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

====== North Dakota — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 47.5/100** · rank **25 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 | Risk/offense tiers: 15 years / 25 years / lifetime (2+ priors or severe offenses) — **lifetime** | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/nd/title-12-1-criminal-code/nd-cent-code-sect-12-1-32-15.html|12.1-32-15]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🔴 restrictive | No general early-removal petition; only a narrow legacy path for those required to register before Aug 1, 1999 — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/nd/title-12-1-criminal-code/nd-cent-code-sect-12-1-32-15.html|12.1-32-15]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🟢 favorable | Yes — risk assessment used to assign low/moderate/high risk levels | 12.1-32-15(12) |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🟠 moderate | Every 3 / 6 months; homeless must register every 3 days | 12.1-32-15 |
| **Registration fee** | 🟢 favorable | No registration fee (12.1-32-15 imposes none) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/nd/title-12-1-criminal-code/nd-cent-code-sect-12-1-32-15/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🟢 favorable | No statewide statutory residency restriction — sex-offense chapter (12.1-20) has only a presence/entry ban on school property (12.1-20-25), no living-proximity ban; 2017 HB 1334 (proposed 500 ft for high-risk) is not in the code | [[https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t12-1c20.pdf|12.1-20 (none)]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | No employment in day care (per AG FAQ; statute not located) | n/a |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Not allowed on school properties | 12.1-20-25 |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🟠 moderate | In state 10 consecutive or 30 aggregate days (per AG FAQ) | n/a |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🔴 restrictive | Required — 12.1-32-15 requires registration of the individual's 'computer online identity' and reporting any change within three days | [[https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t12-1c32.pdf|12.1-32-15(7)]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🔴 restrictive | Civil commitment chapter cited (exists) | 25-03.3 |
| **Public website exposure** | 🟠 moderate | Low-risk (lowest tier) not on the public website; internet disclosure only for lifetime/high-risk (and certain out-of-state) offenders — lowest tier withheld | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/nd/title-12-1-criminal-code/nd-cent-code-sect-12-1-32-15.html|12.1-32-15]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | ⚪ unknown | No statewide Halloween/holiday restriction statute located in Title 12.1 | n/a |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | Driver's license / state ID is NOT branded or coded for registrants | [[https://probationinfo.org/sor/id/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟠 moderate | Risk-based — active public disclosure only for moderate/high-risk registrants when agency deems it necessary for public protection; low-risk not disclosed | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/nd/title-12-1-criminal-code/nd-cent-code-sect-12-1-32-15/|12.1-32-15]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 18 — but a sexual act with a 15–17 y/o is a lesser offense (class A misdemeanor unless actor is 22+, then class C felony) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/nd/title-12-1-criminal-code/nd-cent-code-sect-12-1-20-05/|12.1-20-05]] ✓ |

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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.//