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INDIANA SHERIFFS' SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY

Effective January 1, 2003, Zachary's Law requires sheriff departments to jointly establish and maintain the Indiana Sheriffs' Sex Offender Registry to provide detailed information about individuals who register as sex or violent offenders at Indiana sheriff departments (or, in Marion County, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department). The purpose of the registry is to inform the general public about the identity, location, and appearance of sex and violent offenders who live, work, or study in Indiana.

Zachary's Law is named for Zachary Snider of Cloverdale, Indiana. Zachary was 10 years old when he was murdered by a convicted child molester in 1993.

Indiana law IC 11-8-8-5 defines a sex offender as:

 

  1. An individual who has been convicted of any of the following offenses:

    2. Rape (IC 35-42-4-1)

    Criminal Deviate Conduct (IC 35-42-4-2)

    Child Molesting (IC 35-42-4-3)

    Child Exploitation (IC 35-42-4-4b)

    Vicarious Sexual Gratification (IC 35-42-4-5)

    Child Solicitation (IC 35-42-4-6)

    Child Seduction (IC 35-42-4-7)

    Sexual Misconduct with a Minor as a Class A, B, or C felony (IC 35-42-4-9)

    Incest (IC 35-46-1-3)

    Sexual Battery (IC 35-42-4-8)

    Kidnapping, if the victim is less than 18 (IC 35-42-3-2)

    Criminal Confinement, if the victim is less than 18 (IC 35-42-3-3)

    Possession of Child Pornography if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for Possession of Child Pornography (IC 35-42-4-4c)

  2. An individual who has been convicted of attempting to commit or conspiring to commit any of the above-listed offenses;
  3. An individual who is required to register as a sex offender in any jurisdiction;
  4. An individual who has been convicted of a crime, convicted of attempting to commit a crime, or convicted of conspiring to commit a crime under the laws of another state or in a military court that is substantially equivalent to any of the above-listed offenses; or
  5. A child who is at least 14 years of age and is on probation or parole or is discharged from a facility by the department of correction, discharged from a secure private facility, or discharged from a juvenile detention facility as a result of being adjudicated as a delinquent child for an act that would be an offense listed above if committed by an adult (IC 31-37-1-1 to -2) and is found by a court to be likely to repeat an act that would be an offense listed above if committed by an adult (IC 31-37-19-5 (b)(1)).

The following sex offenders are required to register with the Sheriff's Department in the county where the offender intends to live, work or study for longer than seven (7) days (IC 11-8-8-7). In Marion County, offenders must register with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.