Request for termination of registration requirements – Tolling of reporting period – Review of decisions to deny termination of reporting requirements – Lifetime registration

[Effective Until 7/1/2024] (a) Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!(1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.Offender: means sexual offender, violent sexual offender and violent juvenile sexual offender, unless otherwise designated. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Register: means the initial registration of an offender, or the re-registration of an offender after deletion or termination from the SOR. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.sex: means a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Sexual offender: means a person who has been convicted in this state of committing a sexual offense or has another qualifying conviction. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Sexual offense: means : (A) The commission of any act that, on or after November 1, 1989, constitutes the criminal offense of: (i) Sexual battery, under §. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202SOR: means the TBI's centralized record system of offender registration, verification and tracking information. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105TBI: means the Tennessee bureau of investigation. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Violent juvenile sexual offender: means a person who is adjudicated delinquent in this state for any act that constitutes a violent juvenile sexual offense. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202Violent sexual offense: means the commission of any act that constitutes the criminal offense of: (A) Aggravated rape, under [former] §. See Tennessee Code 40-39-202(1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (a)(3), unless a plea was taken in conjunction with § 40-35-313, no sooner than ten (10) years after termination of active supervision on probation, parole, or any other alternative to incarceration, or no sooner than ten (10) years after discharge from incarceration without supervision, an offender required to register under this part may file a request for termination of registration requirements with TBI headquarters in Nashville. If the person is required to register under this part due to a plea taken in conjunction with § 40-35-313, an offender required to register under this part may file a request for termination of registration upon successful completion of a term of judicial diversion pursuant to § 40-35-313 and upon receiving an order from a court of competent jurisdiction signifying the successful completion of the term of judicial diversion and the dismissal of charges pursuant to § 40-35-313. (2) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1), if a court of competent jurisdiction orders that an offender’s records be expunged pursuant to § 40-32-101, and the offense being expunged is an offense eligible for expunction under § 40-32-101, the TBI shall immediately remove the offender from the SOR and the offender’s records shall be removed as provided in § 40-39-209. (3) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1), no sooner than three (3) years after termination of active supervision on probation, parole, or any other alternative to incarceration, or no sooner than three (3) years after discharge from incarceration without supervision, an offender required to register under this part due to conviction under § 39-16-408 may file a request for termination of registration requirements with TBI headquarters in Nashville. (4) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1), if a court of competent jurisdiction grants an offender’s petition, filed pursuant to § 40-39-218, for termination of the requirements imposed by this part based on the offender’s status as a victim of a human trafficking offense, as defined by § 39-13-314, sexual offense, under title 39, chapter 13, part 5, or domestic abuse, as defined by § 36-3-601, the Tennessee bureau of investigation shall, immediately upon receiving a copy of the order, remove the offender from the SOR. (5) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1), an offender who is required to register pursuant