692A.118 Department duties — registry. The department shall perform all of the following duties:1. Develop an electronic system and standard forms for use in the registration of, verifying addresses of, and verifying understanding of registration requirements by sex offenders.Forms used to verify addresses of sex offenders shall contain a warning against forwardinga form to another address and of the requirement to return the form if the offender to whomthe form is directed no longer resides at the address listed on the form or the mailing. 2. Maintain a central registry of information collected from sex offenders, which shall be known as the sex offender registry. 3. In consultation with the attorney general, adopt rules under chapter 17A which list specific offenses under present and former law which constitute sex offenses or sex offensesagainst a minor under this chapter. 4. Adopt rules under chapter 17A, as necessary, to ensure compliance with registration and verification requirements of this chapter, to provide guidelines for persons required toassist in obtaining registry information, and to provide a procedure for the dissemination ofinformation contained in the registry. ments of this chapter, to provide guidelines for persons required toassist in obtaining registry information, and to provide a procedure for the dissemination ofinformation contained in the registry. The procedure for the dissemination of informationshall include but not be limited to practical guidelines for use by criminal or juvenile justiceagencies in determining when public release of relevant information contained in theregistry is appropriate and a requirement that if a member of the general public requestsinformation regarding a specific individual in the manner provided in section 692A.121, therelevant information shall be released. The department, in developing the procedure, shallconsult with associations which represent the interests of law enforcement officers. Rulesadopted shall also include a procedure for removal of information from the registry uponthe reversal or setting aside of a conviction of an offender. 5. Submit sex offender registry data to the federal bureau of investigation for entry of the data into the national sex offender registry. 6. Perform the requirements under this chapter and under federal law in cooperation with the office of sex offender eau of investigation for entry of the data into the national sex offender registry. 6. Perform the requirements under this chapter and under federal law in cooperation with the office of sex offender sentencing, monitoring, apprehending, registering, and tracking ofthe office of justice programs of the United States department of justice. 7. Enter and maintain fingerprints and palm prints of sex offenders in an automated fingerprint identification system maintained by the department and made accessible to lawenforcement agencies in this state, of the federal government, or in another jurisdiction. Thedepartment or any law enforcement agency may use such prints for criminal investigativepurposes, to include comparison against finger and palm prints identified or recovered asevidence in a criminal investigation. 8. Notify a jurisdiction that provided information that a sex offender has or intends to maintain a residence, employment, or attendance as a student, in this state, of the failure ofthe sex offender to register as required under this chapter. 9. Submit a DNA sample to the combined DNA index system, if a sample has not been submitted. 10. student, in this state, of the failure ofthe sex offender to register as required under this chapter. 9. Submit a DNA sample to the combined DNA index system, if a sample has not been submitted. 10. Submit the social security number to the national crime information center, if the number has not been submitted. 11. When the department has a reasonable basis to believe that a sex offender has changed residence to an unknown location, has become a fugitive from justice, or has otherwise takenflight, make a reasonable effort to ascertain the whereabouts of the offender, and if such effortfails to identify the location of the offender, an appropriate notice shall be made on the sexoffender registry internet site of this state and shall be transmitted to the national sex offenderregistry. The department shall notify other law enforcement agencies as deemed appropriate. 12. Notify appropriate law enforcement agencies including the United States marshal service to investigate and verify possible violations. The department shall ensure any warrants for arrest are entered into the Iowa online warrant and articles system and thenational crime information center and pursue prosecution of ossible violations. The department shall ensure any warrants for arrest are entered into the Iowa online warrant and articles system and thenational crime information center and pursue prosecution of stated violations through stateor federal court. 2009 Acts, ch 119, §18; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §78; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §111 Sat Dec 23 12:27:08 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 692A.118 (18, 0)
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