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

Indiana — Registry Profile

Weighted burden index 65.5/100 · rank 9 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	Tiered — 10 yrs for most; life for SVP/offenders against children/serious sex offenders/repeat offenders — lifetime	IC 11-8-8-19 ✓
Removal / petition off	🔴 restrictive	Effectively none — no good-behavior relief; petition succeeds only when a post-offense law change would end/reduce the requirement, and court may still deny — ⚑ needs human review	IC 11-8-8-22 ✓
Individualized risk assessment	🔴 restrictive	No risk assessment; SVP designation became offense-based (~2012)	IC 35-38-1-7.5
In-person reporting frequency	🔴 restrictive	Annually; every 90 days for life for SVP/offenders against children/serious sex offenders	IC 11-8-8-14
Registration fee	🟠 moderate	County-set (optional by ordinance) — up to $50 annually plus up to $5 per address change; set by county legislative body	IC 36-2-13-5.6 ✓
Residency restriction	🔴 restrictive	Yes — 1000 ft from school property/youth centers/parks/daycares for offenders against children — 1000 ft · local: some local ordinances add zones	IC 35-42-4-11 ✓
Employment restriction	🔴 restrictive	Employment near children prohibited	35-42-4-10
Presence / loitering restriction	🔴 restrictive	Serious sex offenders barred from school property	35-42-4-13
Visitor registration trigger	🔴 restrictive	Register if present 7 of 180 days, own property, or work/volunteer thresholds met	IC 11-8-8-7
Internet identifiers required	🔴 restrictive	Required — IC 11-8-8-8(a)(7) requires 'any electronic mail address, instant messaging username, electronic chat room username, or social networking web site username that the sex or violent offender uses or intends to use'	IC 11-8-8-8(a)(7) ✓
Civil commitment	🟠 moderate	No sex-offender-specific civil commitment; general mental-illness commitment may apply to pedophilia	IC 12-26-1
Public website exposure	🔴 restrictive	Public Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry lists every registrant; no non-public lowest tier	IC 36-2-13-5.5 ✓
Halloween / holiday restriction	⚪ unknown	No Halloween/holiday provision in the registration statute (IC 11-8-8) or the parole-conditions statute (IC 11-13-3-4); any restriction would be a non-statutory parole-board condition, unconfirmed	n/a
Marked driver's license / ID	🟢 favorable	Driver's license (IC 9-24-11-5) and state ID card (IC 9-24-16-3.5) content contains no sex/violent-offender designation or code	IC 9-24-11-5 ✓
Community notification (& who pays)	🟢 favorable	Sheriffs jointly maintain only the public online registry; no statutory mandate for active door-to-door/mail/school notification; registrant not charged for notification	IC 36-2-13-5.5 ✓
Age of consent (context)	ℹ️ context	16 — with close-in-age defense (partner not more than 4 years older in a dating relationship)	IC 35-42-4-9 ✓

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