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

District of Columbia — Registry Profile

Weighted burden index 32.3/100 · rank 46 of 56 (1 = least burdensome) · 11/16 dimensions statute-verified.

Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.

Dimension	Rating	Detail	Statute
Registration length	🟠 moderate	10 years after release/supervision by default; lifetime for a lifetime-registration offense, sexual psychopath, or multiple qualifying dispositions (§ 22-4002(b))	D.C. Code § 22-4002 ✓
Removal / petition off	🟠 moderate	No discretionary early-removal petition confirmed; 10-year registrants' duty ends by expiration of the term, but lifetime registrants have no termination path — ⚑ needs human review	D.C. Code § 22-4002 ✓
Individualized risk assessment	🔴 restrictive	No risk assessment; classes assigned by offense	§ 22-4002
In-person reporting frequency	🟠 moderate	At least annually; agency may require more frequent reporting	§ 22-4008
Registration fee	🟢 favorable	No fee — the statutory duties of registrants include no registration fee	§ 22-4014 ✓
Residency restriction	🟢 favorable	No — DC has no residency distance restriction; registrants may live anywhere absent a specific court order — local: none (DC Council has never enacted residency restrictions)	None (no DC Code residency restriction) ✓
Employment restriction	🟢 favorable	Page states the only special restriction is public notification	§ 22-4011
Presence / loitering restriction	🟢 favorable	Page states the only special restriction is public notification	§ 22-4011
Visitor registration trigger	🟢 favorable	Nothing found in the statutes for visitors	n/a
Internet identifiers required	🟢 favorable	No — internet identifiers/email not among the required registration info enumerated in § 22-4007	D.C. Code § 22-4007 ✓
Civil commitment	🔴 restrictive	Yes — DC's 'sexual psychopath' scheme civilly commits a person who by repeated sexual misconduct lacks power to control his sexual impulses so as to be dangerous, to an institution until released under § 22-3809	D.C. Code §§ 22-3803, 22-3808 ✓
Public website exposure	🟠 moderate	Public internet inspection limited to Class A (lifetime) and Class B offenders; Class C (all others — the lowest tier) is law-enforcement/authorized-entity access only, not on the public site — lowest tier withheld	D.C. Code § 22-4011 ✓
Halloween / holiday restriction	🟢 favorable	No Halloween/holiday restriction — the DC sex-offender registration chapter (§§ 22-4001 to 22-4017), including the duties-of-registrants section, contains no holiday/candy/porch-light/trick-or-treat rule	D.C. Code § 22-4014 ✓
Marked driver's license / ID	🟢 favorable	Not marked — DC does not require the driver's license or ID to be labeled to identify a registrant	n/a (no marking requirement) ✓
Community notification (& who pays)	🔴 restrictive	Statute authorizes broad ACTIVE notification — community meetings, flyers, door-to-door contacts, direct mailings, media releases — in addition to the public website; no registrant cost	D.C. Code § 22-4011 ✓
Age of consent (context)	ℹ️ context	16 — 'child' is defined as under 16; sexual contact with a child is child sexual abuse (18 threshold applies only to persons in a position of trust)	D.C. Code § 22-3001 (definitions); § 22-3008/§ 22-3009 (child sexual abuse) ✓

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