Statement of Intent and Disclaimer

The Mobridge Police Department does its best to assure that the information presented in this MPD Online Sex Offender Registry is accurate and current. This website is updated on a regular basis; however the information can change quickly. It is possible that information accessed or obtained through this website may not reflect current residences, employment, school attendance, or other information regarding such individuals, and users with any questions regarding registrant information should verify registration information with the Mobridge Police Department by calling (605) 845-5000.

This information is being made available on the Internet to facilitate public access to information about persons living in Mobridge who have committed sex offenses to enable you to take appropriate precautions to protect yourself and those in your care from possible harm. The Mobridge Police Department has not assessed any specific risk of re-offense with regard to any individual prior to his or her inclusion within this registry, and has made no determination that any individual included in the registry is currently dangerous. The reason for providing this information is to make it more easily available and accessible, not to warn about any specific individual. Individuals included within the registry are included solely by virtue of their conviction record and state law. Public access to registry information is intended solely to educate the public.

It is your responsibility to make sure the records you access through this website pertain to the person about whom you are seeking information. A positive identification of an individual cannot be conclusively established by comparing name, date of birth, social security number or other information with that provided in this registry. Comparisons based on appearance may also be misleading, and cannot establish a positive identification without some possibility of error. The only way to positively link someone to a sex offender record is through fingerprint verification. Therefore, extreme care should be exercised in using any information obtained from this website. Neither the Mobridge Police Department, including any agents thereof, nor the City of Mobridge shall be responsible for any errors or omissions produced by secondary dissemination of this information.

Registration Requirements Overview

South Dakota requires lifetime registration regardless the date of commission of the offense or the date of conviction. You can find a list of qualifying sex crimes under SDCL 22-24B-1 by clicking on the appropriate link at the bottom of this page. South Dakota also requires registration for those convicted in another state if that state also requires registration; any attempt to commit any registerable crime; any federal, military or out of state offense that would constitute a sex crime are required to register within 5 days of arrival in the state.

The laws also apply to any juvenile fifteen years of age or older adjudicated after July 1997 of a sex crime of Sexual Contact with a person incapable of consenting, any degree of Rape and promotion of prostitution of a minor. Juveniles with out of state or federal offenses comparable to these crimes must register or if the crime was committed in another state and that state requires the adjudicated juvenile to register, they must then register here in South Dakota.

An offender must register within 5 days of coming into any county to reside, temporarily domicile, attend school, attend post-secondary education classes or work. Any offender registering in this state who is employed, carries on a vocation, or attends post secondary classes at an institution of higher education, institution of higher learning or technical institute in this state shall, within 5 days of any commencement or termination of such enrollment or employment, report to the registering agency where the institution is located and complete a Registration Update form. The registering agency is the Chief of Police of the municipality where the offender resides, domiciles, attends school, attends post-secondary education classes or works; or, if no Chief of Police exists, then it is the county Sheriff. Any offender registered in South Dakota who plans to enter another state to work, carry on a vocation or attend school must comply with that state's registration requirements as well.

Any change of residence address requires the offender to submit, within 5 days of the move, a Registration Update form to the law enforcement agency where the offender last registered. An offender registered in South Dakota who moves to another state must notify the registering agency in South Dakota where the offender last registered and provide information of their new address. The offender must also comply with any registration requirements in the new state of residency.

Offenders must register every (6) six months. They are first required to register on their birth month and then required to register six (6) months after their birth month. Each offender registered in South Dakota must go to the South Dakota law enforcement agency where the offender last registered. The offender will be sent once a year a non-forwardable verification form to their last known address. The offender is required to return the verification form to the Division of Criminal Investigation within 10 days. Failure to comply is a Class 6 Felony.

Those required to register as sex offenders may NOT establish a residence or reside within a "community safety zone". The community safety zone is 500 feet from the facilities and grounds of any school, public park, public playground, or public pool.

A violation of the registration laws is a Class 6 Felony. Any subsequent violation is a Class 5 Felony.