Sex offender registration.

Existing law requires persons who are subject to the Sex Offender Registration Act to, upon release from incarceration, placement, commitment, or release on probation, register or reregister with the chief of police of the city in which he or she is residing, or in which he or she is present if a transient, or the sheriff of the county if he or she is residing or is present in an unincorporated area or city that has no police department, as specified. A violation of the registration requirement is an offense that may be punished as a misdemeanor, or as a felony if additional circumstances exist. The bill would provide that if a person fails to so register after release, the district attorney in the jurisdiction where the person was to be paroled or to be on probation, or the district attorney in another specified jurisdiction if the person was not released on parole or probation, may request that a warrant be issued for the person's arrest and shall have authority to prosecute that person as specified.