Laws Concerning Nebraska Sex Offender Registration

The Nebraska State Statute 29-4002 states that owing to lack of information about criminals the various law enforcement agencies in the state of Nebraska face a number of obstacles while conducting investigations, locating offenders and reducing the occurrence of sex offenses. Due to this the legislature decided to maintain a sex offender registry for better functioning of the local law enforcement agencies. Maintaining a sex offender registry mainly serves three purposes:

1.    It helps in investigating sex crime cases.
2.    The sex offender records can be accessed by the common man. This helps prevent further offenses.
3.    It helps the authorities to track the sex offenders.

In Nebraska, any person who is found guilty of any sex offense or pleads guilty must register. Also any person who is on probation or has been incarcerated for any sex crime that needs registration require to do so with the local law enforcement agencies. If a person comes to Nebraska from some other state and has committed a crime that is of equal intensity to the crimes in Nebraska that require registration must also register with the local authority of Nebraska, USA. The sex offender registration notice may be downloaded from http://www.supremecourt.ne.gov/forms/county/CC-6-9.pdf.

Nebraska Sex Offender Information

At the time of registration, the Nebraska sex offenders are required to provide the administering authority the following information:

1.      Full name
2.      Alias names
3.      Date of birth and place of birth
4.      Complete physical description including height, weight, eye color etc.
5.      Social Security Number
6.      List of offenses he or she was charged of
7.      Case details including court verdict
8.      Present and temporary residential addresses
9.      Employment or education details

Nebraska sex offender is required to register within 5 working days of changing residence or moving into Nebraska (for offenders coming to Nebraska from other states). According to the current law, all offenders must register for ten years. From January 1, 2010, the registration period may change to fifteen or even twenty five years depending on the case.  An offender may even have to register for life if he or she was convicted for a sexual offense under section 29-4003.

The Nebraska State Patrol Agency is the authority administering the Sex Offender Registry in the state. All registrations must be made by the offender in person at the respective county sheriff’s office. The information is gathered from the different local agencies to form the sex offender registry. For additional information, visit http://www.nsp.state.ne.us/SOR/.

Conducting a Nebraska Sex Offender Search

You may access the information on the level 3 sex offenders living in Nebraska. In order to conduct online searches go to http://www.nsp.state.ne.us/SOR/find.cfm  The contact information of the Nebraska sex offender registry is PO Box 94907, Lincoln, NE 68509-4907. Phone: (402) 471 8647. Fax: (402) 471 8496

The safety of the general public is of prime importance and is more desirable than the privacy interest of sex offenders. The Nebraska sex offender registry is updated regularly and the accessibility of the information other than the classified information helps reduce sex offenses.