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34 USC § 20915 - Duration of registration requirement 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s20915"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 20915 - Duration of registration requirement"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "20915"
section_name: "Duration of registration requirement"
chapter_number: 209
chapter_name: "CHILD PROTECTION AND SAFETY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Sex Offender Registration and Notification"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 115, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 595.)"
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# § 20915. Duration of registration requirement

**(a)** **Full registration period** A sex offender shall keep the registration current for the full registration period (excluding any time the sex offender is in custody or civilly committed) unless the offender is allowed a reduction under subsection (b). The full registration period is—

**(1)** 15 years, if the offender is a tier I sex offender;

**(2)** 25 years, if the offender is a tier II sex offender; and

**(3)** the life of the offender, if the offender is a tier III sex offender.

**(b)** **Reduced period for clean record**

**(1)** **Clean record** The full registration period shall be reduced as described in paragraph (3) for a sex offender who maintains a clean record for the period described in paragraph (2) by—

**(A)** not being convicted of any offense for which imprisonment for more than 1 year may be imposed;

**(B)** not being convicted of any sex offense;

**(C)** successfully completing any periods of supervised release, probation, and parole; and

**1** successfully completing of [^1] an appropriate sex offender treatment program certified by a jurisdiction or by the Attorney General.

So in original. The word “of” probably should not appear.

**(2)** **Period** In the case of—

**(A)** a tier I sex offender, the period during which the clean record shall be maintained is 10 years; and

**(B)** a tier III sex offender adjudicated delinquent for the offense which required registration in a sex registry under this subchapter, the period during which the clean record shall be maintained is 25 years.

**(3)** **Reduction** In the case of—

**(A)** a tier I sex offender, the reduction is 5 years;

**(B)** a tier III sex offender adjudicated delinquent, the reduction is from life to that period for which the clean record under paragraph (2) is maintained.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 115, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 595.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(2)(B), was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of , , , known as the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Short Title of 2006 Act note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.