Section 10-603. Duty to register and to verify  


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  • a. A gun offender shall
      register with the department at the time sentence is imposed on  a  form
      prescribed by the department.
        b.  Registration  as  required  by  this  chapter  shall  consist of a
      statement in writing signed by the gun offender giving such  information
      as may be required under subdivision c of this section.
        c.  A  gun  offender  shall, to the extent required by the department,
      provide the following information to the department:
        1. The gun offender's name, all aliases  used,  date  of  birth,  sex,
      race,  height,  weight,  eye  color,  number  of any driver's license or
      non-driver  photo  ID  card,  home  address  and/or  expected  place  of
      residence.
        2.  A  photograph,  updated  during  the  period  of  registration  as
      described in subdivision d of this section.
        3. A description of  the  offense  for  which  the  gun  offender  was
      convicted, the date of conviction and the sentence imposed.
        4. The name and address of any institution of career education, higher
      education or secondary education at which the gun offender is or expects
      to  be  enrolled  or  attending, and whether such offender resides in or
      will reside in a facility owned or operated by such institution.
        5. The gun offender's expected place of employment, including name and
      phone number of supervisor and mailing address of employer.
        6. Any other information deemed pertinent by the department.
        d. First personal appearance.  A  gun  offender  who  is  required  to
      register  shall personally appear at such office as the commissioner may
      direct within forty-eight hours of (i) release, in  the  event  the  gun
      offender  receives a sentence of imprisonment, or (ii) the time sentence
      is imposed, if such sentence does  not  include  imprisonment,  for  the
      purpose  of  personally  verifying  such  information as may be required
      under subdivision c of this section with the department. The  department
      may  at  such  time  photograph  the  gun offender. The commissioner may
      require  the  gun  offender  to  provide  such  documentation   as   the
      commissioner deems acceptable verifying such information.
        e.  For  a gun offender who is required to register under this chapter
      and who is a resident of the City of New York, every  six  months  after
      the  gun offender's initial registration date during the period in which
      he or she is required to  register  under  this  chapter  the  following
      applies:
        1.  Except  as  specified  in  paragraph 2 of this subdivision, within
      twenty days of each six month anniversary of the gun offender's  initial
      registration  date,  the  gun  offender  shall personally appear at such
      office as the commissioner may direct for the purpose of verifying  such
      information  as may be required under subdivision c of this section with
      the department. The department may  at  such  time  photograph  the  gun
      offender.  The commissioner may require the gun offender to provide such
      documentation  as  the  commissioner  deems  acceptable  verifying  such
      information.
        2.  If a gun offender required to register under this chapter who is a
      resident of the City of New York is  confined  to  any  state  or  local
      correctional facility, hospital or institution throughout the twenty-day
      period  described  in paragraph 1 of this subdivision, such gun offender
      shall personally appear as required by paragraph  1  within  forty-eight
      hours  of  release.  The  department may at such time photograph the gun
      offender.
        f. The department is authorized to maintain in the  registry  database
      information other than that specified in subdivision c of this section.
        g. Any gun offender shall, within ten calendar days after establishing
      residence in the city of New York or changing residences within the city
    
      of  New  York,  personally appear at such office as the commissioner may
      direct and there provide verification information as  required  by  this
      chapter.  The  commissioner may require the gun offender to provide such
      documentation  as the commissioner deems acceptable verifying the change
      in residence.