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

====== Washington — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 34.8/100** · rank **41 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 conviction class — class C 10 years, class B 15 years (both expire after that time offense-free in the community), class A felonies and SVPs register for life — **lifetime** | [[https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9A.44.140|9A.44.140]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🟠 moderate | Real but discretionary — petition after 10 years in-community (15 for out-of-state/federal); SVPs and class-A forcible-compulsion offenders barred; court relieves only on clear-and-convincing rehabilitation across 13 factors — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9A.44.142|9A.44.142]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🔴 restrictive | No — levels 1/2/3, no risk assessment | n/a |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🟠 moderate | By mail every 90 days (SVP) or yearly for others | 9A.44.135 |
| **Registration fee** | 🟢 favorable | No state-mandated registrant fee — the registration statute (RCW 9A.44.130) imposes no fee; the state instead reimburses counties for processing costs (RCW 43.43.540) | [[https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9a.44.130|RCW 9A.44.130]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🟠 moderate | No blanket statewide ban; but offenders sentenced under RCW 9.94A.507 (victim under 18) may be barred from residing in a 'community protection zone' — within 880 feet of school grounds — as a condition of community custody (supervision only) — **880 ft** | [[https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9.94A.703|RCW 9.94A.703; RCW 9.94A.030 (community protection zone def.)]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🟢 favorable | None — no statewide employment-distance or occupational restriction; any limits arise only from DOC/court supervision conditions | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/restrictions/washington/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🟢 favorable | None statewide — restrictions exist only while under DOC/court supervision (e.g., community-protection-zone conditions); registrants off supervision have no presence/loitering bar | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/restrictions/washington/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🟠 moderate | Register within 3 business days if present 10 or more days | 9A.44.130(4)(a)(iv) |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🟢 favorable | Not required — 9A.44.130(2)(a) enumerates name, address, DOB, employment, conviction, SSN, photo, fingerprints; no internet identifiers | [[https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9A.44.130|9A.44.130(2)(a)]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — extensive civil commitment statutes (ch. 71.09) | 71.09.010 |
| **Public website exposure** | 🟠 moderate | Lowest tier kept off — website posts all Level II/III; Level I offenders appear only while out of compliance or lacking a fixed residence, so compliant Level I registrants are NOT on the public site — lowest tier withheld | [[https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.24.550|RCW 4.24.550(5)(a)]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | ⚪ unknown | No statewide Halloween/holiday statute confirmed; not addressed in RCW 4.24.550 or the registration statute reviewed | n/a |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | Not branded — Washington does not require a sex-offender designation on the driver's license or ID card | [[https://probationinfo.org/sor/id/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟠 moderate | Tiered community notification by risk level — Level I to law enforcement/schools, Level II to schools/daycares/child-serving orgs/neighbors, Level III to the public at large (RCW 4.24.550/.5501); no registrant charge | [[https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.24.550|RCW 4.24.550]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 16 — with close-in-age exception (for a 14/15-year-old the partner must be 4+ years older to be an offense per § 9A.44.079) | [[https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9A.44.079|9A.44.079]] ✓ |

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Source wiki page: [[washington|Washington]] · 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.//