Legal

On October 14, 2025, the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) filed a federal class-action lawsuit in the Southern District of West Virginia, challenging a recently enacted West Virginia law that would impose a $125 annual registry fee on individuals required to register as sex offenders. The suit, Kaso, et al. v. Mitchell, contends that the fee is

Below is the body of a letter that was sent to the Union County Sheriff from FAC’s Executive Director. If you live in Union, “travel through” Union or are otherwise impacted by the new ordinance, please let us know. October 8, 2025 Union County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Brad Whitehead 55 West Main Street Courthouse Room 102 Lake Butler, FL 32054

In a time when many jurisdictions are rethinking overly draconian residency laws, Florida is heading in the opposite direction — making its buffer zones harsher and more restrictive. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the country, communities are dialing back restrictions over constitutional concerns, lack of housing, and legal risks. Let’s compare what’s happening in Forestville, Wisconsin and Union County, Florida to see

A Louisiana Couple has asked a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction blocking St. Tammany Parish from enforcing its new ordinance restricting where people on the sex offense registry can live. The law seeks to prevent “clustering” of registrants and impose additional housing restrictions. The case is somewhat similar to what is happening here in Putnam County and will

The Florida Action Committee is organizing a lawsuit to challenge the recently enacted Putnam County Sex Offender Ordinance. If you are impacted by the ordinance, whether you currently live in Putnam, are considering moving to Putnam, have been denied an address in Putnam, have family in Putnam or otherwise would be subject to this ordinance and would consider being named

At a County Commission meeting held in Martin County, Florida last month, a new ordinance was adopted that separates persons required to register as sexual offenders or predators from others at emergency shelters and allows the sheriff to designate correctional institutions and jails to house them. The new law follows: Chapter 51, Section 51.13 is hereby created as follows: Section