Section 15-20-35 Disclosure of information. - Alabama Statutes

Section 15-20-35

Disclosure of information.

(a) The responsible agency shall cooperate with the Director of the Department of Public Safety in a reasonable manner that enables the Department of Public Safety to prepare a criminal sex offender release notification form, designed by the Department of Public Safety.

(b) The information collected or maintained by the Department of Public Safety, sheriff, or police department under this article shall be used to track the locations and movements of criminal sex offenders in this state and shall be disclosed to any of the following:

(1) Federal, state, and local criminal justice agencies for law enforcement purposes and community notification in accordance with Section 15-20-22 or another state's similar provision.

(2) Federal, state, and local governmental agencies responsible for conducting employment-related confidential background checks.

(c) The information in this section may be made available through the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center information systems and the National Crime Information Center network for criminal justice purposes or any other purpose authorized by law.

(d) No existing state laws, including, but not limited to, statutes that would otherwise make juvenile and youthful offender records confidential, shall preclude the disclosure of any information requested by a responsible agency, a law enforcement officer, a criminal justice agency, the Attorney General's Office, or a district attorney for purposes of administering, implementing, or enforcing this article.

(Act 99-572, p. 1283, §3; Act 2005-301, §1.)