This chapter shall be known as Tulalip Tribes Sex Offender Registration Ordinance.
(Ord. 140 § 1.01, 5-4-2012 (Res. 2012-172); Res. 2025-377)
The intent of this chapter is to implement the Federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), 42 U.S.C. 16911 et seq., and shall be interpreted liberally to comply with the terms and conditions of SORNA as presently written or hereafter amended.
(Ord. 140 § 1.02, 5-4-2012 (Res. 2012-172); Res. 2025-377)
Violent crime in Indian Country is more than twice the national average. On some reservations it is 20 times the national average. An astounding 30 percent of Indian and Alaska Native women will be raped in their lifetimes. Tribal nations are disproportionately affected by violent crime and sex offenses in particular from both Indian and non-Indian perpetrators; consequently, the conduct and presence of convicted sex offenders in Indian Country threatens the political integrity, economic security, health and welfare of tribal nations even to the point of imperiling the subsistence of tribal communities.
(Ord. 140 § 1.03, 5-4-2012 (Res. 2012-172); Res. 2025-377)
(1)
Sex Offender Registry. There is hereby established a sex offender registry, which the Tulalip Tribes Police Department shall maintain and operate pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(2)
Public Sex Offender Registry Website. There is hereby established a public sex offender registry website, which the Tulalip Tribes Police Department shall maintain and operate pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 140 § 1.04, 5-4-2012 (Res. 2012-172); Res. 2025-377)