Restriction of Liability
This website is provided for informational
purposes concerning the Massachusetts Sex
Offender Registry. References to state
statutes do not represent a comprehensive
statement of the law, nor should they be
relied upon as an official interpretation of
the law. Information contained on this
website regarding state statutes are not a
substitute for a thorough reading of the
law, and any legal questions should be
directed to an attorney.
"All information provided to the general public through
the sex offender internet database shall
include a warning regarding the criminal
penalties for use of sex offender registry
information to commit a crime or to engage
in illegal discrimination or harassment of
an offender and the punishment for
threatening to commit a crime under section
4 of chapter 275. The sex offender internet
database shall be updated regularly, based
on information available to the board and
shall be open to searches by the public at
any time without charge or subscription. The
board shall promulgate rules and regulations
to implement, update and maintain such a sex
offender internet database, to ensure the
accuracy, integrity and security of
information contained therein, to ensure the
prompt and complete removal of registration
data for persons whose duty to register has
terminated or expired under section 178G,
178L or 178M or any other law and to protect
against the inaccurate, improper or
inadvertent publication of registration data
on the internet."