Section 290.005 Of Chapter 5.5. Sex Offenders From California Penal Code >> Title 9. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5.5.
290.005
. The following persons shall register in accordance with
the Act:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) or (d), any person who,
since July 1, 1944, has been, or is hereafter convicted in any other
court, including any state, federal, or military court, of any
offense that, if committed or attempted in this state, based on the
elements of the convicted offense or facts admitted by the person or
found true by the trier of fact or stipulated facts in the record of
military proceedings, would have been punishable as one or more of
the offenses described in subdivision (c) of Section 290, including
offenses in which the person was a principal, as defined in Section
31.
(b) Any person ordered by any other court, including any state,
federal, or military court, to register as a sex offender for any
offense, if the court found at the time of conviction or sentencing
that the person committed the offense as a result of sexual
compulsion or for purposes of sexual gratification.
(c) Except as provided in subdivision (d), any person who would be
required to register while residing in the state of conviction for a
sex offense committed in that state.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, a person convicted in another
state of an offense similar to one of the following offenses who is
required to register in the state of conviction shall not be required
to register in California unless the out-of-state offense, based on
the elements of the conviction offense or proven or stipulated facts
in the record of conviction, contains all of the elements of a
registerable California offense described in subdivision (c) of
Section 290:
(1) Indecent exposure, pursuant to Section 314.
(2) Unlawful sexual intercourse, pursuant to Section 261.5.
(3) Incest, pursuant to Section 285.
(4) Sodomy, pursuant to Section 286, or oral copulation, pursuant
to Section 288a, provided that the offender notifies the Department
of Justice that the sodomy or oral copulation conviction was for
conduct between consenting adults, as described in Section 290.019,
and the department is able, upon the exercise of reasonable
diligence, to verify that fact.
(5) Pimping, pursuant to Section 266h, or pandering, pursuant to
Section 266i.