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

====== Kansas — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 56.7/100** · rank **14 of 56** (1 = least burdensome) · 11/16 dimensions statute-verified · 1 unverified.

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

^ Dimension ^ Rating ^ Detail ^ Statute ^
| **Registration length** | 🟠 moderate | Tiered by offense — 15 yrs, 25 yrs, or lifetime; lifetime for the most serious offenses and all 2nd/subsequent convictions | [[https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch22/022_049_0006.html|K.S.A. 22-4906]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🔴 restrictive | Effectively none — no adult early-termination petition; registration runs the full 15/25/lifetime term — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch22/022_049_0006.html|K.S.A. 22-4906]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🔴 restrictive | No risk assessment for registration; three levels by statute of conviction | 22-4906 |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🔴 restrictive | Four times per year | 22-4905(b) |
| **Registration fee** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — $20 per reporting visit (up to 4x/year); nonpayment within 15 days is subject to prosecution; waivable if indigent | [[https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch22/022_049_0005.html|K.S.A. 22-4905(l)]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🟢 favorable | None — statute bars cities/counties from adopting residency restrictions for offenders — local: prohibited by state law (22-4913); narrow exception for correctional-placement residence licensing/zoning | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ks/chapter-22-criminal-procedure/ks-st-sect-22-4913/|K.S.A. 22-4913]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🟢 favorable | None — Kansas SOR law imposes no employment restriction (no distance-from-minors or occupational bar) on registrants | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/sor/employment/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🟢 favorable | None — no statewide presence/loitering (child safety zone) restriction; KSORA has no such provision and K.S.A. 22-4913 bars local subdivisions from adopting residential spatial restrictions | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/sor/residence/|22-4913]] ✓ |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🔴 restrictive | Transients treated same as residents; register within 3 days (per FAQ) | 22-4902(l) |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🔴 restrictive | Required — K.S.A. 22-4907(a)(19) requires 'any and all: E-mail addresses; online identities used by the offender on the internet; ... and internet screen names' | [[https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch22/022_049_0007.html|K.S.A. 22-4907(a)(19)]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🔴 restrictive | Civil commitment law exists | 59-29a02 |
| **Public website exposure** | 🔴 restrictive | All registrants (sex, violent, drug) on public KBI website; no non-public lowest tier (only narrow identity/expungement carve-outs) | [[https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch22/022_049_0009.html|K.S.A. 22-4909]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | ⚪ unknown | No statewide statutory Halloween/holiday restriction confirmed | n/a |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🔴 restrictive | Driver's license/ID assigned a distinguishing number that readily flags the holder to law enforcement as a registered offender | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ks/chapter-8-automobiles-and-other-vehicles/ks-st-sect-8-243/|K.S.A. 8-243(d); K.S.A. 22-4905]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟢 favorable | Passive public KBI website plus opt-in community-notification sign-up; no mandated door-to-door/mailings and no registrant cost | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ks/chapter-22-criminal-procedure/ks-st-sect-22-4909/|K.S.A. 22-4909]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 16 — indecent liberties statute covers a child 14-15; no general close-in-age exception | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ks/chapter-21-crimes-and-punishments/ks-st-sect-21-5506/|K.S.A. 21-5506]] ✓ |

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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.//