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Appendix 2: Duties to Report Updates to Registration Information 

 

G.S. 

§ 

Event Notification 

Required 

Deadline 

14-208.8A 

[2006 S.L. 

247; 2007 S.L. 

484] 

1. The offender is employed or 

carries on a vocation in a North 

Carolina county other than the 

county in which they are 

registered for more than ten (10) 

business days within a 30-day 

period, or for an aggregate period 

exceeding 30 days in a calendar 

year, on a part-time or full-time 

basis, with or without 

compensation, or government, or 

educational benefit; 

 

AND 

 

2. They maintain a temporary 

residence in that county for more 

than ten (10) business days within 

a 30-day period, or for an 

aggregate period exceeding 30 

days in a calendar year 

The offender shall notify the sheriff 

of the county with whom the 

offender is registered of their place of 

employment and temporary residence 

(includes hotels, motels, or other 

transient lodging places) 

I. Within 72 hours after 

the offender knows or 

should know that they 

will be working and 

maintaining a temporary 

residence in a county 

other than the county in 

which the offender 

resides, for more than ten 

(10) business days within 

a 30-day period; OR 

2. Within ten (10) days 

after the offender knows 

or should know that they 

will be working or 

maintaining a temporary 

residence in a county 

other than the county in 

which the person resides, 

for an aggregate period 

exceeding 30 days in a 

calendar year 

14-208.6(9) 

14-208.9(c) 

Offender changes academic status 

by enrolling as a student or 

terminating enrollment as a 

student (person enrolled on a full-

time or part-time basis, in any 

postsecondary public or private 

educational institution, including 

any trade or professional 

institution, or other institution of 

higher education) 

Report IN PERSON to the sheriff of 

the county with whom the person is 

registered and provide written notice 

of offender’s new status 

Within 3 business days of 

enrollment or termination 

of enrollment 

14-208.6(le) 

14-208.9(d) 

Offender changes employment 

status at institution of higher 

education (Postsecondary public 

or private education institution, 

including any trade or 

professional institution, college, 

or university) 

Report IN PERSON to the sheriff of 

the county with whom the person is 

registered and provide written notice 

of offender’s new status 

Within 3 business days of 

obtaining employment or 

terminating employment 

at an institution of higher 

learning 

14-208.11(c) 

Offender is incarcerated or in 

custody of local, State, private, or 

federal correctional facility 

While incarcerated or in custody 

offender must notify official in 

charge of facility of offender’s status 

as a person with a legal obligation to 

register 

Offender must also meet 

all registration and 

verification requirements 

no later than 10 days 

after release 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Appendix 3 

Criminal Penalties Associated with the Registration Programs 

 

G.S. 

§ 

Who Can Violate? 

Violation 

Penalty 

14-202.5 

Registered Offender 

Accesses commercial social networking Web site where 

offender knows the site permits minor children to become 

members or create or maintain personal Web pages 

Class I 

felony 

14-208.9A(c) 

Person required to 

register 

Fails to comply with sheriffs request for additional 

photograph as required by G.S. 

§ 

14-208.9A(c) 

Class I misd.

14-208.11(a)(1) 

Person required to 

register 

Fails to register as required 

Class F 

felony 

14-208.11(a)(2) 

Person required to 

register 

Fails to notify the last registering sheriff of a change of 

address 

Class F 

felony 

14-208.1l(a)(3) 

Person required to 

register 

Fails to return a verification notice as required under 

G.S. 

§ 

14-208.9A 

Class F 

felony 

14-208.11(a)(4) 

Person required to 

register 

Forges or submits under false pretenses the information 

or verification notices required under this Article 

Class F 

felony 

14-208.11(a)(5) 

Person required to 

register 

Fails to inform the registering sheriff of enrollment or 

termination of enrollment as a student 

Class F 

felony 

14-208.11(a)(6) 

Person required to 

register 

Fails to inform the registering sheriff of employment at 

an institution of higher education or termination of 

employment at an institution of higher education 

Class F 

felony 

14-208.11(a)(7) 

Person required to 

register 

Fails to report IN PERSON to the sheriffs office as 

required by  G.S. 

§ 

14-208.7, 14-208.9, and 14-208.9A 

Class F 

felony 

14-208.11(a)(8) 

Person required to 

register 

Reports their intent to reside in another state or 

jurisdiction but remains in this State without reporting to 

the sheriff in the manner required by G.S. 

§ 

14-208.9 

Class F 

felony 

14-208.11(a)(9) 

Person required to 

register 

(Effective June I, 2007) Fails to notify the registering 

sheriff of out-of-county employment if temporary 

residence is established as required under G.S. 

§ 

l4-

208.8A 

Class F 

felony 

14-208.11(a)(10) 

[2008 S.L. 220] 

Person required to 

register 

Fails to inform the registering sheriff of any new or 

changes to existing online identifiers that the person uses 

or intends to use 

Class F 

felony 

14-208.1lA(a)(1) 

Any person who has 

reason to believe an 

offender is in violation 

of Article 27A, and 

who has intent to 

assist the offender in 

eluding arrest 

Withhold information from, or fail to notify, a law 

enforcement agency about the offender’s noncompliance 

with the requirements of this Article, and, if known, the 

whereabouts of the offender as required by  G.S. 

§ 

14- 

208.11A 

 

(This provision does not apply if the offender is 

incarcerated or is in the custody of a local, state, private, 

or federal correctional facility) 

Class H 

felony 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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