California Penal Code

§ 290.45

PEN § 290.45 Effective Jan 1, 2018Title 9 · Part 1 · Ch. 5.5

Statute text

(a)(1) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as provided in paragraph (2), any designated law enforcement entity may provide information to the public about a person required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290, by whatever means the entity deems appropriate, when necessary to ensure the public safety based upon information available to the entity concerning that specific person’s current risk of sexual or violent reoffense, including, but not limited to, the person’s static, dynamic, and violence risk levels on the SARATSO risk tools described in subdivision (f) of Section 290.04.

(2)The law enforcement entity shall include, with the disclosure, a statement that the purpose of the release of information is to allow members of the public to protect themselves and their children from sex offenders.

(3)Community notification by way of an Internet Web site shall be governed by Section 290.46, and a designated law enforcement entity may not post on an Internet Web site any information identifying an individual as a person required to register as a sex offender except as provided in that section unless there is a warrant outstanding for that person’s arrest.

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 7) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 541, Sec. 8. (SB 384) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative January 1, 2021, by its own provisions.