TITLE LXII. CRIMINAL CODE
CHAPTER 651-B. REGISTRATION OF CRIMINAL OFFENDERS
RSA 651-B:4
(2004)
§ 651-B:4. Duty to Report
I. (a) s Any person required to be registered under this
chapter shall report such person's current mailing address, place of residence
or temporary domicile, and place of employment or schooling to the local law
enforcement agency within 30 days after the person's release from custody
following conviction, or within 30 days after the person's date of
establishment of residence in New Hampshire if convicted elsewhere. Such report
shall also be made annually within 30 days after each anniversary of the
person's date of birth and additionally within 30 days after any change of
address or place of residence.
(2) Such person shall also be required
to submit to a photograph taken by the law enforcement agency each time the
person is required to report to the law enforcement agency under this section.
(b) Any nonresident sexual offender or offender against
children who enters this state for the purpose of employment, with or without
compensation, or to attend any public or private educational institution for a
period exceeding 14 consecutive days or for an aggregate period of time exceeding
30 days during any calendar year shall report to the local law enforcement
agency having jurisdiction over the place of employment or school within 10
days of the nonresident offender entering the state for employment or
schooling, and additionally within 10 days after any change of place of
employment or schooling. In the event a nonresident offender required to
register under this paragraph does not have a principal place of employment,
the offender shall register with the department in
(c) Forms for reporting shall be provided by the
department to each municipal police and county sheriff department, and shall
include a copy to be receipted and returned to the person filing the report and
a copy to be forwarded to the division. The division shall include such address
report information in the LENS system, and shall also use the information to
maintain a current address in the person's criminal record as maintained under
RSA 106-B:14.
II. In addition to the requirements imposed under paragraph I of this
section, the following provisions shall apply to any sexual offender or
offender against children who is sentenced to an extended term of imprisonment
pursuant to RSA 651:6, I(b):
(a) Every 90 days after the date of the offender's
initial release or commencement of parole, the department shall mail a
non-forwardable verification form to the offender's last reported address.
(b) The offender shall mail the verification form to the
department within 10 days after receipt of the form.
(c) The verification form shall be signed by the
offender, and state that the offender still resides at the address last reported
to the local law enforcement agency.