//**PROOF OF CONCEPT** — full quality-of-life profile for Alabama, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the //registrant's// perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.//

====== Alabama — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 79.3/100** · rank **2 of 56** (1 = least burdensome) · 11/16 dimensions statute-verified.

Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.

^ Dimension ^ Rating ^ Detail ^ Statute ^
| **Registration length** | 🔴 restrictive | Lifetime for all adult sex offenders; juveniles tiered (10 yrs or per § 15-20A-28) — **lifetime** | [[https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/2023/title-15/chapter-20a/section-15-20a-3/|§ 15-20A-3(b)]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🔴 restrictive | Effectively none — only a narrow Romeo & Juliet carve-out (§ 15-20A-24); the vast majority of adult registrants have no path — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/2023/title-15/chapter-20a/section-15-20a-24/|§ 15-20A-24]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🔴 restrictive | No — no tiers/levels | § 15-20A-3(c) |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🟠 moderate | Every three months (quarterly) | § 15-20A-10(f) |
| **Registration fee** | 🟠 moderate | Yes — $10 per registration to each registering agency, at each quarterly registration (statewide statute; waived if indigent) | [[https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-15/chapter-20a/section-15-20a-22/|§ 15-20A-22(a)]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — 2000 ft from schools/childcare/resident camps, statewide, all adult offenders — **2000 ft** · local: none noted (uniform statewide statute) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/al/title-15-criminal-procedure/al-code-sect-15-20a-11/|Ala. Code § 15-20A-11]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes | § 15-20A-13 |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — loitering restrictions | § 15-20A-17 |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🔴 restrictive | 3 days — must register immediately on establishing a residence, defined (§15-20A-4) as 4+ hours a day on 3 or more consecutive days; temporary lodging/travel reporting likewise triggers at 3 or more consecutive days | [[https://law.onecle.com/alabama/title-15/15-20A-14.html|§ 15-20A-14; § 15-20A-15(a); § 15-20A-4]] ✓ |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — email/instant message addresses and self-identifying Internet monikers among required info | [[https://law.onecle.com/alabama/title-15/15-20A-7.html|§ 15-20A-7(a)(9)]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🟢 favorable | None | n/a |
| **Public website exposure** | 🔴 restrictive | Non-tiered — all adult registrants posted on the ALEA public registry website; no offender tier withheld | [[https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/2023/title-15/chapter-20a/section-15-20a-8/|§ 15-20A-8]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | 🟢 favorable | No Halloween/holiday restriction — the § 15-20A child-contact restriction cluster (residence §15-20A-11, employment §15-20A-13, loitering/child-safety-zone §15-20A-17) imposes only year-round geographic/loitering limits, with no holiday/costume/trick-or-treat provision | [[https://law.onecle.com/alabama/title-15/15-20A-17.html|§§ 15-20A-11, 15-20A-13, 15-20A-17 (no holiday provision)]] ✓ |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — must obtain and always carry a driver license/ID bearing a designation that identifies the holder as a sex offender | [[https://law.onecle.com/alabama/title-15/15-20A-18.html|§ 15-20A-18]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — law enforcement mails/hand-delivers community notification flyers to nearby residences, schools and childcare, plus newspaper/electronic posting | [[https://law.onecle.com/alabama/title-15/15-20A-21.html|§ 15-20A-21]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 16 — a person under 16 cannot consent; close-in-age: actor must be 16+ and at least 2 years older (§ 13A-6-62) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/al/title-13a-criminal-code/al-code-sect-13a-6-62/|§ 13A-6-62 (rape 2nd degree); § 13A-6-70(c)(1)]] ✓ |

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//Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.//