46-23-504. Persons required to register -- procedure. (1) A sexual or violent offender shall, within 14 days of conviction or release from prison or within 14 days of entering a county of this state for the purpose of residing or setting up a temporary domicile for 14 days or more, register, as required under 46-18-254, 46-18-255, and this part, with the chief of police of the municipality or the sheriff of the county if the offender resides in an area other than a municipality.
     (2) At the time of registering, the person shall sign a statement in writing giving the information required by the department. The chief of police or sheriff shall fingerprint the person, unless the person's fingerprints are on file with the department of justice, and shall photograph the person. Within 3 days, the chief of police or sheriff shall send copies of the statement, fingerprints, and photographs to the department and the department of justice and to the sheriff of the county where the person resides, if registration is with the chief of police.
     (3) The person registered under this section is responsible, if able to pay, for costs associated with registration. The fees charged for registration may not exceed the actual costs of registration.
     (4) The clerk of the district court in the county in which a person is convicted of a sexual or violent offense shall notify the sheriff in that county of the conviction within 14 days after entry of the judgment.

     History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 293, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 407, L. 1995.