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Chapter 4: Public Access to Information and Cooperation Among Government Agencies and Other Entities 

 

information for any juvenile enrolled in the local school administrative unit shall be forwarded to 

the local board of education. Under no circumstances shall the registration of a juvenile under 

Part 4 be included in the county or statewide registries or made available through the online 

public registry. 

 

Free Online Public Registry; National Sex Offender Website 

 

Free Access to Online Public Registry (G.S. § 14-208.14, G.S. § 14-208.15) 

The State Division of Criminal Information provides free public access to certain 

automated data from the statewide registry, including photographs provided by the registering 

sheriffs, via the Internet. The public registry is available at the following web address: 

http://sexoffender.ncdoi.gov. 

 

The National Sex Offender Public Website 

The United States Department of Justice offers free web access to information gathered 

from the sex offender registries of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, U.S. Territories, and 

participating tribes. This website may be reached via the North Carolina public registry site 

(http://sexoffender.ncdoj.gov) or directly at http://www.nsopw.gov/Core/Portal.aspx. 

 

Information Shared with Law Enforcement 

 

General Sharing of Information (G.S. § 14-208.5, G.S. § l4-208.6A) 

Information collected through the Registration Programs is intended to be shared with the 

appropriate local, State, federal, and out-of-state law enforcement officials and with penal 

institutions. 

 

Police Information Network (G.S. § 14-208.13, G.S. § 14-208.3 1) 

Information from the statewide registry is included in the Police Information Network 

(commonly known as the Division of Criminal Information) established under G.S. § 114-10.1. 

Registration information is retained even after expiration of an offender’s registration 

requirement, though this information would not appear on the public registry. The records of 

delinquent juveniles registered pursuant to Part 4 are kept confidential in accordance with 

Chapter 7B, Article 32 of the General Statutes. 

 

Cooperation with Other Government Agencies; Private Entities 

 

Information Gathered and Shared by Penal Institutions (G.S. § 14-208.8) 

Between 10 to 30 days before release from a penal institution of an offender who will be 

required to register under Article 27A, an official of the penal institution will obtain the address 

where the offender expects to reside upon release and collect the offender’s registration 

information. The address and other information are then forwarded to the sheriff of the county 

where the offender expects to reside and to the State Division of Criminal Information. 

 

 

It is a class F felony to willfully fail to register with the sheriff in the county designated 

by the offender as their expected county of residence. An offender will be subject to the  

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jurisdiction of the prosecutorial and judicial district that includes the sheriff’s office where the 

offender failed to register. 

 

Duties of the Division of Motor Vehicles (Chapter 20 of the General Statutes) 

Pursuant to G.S. § 20-9, the DMV shall not issue a driver’s license to an applicant who 

has resided in the State for less than 12 months until the DMV has searched the National Sex 

Offender Public Registry to determine if the person is currently registered as a sex offender in 

another state. 

(a) 

If the person is registered as a sex offender in another state, the DMV shall not 

issue a driver’s license until the person submits proof of registration in North 

Carolina. 

(b) 

If the person does not appear on the national registry, the person may obtain a 

driver’s license but must sign an affidavit acknowledging notification of the 

North Carolina registration requirements. 

 

(c) 

If the DMV is unable to access the national registry, the person may obtain a 

driver’s license but must sign an affidavit stating that the person is not listed on 

the national registry and acknowledge notification of the North Carolina 

registration requirements. 

 

Pursuant to G.S. § 20-9.3, the DMV must provide notice to each person who applies for 

the issuance of a driver’s license, learner’s permit, or instruction permit to operate a motor 

vehicle, and to each person who applies for an identification card, of the requirement for certain 

offenders to register pursuant to Article 27A. 

 

Pursuant to G.S. § 20-17.9, the DMV must revoke the commercial driver’s license with a 

‘P’ or ‘S’ endorsement of anyone convicted on or after December 1, 2009 of an offense requiring 

registration under Article 27A. The offender may apply for the issuance of a new commercial 

driver’s license, but shall remain disqualified from obtaining a commercial driver’s license with 

a ‘P’ or ‘S’ endorsement for the duration of the registration requirement. Pursuant to G.S. § 20-

37.l4A, the DMV must search the statewide registry and the National Sex Offender Public 

Registry to determine if an applicant for a commercial driver’s license with a ‘P’ or ‘S’ 

endorsement is registered as a sex offender in North Carolina or elsewhere. 

 

E-mail Notifications to Licensed Day Care Centers and Schools (G.S. § 14-208.19) 

The licensee of each licensed day care center and the principal of each elementary 

school, middle school, and high school are required to register with the State to receive e-mail 

notifications when a registered offender moves within a one-mile radius of the licensed day care 

center or school. 

 

Information Shared with Local Board of Education (G.S. § 14-208.29) 

Registry information for any juvenile enrolled in the local school administrative unit 

shall be forwarded to the local board of education. 

 

 

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