22-24B-17.   Petition for removal from the sex offender registry--Service--Response. Any person required to register under this chapter who is eligible to seek removal from the registry as provided for in § 22-24B-19 or 22-24B-19.1 may petition the circuit court in the county where the person resides for an order terminating the person's obligation to register. If the person seeking removal from the registry is not a resident of this state, but is required to register under other requirements of § 22-24B-2, then the person may petition the circuit court of any county of this state where the person is currently registered. The offender shall serve the petition and all supporting documentation on the state's attorney in the county where the offender is currently registered, the office of the prosecutor in the jurisdiction where the offense occurred, and the Attorney General. The Attorney General's office shall respond to each petition to request removal from the sex offender registry.

     No person petitioning the court under this section for an order terminating the person's obligation to register is entitled to court appointed counsel, experts, or publicly funded witnesses.

Source: SL 2005, ch 120, § 420; SL 2010, ch 119, § 6.

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