Georgia Sex Offender Registry Information

The term “sex offender” is generally used to denote an individual who has been convicted of committing a sexual crime like rape, molestation, harassment, or producing and distributing pornographic materials. The definition of sexual offense varies across the different jurisdictions and sometimes includes offenses like streaking, mooning, child sexual abuse, and not being able to prevent one’s teenage children from participating in consensual sexual acts. 

Georgia Sex Offender Laws

Megan’s Law was signed in May 1996 and from then onwards, all 50 states and the District of Columbia are required to abide by its guidelines: all sex offenders in a particular state must register with the police or the local law enforcement authority and the state government or any state-authorized body must make public the public and private information about the registered sex offenders residing within the boundaries of their state. 

A non-resident sex offender who has moved into Georgia has to register as a sex offender in Georgia. Similarly, a non-resident sexual offender who comes to Georgia for taking up work, getting admitted to any educational program either on a full-time or a part-time basis, or for any other reason and proposes to stay for an uninterrupted stretch of 14 days or an aggregate period of 30 days must register as a sex offender.

A Georgia sex offender has to register with the county sheriff’s office within 72 hours of setting foot in the state, of being released from the jail or a correctional facility, placed on parole, or after being released for supervision.

Not adhering to Georgia sex offender rules can be charged as a felony and punished accordingly.

Georgia Sex Offender Information

There were a staggering 12,900 registered sex offenders in the state of Georgia in April 2009, as Georgia sex offender registry records show.

As per the rules of the Megan’s Law, information about sex offenders must be released to the public the instant a registered sex offender is released from the prison or any other correctional or treatment facility or is placed on probation.

By the dictates of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act and as per the dictates of this act signed by President Bush on July 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) created a database containing information about all sexual offenders registered in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the District of Columbia. This database is freely accessible to the public. The Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website is the outcome of this law and the centralized sex offender database is located here: http://www.nsopw.gov/Core/Conditions.aspx. 

You can search the records of a suspected sex offender or a dubious individual by providing just these details: the first and the last names of the person whose background you are delving into, the name of the state or the territory where the crime was committed, the corresponding city or the town, and the zip code.

This database also allows you to check sex offender information of the individual states. You can carry out a search of a Georgia sex offender by clicking on the name of the state, “Georgia,” at http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/registry.htm. You have to then click the “I Agree” button to give your consent to the terms and conditions of use, fill out the Search form with the data requested, and finally click Search. You can expect your search to turn in results within a short time.

This database contains only information that has been provided by the individual states. You will have to verify the information obtained from this database with records held with the respective jurisdiction. This information has been provided exclusively for public precautionary measures and cannot be used to intimidate, hassle sexual offenders, or vandalize their property and belongings. You cannot use this information for commercial purposes.

In the state of Georgia, the statutes in the O.C.G.A. 42-1-12 decree that the Georgia Crime Information Center, supervised by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, is to maintain and regularly update a database of all persons staying in Georgia and charged with committing sexual offenses. The Center prepares this database with information sourced from the Georgia Department of Corrections, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, and/or any other agency authorized by the state government.

While looking up sex offender records here, keep in mind that the Center does not vouch for the authenticity of any data. You must use the records or quote from them responsibly.

An easy-to-use Georgia sex offender registry and the convenience of acquiring sex offender records is definitely an encouragement for both the law enforcement officer and citizens to use the database more frequently.