---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 72.4"
title: "28"
number: "72.4"
heading: "Where sex offenders must register."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/72.4"
---

# §72.4. Where sex offenders must register.


A sex offender must register, and keep the registration current, in each jurisdiction in which the offender resides, is an employee, or is a student. For initial registration purposes only, a sex offender must also register in the jurisdiction in which convicted if that jurisdiction is different from the jurisdiction of residence.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 34 U.S.C. 20901-45; Pub. L. 109-248, 120 Stat. 587; Pub. L. 114-119, 130 Stat. 15.

### Source

Source: AG Order No. 5244-2021, 86 FR 69884, Dec. 8, 2021, unless otherwise noted.