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Registry laws are premised on the notion that one has to have a residence.... but.....what if person intentionally did not want to maintain (1) a residence at all so they could travel or (2) they had more than one residence.
Anyone heard of any court cases challenging registry laws on the basis that it restricts liberty interest to either travel extensively within the U.S., or that it prohibits a person from maintaining two places of residence?
I am very interested in this, especially the one about traveling. For example, when my ward is out of prison and assuming he is not civilly committed, I would like for him and I to do a lot of traveling within the U.S. from state to state, but that would mean we would not be able to register him at any place of residence because we would intentionally forego a place of residence so we could travel.... residence would be wherever we park for the night to sleep.
Anyone heard of any court cases challenging registry laws on the basis that it restricts liberty interest to either travel extensively within the U.S., or that it prohibits a person from maintaining two places of residence?
I am very interested in this, especially the one about traveling. For example, when my ward is out of prison and assuming he is not civilly committed, I would like for him and I to do a lot of traveling within the U.S. from state to state, but that would mean we would not be able to register him at any place of residence because we would intentionally forego a place of residence so we could travel.... residence would be wherever we park for the night to sleep.
What I am addressing in this thread is someone who is not on probation or parole and thus, has a liberty interest to travel, yet, is deprived doing so in unlimited manner because of registry laws. As even if they are traveling, they are forced to return to their place of residence to update their info with the sheriff's office every three months.
But what if the person intentionally foregoes a place of residence to travel extensively - would registry laws not deprived their liberty interest by the state dictating the length of time a person NOT on probation or parole, may travel outside the state.
I believe it is a valid argument to be had. I was just wondering if anyone had heard of any court cases dealing with this type of situation, or a situation where the SO has two places of residence. Apparently no one has heard of such cases.
If you have more than one place you reside at, you have to notify the county of both places.