34 USC § 20925 - Development and availability of registry management and website software

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s20925"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 20925 - Development and availability of registry management and website software"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "20925"
section_name: "Development and availability of registry management and website software"
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, § 123, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 598.)"
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# § 20925. Development and availability of registry management and website software

**(a)** **Duty to develop and support** The Attorney General shall, in consultation with the jurisdictions, develop and support software to enable jurisdictions to establish and operate uniform sex offender registries and Internet sites.

**(b)** **Criteria** The software should facilitate—

**(1)** immediate exchange of information among jurisdictions;

**(2)** public access over the Internet to appropriate information, including the number of registered sex offenders in each jurisdiction on a current basis;

**(3)** full compliance with the requirements of this subchapter; and

**(4)** communication of information to community notification program participants as required under section 20923 of this title.

**(c)** **Deadline** July 27, 2006

The Attorney General shall make the first complete edition of this software available to jurisdictions within 2 years of .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 123, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 598.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), 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.