301.38(1)(a)
(a) “Member of the family" means spouse, domestic partner under ch.
770, child, sibling, parent or legal guardian.
301.38(1)(am)
(am) “Prisoner" has the meaning given in s.
301.01 (2), but does not include any person in the intensive sanctions program under s.
301.048 or any person who is imprisoned as an alternative to the revocation of probation, extended supervision or parole.
301.38(1)(b)
(b) “Victim" means a person against whom a crime has been committed.
301.38(2)
(2) If a prisoner escapes from a Type 1 prison, the department shall make a reasonable attempt to notify all of the following persons, if they can be found, in accordance with sub.
(3) and after receiving a completed card under sub.
(4):
301.38(2)(a)
(a) The victim of the crime committed by the prisoner or, if the victim died as a result of the crime, an adult member of the victim's family or, if the victim is younger than 18 years old, the victim's parent or legal guardian.
301.38(2)(b)
(b) Any witness who testified against the prisoner in any court proceeding involving the offense.
301.38(3)
(3) The department shall make a reasonable effort to notify the person by telephone as soon as possible after the escape and after any subsequent apprehension of the prisoner.
301.38(4)
(4) The department shall design and prepare cards for any person specified in sub.
(2) to send to the department. The cards shall have space for any such person to provide his or her name, telephone number and mailing address, the name of the applicable prisoner and any other information that the department determines is necessary. The department shall provide the cards, without charge, to district attorneys. District attorneys shall provide the cards, without charge, to persons specified in sub.
(2). These persons may send completed cards to the department. All department records or portions of records that relate to telephone numbers and mailing addresses of these persons are not subject to inspection or copying under s.
19.35 (1).
301.45
301.45
Sex offender registration. 301.45(1d)(a)
(a) “Employed or carrying on a vocation" means employment or vocational activity that is full-time or part-time for a continuous period of time exceeding 14 days or for an aggregate period of time exceeding 30 days during any calendar year, whether financially compensated, volunteered or for the purpose of government or educational benefit.
301.45(1d)(am)
(am) “Found to have committed a sex offense by another jurisdiction" means any of the following:
301.45(1d)(am)1.
1. Convicted or found not guilty or not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect for a violation of a law of another state that is comparable to a sex offense.
301.45(1d)(am)2.
2. Convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect for a violation of a federal law that is comparable to a sex offense.
301.45(1d)(am)3.
3. Convicted or found not guilty or not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect in the tribal court of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band for a violation that is comparable to a sex offense.
301.45(1d)(am)4.
4. Sentenced or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect by a court martial for a violation that is comparable to a sex offense.
301.45(1d)(b)
(b) “Sex offense" means a violation, or the solicitation, conspiracy, or attempt to commit a violation, of s.
940.22 (2),
940.225 (1),
(2) or
(3),
944.06,
944.18,
948.02 (1) or
(2),
948.025,
948.05,
948.051,
948.055,
948.06,
948.07 (1) to
(4),
948.075,
948.08,
948.085,
948.095,
948.11 (2) (a) or
(am),
948.12,
948.13, or
948.30, of s.
940.302 (2) if s.
940.302 (2) (a) 1. b. applies, or of s.
940.30 or
940.31 if the victim was a minor and the person who committed the violation was not the victim's parent.
301.45(1d)(c)
(c) “Student" means a person who is enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in any public, private, or tribal educational institution, including a secondary school, a business, trade, technical or vocational school, or an institution of higher education.
301.45(1g)
(1g)
Who is covered. Except as provided in subs.
(1m) and
(1p), a person shall comply with the reporting requirements under this section if he or she meets one or more of the following criteria:
301.45(1g)(a)
(a) Is convicted or adjudicated delinquent on or after December 25, 1993, for a sex offense.
301.45(1g)(b)
(b) Is in prison, a juvenile correctional facility, or a secured residential care center for children and youth or is on probation, extended supervision, parole, supervision, community supervision, or aftercare supervision on or after December 25, 1993, for a sex offense.
301.45(1g)(bm)
(bm) Is in prison, a juvenile correctional facility, or a secured residential care center for children and youth or is on probation, extended supervision, parole, supervision, community supervision, or aftercare supervision on or after December 25, 1993, for a violation, or for the solicitation, conspiracy, or attempt to commit a violation, of a law of this state that is comparable to a sex offense.
301.45(1g)(c)
(c) Is found not guilty or not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect on or after December 25, 1993, and committed under s.
51.20 or
971.17 for a sex offense.
301.45(1g)(d)
(d) Is in institutional care or on conditional transfer under s.
51.35 (1) or conditional release under s.
971.17 on or after December 25, 1993, for a sex offense.
301.45(1g)(dd)
(dd) Is in institutional care or on conditional transfer under s.
51.35 (1) or conditional release under s.
971.17 on or after December 25, 1993, for a violation, or for the solicitation, conspiracy or attempt to commit a violation, of a law of this state that is comparable to a sex offense.
301.45(1g)(dh)
(dh) Is on parole, extended supervision, or probation in this state from another state under s.
304.13 (1m),
304.135, or
304.16 on or after December 25, 1993, for a violation, or for the solicitation, conspiracy, or attempt to commit a violation, of the law of another state that is comparable to a sex offense.
301.45(1g)(dj)
(dj) Is a juvenile in this state on or after May 9, 2000, and is on supervision in this state from another state pursuant to the interstate compact on the placement of children under ss.
48.988 and
48.989, the interstate compact for the placement of children under s.
48.99, or the interstate compact for juveniles under s.
938.999 for a violation of a law of another state that is comparable to a sex offense.
301.45(1g)(dp)
(dp) Is in institutional care under, or on parole from, a commitment for specialized treatment under ch.
975 on or after December 25, 1993.
301.45(1g)(dt)
(dt) Is in institutional care or on supervised release under ch.
980 on or after June 2, 1994.
301.45(1g)(f)
(f) On or after December 1, 2000, is registered as a sex offender in another state or is registered as a sex offender with the federal bureau of investigation under
42 USC 14072 and is a resident of this state, a student in this state or employed or carrying on a vocation in this state.
301.45(1g)(g)
(g) Has been found to have committed a sex offense by another jurisdiction and, on or after December 1, 2000, is a resident of this state, a student in this state or employed or carrying on a vocation in this state. This paragraph does not apply if 10 years have passed since the date on which the person was released from prison or placed on parole, probation, extended supervision or other supervised release for the sex offense.
301.45(1m)
(1m)
Exception to registration requirement; underage sexual activity. 301.45(1m)(a)
(a) A person is not required to comply with the reporting requirements under this section if any of the following applies:
301.45(1m)(a)1m.b.
b. The violation, or the solicitation, conspiracy or attempt to commit the violation, of s.
948.02 (1) or
(2),
948.025, or
948.085 (2) did not involve sexual intercourse, as defined in s.
948.01 (6), either by the use or threat of force or violence or with a victim under the age of 12 years.
301.45(1m)(a)1m.c.
c. At the time of the violation, or of the solicitation, conspiracy or attempt to commit the violation, of s.
948.02 (1) or
(2),
948.025, or
948.085 (2), the person had not attained the age of 19 years and was not more than 4 years older or not more than 4 years younger than the child.
301.45(1m)(a)1m.d.
d. It is not necessary, in the interest of public protection, to require the person to comply with the reporting requirements under this section.
301.45(1m)(a)2m.b.
b. At the time of the violation, or of the solicitation, conspiracy or attempt to commit the violation, of s.
940.225 (3) (a), the person had not attained the age of 19 years and the victim had attained the age of 15 years.
301.45(1m)(a)2m.c.
c. It is not necessary, in the interest of public protection, to require the person to comply with the reporting requirements under this section.
301.45(1m)(b)
(b) If a person believes that he or she is not required under par.
(a) to comply with the reporting requirements under this section and the person is not before the court under s.
51.20 (13) (ct),
938.34 (15m),
971.17 (1m) (b) or
973.048, the person may move a court to make a determination of whether the person satisfies the criteria specified in par.
(a). A motion made under this paragraph shall be filed with the circuit court for the county in which the person was convicted, adjudicated delinquent or found not guilty or not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect.
301.45(1m)(be)
(be) A person who files a motion under par.
(b) or s.
51.20 (13) (ct) 2m.,
938.34 (15m) (bm),
971.17 (1m) (b) 2m. or
973.048 (2m) requesting a determination of whether the person is required to comply with the reporting requirements under this section shall send a copy of the motion to the district attorney for the county in which the motion is filed. The district attorney shall make a reasonable attempt to contact the victim of the crime that is the subject of the person's motion to inform the victim of his or her right to make or provide a statement under par.
(bv).
301.45(1m)(bv)
(bv) Before deciding a motion filed under par.
(b) or s.
51.20 (13) (ct) 2m.,
938.34 (15m) (bm),
971.17 (1m) (b) 2m. or
973.048 (2m) requesting a determination of whether the person is required to comply with the reporting requirements under this section, the court shall allow the victim of the crime that is the subject of the motion to make a statement in court at the hearing under par.
(bm) or to submit a written statement to the court. A statement under this paragraph must be relevant to whether the person satisfies the criteria specified in par.
(a).
301.45(1m)(d)1.1. Before deciding a motion filed by a person under par.
(b) or s.
51.20 (13) (ct) 2m.,
938.34 (15m) (bm),
971.17 (1m) (b) 2m. or
973.048 (2m) requesting a determination of whether the person is required to comply with the reporting requirements under this section, a court may request the person to be examined by a physician, psychologist or other expert approved by the court. If the person refuses to undergo an examination requested by the court under this subdivision, the court shall deny the person's motion without prejudice.
301.45(1m)(d)2.
2. If a person is examined by a physician, psychologist or other expert under subd.
1., the physician, psychologist or other expert shall file a report of his or her examination with the court, and the court shall provide copies of the report to the person and, if he or she requests a copy, to the district attorney. The contents of the report shall be confidential until the physician, psychologist or other expert has testified at the hearing held under par.
(bm). The report shall contain an opinion regarding whether it would be in the interest of public protection to have the person register under this section and the basis for that opinion.
301.45(1m)(d)3.
3. A person who is examined by a physician, psychologist or other expert under subd.
1. is responsible for paying the cost of the services provided by the physician, psychologist or other expert, except that if the person is indigent the cost of the services provided by the physician, psychologist or other expert shall be paid by the county. If the person claims or appears to be indigent, the court shall refer the person to the authority for indigency determinations under s.
977.07 (1), except that the person shall be considered indigent without another determination under s.
977.07 (1) if the person is represented by the state public defender or by a private attorney appointed under s.
977.08.
301.45(1m)(e)1.
1. The ages, at the time of the violation, of the person and of the child with whom the person had sexual contact or sexual intercourse.
301.45(1m)(e)2.
2. The relationship between the person and the child with whom the person had sexual contact or sexual intercourse.
301.45(1m)(e)3.
3. Whether the violation resulted in bodily harm, as defined in s.
939.22 (4), to the child with whom the person had sexual contact or sexual intercourse.
301.45(1m)(e)4.
4. Whether the child with whom the person had sexual contact or sexual intercourse suffered from a mental illness or mental deficiency that rendered the child temporarily or permanently incapable of understanding or evaluating the consequences of his or her actions.
301.45(1m)(e)5.
5. The probability that the person will commit other violations in the future.
301.45(1m)(e)7.
7. Any other factor that the court determines may be relevant to the particular case.
301.45(1p)
(1p)
Exception to registration requirement; privacy-related offenses. 301.45(1p)(b)
(b) If a person is covered under sub.
(1g) based solely on an order that was entered under s.
51.20 (13) (ct) 1m.,
938.34 (15m) (am),
938.345 (3) (a),
971.17 (1m) (b) 1m., or
973.048 (1m) in connection with a violation, or the solicitation, conspiracy, or attempt to commit a violation, of s.
942.09, and the court provided in the order that the person be released from the requirement to comply with the reporting requirements under this section upon satisfying the conditions of the court order under s.
51.20 (13) (ct) 1m. or the dispositional order under subch.
VI of ch. 938, upon the termination or expiration of a commitment order under s.
971.17, or upon successful completion of the sentence or probation as provided under s.
973.048 (1m) (b), whichever is applicable, and the person satisfies the conditions of the court order under s.
51.20 (13) (ct) 1m. or the dispositional order under subch.
VI of ch. 938, the commitment order under s.
971.17 is terminated or expires, or the person successfully completes the sentence or probation, whichever is applicable, the person is no longer required to comply with the reporting requirements under this section.
301.45(2)
(2)
What information must be provided, by whom and when. 301.45(2)(a)(a) The department shall maintain a registry of all persons subject to sub.
(1g). The registry shall contain all of the following with respect to each person:
301.45(2)(a)1.
1. The person's name, including any aliases used by the person.
301.45(2)(a)2.
2. Information sufficient to identify the person, including date of birth, gender, race, height, weight and hair and eye color.
301.45(2)(a)3.
3. The statute the person violated that subjects the person to the requirements of this section, the date of conviction, adjudication or commitment, and the county or, if the state is not this state, the state in which the person was convicted, adjudicated or committed.
301.45(2)(a)3m.a.a. Any sex offense that was dismissed as part of a plea agreement if the sentencing court ordered that the offender be subject to the registration requirements of this section.
301.45(2)(a)3m.b.
b. Any sex offense that was dismissed as part of a plea agreement if the adjudicating court ordered that the juvenile be subject to the registration requirements of this section.
301.45(2)(a)4.a.
a. The date the person was placed on probation, supervision, conditional release, conditional transfer or supervised release.
301.45(2)(a)4.b.
b. The date the person was or is to be released from confinement, whether on parole, extended supervision or otherwise, or discharged or terminated from a sentence or commitment.
301.45(2)(a)4.d.
d. The date the person was ordered to comply with this section.
301.45(2)(a)5.
5. All addresses at which the person is or will be residing.
301.45(2)(a)6.
6. The name of the agency supervising the person, if applicable, and the office or unit and telephone number of the office or unit that is responsible for the supervision of the person.
301.45(2)(a)6m.
6m. The name or number of every electronic mail account the person uses, the Internet address of every website the person creates or maintains, every Internet user name the person uses, and the name and Internet address of every public or private Internet profile the person creates, uses, or maintains. The department may not place the information provided under this subdivision on any registry that the public may view but shall maintain the information in its records on the person. This subdivision applies only to an account, website, Internet address, or Internet profile the person creates, uses, or maintains for his or her personal, family, or household use.
301.45(2)(a)8.
8. The name and address of the place at which the person is or will be employed.
301.45(2)(a)9.
9. The name and location of any school in which the person is or will be enrolled.
301.45(2)(a)9m.
9m. For a person covered under sub.
(1g) (dt), a notation concerning the treatment that the person has received for his or her mental disorder, as defined in s.
980.01 (2).
301.45(2)(a)10.
10. The most recent date on which the information in the registry was updated.
301.45(2)(b)
(b) If the department has supervision over a person subject to sub.
(1g), the department shall enter into the registry under this section the information specified in par.
(a) concerning the person.
301.45(2)(c)
(c) If the department of health services has supervision over a person subject to sub.
(1g), that department, with the assistance of the person, shall provide the information specified in par.
(a) to the department of corrections in accordance with the rules under sub.
(8).
301.45(2)(d)
(d) A person subject to sub.
(1g) who is not under the supervision of the department of corrections or the department of health services shall provide the information specified in par.
(a) to the department of corrections in accordance with the rules under sub.
(8). If the person is unable to provide an item of information specified in par.
(a), the department of corrections may request assistance from a circuit court or the department of health services in obtaining that item of information. A circuit court and the department of health services shall assist the department of corrections when requested to do so under this paragraph.
301.45(2)(e)
(e) The department of health services shall provide the information required under par.
(c) or the person subject to sub.
(1g) shall provide the information required under par.
(d) in accordance with whichever of the following is applicable:
