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:
301.45(2)(e)1.
1. Within 10 days after the person is placed on probation, supervision, community supervision, aftercare supervision, conditional release, or supervised release.
301.45(2)(e)1m.
1m. If the person is being released from a prison sentence and placed on parole or extended supervision, before he or she is released.
301.45(2)(e)2m.
2m. If the person 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, within 10 days after the person enters this state to take up residence or begin school, employment or his or her vocation.
301.45(2)(e)2t.
2t. If the person has been found to have committed a sex offense by another jurisdiction and subd.
2m. does not apply, within 10 days after the person enters this state to take up residence or begin school, employment or his or her vocation.
301.45(2)(e)3.
3. No later than 10 days before the person is terminated or discharged from a commitment.
301.45(2)(e)4.
4. If the person is being released from prison because he or she has reached the expiration date of his or her sentence, no later than 10 days before being released from prison.
301.45(2)(f)
(f) The department may require a person covered under sub.
(1g) to provide the department with his or her fingerprints, a recent photograph of the person and any other information required under par.
(a) that the person has not previously provided. The department may require the person to report to a place designated by the department, including an office or station of a law enforcement agency, for the purpose of obtaining the person's fingerprints, the photograph or other information.
301.45(2)(g)
(g) The department may send a person subject to sub.
(1g) a notice or other communication requesting the person to verify the accuracy of any information contained in the registry. A person subject to sub.
(1g) who receives a notice or communication sent by the department under this paragraph shall, no later than 10 days after receiving the notice or other communication, provide verification of the accuracy of the information to the department in the form and manner specified by the department.
301.45(2)(h)
(h) The department shall notify any person who is subject to sub.
(1g) of the prohibition under s.
948.14.
301.45(3)
(3)
Annual registration requirements. 301.45(3)(a)(a) A person covered under sub.
(1g) is subject to the annual registration requirements under par.
(b) as follows:
301.45(3)(a)1.
1. If the person has been placed on probation or supervision, he or she is subject to this subsection upon being placed on probation or supervision.
301.45(3)(a)1r.
1r. If the person 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, within 10 days after the person enters this state to take up residence or begin school, employment or his or her vocation.
301.45(3)(a)1t.
1t. If the person has been found to have committed a sex offense by another jurisdiction and subd.
1r. does not apply, within 10 days after the person enters this state to take up residence or begin school, employment or his or her vocation.
301.45(3)(a)2.
2. If the person has been sentenced to prison or placed in a juvenile correctional facility or a secured residential care center for children and youth, he or she is subject to this subsection upon being released on parole, extended supervision, community supervision, or aftercare supervision.
301.45(3)(a)2m.
2m. If the person has been sentenced to prison and is being released from prison because he or she has reached the expiration date of his or her sentence, before being released from prison.
301.45(3)(a)3.
3. If the person has been committed under s.
51.20 or
971.17, he or she is subject to this subsection upon being placed on conditional release under s.
971.17 or on a conditional transfer under s.
51.35 (1) or, if he or she was not placed on conditional release or on a conditional transfer, before he or she is terminated under s.
971.17 (5) or discharged under s.
51.35 (4) or
971.17 (6).
301.45(3)(a)3g.
3g. If the person has been committed for specialized treatment under ch.
975, he or she is subject to this subsection upon being released on parole under s.
975.10 or, if he or she was not released on parole, before being discharged from the commitment under s.
975.09 or
975.12.
301.45(3)(a)3r.
3r. If the person has been committed under ch.
980, he or she is subject to this subsection upon being placed on supervised release under s.
980.06 (2), 1997 stats., or s.
980.08 or, if he or she was not placed on supervised release, before being discharged under s.
980.10, 2003 stats., or s.
980.09 (4).
301.45(3)(b)1.1. Except as provided in subd.
1m., a person who is subject to par.
(a) shall notify the department once each calendar year, as directed by the department, of his or her current information specified in sub.
(2) (a). The department shall annually notify registrants of their need to comply with this requirement. If the registrant is a person under the age of 18, the department may also annually notify the registrant's parent, guardian or legal custodian of the registrant's need to comply with this requirement.
301.45(3)(b)1m.
1m. A person who is subject to lifetime registration under sub.
(5) (b) 2. or
(5m) (b) 4. shall notify the department once each 90 days, as directed by the department, of his or her current information specified in sub.
(2) (a). Every 90 days, the department shall notify registrants subject to this subdivision of their need to comply with this requirement. If the registrant subject to this subdivision is a person under the age of 18, the department may also notify the registrant's parent, guardian or legal custodian every 90 days of the registrant's need to comply with this requirement.
301.45(3)(b)2.
2. The department shall notify a person who is being released from prison in this state because he or she has reached the expiration date of his or her sentence and who is covered under sub.
(1g) of the need to comply with the requirements of this section. Also, probation, extended supervision, and parole agents, community supervision agents, aftercare agents, and agencies providing supervision shall notify any client who is covered under sub.
(1g) of the need to comply with the requirements of this section at the time that the client is placed on probation, extended supervision, parole, supervision, community supervision, or aftercare supervision or, if the client is on probation, extended supervision, parole, or other supervision from another state under ss.
48.988 and
48.989 or under s.
48.99,
304.13 (1m),
304.135,
304.16, or
938.999, when the client enters this state.
301.45(3)(b)3.
3. The department of health services shall notify a person who is being placed on conditional release, supervised release, conditional transfer or parole, or is being terminated or discharged from a commitment, under s.
51.20,
51.35 or
971.17 or ch.
975 or
980 and who is covered under sub.
(1g) of the need to comply with the requirements of this section.
301.45(3)(b)3m.
3m. After notifying a person under subd.
2. or
3. of the need to comply with this section, the person who is providing the notification shall require the person who is covered under sub.
(1g) to read and sign a form stating that he or she has been informed of the requirements of this section.
301.45(3)(b)4.
4. It is not a defense to liability under sub.
(6) (a) or
(ag) that the person subject to sub.
(1g) was not required to read and sign a form under subd.
3m., was not provided with a form to read and sign under subd.
3m. or failed or refused to read or sign a form under subd.
3m. It is not a defense to liability under sub.
(6) (a) or
(ag) that the person subject to sub.
(1g) did not receive notice under this paragraph from the department of health services, the department of corrections, a probation, extended supervision, and parole agent, a community supervision agent, an aftercare agent, or an agency providing supervision.
301.45(4)
(4)
Updated information. In addition to the requirements under sub.
(3), a person who is covered under sub.
(1g) shall update information under sub.
(2) (a) as follows:
