---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 811.3"
title: "28"
number: "811.3"
heading: "Notice of obligation to register."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/811.3"
---

# §811.3. Notice of obligation to register.

- (a) Sex offenders may be notified of their obligation to register under various provisions of law. See sections 4, 6 and 8 of the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1999 (D.C. Official Code sections [22-4003](/cfr/28/22-4003.md), [4005](/cfr/28/4005.md), [4007](/cfr/28/4007.md)) (relating to notice by the District of Columbia Superior Court, Department of Corrections, or CSOSA); [18 U.S.C. 4042(c)](/usc/18/4042.md?p=c) (relating to notice by Federal Bureau of Prisons and probation offices); 18 U.S.C. [3563(a)(8)](/usc/18/3563.md?p=a-8), [3583(d)](/usc/18/3583.md?p=d), [4209(a)](/usc/18/4209.md?p=a) (inclusion of registration requirements as conditions of release under federal law); [42 U.S.C. 14071(b)(1)](/usc/42/14071.md?p=b-1) (notice under federal law standards for state sex offender registration programs).
- (b) In some cases, sex offenders may not be notified of their obligation to register. Lack of notice does not excuse a failure to register because sex offenders have an independent obligation to register. Persons who have been convicted or found not guilty by reason of insanity of a sex offense or who have been determined to be a sexual psychopath should report to CSOSA in order to ascertain whether they are required to register.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: DC ST sec. 24-133 and the District of Columbia Sex Offender Registration Act of 1999, D.C. Law 13-137.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 54095, Aug. 21, 2002, unless otherwise noted.