Pennsylvania · Through 2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 42 Pa.C.S.)

42 Pa.C.S. § 9799.68: Duties of Department of Corrections.

The Department of Corrections shall:
(1) Create a notification form which will inform State and county prison and probation and parole personnel how to inform offenders and sexually violent predators required to register under this subchapter of their duty under the law.
(2) In cooperation with other Commonwealth agencies, obtain the following information regarding offenders and sexually violent predators:
(i) Name, including aliases.
(ii) Identifying factors.
(iii) Anticipated future residence.
(iv) Offense history.
(v) Documentation of treatment received for the mental abnormality or personality disorder.
(vi) Photograph of the offender or sexually violent predator.
(3) Immediately transmit the information in paragraph (2) to the Pennsylvania State Police for immediate entry into the State registry of offenders and sexually violent predators and the criminal history record of the individual as provided in 18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 91 (relating to criminal history record information).
(4) Apply for Federal funding as provided in the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248, 120 Stat. 587) to support and enhance programming using satellite global positioning system technology.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART VIII CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER 97 SENTENCING
SUBCHAPTER I CONTINUED REGISTRATION OF SEXUAL OFFENDERS

The Department of Corrections shall:

(1) Create a notification form which will inform State and county prison and probation and parole personnel how to inform offenders and sexually violent predators required to register under this subchapter of their duty under the law.

(2) In cooperation with other Commonwealth agencies, obtain the following information regarding offenders and sexually violent predators:

(i) Name, including aliases.

(ii) Identifying factors.

(iii) Anticipated future residence.

(iv) Offense history.

(v) Documentation of treatment received for the mental abnormality or personality disorder.

(vi) Photograph of the offender or sexually violent predator.

(3) Immediately transmit the information in paragraph (2) to the Pennsylvania State Police for immediate entry into the State registry of offenders and sexually violent predators and the criminal history record of the individual as provided in 18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 91 (relating to criminal history record information).

(4) Apply for Federal funding as provided in the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248, 120 Stat. 587) to support and enhance programming using satellite global positioning system technology.

Collected 2026-09-02T16:33:14Z. Source file · JSON

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