Sex Offenders

Effective January 1, 2003, Zachary's Law requires sheriff departments to jointly establish and maintain the Indiana Sheriff's Sex Offender Registry to provide detailed information about individuals who register as sex or violent offenders at Indiana Sheriff's Departments.  The purpose of the registry is to inform the general public about the identity, location and appearance of sex and violent offenders who live, work, or study in Indiana.

Delaware County Sheriff's Deputy Steve Case has spent countless hours compiling the sex offender registry for Delaware County.  His efforts in making our community a safer place to live are greatly appreciated.

Offenders living or working in Delaware County and who have registered with our department can be viewed by clicking on the following link Indiana Sheriff's Sex Offender Registry.  Please follow the directions on the Indiana Sheriff's Sex Offender Registry to complete a search of all offenders listed under Delaware County.

Indiana Code defines a sex and violent offender as:  

1. An individual who has been convicted of any of the following offenses:

      Rape (IC 35-42-4-1)

Criminal Deviate Conduct (IC 35-42-4-2)

Child Molesting (IC 35-42-4-3)

Child Exploitation (IC 35-42-4-4b)

Vicarious Sexual Gratification (IC 35-42-4-5)

Child Solicitation (IC 35-42-4-6)

Child Seduction (IC 35-42-4-7)

Sexual Misconduct with a Minor as a Class A, B, or C felony (IC 35-42-4-9)

Incest (IC 35-46-1-3)

Sexual Battery (IC 35-42-4-8)

Kidnapping, if the victim is less than 18 (IC 35-42-3-2) or

Criminal Confinement, if the victim is less than 18 (IC 35-42-3-3) ; 

2. An individual who has been convicted of attempting to commit or conspiring to commit any of the above-listed offenses;

3. An individual who has been convicted of a crime, convicted of attempting to commit a crime, or convicted of conspiring to commit a crime under the laws of another state or in a military court that is substantially equivalent to any of the above-listed offenses; or

4. A child who is at least 14 years of age and is on probation or parole or is discharged from a facility by the department of correction, discharged from a secure private facility, or discharged from a juvenile detention facility as a result of being adjudicated as a delinquent child for an act that would be an offense listed above if committed by an adult (see IC 31-37-1-1 to -2) and is found by a court to be likely to repeat an act that would be an offense listed above if committed by an adult (see IC 31-37-19-5 (b)(1)).

   The following sex and violent offenders are required to register with the Sheriff of the county that has jurisdiction where the offender intends to live, work or study for longer than seven days.  (In Marion County offenders must register with the Indianapolis Police Department).  That registration must occur within seven days of arriving in each jurisdiction where the offender intends to live, work or study. 

   • A sex and violent offender who spends or intends to spend at least 7 days (including part of a day) in Indiana during a 180 day period or an offender who owns real property in Indiana and returns to Indiana at any time,
   • A sex and violent offender who works or carries on a vocation or intends to work or carry on a vocation in Indiana either full-time or part-time for more than 14 days in a row during any calendar year, 
   • A sex and violent offender who works or carries on a vocation or intends to work or carry on a vocation in Indiana either full-time or part-time for a total of more than 30 days whether or not they are in a row during any calendar year, and 
   • A sex and violent offender who is enrolled or intends to be enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in any public or private educational institution in Indiana.

 When an offender registers with the Sheriff’s Department (or the Indianapolis Police Department), these authorities notify all other law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction in the area where the offender has registered. 

In addition to the detailed information about registered offenders, Zachary’s Law requires the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute to keep Indiana’s Sex and Violent Offender Directory, a list of all offenders convicted of a sex or violent crime.  The directory can be accessed on the internet at www.in.gov/serv/cji_sor.

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