S.C. Code Ann. § 23-3-530

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SECTION 23-3-530. Protocol manual for sex offender registry; contents.

Official statutory text

The State Law Enforcement Division shall develop and maintain a protocol manual to be used by contributing agencies in the administration of the sex offender registry. The protocol manual must include, but is not limited to, the following: (1) procedures for the verification of addresses by the sheriff's department in the county where the person resides; and (2) specific requirements for registration and reregistration including, but not limited to, the following: (a) the name, social security number, age, race, sex, date of birth, height, weight, hair and eye color; address of permanent residence, address of current temporary residence, within the State or out of state, including rural route address and post office box, which may not be provided instead of a physical residential address; date and place of employment; vehicle make, model, color, and license tag number, including work vehicles that are used the majority of the employee's work time, and the permanent or frequent location where all vehicles are kept; fingerprints and palm prints; Internet identifiers; passport and immigration documents; and a photograph; (b) the name, address, and county of each institution of higher learning, including the specific campus location, if the person is enrolled, employed, volunteers, interns, or carries on a vocation there; (c) the vehicle identification number, license tag number, registration number, and a description, including the color scheme, if the person lives in a motor vehicle, trailer, mobile home, or manufactured home and the permanent or frequent location where all vehicles, trailers, mobile homes, and manufactured homes are kept; (d) the hull identification number, the manufacturer's serial number, the name of the vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat, the registration number, and a description of the color scheme, if the person lives in a vessel, live-aboard vessel, or houseboat; and (e) the tail number, manufacturer's serial number, and model of any aircraft, and a description of the aircraft, including the color scheme, and the permanent or frequent location where all aircraft are kept, if the person owns or operates an aircraft. Editor's Note 2006 Act No. 342, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "This act may be cited as the 'Sex Offender Accountability and Protection of Minors Act of 2006'." Effect of Amendment The 2006 amendment added items (1) and (2) setting forth required contents. The 2010 amendment rewrote subsection (2).

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