Iowa Admin. Code r. 661-83.4 - Availability of records
(1)
Release of information to criminal or juvenile justice
agencies. The department may, without restriction, release information
regarding any registrant to any criminal or juvenile justice agency , an agency
of the state of Iowa, any sex offender registry of another state, or the
federal government.
(2)
Sex
offender registry website. The department shall place information
regarding each registrant on the registry website (www.iowasexoffender.gov), except that
information regarding any registrant for whom the sole basis of registration is
a conviction or convictions for a violation or violations of Iowa Code section
709.4(1)
"b"(3)(d), and whose offense was committed when the offender
was under 20 years of age, shall not be placed on the website. Information
regarding a registrant placed on the sex offender registry website may include
any relevant information allowed under Iowa Code section
692A.121.
(3)
Release of information by a
criminal or juvenile justice agency . A criminal or juvenile justice
agency may provide relevant information from the sex offender registry to the
following:
a. A criminal or juvenile justice
agency , an agency of the state, any sex offender registry of another state, or
the federal government.
b. The
general public, including public and private agencies, organizations, public
places, child care facilities, religious and youth organizations, neighbors,
neighborhood associations, community meetings, and employers. Registry
information may be distributed to the public through printed materials, visual
or audio press releases, radio communications, or a criminal or juvenile
justice agency 's website.
c. The
administrative office of a school district in which the person required to
register resides and any private school near the person's residence .
(4)
List of registrants in
county. Any county sheriff shall provide access to the list of all
registrants within the county in which the sheriff has jurisdiction to any
person who requests such a list; however, records of persons protected under
18 U.S.C. Section
3521 shall not be disclosed.
(5)
Release of information in
response to individual request. A sheriff or police department that
receives a request for information about whether a specific individual is
registered or not shall inquire of the division of criminal investigation via
the Iowa on-line warrants and articles (IOWA) system or the sex offender
registry application (SORA) as to whether the person about whom information was
requested is registered with the Iowa sex offender registry. If the division of
criminal investigation notifies the sheriff or police department that the
person about whom inquiry is made is not on the registry, the sheriff or police
department shall so notify the person who submitted the request. If the
division of criminal investigation notifies the sheriff or police department
that the person about whom inquiry was made is a registrant with the Iowa sex
offender registry, the sheriff or police department shall notify the person
making the inquiry that the person about whom the inquiry was made is a
registrant and may provide the requester with the relevant information allowed
under Iowa Code section
692A.121 regarding the
registrant .
(6)
Submission
of information to the National Sex Offender Registry. The division
shall submit sex offender registry data as required to the National Sex
Offender Registry of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(7)
Single contact
repository. The division shall perform a search of the sex offender
registry for information about an individual, based on a request submitted
through the single contact repository established pursuant to Iowa Code section
135C.33. The information
provided from the registry shall be limited to whether the identified person is
registered.
(8)
No
identification of victims. Any release of information regarding any
registrant , other than to criminal or juvenile justice agencies, shall not
identify any victim of the registrant .
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