WHAT ARE THE PENALTIES FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH THE REGISTRY LAWS?
Failure to comply with the Nebraska Sex Offender Registration Act may result in a : -Class IV Felony if the original crime was a felony. -Misdemeanor of the same class as the sex offense requiring registration. -If the person has a previous conviction for violation of this act will be guilty of a Class III Felony with a mandatory minimum of 1 year prison sentence unless the original sex offense was a misdemeanor then the second violation will be a Class IV Felony.
Any person required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act who violates the act is guilty of a Class IV felony. Any person required to register under the act who violates the act and who has previously been convicted of a violation of the act is guilty of a Class III felony and shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of at least one year in prison unless the violation which caused the person to be placed on the registry was a misdemeanor, in which case the violation of the act shall be a Class IV felony.
