Florida Registrant Not Forced to Register in Indiana

The Indiana Appeals Court ruled that a man convicted of a 1993 sex offense in Florida was not required to register in Indiana because the Indiana registration law came into effect in 1994 and could not be applied retroactively.

Because the individual’s Florida crimes and convictions predated the 1994 enactment of Indiana’s Sex Offender Registry Act, he is not required to register There. The court noted a 2009 ruling by the Indiana Supreme Court that “the application of INSORA to crimes committed before INSORA’s 1994 enactment was unconstitutional.”

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