42 U.S.C. § 16912
Section 16912 · Registry requirements for jurisdictions
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 61 court decisions — leading case United States v. Gould (2009)
Most recently applied in United States v. Alexander (April 2016)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Each jurisdiction shall maintain a jurisdiction-wide sex offender registry conforming to the requirements of this subchapter.
The Attorney General shall issue guidelines and regulations to interpret and implement this subchapter.
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References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of Pub. L. 109–248, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 590, known as the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 16901 of this title and Tables.