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Sex offenders will be prosecuted for violating the law if they knowingly:
- Fail to register;
- Fail to verify registration information;
- Fail to provide notice of change of address, place of employment, or institution of higher learning; or
- Provide false information.
The penalties for the above-referenced violations are:
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- Imprisonment for not less than 6 months and not more than 2 1/2 years in a house of correction nor more than 5 years in state prison or by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by both; and
- Certain unclassified and Level 1 offenders and all Level 2 and 3 offender shall receive a term of community parole supervision for life in addition to any sentence or fine imposed.
- Second and subsequent conviction: imprisonment in state prison for not less than 5 years.
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