1. (a)

   1. (1) A court in which an individual is either adjudicated guilty or acquitted on grounds of mental disease or defect of a sex offense, aggravated sex offense, or sexually violent offense, shall advise the individual that he or she is required to register as a sex offender.

   2. (2) The registration form, the Arkansas Crime Information Center Acknowledgment form, and Sex Offender Community Notification Assessment Disclosure Form shall be:

      1. (A) A part of the paperwork completed at the time of conviction; and
      2. (B) Included with any other paperwork completed by the offender at that time.

   3. (3)

      1. (A) The prosecutor is to provide these forms to the center with the packet of information completed by the sex offender.
      2. (B) These forms are available at the Arkansas Crime Information Center website.

2. (b)

   1. (1) The law enforcement agency having jurisdiction will ensure that sex offenders moving into their jurisdiction, whether from within Arkansas or from an out-of-state jurisdiction, register with the Arkansas Sex Offender Registry.

   2. (2) The law enforcement agency with jurisdiction shall:

      1. (A) Complete the registration form and have the offender read and sign the Arkansas Crime Information Center Acknowledgement form; and
      2. (B) Immediately fax those forms to the center or use CENSOR, the electronic system established by the center.

   3. (3)

      1. (A) Law enforcement officials shall also fax these forms to SOCNA, (Fax: 870-850-8446) unless the information is entered into eSOMA, the electronic sex offender management system in use by SOCNA.
      2. (B) This will alert SOCNA to the need to begin the assessment process and/or alert SOCNA to the fact that an offender has relocated.

3. (c)

   1. (1) The Division of Correction, the Division of Community Correction, the Department of Human Services, and the Arkansas State Hospital shall complete the registration form for any offender being released from confinement ten (10) days prior to release.
   2. (2) The custodian shall also have the offender read and sign the Arkansas Crime Information Center Acknowledgement form.
   3. (3) These forms shall be faxed to the center and SOCNA.
4. (d) Sex offenders released from custody must register with the law enforcement agency where they will reside upon release.

Codification Notes: “CENSOR” means Centralized Electronic Network of Sex Offender Registries. "eSOMA" means Electronic Sex Offender Management of Arkansas. "SOCNA" means Sex Offender Community Notification Assessment.