In this video, the Senior Partners of Wallin & Klarich discuss SB 384, a newer law enacted in 2021. Paul Wallin and Stephen Klarich go into detail about whether or not a registered sex offender can get off the registry under SB 384.


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Transcript:
Paul J. Wallin: [00:31:03] Ok, we're back with my partner, Steve Klarich it's been an amazingly interesting 32 minutes, and now we're going to talk about something extremely important about a law change that has to do with people that have been required to register for many, many, many years as a sex offender. And this is something that we've been helping people with because obviously being a registered sex offender all but destroys your life. So Steve, why don't you talk about this new law and how we've been helping people?

Stephen D. Klarich: [00:31:35] Ok. It used to be if you're convicted of certain sex crimes and it could be anything, it could be indecent exposure. It can be multiple rapes. Everyone registers for the rest of their life. Their name goes on a website for the world to see. Well, the government felt the state legislature felt that this is getting crazy, that not everyone should be registering for the rest of their life. So there's a new law SB-384. . And it goes into effect next week, July 1st.

Paul J. Wallin: [00:32:09] You say SB-384?


[00:32:11] SB-384, it's the law regarding sex offenders now. They're putting all these sex offenders into a tier system. It used to be everyone's for life now certain people have to register for 10 years based upon the nature of their conviction. Some 20 years. And yes, Tier 3 will be life. Tier 1 is 10 years. Tier 2 is 20. Tier 3 is life. So someone comes into my office. I was convicted in 2001 of child molestation and I went to prison and I was released and I'm off parole now. I've been on parole. He'll likely be designated Tier 2, Tier 2. That's a 20-year requirement. So you have to count out 20 years of registration. After that, you qualify to file an SB-384, when it's your birthday. So people are qualifying now, July one. I've done my 20 years. You wait till your birthday because it starts on your birthday. I think because they didn't want 25,000 petitions filed in July which they would get, it has to be when it's at your birthday. It's filed in the county where you live and if and when it's granted it would stop your obligation from registration and your name comes off the website. This is critical for sex offenders because these are one of the few crimes never goes away. You can punch someone, you can shoot someone. Go to prison, get released, you know, on a website. Nobody knows who you are and you're not registering. Sex crime. You never pay your debt. Paul, I've had clients come in. I've been registering since 1981, 40 years they've been registering. They qualify there in that person was Tier 2. He qualifies his birthday is not until August 8th. So I promised him on August 9th, we're filing that petition. So this is a big, big win for any sex offender who's paid their debt, who's been registering like a say, Paul virtually forever.

Paul J. Wallin: [00:34:24] So this is really important. Sb- the law that says for SB-384 can be the salvation for people that have been convicted of a sex offense. It could be 30- 40 years ago and they're still registering and they're still pariahs and they're not a risk. And if you know someone like that, have them call our office because Steve is handling those cases and we're anticipating having many, many of our clients being free of that obligation so they can go back to work and live in general society.