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Stockton Municipal Code

Chapter 5 - PUBLIC WELFARE, MORALS AND POLICY

Part V
MISCELLANEOUS WELFARE, MORALS AND POLICY REGULATIONS

Division 10
REGISTRATION OF CONVICTED PERSONS


SEC. 5-101. "CONVICTED PERSON," DEFINED:

As used herein the words "convicted person" are defined as follows:

1. Any person who has been, or hereafter is, convicted of an offense punishable as a felony in this State, or who has been, or who is hereafter, convicted of any offense in any place other than this State, which offense, if committed in this State, would have been punishable as a felony.

2. Any person who has been, or hereafter is, convicted in this State, or elsewhere, for the violation of any law, whether the same is or is not punishable as a felony:

(a) Relating to or regulating the possession, distribution, furnishing, or use of any habit-forming drug of the kind or character described and referred to in Chapter 216, Statutes of 1929, State of California, as amended.

(b) Regulating or prohibiting the carrying, possession or ownership of any concealed weapon, or deadly weapon, or any weapon capable of being concealed, or regulating or prohibiting the possession, sale or use of any device, instrument, or attachment designed or intended to be used for the purpose of silencing the report, or concealing the discharge or flash of any firearm.

(c) Regulating or prohibiting the use, possession, manufacture, or compounding of tear gas, or any other gas, which may be used for the purpose of temporarily or permanently disabling any human being.

3. Any person who, in this State or elsewhere has been or hereafter is adjudicated, or is convicted of being a drug addict, as such term is defined in Section 11721 of the Health and Safety Code of California.

SEC. 5-101.1. TERM "CONVICTED PERSON" DOES NOT INCLUDE PERSON GRANTED FULL PARDON:

Any person who has received a full pardon for each such crime as in Section 5-101 hereof set forth, whereof he shall have been convicted, shall not be considered a convicted person for the purpose of requiring registration hereunder.

SEC. 5-102. REGISTRATION OF "CONVICTED PERSONS":

Every convicted person in the City of Stockton on April 19, 1956, shall within five (5) days after said date, and every convicted person who shall be or spends a major portion of his time in the City of Stockton for a period of more than five (5) days, shall during such five (5) day period, register with the Chief of Police in the manner hereinafter prescribed.

SEC. 5-102.1. STATEMENT—CONTENTS:

Every person required hereby to register shall do so by filing with the Chief of Police a statement in writing, signed by such person, upon a form prescribed and furnished by the Chief of Police, giving the following information:

(a) His true name and all aliases which he has used or under which he may have been known.

(b) A full and complete description of his person.

(c) The kind, character and nature of each crime of which he has been convicted.

(d) The place where each of such crimes was committed and the place or places of conviction.

(e) The name under which he was convicted in each instance and the date thereof.

(f) The name, if any, and the location of each prison, reformatory, jail or other penal institution in which he was confined or to which he was sentenced.

(g) The location and address of his residence, stopping place, living quarters or place of abode in the City; if more than one residence, stopping place, or place of abode, that fact must be stated and the location and address of each given.

(h) A statement of the kind of residence, stopping place or place of abode in which he resides, whether the same is temporary or permanent, i.e., whether the same is a private residence, hotel, apartment house or other building or structure.

(i) The length of time he has occupied each such place of residence, stopping place or abode, and the length of time he expects or intends to remain in the City.

(j) Such other and further information as may be required by the Chief of Police for the purpose of aiding and assisting in carrying into effect the provisions and intent of this Code.

SEC. 5-102.2. PHOTOGRAPHING AND FINGERPRINTING:

Each convicted person at the time of registering and furnishing the information required by Section 5-102.1 hereof shall be photographed and fingerprinted by the Bureau of Criminal Identification of the County of San Joaquin, State of California. The Chief of Police shall cause such photographs and fingerprints to be made a part of the record provided for in Section 5-103 hereof.

SEC. 5-102.3. FALSE OR FICTITIOUS ADDRESS:

No person required by any provision set forth herein to furnish a statement, shall in such statement give any false or fictitious address or any address other than a true address or intended address, or furnish in the making of any such report any false, untrue or misleading information or statement, relating to any information required by any of the provisions hereof to be made or furnished.

SEC. 5-102.4. CHANGE OF ADDRESS:

Any convicted person, who is required to register under the provisions set forth herein, who changes his place of residence, stopping place or living quarters within the City shall within forty-eight (48) hours after such change notify the Chief of Police of such fact and furnish to such Chief of Police the address of his new residence, stopping place or living quarters within the City in the same manner and with the same detailed information as is required in the filing of the original statement under the provisions of Section 5 102.1 hereof.

SEC. 5-103. SEPARATE FILE FOR STATEMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, FINGERPRINTS, ETC.:

The statements, photographs and fingerprints herein provided for shall at all times be kept by the said Chief of Police in a file separate and apart from other files and records maintained and kept by the Police Department of said City and shall not be open to inspection by the public, or by any person other than a regular member of the Police Department of the City; provided that any such photograph, or duplicates thereof, may be exhibited to persons other than police officers of the City for the purpose of assisting in identifying perpetrators of any crime; and provided photographs and fingerprints may be transmitted to the Sheriff of any county of the State, to the head of any organized Police Department of any municipality in said State, or the head of any department of the State engaged in the enforcement of any criminal law of this State, or to the head of any Federal law enforcement agency, or to any Sheriff or Chief of Police of a municipality, or the head of any other law enforcement agency of any State or territory outside of the State of California, when request is made in writing by such Sheriff or other head of any law enforcement agency named herein, or for the record of a certain person whose photograph or fingerprints reasonably correspond with photographs or fingerprints submitted with such request, and stating that such record is deemed necessary for the use of such law enforcement officer or agency in or concerning the investigation of any crime, or any person who is accused of committing a crime or any crime which is reported to have been committed, and further stating that the record will be used only for such purpose.

SEC. 5-103.1. INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL — TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ONLY:

No police officer or other employee of the Police Department of the City shall disclose to any person any information contained in any statement required to be filed under the provisions set forth herein otherwise than in the regular course of his duties. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Chief of Police from furnishing to the Sheriff of any county, the Chief of Police of any municipality, or the head of any other law enforcing agency which maintains any system of registration of convicted persons, copies of the statements required to be filed under the provisions set forth herein, together with photographs and fingerprints of persons making such statements when and if such Sheriff, Chief of Police or other head of a law enforcing agency furnishes to the Chief of Police of this City copies of statements, photographs and fingerprints procured by him and it is hereby made the duty of such Chief of Police to arrange for the exchange of such information.

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