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N.Y. Correction Law § 168-j: Notification of local law enforcement agencies of change of address

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  1. Correction Law
  2. Article 6-C. Sex Offender Registration Act

§ 168-j. Notification of local law enforcement agencies of change of

address. 1. Upon receipt of a change of address by a sex offender

required to register under this article, but in any event no more than

two business days after such receipt, the division shall notify the

local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the new place of

residence and the local law enforcement agency where the sex offender

last resided of the new place of residence.

2. Upon receipt of change of address information, the local law

enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the new place of residence

shall adhere to the notification provisions set forth in subdivision six

of section one hundred sixty-eight-l of this article.

3. The division shall, if the sex offender changes residence to

another state, notify the appropriate agency within that state of the

new place of residence.

4. Upon receipt of a change in the status of the enrollment,

attendance, employment or residence at an institution of higher

education by a sex offender required to register under this article, but

in any event no more than two business days after such receipt, the

division shall notify each law enforcement agency having jurisdiction

which is affected by such change.

5. Upon receipt of change in the status of the enrollment, attendance,

employment or residence at an institution of higher education by a sex

offender required to register under this article, each law enforcement

agency having jurisdiction shall adhere to the notification provisions

set forth in subdivision six of section one hundred sixty-eight-l of

this article.

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