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

====== Connecticut — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 34.0/100** · rank **45 of 56** (1 = least burdensome) · 12/16 dimensions statute-verified · 1 unverified.

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

^ Dimension ^ Rating ^ Detail ^ Statute ^
| **Registration length** | 🟠 moderate | Two-track — 10 yrs for a first nonviolent/against-a-minor offense; lifetime for anyone with a prior qualifying conviction and for violent offenders (§ 54-252) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-54-criminal-procedure/ct-gen-st-sect-54-251/|Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 54-251, 54-252]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🟠 moderate | No discretionary petition, but 10-year registrants' duty ends automatically after the term; violent offenders and those with priors register for life with no ready path off — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-54-criminal-procedure/ct-gen-st-sect-54-251/|Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-251]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🔴 restrictive | No — two levels by conviction type, no risk assessment | n/a |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🟠 moderate | Every 90 days by mail | Chap 969: Sec. 54-257(c) |
| **Registration fee** | 🟢 favorable | No state registration fee — no fee provision in the registration statutes | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/sor/cost/|Ch. 969 (§§ 54-250 to 54-261)]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🟠 moderate | Limited — no statewide blanket ban; residency limited only while on probation/parole supervision, plus some municipal ordinances — local: some municipalities have enacted local proximity ordinances | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/restrictions/connecticut/|No statewide residency statute (supervision conditions only)]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🟢 favorable | None — § 54-258 governs only public dissemination of registry information; no statewide employment distance/proximity restriction for registrants | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/restrictions/connecticut/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🟢 favorable | None statewide — no statewide presence/loitering ban; location restrictions apply only as a condition while under probation/parole supervision | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/restrictions/connecticut/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🟠 moderate | No simple tourist day-count — a nonresident employed, pursuing a vocation, or attending school registers 'without undue delay' (§ 54-253(c)); a nonresident who travels in the state on a recurring basis for periods of less than five days must notify the Commissioner of a temporary residence (§ 54-253(d)) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-54-criminal-procedure/ct-gen-st-sect-54-253/|Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-253(c), (d)]] ✓ |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — email address, instant message address or other similar Internet communication identifier, if any | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-54-criminal-procedure/ct-gen-st-sect-54-251.html|C.G.S. § 54-251(a)]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🟢 favorable | None | n/a |
| **Public website exposure** | 🔴 restrictive | Entire registry is a public internet record; no category of registrant (10-year or lifetime) is withheld — only specific data fields (email/IM identifiers, victim identity) are held back, not whole tiers | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-54-criminal-procedure/ct-gen-st-sect-54-258/|Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-258]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | ⚪ unknown | No statewide Halloween/holiday statute located; any such rule would be an individualized probation/parole condition (could not confirm from a source read) | n/a |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | Not marked — Connecticut does not require the driver's license or state ID to be labeled to identify a registrant | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/restrictions/connecticut/|n/a (no marking requirement)]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟢 favorable | Broad public internet registry (Megan's Law broad-disclosure) but the immediate community is not actively notified door-to-door and the registrant bears no cost | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/restrictions/connecticut/|C.G.S. § 54-258]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 16 — close-in-age: 13-15 may consent if the actor is not more than 3 years older | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-53a-penal-code/ct-gen-st-sect-53a-71/|Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-71(a)(1) (sexual assault 2nd degree)]] ✓ |

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Source wiki page: [[connecticut|Connecticut]] · compare with others via [[playground:qol_index|the index]].
//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.//