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.
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 | 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 | 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) | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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) | 12.1-20-05 ✓ |
Source wiki page: North Dakota · 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.