WPIC 49C.06 Sex Offender Registration Requirement—Definition
11 WAPRAC WPIC 49C.06Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
11 Wash. Prac., Pattern Jury Instr. Crim. WPIC 49C.06 (5th Ed)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Criminal
January 2024 Update
Part VII. Sex Crimes
WPIC CHAPTER 49C. Failure to Register as a Sex or Kidnapping Offender for Crimes on or After July 22, 2011
WPIC 49C.06 Sex Offender Registration Requirement—Definition
A person is required to register as a sex offender in the State of Washington if
[the person was convicted of a sex offense, and on or after July 28, 1991, was in the custody of (select alternative from RCW 9A.44.148(1)(c)) as a result of that offense] [or]
[the person was convicted of a sex offense and was under the jurisdiction of (select alternative from RCW 9A.44.148(1)(c)) as a result of that offense on or after July 28, 1991] [or]
[the person was convicted of a sex offense that was committed on or after February 28, 1990] [or]
[the person has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of committing a sex offense, regardless of when the offense was committed] [or]
[the person was convicted of a sex offense under the laws of [this state] [another state] [a foreign country] [a tribe] [a federal or military tribunal] and moved to Washington state from [another state] [a tribe] [a foreign country], regardless of when the sex offense was committed or the conviction occurred].
NOTE ON USE
This instruction lists five common statutory requirements for registration of a sex offender. Use only one of the bracketed options.
This instruction includes only the most commonly used statutory requirements. Other possibilities exist for sexually violent predators adjudicated under RCW Chapter 71.09, out-of-state, federal, military, tribal, and foreign convictions under RCW 9A.44.148.
Use WPIC 49C.11 (Sex Offense—Definition) with this instruction.
COMMENT
RCW 9A.44.148, effective July 24, 2015, codified the triggering dates for the various registration requirements. They previously had been set forth in various subsections of RCW 9A.44.130. Laws of 2015, Chapter 261, § 4 (effective July 24, 2015). The statute also now imposes a lifetime registration requirement on sex offenders who move to Washington from another state, tribe, or a foreign country. RCW 9A.44.148(1)(h).
[Current as of December 2018.]
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