40-39-212 - Registration requirement.
40-39-212. Registration requirement.
(a) Upon the court's acceptance of a defendant's entry of a plea of guilty or a finding of guilt by a jury or judge after trial, and, notwithstanding the absence of a final sentencing and entry of a judgment of conviction, any defendant who is employed or practices a vocation, establishes a primary or secondary residence, or becomes a student in this state, and who enters a plea of guilty to a qualifying offense in § 40-39-202(20) or § 40-39-202(28), shall be required to register with a registering agency.
(b) Notwithstanding the absence of a final sentencing and entry of a judgment of conviction, any defendant who is employed or practices a vocation, establishes a primary or secondary residence, or becomes a student in this state, and who enters a plea of guilty to an offense in another state, county, or jurisdiction that may result in a conviction of a qualifying offense in § 40-39-202(20) or § 40-39-202(28), shall be required to register with a registering agency.
(c) Upon the court's acceptance of a defendant's entry of a plea of guilty, and notwithstanding the absence of a final sentencing and entry of a judgment of conviction, any defendant from another state who enters a plea of guilty to an offense in this state that may result in a conviction of a qualifying offense in § 40-39-202(20) or § 40-39-202(28), shall be required to register with a registering agency.
(d) This part shall apply to offenders who received diversion under § 40-35-313 or its equivalent in any other jurisdiction.
[Acts 2007, ch. 451, § 1; 2008, ch. 1164, § 12.]