California's Megan's Law is named after seven-year-old Megan Kanka, a New Jersey girl who was raped and killed by a known child molester who had moved in across the street from the Kankas -- without their knowledge. Megan's parents embarked on a national crusade to change federal and state laws to allow for community notification of released sex offenders.

California's Megan's Law allows law enforcement to notify the public of serious and high-risk sex offenders who reside in or are employed in a community. California's Megan's Law requires the California Department of Justice to maintain a web application containing information on serious and high-risk sex offenders. Access to the web application is mandated to be available to the public through the California Department of Justice.

Information on the web application includes the high-risk or serious sex offender's name; aliases; photograph (available on more then 65 percent of the individuals) physical description; ethnicity; date of birth; scars, marks, and tattoos; registered sex offenses; and county and zip code based on last registered address.

This site will provide you with access to information on more than 63,000 persons required to register in California as sex offenders. Specific home addresses are displayed on more than 33,500 offenders in the California communities; as to these persons, the site displays the last registered address reported by the offender. An additional 30,500 offenders are included on the site with listing by ZIP Code, city, and county. Information on approximately 22,000 other offenders is not included on this site, but is known to law enforcement personnel.

The Twin Cities Police Authority is committed to facilitate your access to the Megan's Law information. The intent of Megan's Law is to allow potential victims to protect themselves and allow parents to protect their children. You may access this very important information through the California Attorney General.

Sex Offender Categories After conviction and release from jail custody, or other programs, sex offenders are ranked into one of three categories:
High Risk:	Generally, a "high-risk" sex offender is an individual convicted of multiple violent crimes, at least one of which was a violent sex crime. Additionally, at the time of assessment, there must have been specified criminal activity within the last five years, not counting time in custody.
Serious:	A "serious" sex offender is an individual convicted of at least one of the following charges: assault with intent to commit rape, oral copulation, or sodomy; rape; sodomy with a minor or by force; lewd or lascivious conduct with a child or a dependent adult; oral copulation with a minor or by force; continuous sexual abuse of a child; child molestation; penetration with a foreign object by force; kidnapping with intent to commit specified sex offenses; felony sexual battery; felony enticement of a child for purposes of prostitution; abduction of a child for purposes of prostitution. Some information about serious sex offenders is subject to public disclosure.
Other:	Other sex offenders have been convicted of misdemeanor crimes. These other sex offenders are persons convicted of pornography, exhibitionism, misdemeanor sexual battery, incest or spousal rape. "Other" sex offenders are required to register, but are not subject to disclosure under Megan's Law. Additionally, most sex offenders adjudicated in juvenile court are not subject to public disclosure.