Indiana Code
Chapter 8. Sex Offender Registration
11-8-8-19. Expiration of Duty to Register; Lifetime Registration; Out-of-State Registrants

Sec. 19. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) through (f), a sex or violent offender is required to register under this chapter until the expiration of ten (10) years after the date the sex or violent offender:
(1) is released from a penal facility (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-232) or a secure juvenile detention facility of a state or another jurisdiction;
(2) is placed in a community transition program;
(3) is placed in a community corrections program;
(4) is placed on parole; or
(5) is placed on probation;
for the sex or violent offense requiring registration, whichever occurs last. The registration period is tolled during any period that the sex or violent offender is incarcerated. The registration period does not restart if the offender is convicted of a subsequent offense. However, if the subsequent offense is a sex or violent offense, or an offense under IC 11-8-8-17, a new registration period may be imposed in accordance with this chapter. The department shall ensure that an offender who is no longer required to register as a sex or violent offender is notified that the obligation to register has expired, and shall ensure that the offender's information is no longer published to the public portal of the sex and violent offender registry Internet web site established under IC 36-2-13-5.5.
(b) A sex or violent offender who is a sexually violent predator is required to register for life.
(c) A sex or violent offender who is convicted of at least one (1) offense under section 5(a) of this chapter that the sex or violent offender committed:
(1) when the person was at least eighteen (18) years of age; and
(2) against a victim who was less than twelve (12) years of age at the time of the crime;
is required to register for life.
(d) A sex or violent offender who is convicted of at least one (1) offense under section 5(a) of this chapter in which the sex offender:
(1) proximately caused serious bodily injury or death to the victim;
(2) used force or the threat of force against the victim or a member of the victim's family, unless the offense is sexual battery as a Class D felony (for an offense committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level 6 felony (for a crime committed after June 30, 2014); or
(3) rendered the victim unconscious or otherwise incapable of giving voluntary consent;
is required to register for life.
(e) A sex or violent offender who is convicted of at least two (2) unrelated offenses under section 5(a) of this chapter is required to register for life.
(f) A person who is required to register as a sex or violent offender in any jurisdiction shall register for the period required by the other jurisdiction or the period described in this section, whichever is longer.
As added by P.L.140-2006, SEC.13 and P.L.173-2006, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.216-2007, SEC.27; P.L.119-2008, SEC.8; P.L.114-2012, SEC.26; P.L.214-2013, SEC.12; P.L.158-2013, SEC.176; P.L.168-2014, SEC.23; P.L.5-2015, SEC.33; P.L.40-2019, SEC.1.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 11. Corrections

Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction

Chapter 8. Sex Offender Registration

11-8-8-0.1. Repealed

11-8-8-0.2. Application of Certain Amendments to Prior Law

11-8-8-1. "Correctional Facility"

11-8-8-1.2. "Electronic Chat Room Username"

11-8-8-1.4. "Electronic Mail Address"

11-8-8-1.6. "Instant Messaging Username"

11-8-8-1.8. "Social Networking Web Site Username"

11-8-8-2. "Local Law Enforcement Authority"

11-8-8-3. "Principal Residence"

11-8-8-4. "Register"

11-8-8-4.5. "Sex Offender"

11-8-8-5. "Sex or Violent Offender"

11-8-8-5.2. "Sex Offense"

11-8-8-6. "Sexually Violent Predator"

11-8-8-7. Persons Required to Register; Registration Locations; Time Limits; Photographs; Duties of Local Law Enforcement

11-8-8-8. Required Registration Information; Consent to Computer Search

11-8-8-9. Informing of Duty to Register; Registration Time Limits; Offenders Not Committed to the Department

11-8-8-10. Duty to Transmit Fingerprints to Federal Bureau of Investigation

11-8-8-11. Change in Registration Location or Status; Duty to Register or Notify; Updates

11-8-8-12. Temporary Residence

11-8-8-13. Verification of Current Residences

11-8-8-14. Annual Reporting; Quarterly Reporting for Sexually Violent Predators; Registration and Photographs

11-8-8-15. Possession of Valid Indiana Driver's License or Identification Card Required

11-8-8-16. Name Changes

11-8-8-17. Registration Violations; Penalty

11-8-8-18. Sexually Violent Predator; Duty to Notify

11-8-8-19. Expiration of Duty to Register; Lifetime Registration; Out-of-State Registrants

11-8-8-20. Interstate Agreements; Department to Determine Status of Out-of-State Offenders

11-8-8-21. Sex and Violent Offender Fund

11-8-8-22. Procedure for Retroactive Application of Ameliorative Statutes

11-8-8-23. Law Enforcement Authority to Take Reasonable Steps to Notify a Victim of an Offender Name Change