Missouri Sex Offender Registry: Information Available and Access

In accordance to the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act, the State of Missouri created the sex offender registration program in 1995. It is the responsibility of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the chief law enforcement agency of the state, to preserve and maintain all records of sex offenders registered with the state. According to the laws of the state as well as federal laws, offenders who plead guilty to, are convicted of, or are sentenced to certain sexual crimes need to register.

Missouri Sex Offender Registry Search

All sex offender records are accessible for public use in the state of Missouri. You can call toll free for information about Missouri registered sex offenders 888-SOR-MSHP (767-6747). Or you can conduct a search of the Missouri Sex Offender Registry online at http://www.mshp.dps.mo.gov/CJ38/searchRegistry.jsp. You would find two options on this particular web page.

* Offender Search: You can search for a particular registered sex offender living in Missouri by entering the offender's name (full or partial), date of birth, street name, city, county, zip code and address type. Providing maximum details helps in narrowing your search results.

* Interactive Map Search: For this search you need to give an address or zip code and choose a particular distance. As soon as you opt for search the map shows all registered sex offenders located within the particular radius of your given address or zip code.

Using these methods to search and locate details of Missouri sex offenders is easy and convenient. Results show details about the sex offenders which they furnished during their registration.

If you have any queries or comments or suggestions, you can email them to mosor@mshp.dps.mo.gov.

Missouri Sex Offender: County Registry Search

You can also conduct a county search for registered sex offenders in Missouri. Go to http://www.mshp.dps.mo.gov/CJ38/countyRegistries.jsp. Click on the particular county you want to search or choose a county from the drop-down box. You will then navigate to the particular web page hosting information of all registered sex offenders living in the particular county.

For example, if you want to know about Boone County registered sex offenders you would find the details at http://www.showmeboone.com/SHERIFF/. For information about Lawrence County sex offenders go to  http://www.lawrencecosheriff.com/Sex_http://www.peoplepublicrecords.org/Offenders.html. For registered sex offender details of Jefferson County you can visit http://www.jcsd.org/offenders/offender.xml.

The police and sheriff’s office preserve all records of Missouri registered sex offenders and update the central repository about any changes in the details.

Missouri Sex Offender Registration Program

The particular offenses which make the Missouri sex offenders eligible for registration are as follows:

- All offenses mentioned in Chapter 566 of the Missouri Revised Statutes involving a minor victim
- All offenses that are within the felony category as outlined in Chapter 566, Missouri Revised Statutes
- Other sexual offenses including the following:

* Kidnapping, according to Section 565.110, RSMo - except kidnapping by parents or guardians (589.400.6)
* Promotion of prostitution
* Promotion of child pornography
* Felonious restraint - when not the parent or guardian
* Sexual exploitation involving a minor
* Explicit sexual material display in public
* Owning child pornography, and offering it to minors
* Promotion of obscenity
* Coercing acceptance of obscene material
* Incest
* Sexual performance by a child
* as per to 568.045, hampering the welfare of a child
* Promotion of pornography among minors or obscenity (second degree)
* Promoting sexual performance by a child
* Sexual contact or intercourse with nursing home resident
* Offering pornographic material to underage individuals
* Sexual abuse of a minor
* Genital mutilation of a minor female
* Juvenile offenders, aged 14 years or more, who are adjudicated of an offense equivalent to or more serious than forced sexual abuse
* Juvenile convicts, qualified as adults, who are convicted of an offense equivalent to or more serious than forced sexual abuse

The Missouri Sex Offender Registry is based on the registration program functioning in the state. According to this program, all individuals convicted of certain sex crimes that need to register with the authorities must do so within 3 days from their date of conviction or from their release from a jail or prison or from the date of their sentence of probation. Any out-of-state sex offender also needs to register with the Missouri Sex Offender Registry within 3 days of relocating in the state.

Information in Missouri Sex Offender Registrations

The information that sex offenders need to give at the time of registration in Missouri includes the following details:

* Full name, SSN and date of birth
* Physical Description (i.e. age, race, sex, and weight and height)
* Alias names and alias dates of birth
* Addresses: permanent and temporary address, as well as addresses of home, school or workplace
* Document verifying proof of residency
* Recent photographs (updated every year)
* Palm prints and a DNA sample
* Nature and dates of offenses
* Release Date (if applicable)
* Vehicle details: year of manufacture, model, details, license plate, status of the license of any vehicle that the offender owns or drives
* Photocopy of vehicle registration for each of the vehicles owned or operated by the offender
* Copy of driver’s license; in case of non-drivers an identity card must be furnished
* Online details of identification

Missouri juvenile sex offender registration is done under the supervision of the concerned county juvenile office. This information is not accessible to public. Only certain law enforcement agencies, judicial units and victims and attorneys can access this information.