The Nebraska’s Sex Offender Registration Act became effective since after January 1, 1997 under Nebraska Statute, Article 40, and section 29-4001 through section 29-4013. This Act states that any sex offender, either committed misdemeanor or a felony, is required to get registered with the Nebraska Sex Offender Registry. According to accurate records maintained by the sex offender registry in September 2008, there were over 2850 active registered sex offenders in the state of Nebraska.
The state agency responsible for marinating Sex offender registry is Nebraska State Patrol, Sex Offender Registry Division of Investigative Services.
How a Nebraska Sex Offender is required to get registered to the Nebraska’s Sex Offender Registry Board
An individual may request the Nebraska’s Sex Offender Registry Board to get registered as a sex offender. Requests must be made by a Nebraska’s Sex offender registration request form, approved by the Board. After filling the form appropriately applicant is required to post the form at the following address of Sex Offender Registry Board of the State of Nebraska:
Attn: Sex Offender Registry
P.O. Box 94907
Lincoln, NE 68509-4907
The sex offender registration form contains the name of an offender, address, telephone number, date of birth, social security number, physical description, complete address history, information about vehicle , status of offenders employment, employment or attendance at a school, and also the incarceration(s) as well as the criminal history. A concerned registering agency will complete this registration form; registrant will sign the form and obtain the fingerprints and photographs of the offender. The process of Sex offender registration is entirely free of cost.
How to access Sex Offender’s Registry information in the State of Nebraska
If a person doubts about an individual that he could be a sex offender, he can request sex offender registry through the following ways hence to notify him about that status of that individual.
A person can request for Sex offender’s information by sending the Nebraska’s Sex Offender request form via electronic mail at Email: sor@nsp.state.ne.us.
Another option to obtain the status of a particular sex offender is by calling at (402) 471-8647
The information released by the sex offender registry through the above mentioned way, will be the risk level of the sex offender, name of offender, address, photograph, physical description and the offense or offenses which required the individual to get registered as a sex offender.
Nebraska’s Sex Offender Registry Online Search
Nebraska Online Sex offender’s registry facilitates the general public of the state by providing information about sex offenders concerning particularly high risk/level 3 Sex Offenders. This Sex Offender online database is updated nightly. This classification is made by the Nebraska State Patrol. It is an authenticated source for obtaining sex offenders information, provided by the government of Nebraska. All other information in this online database registry is obtained by the offices of local Sheriff’s, when Sex Offenders register with those local agencies.
Other than the Nebraska’s central Sex offender registry there is no other central database for registered sex offenders in Nebraska. However, there are some other resources that may be helpful for obtaining sex offenders information:
One can check the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services website and search a sex offender by name. The result of this name-based search will provide conviction, sentencing, and release information on individuals who have been or are incarcerated presently in one of the Nebraska’s state prison facilities.
An individual can contact the Nebraska State Patrol and pay to have a criminal history against a specific individual.
Contacting the court from which the sex offender was convicted (if the court is known from where that may have been) could also be an option, to obtain information about a specific sex offender.