Effective January 1, 2003, Zachary’s Law requires sheriff departments to jointly establish and maintain the Indiana Sheriffs' Sex Offender Registry to provide
detailed information about individuals who register as sex or violent offenders at Indiana sheriff departments (or, in Marion County, the Indianapolis Police
Department). The purpose of the registry is to inform the general public about the identity, location, and appearance of sex and violent offenders who live,
work, or study in Indiana.

Zachary’s Law is named for Zachary Snider of Cloverdale, Indiana. Zachary was 10
years old when he was murdered by a convicted child molester in 1993.

Indiana Code defines a sex and violent offender as:
An individual who has been convicted of any of the following offenses:

• Rape (IC 35-42-4-1)
• Criminal Deviate Conduct (IC 35-42-4-2)
• Child Molesting (IC 35-42-4-3)
• Child Exploitation (IC 35-42-4-4b)
• Vicarious Sexual Gratification (IC 35-42-4-5)
• Child Solicitation (IC 35-42-4-6)
• Child Seduction (IC 35-42-4-7)
• Sexual Misconduct with a Minor as a Class A, B, or C felony (IC 35-42-4-9)
• Incest (IC 35-46-1-3)
• Sexual Battery (IC 35-42-4-8)
• Kidnapping, if the victim is less than 18 (IC 35-42-3-2) or
• Criminal Confinement, if the victim is less than 18 (IC 35-42-3-3) ;
• Possession of Child Pornography if the person has a prior unrelated conviction
  for Possession of Child Pornography (IC 35-42-4-4c).

An individual who has been convicted of attempting to commit or conspiring to commit any of the above-listed offenses;

An individual who has been convicted of a crime, convicted of attempting to commit a crime, or convicted of conspiring to commit a crime under the laws of
another state or in a military court that is substantially equivalent to any of the above-listed offenses; or 

A child who is at least 14 years of age and is on probation or parole or is discharged from a facility by the department of correction, discharged from a secure private facility, or discharged from a juvenile detention facility as a result of being adjudicated as a delinquent child for an act that would be an offense listed above if committed by an adult (see IC 31-37-1-1 to -2) and is found by a court to be likely to repeat an act that would be an offense listed above if committed by an adult (see IC 31-37-19-5 (b)(1)).

The following sex and violent offenders are required to register with the Sheriff’s Department in the county where the offender intends to live, work or study for longer than seven (7) days.  In Marion County, offenders must register with the Indianapolis Police Department.

• A sex and violent offender who spends or intends to spend at least seven (7) days (including part of a day) in Indiana during a 180 day period or an offender who owns real property in Indiana and returns to Indiana at any time,
• A sex and violent offender who works or carries on a vocation or intends to work or carry on a vocation in Indiana either full-time or part-time for more than 14 days in a row during any calendar year,  
• A sex and violent offender who works or carries on a vocation or intends to work or carry on a vocation in Indiana either full-time or part-time for a total of more than 30 days whether or not they are in a row during any calendar year, and 
• A sex and violent offender who is enrolled or intends to be enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in any public or private educational institution in Indiana.

NOTE: Indiana law requires the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute to maintain a directory of individuals who have been convicted of one or more of the sex and
violent offenses requiring registration with local sheriff departments. The directory serves as a useful screening tool for organizations, businesses, and agencies that hire staff or recruit volunteers who work with children.
Information about an offender remains in the directory indefinitely or until the Institute receives a copy of the individual's death certificate or court notification that the person's conviction has been overturned.