Statute 22-4912: Relief from requirement
registration.
(a) Any offender who was required to be registered pursuant
to the Kansas offender registration act
K.S.A. 22-4901 et seq. and
amendments thereto, prior to July 1, 1999, and who would not have been required
to be
registered pursuant to the Kansas offender registration act on and after July
1, 1999, as a result of enactment of this act, shall be entitled to be
relieved of the requirement to be registered. Such offender may apply to the
sentencing court for an order relieving the offender of the duty of
registration. The court shall hold a hearing on the application at which the
applicant shall present evidence verifying that such applicant no longer
satisfies the definition of offender pursuant to
K.S.A. 22-4902 and amendments
thereto. If the court finds that the person no longer satisfies the definition
of offender pursuant to
K.S.A. 22-4902 and amendments thereto, the court
shall grant an order relieving the offender's duty to register if the offender
no longer fulfills the definition of offender pursuant to
K.S.A. 22-4902 and
amendments thereto. Such court granting such an order shall forward a copy of
such order to the sheriff of the county in which such person has registered and
to the Kansas bureau of investigation. Upon receipt of such copy of the order,
such sheriff and the Kansas bureau of investigation shall remove such person's
name from the registry.
(b) This section shall be part of an supplemental to the Kansas offender
registration act.
History: L. 1999, ch. 164, § 37; July 1.