Omaha Tribe implements sex offender registration system

Tuesday, December 13, 2011  

The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska is the latest in Indian Country to have "substantially" implemented a sex offender registration system.

The tribe has complied with Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. Its registration system is available online.

Tribes that didn't develop their own systems automatically cede authority on sex offenders to the state. However, most states failed to comply with the law by a July deadline.

Tribes in Public Law 280 states weren't allowed to develop their own systems.

Get the Story:
Omaha Tribal Police to handle enforcement of sex offender laws (KTIV 12/12)

Deadline passes for tribes to implement sex offender registries (07/28)
Tribes face July 26 deadline to implement Adam Walsh Act (06/06)
Editorial: Rethink national sex offender registration system (04/18)
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes start sex offender registration system (3/14)