Charged with Rape or Sexual Assault?
A more recent development has been for the sex offender registries to be made publicly available through online databases with the goal of keeping people in the community safe from known sexual predators. California’s sex offender registry has been accessible on a website maintained by the state Department of Justice since 2004.
State law lists out 169 separate offenses for which a conviction requires the perpetrator to register:
- Rape
- Indecent Exposure
- Sexual Battery
- Prostitution Offenses Involving Minors
- Child Molestation
If convicted of a registerable offense, you will be required to update your registration on a yearly basis, though if you are classified as a sexually violent predator you will be required to register once every 90 days so that law enforcement can close track of you. California requires a sex offender to register for life. Due to this fact and the size of the state population, it has the largest number of registered sex offenders in the nation. There are currently 777 registered sex offenders in Long Beach alone.
