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Puerto Rico Laws Regarding Registration
Who must register?
What information must registrants provide?
How frequently must they register? And for how long?
P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 4, § 536c
(a) Each year, if the offender is a Tier I Sex Offender.
(b) Every six (6) months, if the offender is a Tier II Sex Offender.
(c) Every three (3) months, if the offender is a Tier III Sex Offender.
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Does the state categorize registrants by levels/tiers?
Does the state use risk assessment when assigning tiers or levels to registrants?
Response needed.
Do any registrants remain privately registered? If so, who?
No.
Link needed.
Is there a registration fee?
Response Needed.
Are there special restrictions for registrants even after supervision? (State: Local jurisdictions: Yes/No)
Response needed.
Is there a process for removal from the registry? If so, who qualifies and what is the process?
What is the registration requirement for someone with a sexual offense who is visiting your state?
In the case of a person of another country who has been convicted of a sex offense or child abuse by a federal, state or military court, or a court of his/her country, and resides in Puerto Rico, or who is in Puerto Rico by reasons of work or study, even if such offender does not intend to establish a residence in Puerto Rico, he/she shall be required to register and shall carry out his/her registration not later than three (3) days after his/her arrival to Puerto Rico.
4 L.P.R.A. § 536c (See 4th paragraph)
What is the registration requirement for someone with a sexual offense who will be moving to your state to live or to attend school?
No requirements about visitation.
School: “In the event that the offender has notified the travel, or the change of residence, work, or school to another jurisdiction outside of the United States, pursuant to above paragraph, such information shall be immediately remitted to the System and the U.S. Marshals Service.”
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State Laws Regarding Sexual Offenses and Offenders, other than registration
What sexual offenses can people be convicted of, and what are the ranges of sentences?
Articles 142-163, expand the Legislation category
https://fosigrid.org/puerto-rico
Does the state have lifetime supervision?
§ 536d “The person declared a dangerous sexual offender shall be registered for life, as provided in §§ 536-536h of this title.” Dangerous is defined as someone who is a recidivist and “two professionals specialized in the science of human conduct and sexual problems to examine the convict to determine if said person has an irrepressible tendency to commit sexual crimes as a result of suffering a mental or personality disorder that makes him/her a threat to the community”
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Does the state have indeterminate sentencing?
No.
Link needed.
What are the state civil commitment laws?
None.
Link needed.
What is the age of consent?
Are there “Romeo and Juliet” laws or other laws specific to young people?
No.
Link needed.
Info for State Advocates
Are felons allowed to vote? If so, when is this right restored?
No one in an overseas territory, felon or not, is allowed to vote in presidential elections per Article II, Section 1 of the US Constitution.
However felons can participate in all elections up to and including presidential primaries.
Per § 4066 Everyone has the right to vote:
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What does the state say about persons who are required to register?
Response needed.
How does the state’s legislative process work?
Legislative Process for the House of Representatives (Spanish)
http://www.tucamarapr.org/dnncamara/web/ActividadLegislativa/TramiteLegislativo.aspx
Legislative Process for the Senate (Spanish)
https://senado.pr.gov/Pages/senado%20educativo/proceso-legislativo.aspx
How can I locate legislation regarding sexual offense issues?
Public Safety Commission (Spanish)
http://www.tucamarapr.org/dnncamara/web/ActividadLegislativa/comisionesyproyectosespeciales.aspx?comm=136
Best keywords are:
delincuente sexual; sexual
Sign up for notifications of bill movement:
House of Representatives, only search is available (Spanish)
http://www.tucamarapr.org/dnncamara/web/ActividadLegislativa/TramiteLegislativo.aspx
Office of Legislative Services, only search is available (Spanish)
http://www.oslpr.org/buscar/
Laws of Puerto Rico, only search is available
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Most important legislative committees for our issues are:
Public Safety Commission for the House of Representatives (Spanish)
http://www.tucamarapr.org/dnncamara/web/ActividadLegislativa/comisionesyproyectosespeciales.aspx?comm=136
No site found for the Senate.
Contact info for state legislators can be found at:
House of Representatives (Spanish)
http://www.tucamarapr.org/dnncamara/web/ComposiciondelaCamara/Biografia.aspx
Senate (Spanish)
https://senado.pr.gov/Pages/Senadores.aspx
Other Useful State Information
Contact information for state registry office
Register of Convicted Persons for Sexual Offenses and Child Abuse (Spanish)
http://sor.pr.gov/
NARSOL state affiliate website or blog:
Response needed.
Other helpful information
Response needed.