26.22.370 Retroactive registrations.
(1) Retroactive Registration. The Cowlitz Department of Public Safety shall have in place policies and procedures to ensure the following four categories of sex offenders are subject to the registration and updating requirements of this chapter:
(a) Sex offenders incarcerated or under the supervision of any jurisdiction to include the Cowlitz Tribes, whether for a covered sex offense or other crime;
(b) Sex offenders already registered or subject to a preexisting sex offender registration requirement under any jurisdiction to include the Cowlitz Tribes;
(c) Sex offenders reentering the justice system due to conviction for a felony crime under any jurisdiction; and
(d) Persons convicted of a sex offense at any time in the past, or attempt or conspiracy to commit a sex offense, that is comparable to or more severe than the Federal crime of aggravated sexual abuse (as codified in 18 U.S.C. 2241(a), (b) and (c)), regardless of subsections (1)(a), (b) and (c) of this section.
(2) Timing of Recapture. The Cowlitz Department of Public Safety shall ensure recapture of the sex offenders mentioned in subsection (1) of this section within the following time frame to be calculated from the date of passage of this chapter:
(a) Tier 1: within one (1) year.
(b) Tier 2: within one hundred eighty (180) days.
(c) Tier 3: within ninety (90) days.
(3) If a person required to register under this section does not register within three (3) days of notice, criminal or civil sanctions may apply.