Family Violence Registry: Central Database of Offenders Who Have Committed Offenses

Involving Family Violence, to be Known and Cited as the “Family Violence Registry Act.”

(a)The Office of the Attorney General, with the mandatory cooperation of law enforcement agencies, shall maintain a computerized registry database containing information regarding persons who on two

(2)or more occasions have been convicted of a family, domestic or dating violence, and/or stalking offense, provided, however, if the person is convicted of the offense with the special allegation of the use of a deadly weapon, or an additional charge of criminal sexual conduct against a minor, or an additional charge of any sex offenses against a family member, then only one

(1)such offense shall be required for his or her listing on the registry database.

(1)Persons listed in the database pursuant to this Subsection

(a)shall be cross-referenced for any violation(s) of criminal sexual conduct, and/or aggravated assault conviction(s). Any such offense(s) shall be listed as additional information in the Family Violence Registry database.

(b)The information contained in the Family Violence Registry database is public information, with the exception of the following:

(1)information regarding the person’s social security number, driver’s license number, or telephone number; or

(2)information that would identify the victim of the offense with respect to which the conviction was made.

(c)The database maintained by the Office of the Attorney General under this Section must contain, to the extent the information is available:

(1)the person’s full name, each alias used by the person, and the person’s date of birth;

(2)the person’s last known address;

(3)a physical description and recent photograph of the person;

(4)a list of offenses for which the person was convicted of two

(2)or more cases of domestic, family or dating violence, and/or stalking; the date of conviction for each offense; and the punishment prescribed for each offense; and

(5)an indication as to whether the person was discharged, placed on probation or community supervision, or released on parole or to mandatory supervision following the conviction for each offense. CH. 30 FAMILY VIOLENCE

(d)The Office of the Attorney General shall permit a person whose name is included in the database established under this Section to petition the Department to remove the person’s name from the Family Violence Registry database in response to the petition if:

(1)a court order of expungement is issued with respect to one

(1)of two

(2)family, domestic or dating violence, and/or stalking convictions, unless the person has two

(2)or more additional convictions, or when the person was convicted of the family, domestic or dating violence, and/or stalking offense with the special allegation of the use of a deadly weapon; or

(2)during the ten

(10)year period preceding the date of the petition, the person has not since been convicted of an offense described in § 30.10, Chapter 30, Title 9, Guam Code Annotated. It is further provided, however:

(A)that the Office of the Attorney General shall conduct an investigation to see if any other convictions have occurred under circumstances for which there was a conviction of domestic, family or dating violence, and/or stalking, criminal sexual conduct, aggravated assault, and/or homicide, either on Guam or in any other jurisdiction of the United States.

(B)Any conviction for family, domestic or dating violence, and/or stalking, criminal sexual conduct, aggravated assault or homicide during the prior ten

(10)year period shall be cause for the person not to be removed from the Family Violence Registry.

(e)The Office of the Attorney General may promulgate rules and regulations for petitioning for removal from the Family Violence Registry database. On the website through which a person may search the database described by this Section, the Office of the Attorney General shall also include information regarding:

(1)the manner in which a person may petition for removal of the person’s name from the database.

(2)The Family Violence Registry database may include information concerning persons convicted of at least one

(1)family, domestic or dating violence, and/or stalking offense committed prior to or after the effective date of this Act for which there is a conviction of family, domestic or dating violence, and/or stalking.