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The North Carolina Sex Offender and Public Protection Registry was established in January 1996 due to the General Assembly's enactment of Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the North Carolina General Statutes (NCGS 14-208.5). This law requires a person who is a resident of North Carolina and who has a reportable conviction to maintain registration with the sheriff of the county where the person resides. If the person moves to North Carolina from outside this State, the person shall register within 10 days of establishing residence in this State, or whenever the person has been present in the State for 15 days, whichever comes first. If the person is a current resident of North Carolina, the person shall register:
 
  • Within 3 Business days of release from a penal institution or arrival in a county to live outside a penal institution on or after January 1, 1996; or
  • Immediately upon conviction for a reportable offense where an active term of imprisonment was not imposed on or after January 1, 1996.
 
A publication entitled "The North Carolina Sex Offender Registration Program" has been published by the North Carolina Department of Justice and explains in detail the requirements and process for registration as well as public access to the registry. (Click on the title to link to the publication)
 
The information contained in the registry and individual record has been provided by the registrant and/or entities other than the State Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Information and Identification Section. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the sheriff's office cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information. Offenders may have moved and failed to notify the registering sheriff's office of that change. Information is updated by the SBI as received by the registering sheriff and the SBI cannot guarantee the accuracy day to day. If you have reasonable proof that any of the information contained in these records is inaccurate, please contact the county sheriff's office of the county where offender resides.
 
This information is made available for the purpose of protecting the public. Anyone who uses this information to commit a criminal act against another person is subject to criminal prosecution.
 
Due to limitations and timing of data transfer services some information may take up to 24-48 hours to populate the database. We acquire updated data feeds each night for this application.