Supreme Court of California

A registered sex offender who mails a change-of-address notice to the police within five working days has fulfilled his statutory obligation under Penal Code section 290(f)(1); the registrant has no duty to see that the notification is actually received by the police.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/29/2004
• Published 03/29/2004

Judges

•  KENNARD, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Tracy J. Dresner, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Mark Ankcorn, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Santa Ana, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Donald E. De Nicola, Marc J. Nolan, Daniel Rogers and Steven E. Mercer, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.