North Carolina Sex Offender and Public Protection Registry – Search for North Carolina sex offenders. Search provided by the North Carolina sex offenders.
Beaufort County Sex Offender Registry – View a listing of sex offenders including addresses, cities and photos.
Union County Sheriff’s Office – Search for Union County sex offenders and sign up for email alerts.
Forsyth County Sheriff – View wanted sex offenders in Forsyth County. These offenders have failed to register or maintain their information.
Catawba Sheriff Office – Search for Catawba County sex offenders and sign up for email alerts to changes of the database.
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
Division of Criminal Information
Sex-Offender Registration Program
3320 Garner Road
Raleigh, NC 27626-0550
Telephone: (919) 662-4500
A person who has a reportable conviction is required to register. A reportable conviction is one that is against a minor, sexually violent offense or an attempt to commit any of those offenses. This includes convictions that are given in other states with similar offenses under that state’s laws.
An offense against a minor is defined in the law as:
Kidnapping
Abduction of children
Felonious restraint
Solicitation or conspiracy to commit an offense
Aiding and abetting an offense
Sexually violent offenses are defined as:
Rape in the first and second degree
Sexual offense in the first and second degree
Attempted rape
Attempted sexual offense
Intercourse and sexual offense with certain victims
Incest between near relatives
Employing or permitting a minor to assist in offenses against public morality and decency.
Sexual exploitation of a minor in the first, second or third degree
Promoting prostitution of a minor
Participating in the prostitution of a minor
Taking indecent liberties with minors
Solicitation or conspiracy to commit any of the above.
Juveniles who have been transferred to superior court or convicted of sexually violent crimes must register as if they were an adult convicted of the same offense.
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