Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, C.R.S. 18-3-412.5, is charged in Greeley, Evans, Weld County and across Colorado in many ways. Typically, it is charged when someone moves and forgets to provide their new address to the Greeley police. There are many other ways FTR can occur. Let’s look at each of them below.
Definition of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender in Weld County
- Fail to register at all – no effort made and no information provided (when required);
- Submit registration form containing false information or submit an incomplete registration form;
- Fail to provide information or provide false information to a probation department employee, to a community corrections administrator, or to a judge or magistrate;
- Fail to provide notice of the address where you plan to reside after you’re released from incarceration;
- Knowingly provide false information to a sheriff, department of corrections personnel, or department of human services personnel regarding the address where you plan to reside after you’re released from incarceration;
- Fail to provide your current name and any former names;
- Fail to register with the local law enforcement agency in each jurisdiction where you reside after changing an address, establishing an additional residence or legally changing your name;
- Fail to provide your correct date of birth, to sit for or otherwise provide a current photograph or image, to provide a current set or fingerprints, or to provide your correct address;
- Fail to complete a cancellation of registration form and file the form with the local law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction where you will no longer reside;
- Fail to register an address where your trailer or motor home is lawfully located (if that’s your place of residence);
- Fail to register an e-mail address, instant messaging identity or chat room identity prior to using the address or identity.
Is Failure to Register as a Sex Offender at Felony or Misdemeanor in Greeley and Loveland?
Failure to Register as a Sex Offender is either a felony or misdemeanor in Greeley and Loveland depending on the level of offense you were convicted of. It is a class 6 felony if you were convicted of a felony sexual offense. However, a second or subsequent offense of failure to register as a sex offender (if convicted of a felony) will become a class 5 felony. If you were convicted of a misdemeanor sexual offense, it is a class 1 misdemeanor.