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

====== Indiana — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 65.5/100** · rank **9 of 56** (1 = least burdensome) · 9/16 dimensions statute-verified · 1 unverified.

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

^ Dimension ^ Rating ^ Detail ^ Statute ^
| **Registration length** | 🟠 moderate | Tiered — 10 yrs for most; life for SVP/offenders against children/serious sex offenders/repeat offenders — **lifetime** | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-11-corrections/in-code-sect-11-8-8-19/|IC 11-8-8-19]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🔴 restrictive | Effectively none — no good-behavior relief; petition succeeds only when a post-offense law change would end/reduce the requirement, and court may still deny — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-11-corrections/in-code-sect-11-8-8-22/|IC 11-8-8-22]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🔴 restrictive | No risk assessment; SVP designation became offense-based (~2012) | IC 35-38-1-7.5 |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🔴 restrictive | Annually; every 90 days for life for SVP/offenders against children/serious sex offenders | IC 11-8-8-14 |
| **Registration fee** | 🟠 moderate | County-set (optional by ordinance) — up to $50 annually plus up to $5 per address change; set by county legislative body | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-36-local-government/in-code-sect-36-2-13-5-6/|IC 36-2-13-5.6]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — 1000 ft from school property/youth centers/parks/daycares for offenders against children — **1000 ft** · local: some local ordinances add zones | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-35-criminal-law-and-procedure/in-code-sect-35-42-4-11/|IC 35-42-4-11]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Employment near children prohibited | 35-42-4-10 |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Serious sex offenders barred from school property | 35-42-4-13 |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🔴 restrictive | Register if present 7 of 180 days, own property, or work/volunteer thresholds met | IC 11-8-8-7 |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🔴 restrictive | Required — IC 11-8-8-8(a)(7) requires 'any electronic mail address, instant messaging username, electronic chat room username, or social networking web site username that the sex or violent offender uses or intends to use' | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-11-corrections/in-code-sect-11-8-8-8/|IC 11-8-8-8(a)(7)]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🟠 moderate | No sex-offender-specific civil commitment; general mental-illness commitment may apply to pedophilia | IC 12-26-1 |
| **Public website exposure** | 🔴 restrictive | Public Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry lists every registrant; no non-public lowest tier | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-36-local-government/in-code-sect-36-2-13-5-5/|IC 36-2-13-5.5]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | ⚪ unknown | No Halloween/holiday provision in the registration statute (IC 11-8-8) or the parole-conditions statute (IC 11-13-3-4); any restriction would be a non-statutory parole-board condition, unconfirmed | n/a |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | Driver's license (IC 9-24-11-5) and state ID card (IC 9-24-16-3.5) content contains no sex/violent-offender designation or code | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-9-motor-vehicles/in-code-sect-9-24-11-5/|IC 9-24-11-5]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟢 favorable | Sheriffs jointly maintain only the public online registry; no statutory mandate for active door-to-door/mail/school notification; registrant not charged for notification | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-36-local-government/in-code-sect-36-2-13-5-5/|IC 36-2-13-5.5]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 16 — with close-in-age defense (partner not more than 4 years older in a dating relationship) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-35-criminal-law-and-procedure/in-code-sect-35-42-4-9/|IC 35-42-4-9]] ✓ |

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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.//