Iowa Admin. Code r. 661-83.4

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 5, September 4, 2024

Rule 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.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 661-83.4

Amended by IAB June 16, 2021/Volume XLIII, Number 26, effective 7/21/2021