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CHAPTER 1 

 

REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ADULTS AND CERTAIN JUVENILES 

UNDER ARTICLE 27A, PART 2 AND PART 3 

 

This chapter contains a description of the Part 2 and Part 3 Registration Programs 

referenced in the Introduction and Overview. Issues addressed include who must register under 

these programs, the timing and process for maintaining registration, and the duration of the 

registration requirement. 

 

Who is Subject to the Part 2 Registration Requirements? 

 

Any person who has a “reportable conviction” and who resides in North Carolina, 

moves to North Carolina, or is a nonresident student or nonresident worker in North Carolina 

must maintain registration under Part 2 of Article 27A. This includes certain juvenile offenders 

(see below).  Nonresident students and nonresident workers in North Carolina also must 

maintain registration under Part 2 if required to register in their state of residency. 

 

“Nonresident student” means a person who is not a resident of North Carolina but who 

is enrolled in any type of school in the State on a part-time or full-time basis. 

 

“Nonresident worker” means a person who is not a resident of North Carolina but who 

has employment or carries on a vocation in the State, on a part-time or full-time basis, with or 

without compensation or government or educational benefit, for more than 14 days, or for an 

aggregate period exceeding 30 days in a calendar year. 

 

A  “reportable conviction” is determined by both (1) the type of offense and (2) the 

effective date of the registration statute that might apply. Effective dates vary. Therefore, readers 

must use the tables in Appendix 1 in determining an offender’s obligation to register based on 

the circumstances presented. 

 

Types of Offenses Which May Give Rise to a “Reportable Conviction” (G.S. § 14-208.6(4)) 

 

The term “reportable conviction” is defined to include any of the following: 

(a) A 

final conviction for an offense against a minor, a sexually violent offense, or 

an  attempt to commit any of those offenses unless the conviction is for aiding 

and abetting. A final conviction for aiding and abetting is a reportable conviction 

only if the court sentencing the individual finds that the registration of that 

individual under Article 27A furthers the purposes stated in G.S. § 14-208.5. 

 

The term “final conviction” is not defined in Article 27A. Whether there is a final 

conviction will depend on the laws of the jurisdiction where the conviction occurred. In 

North Carolina, a conviction in district court for which execution of judgment is stayed 

pending appeal to superior court under G.S. § 15A-1431 would not be a final conviction. 

Determining if the entry of a prayer for judgment continued (PJC) equates to a conviction 

and therefore would require registration as a sex offender may depend on an analysis of  

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Chapter 1: Registration Requirements for Adults and Certain Juveniles Under Article 27A, Part 2 and Part 3

 

 

 any conditions placed on the PJC by the court.  Legal counsel should be consulted on this 

issue. 

 

“Final conviction” may or may not include juvenile proceedings in another state. 

Juveniles who are tried and convicted as adults in North Carolina, pursuant to G.S. § 7B- 

2200, must register “just as an adult convicted of the same offense must register” 

according to G.S. § 14-208.6B. 

 

“Offense against a minor” means any of the following offenses if the offense is 

committed against a minor (a person under the age of 18 years), and the person 

committing the offense is not the minor’s parent: G.S. § 14-39 (kidnapping), G.S. § 14-41 

(abduction of children), and G.S. § 14-43.3 (felonious restraint). The term also includes 

the following if the person convicted is not the minor’s parent: a solicitation or 

conspiracy to commit any of these offenses; aiding and abetting any of these offenses. 

“Parent” means a biological or adoptive parent with parental rights. 

 

 “Sexually violent offense” means a violation of any of the following: 

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G.S. § 14-27.2 --  First degree rape 

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G.S. § 14-27.2A -- Rape of a child by adult offender 

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G.S. § 14-27.3 --  Second degree rape 

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G.S. § 14-27.4 --  First degree sexual offense 

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G.S. § 14-27.4A --  Sex offense with a child by adult offender 

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G.S. § 14-27.5 --  Second degree sexual offense 

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G.S. §  l4-27.5A --  Sexual battery 

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G.S. § 14-27.6 --  Attempted rape or sexual offense 

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G.S. § 14-27.7 -- Intercourse and sexual offense with certain victims 

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G.S. § 14-27.7A(a) --  Statutory rape or sexual offense of person who is 13-, 14-, 

or 15-years-old when the defendant is at least six years older 

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G.S. § 14-43.11 -- Human trafficking if committed against a minor or with the  

       intent that they be held in sexual servitude. 

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G.S. § 14-43.13 --  Subjecting or maintaining a person for sexual servitude 

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G.S. § 14-178 -- Incest between near relatives 

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G.S. § 14-190.6 -- Employing or permitting minor to assist in offenses against 

public morality and decency 

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G.S. § 14-190.9(al) -- Felonious indecent exposure 

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G.S. § 14-190.16 -- First degree sexual exploitation of a minor 

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G.S. § 14-190.17 --  Second degree sexual exploitation of a minor 

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G.S. § 14-l90.17A -- Third degree sexual exploitation of a minor 

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G.S. § 14-190.18 --  Promoting prostitution of a minor  

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G.S. § 14-190.19 -- Participating in the prostitution of a minor  

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G.S. § 14-202.1 -- Taking indecent liberties with children 

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G.S. § 14-202.3 --  Solicitation of child by computer or certain other electronic 

devices to commit an unlawful sex act 

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G.S. § 14-202.4(a) --  Taking indecent liberties with a student 

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G.S. § 14-205.2(c) or (d) – Patronizing a prostitute who is a minor or mentally  

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