415; SL 2006, ch 125, § 8.