Chapter 9.12
OFFENDER REGISTRATION

Sections:

9.12.010    Convicted Person Defined

9.12.020    Pardoned Persons Excepted from Requirements

9.12.030    Registration and Information Statement–Present Residents

9.12.040    Registration and Information Statement–Persons Entering City

9.12.050    Registration and Information Statement–Change of Address

9.12.060    Fingerprinting and Photographing

9.12.070    Access to Files

9.12.080    Transmitting Information

9.12.090    Violation by Convicted Person–Punishment

9.12.100    Violation–Conviction Hereunder Not to Excuse Noncompliance

9.12.010 Convicted Person Defined

For the purpose of this chapter a person shall be deemed to be a convicted person if, subsequent to attaining his eighteenth birthday, he has been, or shall hereafter be, convicted of any of the following:

A.    Any crime or offense which the laws of the state declare to be a felony, whether such conviction shall have been within or without this state;

B.    Any crime or offense which the laws of the United States or of any state within the United States declare to be a felony, if such conviction shall have been obtained in a court of the sovereign under the laws of which the crime or offense is declared to be a felony;

C.    Any crime or offense in violation of any laws relating to or regulating the possession, distribution, furnishing or use of any habit forming narcotic drug, or any dangerous drug as defined in Section 32-1964 of the Arizona Revised Statutes;

D.    Any crime or offense in violation of any laws regulating or prohibiting the carrying or possession, or ownership, of any concealed or deadly weapon, or any weapon capable of being concealed;

E.    Any attempt to commit or conspiracy to commit any crime or offense above described or referred to. (Prior code § 17-61)

9.12.020 Pardoned Persons Excepted from Requirements

Any person who has received a complete and unconditional pardon from the governor of the state in which the conviction occurred, or from the president of the United States if convicted in federal court, following the conviction of any crime or offense above described or referred to, shall not, because of such conviction, be deemed, for the purposes of this chapter, to be a convicted person. (Prior code § 17-62)

9.12.030 Registration and Information Statement–Present Residents

Every convicted person being or residing within the city shall have registered with the chief of police, or his designated subordinate, and shall have furnished to the chief of police or such subordinate a statement in person and in writing giving the following information:

A.    The true name and all aliases which he has used or under which he may have been known;

B.    A full and complete description of his person, including all scars, birthmarks, tattoos or other identifying characteristics;

C.    The name, character and nature of each crime of which he has been convicted;

D.    The place each of such crimes was committed and the place of conviction thereof;

E.    The name under which he was convicted in each instance and the date of each of such convictions;

F.    The name, if any, and the location of each prison, jail or other penal institution in which he was confined or sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment;

G.    The location and address of his residence, stopping place, living quarters or place of abode in the city. If there is more than one residence, stopping place or place of abode, that fact must be stated and the location and address of each given;

H.    The length of time of prior occupancy of such place or places of residence or abode, and the length of time he expects or intends to remain in the city;

I.    Such other information as may be required by the chief of police for the purpose of aiding and assisting him in carrying into effect the provisions and purposes of this chapter. (Prior code § 17-63)

9.12.040 Registration and Information Statement–Persons Entering City

Every convicted person who hereafter comes into the city from any point outside of such city shall report to the chief of police or his designated subordinate, within forty-eight (48) hours after arrival within the city and shall furnish in person and in writing a statement as required in ARS Section 17-63 for those convicted persons presently being or residing within the city and shall in addition thereto state in writing the date that he entered this state and each of his places of residence or abode for the three months period next preceding the date of arrival in the city. (Prior code § 17-64)

9.12.050 Registration and Information Statement–Change of Address

Any convicted person who is required to register under the provisions of this chapter and who after such registration changes his place of residence or abode, shall within forty-eight (48) hours thereafter report the fact of such change of residence or abode to the chief of police or his designated subordinate, and shall furnish such additional information as may be requested by the chief of police or subordinate. (Prior code § 17-65)

9.12.060 Fingerprinting and Photographing

Every convicted person shall, at the time of registering and furnishing the statement and information above outlined, be fingerprinted by the chief of police or his designated subordinate, and shall, if required by the chief of police, submit to being photographed. All fingerprints and photographs shall become a part of the records of the office of the chief of police. (Prior code § 17-67)

9.12.070 Access to Files

The statements, fingerprints and photographs hereinabove provided for shall at all times be kept by the chief of police in a file or files separate and apart from other records maintained and kept by the police department of the city; and the files herein provided for shall not be open to inspection by the public, or by any person other than the chief of police and such members of his department as he shall designate. No photographs within such files may be exhibited to persons other than those hereinabove mentioned for the purposes of assisting in identifying perpetrators of any crime. (Prior code § 17-68)

9.12.080 Transmitting Information

Any information contained in the files hereinabove provided for, including any photograph or fingerprint card, may, within the discretion of the chief of police, be transmitted to any sheriff, chief of police or federal law enforcement agency when request is made in writing therefor, and when it appears to the chief of police that the transmittal of such information will advance the cause of law enforcement. (Prior code § 17-69)

9.12.090 Violation by Convicted Person–Punishment

Any convicted person who fails to comply with any of the provisions or requirements of this article shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (Ord. 734 (part), 1997: prior code § 17-71)

9.12.100 Violation–Conviction Hereunder Not to Excuse Noncompliance

No person shall, by virtue of conviction of a violation of the provisions of this chapter, be thereafter excused or exempted from the requirements of this chapter, and failure or refusal to furnish the required information subsequent to a conviction of violating this chapter shall be punishable as a new and separate offense. (Prior code § 17-72)