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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

42.04.230 Frequency, Duration and Reduction

(a) Frequency. A sex offender who is required to register shall, at a minimum, appear in person at the Turtle Mountain Sex Offender Registry department for purposes of verification and keeping their registration current in accordance with the following time frames:

(1) For "Tier I" offenders, once every year for 15 years from the time of release from custody for a sex offender who is incarcerated for the registration offense or from the date of sentencing for a sex offender who is not incarcerated for the registration offense.

(2) For "Tier II" offenders, once every 180 days for 25 years from the time of release from custody for a sex offender who is incarcerated for the registration offense or from the date of sentencing for a sex offender who is not incarcerated for the registration offense.

(3) For "Tier III" offenders, once every 90 days for the rest of their lives.

(b) Reduction of Registration Periods. A sex offender may have their period of registration reduced as follows:

(1) A Tier I offender may have his or her period of registration reduced to 10 years if he or she has maintained a clean record for 10 consecutive years;

(2) A Tier III offender may have his or her period of registration reduced to 25 years if he or she was adjudicated delinquent of an offense as a juvenile that required Tier 3 registration and he or she has maintained a clean record for 25 consecutive years.

(c) Clean Record. For purposes of Section 42.04.230(b) a person has a clean record if:

(1) He or she has not been convicted of any offense, for which imprisonment for more than 1 year may be imposed, [NOTE: Felonious tribal offenses do not count toward a clean record].

(2) He or she has not been convicted of any sex offense,

(3) He or she has successfully completed, without revocation, any period of supervised release, probation, or parole, and

(4) He or she has successfully completed an appropriate sex offender treatment program certified by the tribe, another jurisdiction, or by the Attorney General of the United States.