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4.__Verification form.__The bureau shall develop and mail a
nonforwardable verification form to the last reported mailing
address of each person required to meet the verification
requirements of this chapter.

 
5.__Sexually violent predator directory.__The bureau shall
develop and maintain a directory of sexually violent predators.

 
6.__Distribution of information.__The bureau shall distribute
information to the department and law enforcement agencies having
jurisdiction as required by this chapter.

 
7.__Rules.__The bureau may adopt rules that are necessary to
administer its responsibilities pursuant to this chapter.__Rules
adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules
pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.

 
§11222.__Duty of sex offender or sexually violent predator to

 
register

 
1.__Determination by court.__The court shall determine at the
time of conviction if a defendant is a sex offender or a sexually
violent predator.__A person who the court determines is a sex
offender or a sexually violent predator shall register according
to this subchapter.

 
2.__Responsibility of ensuring initial registration.__The
department, the county jail or the state mental health institute
that has custody of a sex offender or sexually violent predator
required to register under this subchapter shall inform the sex
offender or sexually violent predator, prior to discharge or
conditional release, of the duty to register.__If a sex offender
or sexually violent predator does not serve a period of
institutional confinement, the court shall inform the sex
offender or sexually violent predator at the time of sentencing
of the duty to register.__The department, county jail, state
mental health institute or court shall:

 
A.__Inform the sex offender or sexually violent predator of
the duty to register and obtain the information required for
the initial registration;

 
B.__Inform the sex offender or sexually violent predator
that if the sex offender or sexually violent predator
changes domicile, the sex offender or sexually violent
predator shall give the new address to the bureau in writing
within 10 days;


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