Yavapai-Prescott Tribal Police Department

Welcome to the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Sex Offender Public Website.

To all residents, students, employees, employers, contractors, vendors, tenants, lessors, lessees (persons with an “employment-related presence”) on the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Reservation:

On May 13, 2011, the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe’s Board of Directors unanimously approved the passage of the Tribal Law and Order Code, Chapter 36, Sex Offender Registration Code to be effective July 27, 2011, in accordance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) Title 1 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-248), 42 U.S.C. 16911 et seq., as amended.

Accordingly, all convicted sex offenders or offenders with a criminal conviction for attempt or conspiracy to commit sex offenses, which includes both domestic and foreign convictions, must register with the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe’s Tribal Police Department within three (3) business days of establishing residence, commencing employment, or becoming a student within the Reservation boundaries and/or within seven (7) calendar days before leaving their Reservation residence for seven (7) or more days for a temporary visit elsewhere (“temporary lodging”).

Failure to register, failure to keep registration current, absconding, or failure to abide by the provisions of the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Sex Offender Registration Code is a crime punishable by up to one (1) year imprisonment and/or a $5,000 fine. Violations of this code shall also be considered a civil violation subject to enforcement by any means not prohibited by federal law, including, but not limited to, the issuance of fines, forfeitures, civil contempt, and exclusion or removal.

Sex offenders required to register under SORNA who knowingly fail to register or update a registration as required are subject to the federal criminal penalty punishable up to 10 years of imprisonment under 18 U.S.C §2250.

Knowingly harboring, attempting to harbor, or assisting another in harboring or attempting to harbor a sex offender who is in violation of the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Sex Offender Registration Code, knowingly assisting a sex offender in eluding a law enforcement agency that is seeking to find the sex offender, or knowingly providing false information to a law enforcement agency regarding a sex offender are crimes punishable by up to one (1) year imprisonment and/or a $5,000 fine for each charge.

For further information or to make an appointment to register, please contact the Yavapai-Prescott Tribal Police Department at (928) 443-1599.