{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-208.14","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-208.14","heading":"Statewide registry; Department of Public Safety designated custodian of statewide registry.","body":"(a)\tThe Department of Public Safety shall compile and keep current a central statewide sex offender registry. The Department is the State agency designated as the custodian of the statewide registry. As custodian the Department has the following responsibilities:\n(1)\tTo receive from the sheriff or any other law enforcement agency or penal institution all sex offender registrations, changes of address, changes of academic or educational employment status, and prerelease notifications required under this Article or under federal law. The Department shall also receive notices of any violation of this Article, including a failure to register or a failure to report a change of address.\n(2)\tTo provide all need-to-know law enforcement agencies (local, State, campus, federal, and those located in other states) immediately upon receipt by the Department of any of the following: registration information, a prerelease notification, a change of address, a change of academic or educational employment status, or notice of a violation of this Article.\n(2a)\tTo notify the appropriate law enforcement unit at an institution of higher education as soon as possible upon receipt by the Department of relevant information based on registration information or notice of a change of academic or educational employment status. If an institution of higher education does not have a law enforcement unit, then the Department shall provide the information to the local law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction for the campus.\n(3)\tTo coordinate efforts among law enforcement agencies and penal institutions to ensure that the registration information, changes of address, change of name, prerelease notifications, and notices of failure to register or to report a change of address are conveyed in an appropriate and timely manner.\n(4)\tTo provide public access to the statewide registry in accordance with this Article.\n(4a)\tTo maintain the system for public access so that a registrant's full name, any aliases, and any legal name changes are cross-referenced and a member of the public may conduct a search of the system for a registrant under any of those names.\n(5)\tTo maintain a system allowing an entity to access a list of online identifiers of persons in the central sex offender registry.\n(b)\tThe statewide registry shall include the following:\n(1)\tRegistration information obtained by a sheriff or penal institution under this Article or from any other local or State law enforcement agency.\n(2)\tRegistration information received from a state or local law enforcement agency or penal institution in another state.\n(3)\tRegistration information received from a federal law enforcement agency or penal institution. (1997-516, s. 1; 2002-147, s. 21; 2008-220, s. 8; 2011-61, ss. 6, 7; 2014-100, s. 17.1(z).)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER VII. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALITY AND DECENCY.","Article 27A. Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Programs.","Part 2. Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Program."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-208.14.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"e9e2dd95fe44197ee5f14d96ac213c119685e34d1e2ac9aa56f4b606cee228a2","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-208.13","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-208.15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}