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.
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 29-4017 ✓ |
| Employment restriction | 🟢 favorable | None — the Nebraska Sex Offender Registration Act imposes no employment restriction on registrants | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 29-4013 ✓ |
| Age of consent (context) | ℹ️ context | 16 — with close-in-age exception (first-degree offense requires actor 19+ with victim 12–15) | 28-319 ✓ |
Source wiki page: Nebraska · compare with others via 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.