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

====== Nebraska — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 44.0/100** · rank **30 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 | Offense-based tiers: 15 years / 25 years / lifetime — **lifetime** | [[https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=29-4005|29-4005(1)]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🔴 restrictive | No petition to leave the registry; only a 15→10 yr reduction for the lowest tier after 10 clean years plus treatment — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=29-4005|29-4005(2)]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🔴 restrictive | No — state does not use risk assessment; tiers assigned by offense | n/a |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🟠 moderate | Tiered in-person: every 3 months / 6 months / yearly | 29-4006(3)(4)(5) |
| **Registration fee** | 🟢 favorable | No registration fee — state registry FAQ states there is no charge to register | [[https://sor.nebraska.gov/FAQ|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🟠 moderate | 500 ft from a school or child care facility, but only for designated 'sexual predators'; statute also authorizes local (city/county) residency ordinances — **500 ft** · local: Expressly authorized — a political subdivision may enact its own residency ordinance subject to 29-4017 limits | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ne/chapter-29-criminal-procedure/ne-rev-st-sect-29-4017/|29-4017]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🟢 favorable | None — the Nebraska Sex Offender Registration Act imposes no employment restriction on registrants | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/sor/employment/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🟢 favorable | None — no statewide presence/loitering (child safety zone) restriction; Nebraska's only spatial rule is the residency limit (500 ft for designated sexual predators) under 29-4017 | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/sor/residence/|29-4017]] ✓ |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🟠 moderate | Must register within 3 days if in state 14 days | 29-4004(6) |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🟢 favorable | Not required — 29-4006(1) required-info list has no internet identifiers; former internet-identifier reporting duty (old 29-4006(2)) struck down as unconstitutional in Doe v. Nebraska | [[https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=29-4006|29-4006(1)]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🔴 restrictive | Civil commitment statutes cited (exist) | 49-4018; 83-174.02 |
| **Public website exposure** | 🔴 restrictive | All adult registrants published publicly regardless of tier; no risk-level gate, only juveniles excluded | [[https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=29-4013|29-4013]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | ⚪ unknown | Could not confirm any statutory Halloween/holiday restriction from a public legal source | n/a |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | Driver's license / state ID is NOT branded or marked — Nebraska is not among the states requiring a sex-offender designation on the ID | [[https://probationinfo.org/sor/id/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟠 moderate | State Patrol notifies law enforcement and specified entities (schools, child-welfare orgs, public housing) via electronic systems beyond the public website; methods set by regulation, registrant not charged | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ne/chapter-29-criminal-procedure/ne-rev-st-sect-29-4013/|29-4013]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 16 — with close-in-age exception (first-degree offense requires actor 19+ with victim 12–15) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ne/chapter-28-crimes-and-punishments/ne-rev-st-sect-28-319/|28-319]] ✓ |

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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.//