PROOF OF CONCEPT â full quality-of-life profile for Wyoming, 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 50.8/100 ¡ rank 19 of 56 (1 = least burdensome) ¡ 12/16 dimensions statute-verified.
Legend: đĸ favorable (less burden) ¡ đ moderate ¡ đ´ restrictive ¡ âšī¸ context ¡ âĒ unknown. â = statute-verified.
| Dimension | Rating | Detail | Statute |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration length | đ´ restrictive | Duty begins at sentencing and continues for life by default (§ 304(a)); only lower/mid tiers may petition off after 10 or 25 years â aggravated offenders register for life with no relief â lifetime | Wyo. Stat. § 7-19-304 â |
| Removal / petition off | đ moderate | Petition to be relieved after 10 years (§ 302(g)/juvenile) or 25 years (§ 302(h)) on a clean-record showing (no >1yr-imprisonable or sex conviction, supervision/treatment completed); court MAY grant (discretionary); aggravated § 302(i) offenders excluded â â needs human review | Wyo. Stat. § 7-19-304(a), (d) â |
| Individualized risk assessment | đ´ restrictive | No â no tiers/levels and no risk assessment | n/a |
| In-person reporting frequency | đ moderate | Annually, twice yearly, or quarterly depending on offense | Wyo. Stat. § 7-19-302 |
| Registration fee | đ´ restrictive | Yes â recurring statewide fees collected by the county sheriff: up to $120 at initial registration and up to $25 at each update/report (plus a 25% county add-on); state portion deposited to the sex offender registration account | Wyo. Stat. § 7-19-302(r) â |
| Residency restriction | đĸ favorable | No statewide residency restriction â Wyoming's sex offender registration law (Title 7, ch. 19, §§ 7-19-301 to 309) contains no provision limiting where a registrant may live; no 'feet from school' residence ban anywhere in Title 7 | Wyo. Stat. tit. 7, ch. 19 (no residency provision) â |
| Employment restriction | đĸ favorable | None â the registration chapter imposes no occupational bar or professional-license disqualification (only a duty to register employment info); the sole location-near-minors limits are presence-type restrictions in § 6-2-320, not occupational bars | Wyo. Stat. §§ 7-19-301 to 7-19-309 (esp. 7-19-302) â |
| Presence / loitering restriction | đ´ restrictive | Yes â § 6-2-320 makes it a crime for any adult required to register to be on school premises/vehicles when children are present, to loiter on a public way within 1,000 ft of school grounds when children are present, or to reside within 1,000 ft of a school or licensed child-care facility | Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-320 â |
| Visitor registration trigger | đ´ restrictive | Register within 3 working days; per FAQ this includes temporary stays (e.g. vacation) longer than 3 days | Wyo. Stat. § 7-19-304(b) |
| Internet identifiers required | đ´ restrictive | Required â must provide 'Internet identifiers, including each email address and other designations used for self-identification or routing in internet communications' | Wyo. Stat. § 7-19-302(a)(xii) â |
| Civil commitment | đĸ favorable | None found | n/a |
| Public website exposure | đ´ restrictive | All registrants posted on the division's public internet registry (§ 7-19-303) with no risk-tier exemption; only internet identifiers, phone numbers, and juvenile adjudications are withheld from the posting | Wyo. Stat. § 7-19-303 â |
| Halloween / holiday restriction | đĸ favorable | No Halloween/holiday restriction â full sex-offender registration chapter (Wyo. Stat. tit. 7, ch. 19) contains no holiday/candy/curfew provision | Wyo. Stat. tit. 7, ch. 19 (no holiday provision) â |
| Marked driver's license / ID | đĸ favorable | Not marked â the driver's-license contents statute lists every required and optional element (name, DOB, photo, CDL/under-21/veteran/organ-donor designations, etc.) and includes no sex-offender brand, mark, code, or designation | Wyo. Stat. § 31-7-115 â |
| Community notification (& who pays) | đ moderate | Active notification only for aggravated tiers â for offenses under § 7-19-302(h)/(j), sheriff notifies neighbors within 750 ft, schools, youth/religious orgs and child-care within 1,000 ft by mail/personal delivery; passive public registry for all others (§ 7-19-303); no registrant charge | Wyo. Stat. § 7-19-303 â |
| Age of consent (context) | âšī¸ context | 17 â with close-in-age exception (a 16/17-year-old is protected only from a partner 4+ years older or, at 16-17, one in a position of authority per § 6-2-316) | Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-316 â |
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