FDLE Responds to FAC Letter RE: Coronavirus and Registration
The following was received from the FDLE
From: Sexual Predator Unit <[email protected]>
Date: April 8, 2020 at 1:52:05 PM EDT
To: gail colletta
Subject: RE: Letter To FDLE re coronavirus 03122020.pdf
Good afternoon,
During the current State of Emergency due to the COVID-19 virus, below is information provided by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (HSMV) regarding their temporary mechanisms and accommodations for registrants to report registration information as required under Florida laws. As updated information is made available during this time it will be updated on our public website at https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/sops/important.jsf. Registrants should contact and check the website of the sheriff’s office in their county to determine any alternative registration reporting procedures they may have in place during this State of Emergency.
Registrants may request a Driver License/Identification Card Address Update Form by:
- Calling the HSMV Customer Service Line: (850) 617-2000, OR
- Downloading the Form from DHSMV at https://www.flhsmv.gov/pdf/forms/registrant_address_update_request.pdf
Sincerely,
| Missing Persons & Offender Registration
Florida Department of Law Enforcement |
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| [email protected]
1-888-357-7332 850-410-8599 (fax) |
PO Box 1489
Tallahassee, FL 32302-1489 |
PLEASE NOTE: Florida has a very broad public records law. Most written communications to or from state officials regarding state business are considered to be public records and will be made available to the public and the media upon request. Your e-mail messages may, therefore, be subject to public disclosure.
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I live in Jacksonville and April was my date to Register with JSO sex offender registration. In Jacksonville, you get an appointment when to appear. I went to J-Rec on my day and the office was closed. I called 20 times and still no answer. I called JSO’s main numbers and after got an answer. I was told someone from R-Rec would call me within a few days, Registration would be done over the phone. Well, a day later I got the call, updated my Information & was even told my fee of $25 would be waived.It could not have been a better day for me because I have the Virus… sick as hell, but still alive. I read about all the BAD problems everyone was running into and thought I would add some positive news .
Drink lemon and aspirin tea, or watercress.
How can they charge a $25.00 fee. It is a crime to use the registry to secure a payment from a sex offender.
https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/sops/search.jsf
It is in the statutes and a reworded version can be found directly on fdle’s website: “It is illegal to misuse public records information regarding a sexual predator or a sexual offender as defined by Florida Statutes and to secure a payment from such a predator or offender”
Lol, Florida has to be the most incompetent state I have ever seen.
We are having no success in helping a client who is not an offender to change the address on his ID. There are no online services for it. In person is shut down. Phones are not being answered. He needs his DL for work and insurance purposes but he can’t get it. It’s frustrating as hell and he’s not even having to worry about the registry. And we’re not in some podunk little one light town. We’re in the capital city of Florida, Tallahassee.
They are legally entrapping citizens who must register.
I contacted the Volusia county sheriff’s office to see if they had an alternate way to re-register. NO. Hours as usual. Had to appear in person.
If someone’s license or ID has been lost or stolen, how could they complete this? The document requires a copy of the original license.