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Megan’s Law
Updated: 3/3/2023
Megan’s Law Map 2023
Megan’s Law by State
Washington State’s 1990 Community Protection Act
included America’s first law authorizing public notification when dangerous sex offenders are released into the community. However, it was the brutal 1994 rape and murder of seven-year-old
Megan Kanka
that prompted the public demand for broad based community notification. On May 17, 1996, President Clinton signed Megan’s Law. Megan’s Law requires the following two components:
Sex Offender Registration
– The 1994
Jacob Wetterling Act
requires the States to register individuals convicted of sex crimes against children. Sex offender registration laws are necessary because:
Sex offenders pose a high risk of re-offending after release from custody;
Protecting the public from sex offenders is a primary governmental interest;
The privacy interests of persons convicted of sex offenses are less important than the government’s interest in public safety;
Release of certain information about sex offenders to public agencies and the general public will assist in protecting the public safety.
Community Notification
– Megan’s Law allows the States discretion to establish criteria for disclosure, but compels them to make private and personal information on registered sex offenders available to the public. Community notification:
Assists law enforcement in investigations;
Establishes legal grounds to hold known offenders;
Deters sex offenders from committing new offenses;
Offers citizens information they can use to protect children from victimization.
In order to remain current and maintain relevance we ask the public to provide updated information that we may have overlooked, including new, broken or invalid web links so that the KlaasKids Foundation can continue to be the Internet’s premiere Megan’s Law destination.
On July 27, 2006 President Bush signed the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. One important component requires the U.S. Justice Department to create a public accessible Internet based national sex offender database that allows users to specify a search radius across state lines. The result is the
Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website
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Comparative Analysis of Megan’s Law by State
Alabama
– 22,541 as of 2/6/2023
Alaska
– 2,178 registered; 281 non-compliant; 3,315 on the web as of 2/6/2023
Arizona
– 16,617 ask of 2/13/2023
Arkansas
– 18,458 as of 2/7/2023
California
– 106,601 as of 3/2/2023
Colorado
– 19,121 as of 1/30/2023
Connecticut
– 4,668 as of 2/13/2023
Delaware
– 4,748 as of 1/31/2023
Florida
– 15,286 predators, 66,740 sexual offenders, and 506 juvenile sexual offenders as of 1/31/2023
Georgia
–37,133 registered; 877 non-compliant as of 2/6/2023
Hawaii
– 3,026 as of 1/1/23
Idaho
–5,155 active offenders, 371 Non-compliant offenders as of 12/14/2023
Illinois
– 36,080 in database; 26,157 residing in Illinois as of 1/31/2023
Indiana
– 10,0848 as of 12/31/2023
Iowa
– 6,552 as of 3/3/2023
Kansas
– 10,593 Public records, 11,513 Restricted and public records, 623 Non-compliant public offender records, 716 Non-compliant public and restricted records as of 2/1/2023
Kentucky
– 13,756 as of 2/1/2023
Louisiana
– There are currently 10,390 Active Offenders and 2,157 Inactive-Incarcerated as of 3/1/2023
Maine
– 2,854 as of 2/14/2023
Maryland
–6,594  as of 2/13/2023
Massachusetts
– 9,851 as of 1/31/2023
Michigan
– 44,132 as of 2/6/2023
Minnesota
– 18,319 as of 2/13/2023
Mississippi
– 12,900 as of 1/31/2023
Missouri
– 17,963 as of 2/7/2023
Montana
– Total: 5,381, Active 2,948, Inactive 2,433 as of 1/31/2023
Nebraska
– 6,666 as of 1/27/2023
Nevada
– 32,234 total, 7,441 active, 24,793 inactive, 3,549 Tier 3, 2,467 Tier 2, 1,422 Tier 1 registered offenders as of 1/31/2023
New Hampshire
– 2,627 as of 1/31/2023
New Jersey
– 12,306 as of 2/1/2023
New Mexico
– 2,641 as of 2/13/2023
New York
– 42,851 as of 1/4/2023
North Carolina
– 19,703 as of 2/15/2023
North Dakota
– 1,625 as of 2/6/2023
Ohio
– 20,566 as of 2/2/2023
Oklahoma
– There are 7,904 active offenders, and 1,604 non-compliant offenders as of 02/21/2023
Oregon
– 33,693 as of 1/31/2023
Pennsylvania
– 22,560 as of 1/31/2023
Rhode Island
– 3,875 as of 1/31/2023
South Carolina
– Total Sex Offenders: 19,782   Active Sex Offenders: 11,287 as of 2/17/2023
South Dakota
– 3,877 as of 1/31/2023
Tennessee
– 26,243 as of 2/13/2023
Texas
– 101,092 as of 2/2/2023
Utah
– 9,111 as of 2/14/2023
Vermont
– 1,448 as of 1/31/2023
Virginia
– 25, 678 as of 02/01/2023
Washington
– 22,299 as of 2/7/2023
Washington, D.C.
– 1,254 as of 2/1/2023
West Virginia
– 6,294 as of 2/2/2023
Wisconsin
– 26,351 as of 2/6/2023
Wyoming
– 2,543 as of 2/1/2023
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