34 USC § 20918 - Periodic in person verification

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s20918"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 20918 - Periodic in person verification"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "20918"
section_name: "Periodic in person verification"
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, § 116, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 595.)"
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# § 20918. Periodic in person verification

A sex offender shall appear in person, allow the jurisdiction to take a current photograph, and verify the information in each registry in which that offender is required to be registered not less frequently than—

**(1)** each year, if the offender is a tier I sex offender;

**(2)** every 6 months, if the offender is a tier II sex offender; and

**(3)** every 3 months, if the offender is a tier III sex offender.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 116, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 595.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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