Has Your Registration Office Asked You for Additional Information? We Want to Hear From You.
Since our lawsuit was filed (maybe coincidence… maybe not), FAC has received a growing number of contacts from members about changes in how some sheriff’s offices handle registration and address verification. We need your help to get a full picture of what is happening across the state.
An address verification is supposed to be just that: confirming that you live at the address you reported and that your driver’s license or ID card carries the required marking. Lately, members tell us that some verification visits have gone well beyond that. Several members have described these encounters as interrogations rather than verifications.
We have also received reports that some counties now require registrants to report URLs (web address), on top of the application name and the username they already report (the law states “corresponding website homepage or application software name” (emphasis added on or). Florida law requires registrants to report email addresses and internet identifiers.
If you have experienced either of these, if you are asked to provide information beyond what is required (ex: who you are dating, your children’s names, etc), or if your registration office has asked for any new information you were not asked for before, please contact FAC.
We use this information to identify patterns, to communicate with agencies, and to decide on further action where it is warranted.
Here is a letter we sent to the Jacksonville sheriff’s office today.
We are stronger when we know what is happening on the ground. Thank you for keeping us informed.
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If I get one, I’ll be sure to get a picture of it. For my attorney.
There is registration at the sheriffs office and there is address verification on my porch.
At registration I am asked for domestic flight itinerary.
At address verification, which they call “spot check,” I am asked about phone numbers, internet identifiers, planned trips, vehicles, new devices, whether my exterior lighting is motion activated, and why I seem nervous. This year so far I have had five spot checks (last year it was one).
If I need to direct this information elsewhere, let me know.
They ask me if I drink beer and if so, what brand? No I’m not kidding. Georgia.
Who do i send the form to that i have to fill out?
[email protected]