26.22.360 Timing of registration.
(1) Timing. A sex offender required to register with the Cowlitz Tribes under this chapter shall do so in the following time frame:
(a) If convicted by any jurisdiction to include the Cowlitz Tribes Court for a covered sex offense and incarcerated, the sex offender must register before being released from incarceration;
(b) If convicted by any jurisdiction to include the Cowlitz Tribes Court but not incarcerated, within three business days of sentencing for the registration offense; and
(c) Within three business days of establishing a residence, commencing employment, or becoming a student on land within the exterior boundaries of the Cowlitz Indian Reservation on property owned by the Cowlitz Tribes in fee or trust regardless of the location, a sex offender must appear in person to register with the Cowlitz Department of Public Safety.
(d) A person found “not guilty by reason of insanity” or a person found “incompetent to stand trial” shall register as required under this chapter within three business days of establishing a residence, commencing employment, or becoming a student on land within the exterior boundaries of the Cowlitz Indian Reservation on property owned by the Cowlitz Tribe in fee or trust regardless of the location, a sex offender must appear in person to register with the Cowlitz Department of Public Safety.
(2) Duties of the Cowlitz Department of Public Safety. The Department shall have policies and procedures in place to ensure the following:
(a) That any sex offender incarcerated or sentenced by any jurisdiction to include the Cowlitz Tribes Court for a covered sex offense completes their initial registration with the Cowlitz Department of Public Safety.
(b) That the sex offender reads, or has read to them, and signs a form stating that the duty to register has been explained to them and that the sex offender understands the registration requirement.
(c) That the sex offender is registered, and that the relevant information is posted on the public sex offender website and uploaded to the NSOR and NSOPW.
(d) That upon entry of the sex offender’s information into the registry, that information is immediately forwarded to all other jurisdictions in which the sex offender is required to register due to the sex offender’s residency, employment, or student status.