New Indiana law tightens restrictions on sex offender relocation
House Enrolled Act 1687 reinforces probation requirements for sex offenders who want to move to another county. It also adds new factors for judges to consider before approving a relocation.
Those factors include whether the offender has close family ties—such as a spouse, parent, or adult child—in the area, along with stable housing and employment opportunities.
The move must also be approved by a judge in the offender’s prospective new county. This ensures local law enforcement is informed of the relocation.
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I’m not sure if I am understanding this correctly. Is this only applied for those on probation only?
Yes. The headline is misleading. The new Indiana law only applies to persons on probation or community supervision. There was another post here a few weeks ago that had similar confusing language. Such a law requiring judicial approval for relocation for a person forced to register who is not on any form of court supervision would probably be a violation of the Constitutional right to travel and perhaps substantive due process as well, but that is what I used to think about residency restrictions and only some states have found them to constitute punishment or some other violation of constitutional rights, so who knows…