RCW 43.43.540

Sex offenders and kidnapping offenders—Central registry—Reimbursement to counties.

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 123 Wash. 2d 488 - State v. Ward (1994)

Most recently applied in Doe v. Washington State Patrol (April 2016)

2011 c 337 s 8; 2006 c 136 s 1; 2002 c 118 s 2; 1998 c 220 s 4; 1997 c 113 s 6; 1990 c 3 s 403.

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(1) The county sheriff shall forward registration information, photographs, and fingerprints obtained pursuant to RCW 9A.44.130, including the sex offender's risk level classification and any notice of change of address, to the Washington state patrol within five working days.

(2) Upon implementation of RCW 4.24.550(5)(a), the Washington state patrol shall maintain a central registry of sex offenders and kidnapping offenders required to register under RCW 9A.44.130 and shall adopt rules consistent with chapters 10.97, 10.98, and 43.43 RCW as are necessary to carry out the purposes of RCW 9A.44.130, 9A.44.140, 10.01.200, 43.43.540, 46.20.187, 70.48.470, and 72.09.330. The Washington state patrol shall reimburse the counties for the costs of processing the offender registration, including taking the offender's fingerprints and photograph.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.