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A person who
has been convicted of committing certain criminal offenses under
OCGA 42-1-12 must register with the Sheriff of the county they
live in or move to within 10 days of moving to that county.
The offender
must be convicted of a crime that is by its nature a sexual offense,
such as:
- O.C.G.A.
16-6-1 Rape
- O.C.G.A.
16-6-2 Sodomy (against a minor); Aggravated Sodomy (against a
minor or an adult)
- O.C.G.A.
16-6-3 Statutory Rape (unless the age of the perpetrator is 18
years of age or younger)
- O.C.G.A.
16-6-4 Child Molestation; Aggravated Child Molestation
- O.C.G.A.
16-6-5 Enticing a child for indecent purposes
- O.C.G.A.
16-6-22.2 Aggravated Sexual Battery
In relation
to crimes where the victim is a minor, O.C.G.A. 42-1-12 includes
the following offenses under (a)(4)(A):
- (i) Kidnapping
of a minor, except by a parent
- (ii) False
imprisonment of a minor except by a parent
- (iii) Criminal
sexual contact toward a minor
- (iv) Solicitation
of a minor to engage in sexual contact
- (v) Use
of a minor in sexual performance
- (vi) Solicitation
of a minor to practice prostitution
- (vii) Any
conduct that by its nature is a sexual offense against a minor
In order
for an offender to qualify for registration in the state of
Georgia, the offender must either be released from prison or
placed on probation, parole or supervised release after July
1, 1996. If an offender who is registered in another state moves
to Georgia, the offender is required to register in the state
of Georgia.
O.C.G.A. 42-1-12 (i)(3) states "the Georgia Bureau of Investigation
or any sheriff maintaining records required under this code
section shall release relevant information collected under this
code section that is necessary to protect the public." However,
due to the fact this information is continually changing, the
Forsyth County Sheriff's Office makes no expressed or implied
guarantee concerning the accuracy of this information.
You
may now search our Sex Offender Registry database by entering
an offender's name (or partial name), address, city or zip code
in the fields below.
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view the entire registry click
here.
You
may also search the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Sex
Offender Registry by clicking here.
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