An offender convicted of sex crimes and placed on the New York sex offender registry must continue to update his information even if he has moved to another state and is listed on that state’s registry, an appeals court has ruled.
The judges noted that Correction Law §168, which established the Sex Offender Management Act in 1995, gave the Legislature the chance to allow New York sex offenders to get off the registry if they move to another state. But lawmakers have chosen not to do so, the 5-0 Appellate Division, Third Department, panel noted last week.
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