Attorney General

Sex Offender Registration

Effective Date: 11/07/2017 to Current

Rule Type: Current Rules & Regulations

Reference Number: 015.0010.3.11072017

CHAPTER 3

REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

Section 1. Registration Form; Contents and Procedure.

(a) Each sex offender required to register under this act shall complete a registration form prepared by the Division. Registration forms shall be available from each Sheriff's office. The sex offender is required to provide the following information when registering:

1. (i) Name, including any aliases ever used;
2. (ii) Current address;
3. (iii) Date and place of birth;
4. (iv) Social Security Number;
5. (v) Name and address of employer;
6. (vi) Date and place of conviction; and
7. (vii) Crime for which convicted.

(b) The official receiving the registration from the sex offender shall insure the form is complete and that the sex offender has signed and dated the registration form. The official shall complete the part marked for Sheriff's use only.

Section 2. Requirements for Fingerprinting.

(a) Each sex offender required to register under this act shall be fingerprinted by the Sheriff of the county of residence on a standard 8 x 8 red fingerprint card, which card must contain the following information:

1. (i) Complete name of sex offender;
2. (ii) Signature of person fingerprinted;
3. (iii) All aliases used;
4. (iv) Contributor's agency and ORI;
5. (v) Date of birth;

(vi) Date and signature of person taking fingerprints; (vii) Date of registration (in date of arrest box); (viii) Sex, race, height, eye color, hair color, and place of birth; (ix) Citizenship; (x) FBI number if known; (xi) SID number if known; (xii) Social Security Number;

(xiii) The statement SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION entered in the box marked offense description, and the offense for which convicted as indicated on the registration form.

(b) All information shall be either typewritten or printed legibly on the fingerprint card. Failure to do so may result in the card being returned to the Sheriff for correction.

(c) Procedures for obtaining classifiable fingerprints to be submitted to the Division shall comply with those specified in Chapter III, Section 3 of the Wyoming Attorney General's rules and regulations promulgated under the Wyoming Criminal History Record Act, W.S. §§ 7-19-101 through -109, as amended.

Section 3. Requirements for Photographs.

(a) Each sex offender required to register under this act shall be photographed by the Sheriff of the county of registration.

Section 4. Sex Offender Registration Fees

(a) At the time of initial registration, an offender shall pay a state registration fee in the amount of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120.00). Fees shall be submitted to the Sheriff's office of the offender's county of residence.

(b) Each time an offender is required to report updated information under the Act, he shall pay a state reporting fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).

(c) County registration fees collected for initial registration and county fees collected for updating offender information shall be separate from and in addition to all state registration fees.

(d) No fee shall be charged to an offender during the time in which he is in the custody of the Department, a local jail or a public or private agency pursuant to a court order during the period in which the offender is in custody. Once such custody has terminated, the offender shall be charged the initial state registration fee in the amount of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120.00), along with the attendant county registration fee.

(e) If an offender is an unemancipated juvenile, all fees due and owing under this section shall be the responsibility of the juvenile's parent or guardian having legal custody.

(f) On a monthly basis each county Sheriff's office shall remit to the Division all fees collected for the previous month, along with a statement indicating the offender from whom the fees were collected. Said fees shall be remitted to the Division by means of a check or an electronic payment.

Section 5. Indigency Applications and Procedure

(a) Indigency applications shall be made available by the Division to all sheriffs' offices and through the division's website.

(b) In determining whether an offender classifies as an "indigent offender" for the purpose of registration fees and reporting fees, the Division shall take following factors into consideration:

1. (i) offender's net income;
2. (ii) offender's monthly expenses
3. (iii) offender's bank accounts and savings;
4. (iv) any property or real estate owned by the offender;
5. (v) outstanding financial obligations owed by the offender;
6. (vi) number and age of offender's dependents, if any;

(vii) Any other factors the Division deems necessary and relevant to an offender's ability to pay registration and reporting fees.

(c) Completed indigency applications shall be notarized and, along with all supporting documentation regarding the factors identified in subsection (b) of this section, shall be submitted to the Sheriff's office of the offender's county of residence; applications and supporting documentation shall thereafter be remitted by the sheriff's office to the division for an indigency determination.

(d) Upon making its indigency determination, the Division shall notify the offender of its determination by letter delivered to the offender's mailing address on record with the Division.