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New-Jersey
New Jersey law authorizes the Division of
State Police to make available to the public
over the Internet information about certain sex
offenders required to register under Megan's
Law. The sex offender Internet registry law can
be found in the New Jersey Code at 2C:7-12 to
-19. This information is being made available on
the Internet to facilitate public access to
information about persons who have committed a
sex offense, to enable you to take appropriate
precautions to protect yourself and those in
your care from possible harm. adjudicated
delinquent or found not guilty by reason of
insanity for a sex offense must register under
New Jersey's Megan's Law. The specific offenses
for which registration is required can be found
in New Jersey Code at 2C:7-2. Individual
registrants are then assessed to determine
whether they pose a relatively low, moderate or
high risk of re-offense, based on application of
elements such as the characteristics of the sex
offense or offenses they committed, their
offense history and other criteria such as
response to treatment and community support.
Under New Jersey law, before community
notification takes place, offenders receive a
final classification order from the court
following the opportunity for a hearing. The
Attorney General Guidelines for Law Enforcement
for the Implementation of Sex Offender
Registration can be obtained from the Division
of Criminal Justice web site at
www.state.nj.us/lps/dcj/megan for more information on the registration, assessment
and community notification procedures.This sex
offender Internet registry includes information
pertaining to sex offenders determined to pose a
relatively high risk of re-offense (tier 3
offenders) and, with certain exceptions,
information about sex offenders found to pose a
moderate risk of re-offense (tier 2 offenders).
The Internet registry excludes any information
about offenders determined to present a low risk
of re-offense (tier 1 offenders). The
information about moderate and high risk sex
offenders which is authorized for disclosure in
this web site includes: the offender's name and
address, any aliases used by the offender; any
Megan's Law sex offenses committed by the
offender, including a brief description and the
date and location of disposition of any such
offense; a general description of the offender's
modus operandi, if any; the determination of
whether the risk of re-offense by the offender
is moderate or high; the offender's age, race,
sex, date of birth, height, weight, hair, eye
color and any distinguishing scars or tattoos; a
photograph of the offender and the date on which
the photograph was entered into the registry;
and the make, model, color, year and license
plate number of any vehicle operated by the
offender. it should be understood that positive
identification of any individual whose
registration record has been made available on
the Internet registry can be verified only
through the review of a properly executed
fingerprint card. By placing this information on
the Internet, no representation is being made
that the listed individual will commit any
specific crime in the future, nor is any
representation being made that if the individual
commits an offense, that one of the listed
offenses will be the offense committed. The
Division of State Police, working in conjunction
with the "Megan's Law" Units in each County
Prosecutor's Office, verifies and updates this
information regularly, to try to assure that it
is complete and correct. Address information is
supplied by the municipal police departments and
County Prosecutors to the Division of State
Police for inclusion in this website. Although
efforts have been made to ensure the information
is as accurate as possible, no guarantee is made
or implied. The information may also be subject
to change and re-verification. You are cautioned
that information provided on this site may not
reflect the current residence, status or other
information regarding an offender. If you
believe that any of the information found in
these records is in error, please contact the
Division of State Police, Identification &
Information Technology Section, P.O. Box 7068,
West Trenton, New Jersey 08628, Phone (609)
882-2000, or the
Prosecutor in the county where the offender resides. Prohibitions
on Misuse of Registry InformationConsistent with
this public safety purpose of Megan's Law,
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