NARSOL (National Association for Rational Sex Offender Laws) has a Wiki (https://statewiki.narsol.org/doku.php) that lists each states laws, the tier levels if known, and a lot of other information about each state’s registry. It is an organization that advocates and champions reasonable changes to the sex offender registry. There you will see a detailed listing of each state you are considering.

Awesome info Joe, thank you very much.

I think Idaho and Utah either do the “whichever is longer” for out of staters like Connecticut,Maine Ohio and Rhode Island or may not recognize and”offense cluster” as a single conviction. One state that now appears to treat out of staters the same and has a ten year rule is Indiana.
If you were convicted before say 2002, Georgia has actually gone from being one of the most onerous states to one of the least. But if you were convicted after say 2008, you are totally screwed.

IIRC, New York, New Jersey, Oregon and maybe Arkansas don’t. Washington didn’t but some politicians sued to be allowed to publish Tier 1 people and she won her case after she had been defeated for reelection. Kind of a last screw you. There are some other states other than Vermont where you can get off the list after like 10 years if you are a lower risk offender. Georgia and Oregon passed laws that treat out of state people the same in staters. Some like Oregon are switching over to systems where you don’t have to go to court to get off the registry. In Oregon, the state police will be doing it and they appear to have to abide by the individualized classification they get from the evaluation people. No more “may remove.” Tennessee has ten year automatic removal for a lotto offenses,BUT the law still appears to say that if you are an out of stater, you have to be on the Tennessee registry for 5 years and that includes the 1000 ft rule. What we are seeing of late is some courts saying that states cannot count related charges filed at the same time aka a n offense cluster” as “separate convictions” Oregon actually did that without being ordered b a court because that is what the Static 99 says to do.

Karen, thanks for this info. My wife and I like the looks of ND even before knowing this. This sounds like what I am looking for, a state that will treat me like I am human while issuing punishment for my crime. I heard the state of Colorado also doesn’t have residency restrictions.

Not sure kind of state you are looking for but I know at one time I looked at North Dakota . One thing I liked about their website was that it said there are no living restrictions (it actually said “everyone has the right to live somewhere!”) I emailed them at the time and asked about RSOs moving there and they said there would be an assessment and a tier placement

That’s very promising. I like how they handle the registry. I have added Vermont to my list to research. Thanks Joe.

My wife and I are looking West, they seem to be the most reasonable. We are currently searching Colorado, Idaho, and Utah, but will continue with the other western states excluding California. The western states really seem to follow the constitution. I was born and raised in the south and I love the south, but most of the southern states believe the constitution only applies when it benefits them, and that saddens me.

Thanks to you and the others who replied, I have hope I will be able to leave Florida in a few years (2 years left on probation).

I didn’t know some states don’t put all offenders on the public site, thanks for that info. In tiered states, I’m told I would be a tier 1, the lowest one.