42.05.020 Timing of Registration

(a) Timing. A sex offender required to register with the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians under this code shall do so within the following timeframe:

(1) If incarcerated, before release from imprisonment for the registration offense,

(2) If not incarcerated, within one (1) day or within 24 hours of sentencing for the registration offense, and

(3) For foreign, federal, state and military convictions, a sex offender must appear in person at the Turtle Mountain Sex Offender Department within one (1) day or within 24 hours of establishing a residence on the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians reservation after either release from incarceration or, if not incarcerated, sentencing for purposes of complying with this Code.

(4) The Turtle Mountain Sex Offender Registration Department shall notify all jurisdictions within 3 business days of any sex offender who is going to establish residence, employment, or school attendance within their jurisdiction.

(b) Duties of the Turtle Mountain Sex Offender Registration Program shall have policies and procedures in place to ensure the following:

(1) Inform all sex offenders who are incarcerated or sentenced of their duty to register with the Tribe,

(2) Any sex offender initially registering with the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians is informed of their duties under SORNA and of the Turtle Mountain Sex Offender code,

(3) The sex offender will read and sign a form stating that the duty to register has been explained to them and that he or she understands the registration requirement,

(4) That the sex offender is registered, and

(5) That upon entry of the sex offender's information into the registry, that information is immediately forwarded to all other jurisdictions in which the sex offender is required to register due to the sex offender's residency, employment, or student status.

42.0503 Retroactive registration.

(c) Retroactive Registration. The Turtle Mountain Sex Offender Registration department shall have in place policies and procedures to ensure the following three categories of sex offenders are subject to the registration and updating requirements of this code:

(1) Sex offenders incarcerated or under the supervision of the tribe, whether for a covered sex offense or other crime,

(2) Sex offenders already registered or subject to a pre-existing sex offender registration requirement, and

(3) Sex offenders reentering the justice system due to conviction for any crime.

(d) Timing of Recapture. The Turtle Mountain Sex Offender Registration department shall ensure recapture of the sex offenders mentioned in Section 5.03(A) within the following timeframe to be calculated from the date of passage of this code:

(1) For Tier I sex offenders, 1 year,

(2) For Tier II sex offenders, 180 days, and

(3) For Tier III sex offenders, 90 days.