Section 15-20-26

Adult criminal sex offender - Prohibited residence locations, etc.

(a) Unless otherwise exempted by law, no adult criminal sex offender shall establish a residence or accept employment within 2,000 feet of the property on which any school or child care facility is located.

(b) Unless otherwise exempted by law, no adult criminal sex offender shall establish a residence or any other living accommodation within 1,000 feet of the property on which any of his or her former victims, or the victims' immediate family members reside.

(c) No adult criminal sex offender shall establish a residence or any other living accommodation where a minor resides. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an adult criminal sex offender may reside with a minor if the adult criminal sex offender is the parent, grandparent, or stepparent of the minor, unless one of the following conditions applies:

(1) The adult criminal sex offender's parental rights have been or are in the process of being terminated as provided by law.

(2) Any minor or adult child, grandchild, or stepchild of the adult criminal sex offender was a victim of a criminal sex offense committed by the adult criminal sex offender.

(3) Any minor sharing a residence with the adult criminal sex offender at the time of the offense was a victim of a criminal sex offense committed by the adult criminal sex offender.

(d) No adult criminal sex offender shall be permitted to willfully or knowingly come within 100 feet of any of his or her former victims, except as elsewhere provided by law, or make any visual or audible sexually suggestive or obscene gesture, sound, or communication at or to a former victim.

(e) Changes to property within 2,000 feet of an adult criminal sex offender's registered address which occur after an adult criminal sex offender establishes residency or accepts employment shall not form the basis for finding that a criminal sex offender is in violation of the residence or employment restrictions of this article.

(f) An adult criminal sex offender who knowingly violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class C felony.

(Act 99-572, p. 1283, §3; Act 2000-728, p. 1566, §1; Act 2001-1127, 4th Sp. Sess., p. 1199, §1.)