Fees Archives

IN: Annual Fee for Sex Offender Registration introduced in Vigo County

·March 16, 2021
·25 Comments

The Vigo County Council approved an ordinance establishing fees for sex offenders. The ordinance will set a $50 annual fee for sex or violent offender registration and a $5 for…

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Kat’s Blog: Nevada’s “Self-Pay” Ruling

·September 16, 2020
·13 Comments

With every state having its own registry, its own frequently amended and expanded rules, it’s difficult enough for registrants to keep up with what’s going on in their own state,…

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IN: County considers sex offender fee

·April 16, 2019
·35 Comments

The Jackson County Commissioners plan to discuss creating an annual fee for work associated with maintaining the county’s sex offender registry. ... Commissioners were receptive to the idea. Commissioner Drew…

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Fighting the Fees That Force Prisoners to Pay for Their Incarceration

·May 9, 2018
·3 Comments

[truth-out.org 5/6/18] This past January, prisoners in Florida went on strike to protest what they called modern-day slavery in the state's prisons. As of March, not only had the Florida…

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KY: Bill would create annual fee for people on state’s sex offender registry

·February 2, 2018
·12 Comments

A bill filed by Muhlenberg County state Rep. Melinda Gibbons Prunty would, if approved, create an annual fee that would be paid by people required to register with the state…

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GA: Can’t pay for a lie detector test? For one man that could mean jail

·November 10, 2017
·8 Comments

A North Georgia homeless man may go to prison for 18 months because he cannot come up with $250 to take a court-ordered polygraph test. Such a move would seem…

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WY: Sex offender registration fees increase with proposed legislation

·March 1, 2017
·6 Comments

Sex offenders in Wyoming may face increased registration fees this July in preparation for the 2019 expiration of the grant supporting Wyoming’s sex offender registration program. At the request of…

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MS: Sex offenders could pay for trooper school under new bill

·January 18, 2017
·28 Comments

JACKSON, MISS– One of the main talking points of this legislative session is the incredible shortage of state troopers. Representative Tom Miles told News Mississippi just how critical the shortage is…

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LA: Too Poor for Freedom: Sex Offender Registry and the Fourteenth Amendment

·October 12, 2016
·34 Comments

If a school mandated uniforms and suspended a child too poor to afford them, there would be an uproar. Media would excoriate the school for denying the impoverished an education…

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LA: HIV exposure law unjustly applies sex offender status, advocates say

·January 28, 2016
·4 Comments

As the deadline loomed for ____ to send out notices of her sex-offender status, she had two choices. She could stay at Covenant House with a roof over her head…

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TN: Kingsport police gets OK to set up sex offender community alert system

·December 3, 2014
·6 Comments

A new Tennessee law has paved the way for municipalities to establish their own sexual offender notification system. And the Kingsport Police Department wasted no time getting to work. ...…

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MO: Area Counties to Charge for Sex Offender Registration

·May 5, 2014
·1 Comment

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) Sheriff's departments from nine counties across northwest Missouri will be taking advantage of a law allowing them to charge sex offenders for maintaining the Sex Offender Registry…

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TN: Sex Offender Notification Bill Advances In Tennessee Legislature

·March 19, 2014
·4 Comments

FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn.(WHNT)-A push for tougher sex offender notification laws in Tennessee came one step closer to reality Tuesday, part of an ongoing effort that originated in Lincoln County several months…

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MI: Legislation would force sex offenders to pay to be on registry [UPDATED]

·October 25, 2013
·20 Comments

Legislation passed by the Michigan Senate in Lansing would require registered sex offenders to pay an annual fee to help maintain the state's sex offender registry. Senate Bill 221's sponsor, state Sen.…

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LA: Allen Parish considers raising sex offender registration rates [UPDATED with action]

·October 8, 2013
·3 Comments

ALLEN PARISH, LA (KPLC) - "I don't like seeing people leaving an adjacent parish to come here as a sex offender because it's more affordable, which is what I'm trying to…