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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

42.06.010 Frequency

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

(1) For "Tier 1" offenders, once every year for 15 years from the date of sentencing or if incarcerated from the date of release,

(2) For "Tier 2" offenders, once every six (6) months for 25 years from the date of sentencing or if incarcerated from the date of release,

(3) For "Tier 3" offenders, once every three (3) months 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 1 offender(s) may have their period of registration and verification reduced by 5 years if they have maintained a clean record for 10 consecutive years,

(2) A Tier 2 offender(s) may have their period of registration and verification, reduced to 10 or 15 years depending on the situation, they were adjudicated delinquent of an offense as a juvenile which required Tier 3 registration and they have maintained a clean record for 25 consecutive years.

(c) Clean Record. For purposes of Section 6.01(C) a person has a clean record if:

(1) They have not been convicted of any offense for which imprisonment for more than one (1) year may be imposed. In the case of subsequent convictions from any tribal court, the offense shall be treated as if it is punishable by more than one year in jail if a substantially similar state or federal offense is punishable by more than one year.

(2) They have not been convicted of any sex offense,

(3) They have successfully completed, without revocation, any period of supervised release, probation, or parole, and

(4) They have successfully completed an appropriate sex offender treatment program certified by a jurisdiction or by the United States Attorney General.