Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 9A.44 - Sex Offenses.
9A.44.141 - Investigation—End of duty to register—Removal from registry—Civil liability.

RCW 9A.44.141
Investigation—End of duty to register—Removal from registry—Civil liability.

(1) Upon the request of a person who is listed in the Washington state patrol central registry of sex offenders and kidnapping offenders, the county sheriff shall investigate whether a person's duty to register has ended by operation of law pursuant to RCW 9A.44.140.
(a) Using available records, the county sheriff shall verify that the offender has spent the requisite time in the community and has not been convicted of a disqualifying offense.
(b) If the county sheriff determines the person's duty to register has ended by operation of law, the county sheriff shall request the Washington state patrol remove the person's name from the central registry.
(2) Nothing in this subsection prevents a county sheriff from investigating, upon his or her own initiative, whether a person's duty to register has ended by operation of law pursuant to RCW 9A.44.140.
(3)(a) A person who is listed in the central registry as the result of a federal, tribal, or out-of-state conviction may request the county sheriff to investigate whether the person should be removed from the registry if:
(i) A court or other administrative authority in the person's state of conviction has made an individualized determination that the person is not required to register; and
(ii) The person provides proof of relief from registration to the county sheriff.
(b) If the county sheriff determines the person has been relieved of the duty to register in his or her state of conviction, the county sheriff shall request the Washington state patrol remove the person's name from the central registry.
(4) An appointed or elected public official, public employee, or public agency as defined in RCW 4.24.470, or units of local government and its employees, as provided in RCW 36.28A.010, are immune from civil liability for damages for removing or requesting the removal of a person from the central registry of sex offenders and kidnapping offenders or the failure to remove or request removal of a person within the time frames provided in RCW 9A.44.140.

[ 2015 c 261 § 7; 2011 c 337 § 6; 2010 c 267 § 5.]
NOTES:

Application—2010 c 267: See note following RCW 9A.44.128.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 9A - Washington Criminal Code

Chapter 9A.44 - Sex Offenses.

9A.44.010 - Definitions.

9A.44.020 - Testimony—Evidence—Written motion—Admissibility.

9A.44.030 - Defenses to prosecution under this chapter.

9A.44.040 - Rape in the first degree.

9A.44.045 - First degree rape—Penalties.

9A.44.050 - Rape in the second degree.

9A.44.060 - Rape in the third degree.

9A.44.073 - Rape of a child in the first degree.

9A.44.076 - Rape of a child in the second degree.

9A.44.079 - Rape of a child in the third degree.

9A.44.083 - Child molestation in the first degree.

9A.44.086 - Child molestation in the second degree.

9A.44.089 - Child molestation in the third degree.

9A.44.093 - Sexual misconduct with a minor in the first degree.

9A.44.096 - Sexual misconduct with a minor in the second degree.

9A.44.100 - Indecent liberties.

9A.44.105 - Sexually violating human remains.

9A.44.115 - Voyeurism.

9A.44.120 - Admissibility of child's statement—Conditions.

9A.44.128 - Definitions applicable to RCW 9A.44.130 through 9A.44.145, 10.01.200, 43.43.540, 70.48.470, and 72.09.330.

9A.44.130 - Registration of sex offenders and kidnapping offenders—Procedures—Definition—Penalties.

9A.44.132 - Failure to register as sex offender or kidnapping offender.

9A.44.135 - Address verification.

9A.44.138 - Attendance, employment of registered sex offenders and kidnapping offenders at schools and institutions of higher education—Notice to designated recipients—Information exempt from disclosure.

9A.44.140 - Registration of sex offenders and kidnapping offenders—Duty to register.

9A.44.141 - Investigation—End of duty to register—Removal from registry—Civil liability.

9A.44.142 - Relief from duty to register—Petition—Exceptions.

9A.44.143 - Relief from duty to register for sex offense or kidnapping offense committed when offender was a juvenile and who has not been determined to be a sexually violent predator—Petition—Exception.

9A.44.145 - Notification to offenders of changed requirements and ability to petition for relief from registration.

9A.44.148 - Application of RCW 9A.44.128 through 9A.44.145—Duty to register under law as it existed prior to July 28, 1991.

9A.44.150 - Testimony of child by closed-circuit television.

9A.44.160 - Custodial sexual misconduct in the first degree.

9A.44.170 - Custodial sexual misconduct in the second degree.

9A.44.180 - Custodial sexual misconduct—Defense.

9A.44.190 - Criminal trespass against children—Definitions.

9A.44.193 - Criminal trespass against children—Covered entities.

9A.44.196 - Criminal trespass against children.

9A.44.210 - Court initiated issuance of sexual assault no-contact orders—Terms, conditions, requirements, etc.

9A.44.900 - Decodifications and additions to this chapter.

9A.44.901 - Construction—Sections decodified and added to this chapter.

9A.44.902 - Effective date—1979 ex.s. c 244.

9A.44.903 - Section captions—1988 c 145.

9A.44.904 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.