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FBI VOL00009
EFTA00231917
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40 1 agreement very carefully spelled out if Chere—vrase—hieaeh that—would—vivlaLe thib 3 agreement, so we are well aware of it. 4 THE COURT: Okay. I would request 5 that a sealed copy of that -- Mr. Epstein 6 has signed that document? 7 MR. GOLDBERGER: Yes, I would like to 8 seal the copy. 9 THE COURT: I want a sealed copy of 10 that filed in this case. That is the only 11 other condition of the agreement that is 12 influencing this defendant to make this 13 decision? 14 MR. GOLDBERGER: Absolutely. I think 15 that's the right idea. 16 (Return to open court.) 17 THE COURT: Mr. Epstein, is there 18 anything else? 19 THE DEFENDANT: No, ma'am. 20 THE COURT: Because I don't take 21 these pleas unless they are freely and 22 voluntarily made. LJ 23 THE DEFENDANT: I understand that. 24 THE COURT: I also don't want 25 somebody or anybody coming back a year, PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00232377
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41 1 2- 3 4 5 6 two years from now saying, oh no, no; they bea rtre- laradTharren'r anything else that is influencing you to make this decision, then I need to know about it. THE DEFENDANT: I understand that. 7 MR. GOLDBERGER: Thank you. 8 THE DEFENDANT: Thank you very much, 9 Your Honor. 10 (Return to open court.) 11 THE COURT: All right, Mr. Epstein, 12 any questions about the rights you are 13 giving up by entering this plea? 14 THE DEFENDANT: No ma'am. 15 THE COURT: State, please give me a 16 factual basis. 17 MS. BELOHLAVEK: In 069454 CF AMB, 18 between August 1, 2004 and October 31, 19 2005, the defendant in Palm Beach County 20 did solicit or procure someone to commit 21 prosecution on three or more occasions. 22 And in 08 CF 9381 CF AMB between 23 August 1, 2004 and October 9, 2005, the 24 defendant did procure a minor under the age 25 of 18 to commit prostitution in Palm Beach • PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00232378
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42 1 County also. 2 THE—COURT: r—fino a sufficient 3 5 factual basis to support the pleas. Are all of the victims in both of these cases in agreement with the terms of 6 this plea? 7 MS. BELOHLAVEK: I have spoken to 8 several myself and I have spoken to 9 counsel, through counsel as to the other 10 victim, and I believe, yes. 11 THE COURT: And with regard to the 12 victims under age eighteen, is that 13 victim's parents or guardian in agreement 14 with the plea? 15 MS. BELOHLAVEK: That victim is not 16 under age 18 any more and that's why we 17 spoke with her counsel. 18 THE COURT: And she is in agreement 19 with the plea? 20 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. 21 THE COURT: And community control 22 will be given information concerning how to 23 contact these victims? 24 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. 25 THE COURT: Confidentially. That PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00232379
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43 1 information will not be related to the Mem:Lane-1We wirrlYeM7TFd exclusivfly for 3 purposes of verifying compliance with this 4 agreement? 5 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Yes. 6 THE COURT: Is there anything else 7 from anybody else before I accept this 8 plea? 9 MR. GOLDBERGER: No, Your Honor. 10 THE COURT: Mr. Goldberger, if it is 11 your desire, you may enter your client's 12 plea. 13 MR. GOLDBERGER: Thank you, Your 14 Honor, at this time we would withdraw our 15 previously entered pleas of not guilty, 16 enter pleas of guilty pursuant to 17 negotiations with the State. 18 THE COURT: Mr. Epstein, I am going 19 to accept those pleas on your behalf. I 20 find you are intelligent, alert, you 21 understand what is going on here and the 22 consequence of entering this plea, you are 23 doing it freely and voluntarily. 24 Pursuant to the plea, I am waiving 25 a PSI, I will sentence you at this time PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00232380
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44 1 pursuant to it. I will adjudicate you 2 guilty of—felony -WEOFrEataon of Th 3 prostitution, a third degree felony, case 4 number 06 CF 00945A -- 454 AMB, and 5 procuring a person under 18 for 6 prostitution, a second degree felony 08 CF 7 009381AMB. 8 With respect to the solicitation 9 of prosecution, I will sentence you to 10 twelve months in the Palm Beach County 11 detention facility with credit for the one 12 day served. 13 With respect to 08 CF 009381, I 14 will sentence you to six months in the Palm 15 Beach County detention facility, with 16 credit for the one day served. That six 17 month sentence is to be served consecutive 18 to the twelve month sentence. 19 Following the six month sentence 20 you will be placed on 12 months of 21 community control. That will be on both 22 cases, I assume, to run concurrently, 23 correct? 24 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Only on the 08 case. 25 THE COURT: Only on the second degree PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00232381
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45 1 felony? 2 ----MS. ffELUHLAVEK: Correct, the one 3 that designates him a sexual offender. 4 THE COURT: Okay. So only on case 5 number 08 CF 009381AMB will you be on one 6 year community control which would then 7 invoke a potential penalty of fifteen years 8 were you to violate. 9 The special conditions are that 10 you are to have no unsupervised contact 11 with minors and the supervising adult must 12 be approved by the Department of 13 Corrections. You are to be designated a 14 sexual offender pursuant to Florida Statute 15 943.0435 and you must abide by all 16 requirements of that statute which I have 17 read and we have discussed. 18 You will remain confined to your 19 residence except one half hour before and 20 after your approved employment, community 21 service work or other activities approved 22 by your probation officer. You will 23 maintain an hourly accounting of all your 24 activity on a daily log which you submit to 25 the supervising officer upon request. PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00232382
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46 1 You will be residing at 358 El 2 B kta—Way7—Palm Beach, PI-arida-11480. 3 Should you desire to move or go to a 4 different location upon release from 5 custody, you will get preapproval of that 6 location from the Department of 7 Corrections. You will have to contact your 8 community control officer a minimum of once 9 a week, it can be more often at their 10 discretion and you are to work at the 11 Florida Science Foundation at 250 12 Australian Avenue in West Palm Beach, 13 Florida. You will submit to a mandatory 14 curfew of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. 15 You shall not live within a 16 thousand feet of a school, day care center, 17 park, playground or other place where 18 children congregate. You shall not have 19 any contact with the victims, directly or 20 indirectly including through a third person 21 unless approved by victim's therapist and 22 the sentencing court. 23 You shall not work for pay or as a 24 volunteer at any school, day care center 25 park, play ground, other place where PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00232383
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r, CJ 1 children may congregate. You shall not 2 3 4 5 6 9 vrew7"-awn—or—gas-seu —any—cbscene 47 pornographic or sexually stimulating or visual, auditory material including telephone, electronic media, computer programs, computer services that are relevant to deviant behavior. You shall submit two specimens of blood to Florida Department of Law 10 Enforcement to be registered with the DNA .11 data bank. You shall submit to a 12 warrantless search by the probation officer 13 or community control officer of your 14 person, residence or vehicle. 15 You shall maintain a driving log. 16 You shall not drive a motor vehicle while 17 alone without prior approval of the 18 • supervising officer. 19 You shall submit to, at 20 probationer or community control expense a 21 HIV test, the result of which is to be 22 released to the victims or victim's parent 23 or guardian. That has to be done within 48 24 hours. 25 You shall not obtain or a use post PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00232384
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C. 5 15 1 office box without the prior approval of 2 the—sugeivd-simg—cffrcer. 48 3 MS. BELOHLAVEK: You forgot one that 4 you may not possess, own or view sexually 5 stimulating -- I don't believe you read 6 that outloud just now. 7 THE COURT: Yes, I did. 8 MS. BELOHLAVEK: I'm .sorry, I didn't 9 hear it. I just wanted to make sure. 10 THE COURT: And the warrantless 11 search by the community control officer of 12 the person, residence or vehicle -- 13 understand the person, residence or vehicle \_) 14 includes anything you might possess like 15 computer, a cell phone and whatever other 16 elaborate devices there are to communicate 17 electronically these days, okay. Good 18 luck. 19 MR. GOLDBERGER: Thank you. 20 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Thank you. 21 THE COURT: Is there a judgment? 22 MR. GOLDBERGER: Yes, there should. be 23 judgments. 24 THE COURT: Was there a condition of 25 community control that he pay or is he PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00232385
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49 5 1 paying it? 2 3 4 MR GOLD.BERGER• Katually_there is_a_ cash bond posted, court cost can be deducted from the cash bond. 5 THE COURT: $574 is the total? 6 MS. BELOHLAVEK: Correct. 7 THE COURT: Is that to cover both 8 cases? 9 MR. GOLDBERGER: Yes. 10 THE COURT: Thank you. 11 MR. GOLDBERGER: Thank you, Your 12 Honor. 13 (Whereupon, at 9:48 o'clock a.m. the 14 proceedings before the Court, concluded.) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00232386
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1 CERTIFICATE .50 C 2 3 THE STATE OF FLORIDA, 4 COUNTY OF PALM BEACH. 5 I, PHYLLIS A. DAMES, Official Court 6 Reporter for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, 7 Criminal Division, in and for.Palm Beach County, 8 Florida; do hereby certify that I was authorized 9 to and did report the foregoing proceedings before 10 the Court at the time and place aforesaid; and 11 that the preceding pages numbered from 1 through 49, 12 inclusive, represent a true and accurate 13 transcription of my stenonotes taken at said 14 proceedings. 15 'IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto 16 affixed my official signature this 19th day of 17 July, 2008. 18 19 20 21 PHYL S A. DAMES 22 23 24 25 PHYLLIS A. DAMES, OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER EFTA00232387
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LEGAL RECYCLED PAPER TO RWRDER CALL CO EFTA00232388
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PLEA IN THE CIRCUIT COURT THE FOLLOWING IS TO REFLECT ALL TERMS OF THE NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT Name: Jeffrey E. Epstein Plea: Guilty X Case No. Charge Count Lesser Degree 06CF009454AMB Felony Solicitation of Prostitution 1 No 3 FEL 08CF009381AMB Procuring Person Under 18 for Prostitution 1 No 2 FEL PSI: Waived/Not Required X Required/Requested ADJUDICATION: Adjudicate [x I SENTENCE: On 06CF009454AMB, the Defendant is sentenced to 12 months in the Palm Beach County Detention Facility, with credit for 1 (one) day time served. On 08CF009381AMB, the Defendant is sentenced to 18 months Community Control 1 (one). As a special condition of this Community Control, the Defendant must serve the first 6 months in the Palm Beach County Detention Facility, with credit for 1 (one) day time served. This sentence is to be served consecutive to the 12 month sentence in 06CF009454AMB. The conditions of community control are attached hereto and incorporated herein. OTHER COMMENTS OR CONDITIONS: Court Costs: $474.00 Cost of Prosecution: $50.00 Drug Trust Fund: $50.00 As a special condition of his community control, the Defendant is to have no unsupervised contact with minors, and the supervising adult must be approved by the Department of Corrections. The Defendant is designated as a Sexual Offender pursuant to Florida Statute 943.0435 and must abide by all the corresponding requirements of the statute, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein. The Defendant must provide a DNA sample in court at the time of this plea. Assistant State Attorney Attorney forrhe Defendant Date of Plea Defendant EFTA00232389
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• The Defendant is designated as a Sexual Offender pursuant to Florida Statute 943.0435 and must abide by ail the comsaponceng requirements of the statute, a copy of which S attached hereto and incorporatd herein. The Defendant must provide a DNA sample in court at the time of Itits pie Sreg at DOM Dana PLEA IN THE CIRCUIT COURT THE FOLLO1MNG IS TO REFLECT ALL TERMS OF THE NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT Name: Jeffrey E. Epsteki Plea: Guilty Case No. ___Qtarge Count Leer Pears 06CF009454AMB Felony Solicitation of Prostftubon 1 No 3 FEL OSCFO09361AMB Procuring Person Under 18 for Prostitubon 1 No 2 FEL PSt: Waived/Not Required _X Required/Requested ADJUO4CATipli: Adjudicate fx SENTENCE: On O6CFO09454AM8, the Defendant is sentenced to 12 months in the Palm Beach County Detention Faciky, with credk for 1 (one) day time served. ty ,Ci-cd On 08CF009381AMB, the Defendant S sentenced to 6 months4 the Palen Beach County Detention Facikty, with credit for 1 (one) day lime served. This 6 month sentence Is to be served consecutive to the 12 month sentence in 06CF009454AMB. Foloiting this 6 month sentence, the Defendant wit be placed on 12 months Community Control 1 (one). The conditions of community control are attached hereto and incorporated herein. OTHER COMERTS OR CONTIMOtie: Asa special condition of his community control, the Defendant is to have no unsupervised contact: with minors, and the supervising aduk must be approved by the Department of Corrections. IA% • ee..:y • EFTA00232390
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948.101 Terms and conditions of community control and criminal quarantine community control.-- CO The court shall determine the terms and conditions of community control. Conditions specified in this subsection do not require oral pronouncement at the time of sentencing and may bo considered standard conditions of community control (a) The court shall requirsintonshe supervision and surveillance for an offender paced into community control, which may include but Is not limited to: 1. Specified contact with the parole and probation officer. 2. Confinement to an agreeditpon residence during hours away from employment and public service activities. ' 3. Mandatory public service. 4. Supervision by the Department of Corrections by means of an electronic monitoring devico • • or system. 5. Tho standard conditions of probation sat forth ins. 948.03. (b) For an offender placed on aiming quarantine community control, the court shall require: 1. Ilibactronic monitoring 24 hours par day. 2. Confinement to a designatod residence during designated hours. (2) The enumeration of specific kinds of terms and conditions does not prevent the court from adding thereto any other farms or conditions that the court considers proper. Howover, the sentencing court may only impose a condition of supervision allowing an offender convicted of s. 719.011 s. 800.04, s. 827.571 or s. 847.0145 to reside in another state if the order stipulates that it Is contingent upon the approval of the receiving sate interstate compact authority. The court may rescind Of modify at any time the terms and conditions theretofore imposed by It upon the offender in community control. However, If the court withholds adjudication of guilt or Imposes a period of incarceration as a condition of community control, the period may not exceed 364 days, and Incarceration shall be restricted to a county facility, a probation and restitution center under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, a probation program drug punishment phase I secure residential treatment Institution, or a community residential facility owned or operated by any entity providing such services. (3) The court may place a defendant who is being sentenced for criminal transmission of HIV in violation of s. 775.0877 on criminal quarantine community control. The Department of Corrections shall develop and administer a criminal (parenting cornmunitycontrot program emphasizing intensive supervision with 24-hour-per-day electronic monibeirig. Criminal • quarantine community control status must include surveillance and may inctudo other measures normally associated with caavnwdty control, except that specific conditions necessary to monitor this population may be ordered. 0. EFTA00232391
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'943.0435 Sexual offenders required to register with the department; penalty.-- (1) As used in this section, the term: (a)1, -Sexual offender means a onion who moats the criteria In sub-subparagraph a., sub• subparagraph b., sub-subparagraph c., or sub-subparagraph d., as follows: a. (I) Has been convicted of committing, or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any of tho criminal offenses proscribed in the following statutes hi this state or similar offenses In another jurisdiction: s. 7874)1_, s. 787.02 or s. 787.025(2)(c), whom the victim is a minor and the defendant is not the victim's parent or guardian; s. 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); s. 794.05. s. 796.03' s. 796.035. s. 800.04. s. 825.1025; s. 827.071; s. 847.0133; s. 847.0135. excluding s. 847.0135(4); s. 847.0137; s. 847.0138; s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or any similar offense committed in this state which has boon redesignated from a former statute number to ono of those listed in this sub-sit-subparagraph; and (II) Has been released on or after October 1, 1997, from the sanction imposed for any conviction of an offense described in sub-sub-subparagraph (I). For purposes of sub-sub- subparagraph (I), a sanction Imposed in this state or in any other jurisdiction includes, but is not limited to, a fine, probation, community control, parole, conditional release, control release, or incarceration in o state prison, federal prison, prints correctional fealty, or local detention facility; b. Establishes or maintains a residence in this state and who has not been designated as a sexual predator by a cart of this state but who has been designated as a sexual predator, as a sexually violent predator, or by another sexual offender designation in another state or jurisdiction and was, as a result of such designation, subjected to registration or cormnunity or w'r••• public notification, or both, or would be If the person wore a reskiont of that state or jurisdiction, without regard to whether the person otherwise meets the criteria for registration as a sexual offender; c. Establishes or maintains a residence in this state who is in the custody or control of, or under the supervision of, any other state or jurisdiction as a result of a conviction for committing, or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any of the criminal offenses proscribed in the following statutes or similar offense in another jurisdiction: s. 787.01, s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), where the victim is a minor and the defendant is not the victim's Parent or gueldien; s. 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s. 7%.035; s. IDS s, 825.1025; s. 827.071. s. 847.0133; s. 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(4); s. 847.01Th s. 847.0138. s. 847.O145- or s. 985.701(1); or any similar offense committed in this state which has been redesignated from a former statute number to one of those listed in this sub-subparagraph; or d. On or alter July 1, 2007, has been adjudicated delinquent for committing, or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any of the criminal offenses proscribed in the following statutes in this stets or similar offenses in another jurisdiction when the juvenile was 14 years of an or older at the time of the offense: (I) Section 794.011 excluding s. 794.011(10); (II) Section 800.04(4)(b) whore the victim is under 12 years of age or where the court finds sealed, activity by the use of force or coercion; (III) Section 800..04(5)(c)1. where the court finds molestation involving unclothed genitals; or EFTA00232392
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(IV) Section 803.04(5)(d) whore the court finds the use of force or coercion and unclothed genitals. 2. for all qualifying offenses listed in sub-subparagraph (1)(a)1.d., the cart shall make a written finding of the ago of the offender at the time of the offense. • For each Notation of a qualifying offense listed in this subsection, the nowt shall make a written finding of the ago of the victim at the time of the offense. For a violation of s. 800 040), the court shall additionally make a written finding indicating that the offense did or did hot involve sexual activity and indicating that the offense did or did not involve force or coercion. For a violation of s. 800.04(5), the court shall additionally make a written finding that the offense did or did not involve unclothed genitals or genital area and that the offense did or did not involve the use of force or coercion. lb) "Convicted means that there has bean a determination of guilt as a recta of a trial or the entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld, and includes an adjudication of delinquency of a juvenile as specified in this section. Corniction of a similar offense includes, but is not limited to, a conviction by a federal or military tribunal, including courts-martal conducted by the Armed Forces of the United States, and includes a conviction or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contenders resulting in a sanction in any state of the United States or other jurisdiction. A sanction includes, but is not limited to, 4 fine, probation, community control, parote, conditional release, centre( release, or incarceration in a state prison, federal prison, private correctional facility, or local detention facility. (c) 'Permanent residence end *temporary residence law the same meaning ascribed in s. 775.21 (d) institution of higher education' means a career carter, community college, college, state university, or independent postsecondary institution. (0) 'Change in enrollment or employment state means the commencement or termination of errolLment or amployinns. a• a change in location of wrotlincrt or employment. (f) 'Electronic mail address has the same meaning as provided in s. 668.602. (g) `Instant message name moans an identifier that allows a person to communicate in real time with another person using the Internet. (2) A sexual offender shell: la) Report in person at the sheriffs office; In tine county in which the offender establishes or maintains: a permanent or temporary residence within 4a hours after: a. .Btabllshing permanent or temporary residence in this state; or b. Being released from the cestody, control, or supervision of the Department of Corrections or from the custody of a private correctional facility; or 2. In the county whore ho a she was convicted within 48 hours after being comdctod fora cualifying offense for registotion under this section if the offender is not in tho custody or EFTA00232393
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control of, or undor the suporvislon of, tho Department of Corroctions, or is not fn tho custody of a private correctional fecility. My dunge fn the sexual offender's permanent or temporary residenta, name, arry electronic man address and any intant massage name roeuired to be provided pursuant to paratraph (4)(d), after the sexual offender roports In person at this sheriffs office, stall be acoomplishod in tho marmor provided in subsections (4), (7), and (8). (b4) Provide his or her name, data of birth, social sectrity flundror, rate, sex, haght, weight, hair and oyo tofor, tattoos or other identifying marks, occupation and place of omploymont, address of permanent or lagat residenta or odörens of any ctrrent temporary residenta, within the state and out of gata, includIng a rural route odörs and a post office box, any eloctronic mall address and any instart massage name requirod to be provided pursuant to paragraph (4)(4), dato and place of nach conviction, and a brief description of the trim* or almes committod by tie °frontier. A post office box skalt not bo providod in lira of a physital residential aktras. 1. tf the sexual offender's place of rea/donne h a motor +ischias, trallor, mobile homo, or menufacturod homo, as defined in chapter 320, tho sexual offondor stall allo provide to the departmont through the sheriffs office written notice of the ~hick idantification manbar; tho titorso tag number; the registration numbor; and a descriptlon, inciuding toror schema, of the motor whiclo, trailer, mobile homo, or manafectured home. tf the sexual offendees place of residence Is a vassa, the-aboard vana, or housaboat, as &tinad in chaptor 327, the sexual offerler skall allo provide to the department writton notico of the hull identification rumba; the inanufecturers seraf numbor; tho name of tho vassa, live-aboard vyssa, or houseboat; the registration munbor; and a description, includIng color schema?, of the mag, limeaboard anad, or houseboat 2. if the sexual offendar is aerobod, ornat:lyx!, or carrying ona vocatIon at an institution of hiber educabon in this state, the sexual offender stall allo provide to the department through tho sheriffs office the navne, addrea, and county of oach institution, infading Bach campus attenlod, and the start offondark enralmont or omploymont status. Esch charge in enrallment or omp/oyment status skall bo reported in person at the sheriffs office, within 48 boers efter any charge In getas. The sheriff stialf prompfly notify °och institution of the sexual ofrondees prosene and any change in tho sexual offender's enrollment or employment status. Whon a sonat offendor roports at the sheriffs office, the sheriff gall taka a photograph and a sot of fingerprints of the offonder and forward the photograpiz and fingerprints to the department, alung with the information provided by thai sexual offender. The sheriff stall Prompt& provide to the department the information recotved from tho sexual offender. (3) Within 48 tours ofta the roport roquirod under subsoction (2), a sexual offender stall report in person at a dritar's literko office of the Department of il(ghway Safety and Motor Vehicles, unloss a driver's licens* or iden tification card that compfies with the nequirements of s 322.141(3) was previously socured or tarantel under s. 944.607. At the drivr's titone office tho ramat offondor shagt; fe) If otherwiso qualifled, snare a Florida drivi's licens., renew a Florida drivars licens, or 'ro an identification card. The stal offender skall idantify himself or horsolf as a sexual who is roquired to comply with this ~don and skall provide varg Mat the sexual offender reported as requirod in subsection (2). The sexual offerflor slugt provide my of the information specifiod in subsoction (2), if roquestod. The sexual offender IMU stbmit to tho taklag of a photograph for une in hauing a drivors timme, renowed licens., or identification card, and for uso by the dopertmert in maintalning current ratords of matt offendors. EFTA00232394
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(b) Pay the costs messed by the Department of Highway Safety and Meter Vehkles for Issuing or renewing a driver's license or identification card as required by this section. The driver's license or identification card issued must be in compliance with s. 322.141(3). (I) Provide, upon request, any additional Information necessary to confirm the identity of the sexual offender, including a set of fingerprints. (4)(e) Each time a sexual offender's driver's license or identification card is subject to renewal, and, without regard to the status of the offender's driver's license or identification card, within 48 hours after any change in the offender's permanent or temporary residence or change in the offender's name by rotten of marriage or other legal process, the offender shall report in person to a themes license office, and shall be subject to the requirements specified in subsection (3). Tho Departrnont of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall forward to the department all photographs and information provided by sexual offenders. Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in s. 322.142, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Is authorized to release a reproduction of a color•photograph or digital-image license te the Department of Law Enforcement for purposes of public notification of sexual offenders as provided in this suction and ss. 9-43.043 and 944.606. (b) A sexual offender who vacates a permanent residence and fails to establish or maintain another permanent or temporary residence shall, within 48 hears after vacating the permanent residence, report in person to the sheriffs office of the county In which he or she is located. The sexual offender shall specify the data upon which he or she intends to or did vacate such residence. The sexual offender must provide or update all of the registration information required under paragraph (2)(b). The sexual offender must provide an address for the residence or other location that he or she is or Wilt S occupying during the time in which he or she fails to establish or maintain a permanent ortemporary residence. (c) A sexual offender who corsairs at a permanent residence after reporting his or her intent to vacate such residence within ea hours after the date open which the offender Indicated he or she would or did vacate such residence, report in person to the agency to which ho or she reported pursuant to paragraph (b) for the purees* of reporting his or her address at such residence. When the sheriff receives the report, the sheriff shalt promptly coney the information to the department. An offender who makes a report as required under paragraph (b) but fails to make a report as required under this paragraph commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided ins. 775.052, s. 775.063, or s. 775.064. (d) A sexual offender must register any electronic mail address or instant message name with the department prior to using such electronic mail address or instant message name on or after October 1, 2037. The department shall establish an online system thorough which sexual offenders may securely access and update all electronic mail addreie and instant message name information. (5) This section does not apply to a sexual. offender who is also a sexual predator, as defined in S. 775.21. A sexual predator must register as required under s. 775.21. (6) County and local law enforcement agencies, in conjunction with the department, shall verity the addresses of sexual offenders who are not under the care, custody, controt, or suearvigon of the Department of Corrections in a manner that is consistent with the provisions of the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 and any other federal Omar* applicable to such verification or required to be met as a condition for the receipt of federal funds by the state. Local law enforcement agencies shall report to the department any failure by a sexual offender to comply with registration roquirenxints, cis EFTA00232395
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(7) A sexual offender who intends to establish residence in another stale or jurisdiction other thari the State of Florida shall report in person to the sheriff of the county of current residence within 48 hours before the date he or she intends to leave this state to establish residence in another state or jurisdiction. The notification must include the address, municipality, county, and state of intended residence. The sheriff shalt promptly provide to the department the Information received from the sexual offender. The department shalt notify the stabowide law enforcement agency, or a comparable agency, in the intended state or jurisdiction of residence of the sexual offender's intended residence. Tie failure of a sexual offender to provide his or her Intended place of residence is punishable as provided in subsection (9). (8) A sexual offender who indicates his or her intent to reside in another state or jurisdiction other than the State of Florida and later decides to remain in this state shall, within 48 hours after the date upon which the sexual offender indicated he or she would leave this state, report in person to the sheriff to which the sexual offender reported the intended change of residence, and report his or her intent to remain in this state. The sheriff shall promptly report this information to the department A sexual offender who reports his or her intent to reside in another state or jurisdiction but who remains in this state without reporting to the sheriff in the manner required by this subsection commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided ins. 775142, s. 775.C83 or s. 775.084. )(a) A sexual offender who does not comply with the requirements of this section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided ins. 775.062, s. 775.083 or s. 775.084. (b) A Sexual offender who commits any act or omission in violation of this section may be prosecubad for the act or omission in the county in which the act or omission was committed, tbetectety of the last registored address of the sexual offender, or the county in which the •corteictIctioccurred for the offense or offenses that meet the criteria for designating -a person ae a:social offender. (c) An arrest on charges of failure to register when the offender has been provided and advised of his or her statutory obligations to register under subsection (2), the service of an information or a complaint for a violation of this section, or an arraignment on charges for a violation of this section constitutes actual notice of the duty to register. A sexual offender's failure to immediately register as required by this section following such arrest, service, or arraignment constitutes grounds for a subserµsent charge of failure to register. A sexual offender charged with the crime of failure to register who assorts, or intends to assert, a lack of notice of the duty to register as a deforms to a charge of failure to register shall Immediately register as required by this section. A sexual offender who is charged with a subsequent failure to register may not assert the defense of a lack of notice of the duty to register, (d) Registration following such arrest, seryke, or arraignment h not a defense and does not relieve the sexual offender of criminal liability for the failure to register. (10) The department, the Department of Highway Safety and Meter Vehicles, the Department of Correction, the Department of Juvenile Justice, any law enforcement agency In this state, and the personnel of those departments; an elected or appointed official, public employee, or school administrator; or an employee, agency, or any individual or entity acting at the request or upon the direction of any law enforcement agency is immune from civil. liability for damages for good faith compliance with the requirements of His section or for the release of information under this section, and shall be presumed to haw acted in good faith in compiling, recording, reporting, or releasing the information. The presumption of good faith is not overcome if a technical or clerical error is made by the department, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehkles, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile EFTA00232396