Sex Offender Law Tracker

• The 2006 law, signed exactly 25 years after Adam Walsh's 1981 abduction and murder, created SORNA as the first national standards for sex offender...

Recent rulings show courts testing constitutional boundaries on registration and housing rules.

• Alabama appeals court: Recognized fundamental right...

An anonymous tip enabled Cullman County deputies to safely arrest high-risk offender James Jackson Pace after U.S. Marshals were notified of his...

Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office ran its annual sex offender registration compliance sweep in June and July 2026.

• 167 of 197 registered offenders...

Child sexual abuse covers any sexual activity involving a minor through coercion, manipulation, or power imbalance.

• Key risk factors: Power...

A 79-year-old Jacksonville man was arrested and charged with felony failure to register as a sex offender after allegedly not reporting an address...

• Operation Orange verified addresses for 400 registered offenders across 100+ homes, producing 85 arrest warrants for noncompliance.
• Syracuse...

Steven Richard Tarr II, 41, of New Columbia faces new felonies after sending nude photos to an undercover account posing as an 11-year-old girl. He...

Community safety alert: Convicted sex offender Mario Douglas has been missing since 2020 after two years on parole.

• Case details: In 2013,...

A registered sex offender in Long County faces fresh charges after a mother reported her daughter was molested by a family friend. Daylan S. Nekula,...

Wisconsin defines a sex offender as anyone convicted of specific sexual offenses who must then register with the state.

• Qualifying offenses include...

A 38-year-old Princess Anne man, Travis Watkins Carpenter, faces multiple felony charges including solicitation of a minor, third-degree sex offense,...

A 38-year-old lifetime-registered sex offender faces first-degree felony charges after allegedly targeting and inappropriately touching a 12-year-old...

A quiet policy change under Acting AG Todd Blanche now lets the attorney general directly designate inmate placements, overriding traditional BOP...

A registered sex offender with prior convictions for first-degree kidnapping and second-degree forcible sexual offense now faces charges of felony...

New academic work assesses women's transit safety in two rural contexts, noting that sexual transit crime has been studied extensively in urban environments where guardianship emerges as a critical factor.

The National Sex Offender Public Website lets users search the latest information for the identities and locations of known sex offenders, supporting community safety through public registry access.

• Two arrests made: 22-year-old Verdon Ahmad Davis-Deloney and 71-year-old Johnny Lee Lawson booked for failing annual Tier III sex offender...

Blaine police arrested 24 people during a two-day undercover sting after 368 responded to ads targeting those seeking sex with minors. Several...

Delaware State Police SOAR unit released a public safety notification for a homeless sex offender in the state, stressing this is not due to...