Sex Offender Registry in Illinois
Registering as an Illinois Sex Offender
If you’re guilty of a sex offense in Illinois, you may have to register for life. Here’s how you can know for sure:
If you are charged with a sexual crime, your punishment may not end once you’re done with any term of probation or prison time. In Illinois, as in other states, anyone convicted of a sexual offense may be subject to the Illinois sex offender registry. This registry requires a convicted sex offender to report to local authorities on a regular basis and register their living address. Additionally, Illinois law imposes a wide range of restrictions on sex offenders, including limiting where they work and live and can go on a daily basis. If you are convicted of a sex crime in Illinois, you may have to either register for 10 years or for life on the state sex offender registry. This is one of the many reasons why if you are charged with a sex crime, you need an experienced Illinois criminal defense attorney who specializes in sex crimes. The attorneys at the Law Offices of Joshua Kutnick have experience in defending criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual abuse, predatory criminal sexual assault, and all other sex crimes and charges. Our office has won criminal sex cases before, not only ensuring our clients aren’t sent to jail or prison, but making sure they don’t have to register as a sex offender. But how do you know if you have to register as a sex offender for 10 years or for life? If you are found guilty of most major sex-related crimes in Illinois, you will have to register for life. These include findings of guilty (either after a trial or guilty plea) of the following:- Criminal Sexual Assault (720 ILCS 5/11-1.20)
- Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault (720 ILCS 5/11-1.30)
- Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault on a Child (720 ILCS 5/11-1.40)
- Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse (710 ILCS 5/11-1.60)
- First-degree murder or attempt first-degree murder
- Kidnapping or Aggravated Kidnapping
- Unlawful Restraint or Aggravated Unlawful Restraint
- Child Abduction
