---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 20924"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "20924"
heading: "Actions to be taken when sex offender fails to comply"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/20924"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Protection of Children and Other Persons"
  - "Chapter 209 — Child Protection and Safety"
  - "Subchapter I — Sex Offender Registration and Notification"
  - "Part A — Sex Offender Registration and Notification"
---

# §20924. Actions to be taken when sex offender fails to comply


An appropriate official shall notify the Attorney General and appropriate [law enforcement](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1) agencies of any failure by a [sex offender](/usc/34/20911.md?p=1) to comply with the requirements of a registry and revise the [jurisdiction](/usc/34/20911.md?p=10)’s registry to reflect the nature of that failure. The appropriate official, the Attorney General, and each such [law enforcement](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1) agency shall take any appropriate action to ensure compliance.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–248, title I, § 122, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 597.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 16922 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.