RAPE8055 Failure of Sex Offender to Report

“sexual offender who does not comply with the requirements of this section commits a felony of the third degree”

Sexual Offender Failure to Register

If you have been charged with RAPE8055 FAILURE OF SEX OFFENDER TO REPORT you can call a Failure to Register as Sexual Offender Defense Attorney at (813) 222-2220.

Form Code: RAPE8055
Florida Statute: 943.0435.9
Level: Fel (Felony)
Degree: 3rd

Description: FAILURE OF SEX OFFENDER TO REPORT

RAPE8055 FAILURE OF SEX OFFENDER TO REPORT is often charged in Hillsborough County, Florida.

Title XLVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 943 DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

943.0435 Sexual offenders required to register with the department; penalty.

(9)(a) A sexual offender who does not comply with the requirements of this section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(b) A sexual offender who commits any act or omission in violation of this section may be prosecuted for the act or omission in the county in which the act or omission was committed, the county of the last registered address of the sexual offender, or the county in which the conviction occurred for the offense or offenses that meet the criteria for designating a person as a sexual offender.

(c) An arrest on charges of failure to register when the offender has been provided and advised of his or her statutory obligations to register under subsection (2), the service of an information or a complaint for a violation of this section, or an arraignment on charges for a violation of this section constitutes actual notice of the duty to register. A sexual offender’s failure to immediately register as required by this section following such arrest, service, or arraignment constitutes grounds for a subsequent charge of failure to register. A sexual offender charged with the crime of failure to register who asserts, or intends to assert, a lack of notice of the duty to register as a defense to a charge of failure to register shall immediately register as required by this section. A sexual offender who is charged with a subsequent failure to register may not assert the defense of a lack of notice of the duty to register.

(d) Registration following such arrest, service, or arraignment is not a defense and does not relieve the sexual offender of criminal liability for the failure to register.