34 USC § 20921 - National Sex Offender Registry

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s20921"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 20921 - National Sex Offender Registry"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "20921"
section_name: "National Sex Offender Registry"
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, § 119, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 596.)"
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# § 20921. National Sex Offender Registry

**(a)** **Internet** The Attorney General shall maintain a national database at the Federal Bureau of Investigation for each sex offender and any other person required to register in a jurisdiction’s sex offender registry. The database shall be known as the National Sex Offender Registry.

**(b)** **Electronic forwarding** The Attorney General shall ensure (through the National Sex Offender Registry or otherwise) that updated information about a sex offender is immediately transmitted by electronic forwarding to all relevant jurisdictions.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 119, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 596.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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