34 U.S.C. § 20921
National Sex Offender Registry
United States · Title 34 — CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT · Status: effective
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- 34 U.S.C. § 20921, National Sex Offender Registry, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/470454
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The Attorney General shall maintain a national database at the Federal Bureau of Investigation for each sex offender and any other person required to register in a jurisdiction’s sex offender registry. The database shall be known as the National Sex Offender Registry.
The Attorney General shall ensure (through the National Sex Offender Registry or otherwise) that updated information about a sex offender is immediately transmitted by electronic forwarding to all relevant jurisdictions.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally