28 CFR § 811.5 - Commencement of the obligation to register.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s811.5"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 811.5 - Commencement of the obligation to register."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "811.5"
section_name: "Commencement of the obligation to register."
chapter_name: "COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA"
part_number: "811"
part_name: "SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "DC ST sec. 24-133 and the District of Columbia Sex Offender Registration Act of 1999, D.C. Law 13-137."
regulatory_source: "67 FR 54095, Aug. 21, 2002, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "811"
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# 811.5 Commencement of the obligation to register.

(a) A sex offender's obligation to register starts when the sex offender is found guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity of a registration offense or is determined to be a sexual psychopath. However, CSOSA may suspend registration requirements during any period of time in which a sex offender is detained, incarcerated, confined, civilly committed, or hospitalized in a secure facility.

(b) A sex offender must register if the sex offender is placed on probation, parole, supervised release, or convalescent leave, is conditionally or unconditionally released from a secure facility, is granted unaccompanied grounds privileges or other unaccompanied leave, absconds or escapes, is otherwise not detained, incarcerated, confined, civilly committed, or hospitalized in a secure facility, or enters the District of Columbia from another jurisdiction to live, reside, work, or attend school. Registration shall be effectuated as provided in § 811.7 and may be carried out prior to the occurrence of a circumstance described in this paragraph, including the release of or granting of leave to a sex offender.