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§ 11-713. Duties of Department

West's Annotated Code of MarylandCriminal ProcedureEffective: January 1, 2014

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Criminal Procedure (Refs & Annos)
Title 11. Victims and Witnesses (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 7. Sex Offender Registration (Refs & Annos)
Effective: January 1, 2014
MD Code, Criminal Procedure, § 11-713
§ 11-713. Duties of Department
The Department:
(1) as soon as possible but not later than 3 working days after receiving the conviction data and fingerprints of a registrant, shall transmit the data and fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation if the Bureau does not have that information;
(2) shall keep a central registry of registrants and a listing of juvenile sex offenders;
(3) shall weekly transmit the central registry of registrants to the State Department of Education in a format that can be used by the State Superintendent to cross-reference with the database of licensed child care centers, registered family child care homes, and approved Child Care Subsidy Program informal providers;
(4) shall reimburse local law enforcement units for the cost of processing the registration statements of registrants, including the cost of taking fingerprints, palm prints, and digital images;
(5) shall reimburse local law enforcement units for the reasonable costs of implementing community notification procedures;
(6) shall be responsible for receiving and distributing all intrastate, federal, and foreign government communications relating to the registration of sex offenders; and
(7) shall notify all jurisdictions where the registrant will reside, carry on employment, or attend school within 3 days of changes in the registrant's registration.

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Added by Acts 2001, c. 10, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2006, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 4, § 1, eff. June 22, 2006; Acts 2010, c. 174, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 175, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2013, c. 51, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; Acts 2013, c. 52, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.
Formerly Art. 27, § 792.
MD Code, Criminal Procedure, § 11-713, MD CRIM PROC § 11-713
Current with all legislation from the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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