9.12Reporting Requirements Specific to Student Offenders

A.Nonresidents

MCL 28.724a(1) provides that a nonresident required to be registered under the SORA must report his or her status in person to the registering authority with jurisdiction over the campus of an institution of higher education if:

•The individual is a student or enrolls as a student at that institution of higher education, or if the individual withdraws from his or her enrollment at the institution; or

•The individual, as part of his or her studies at that institution of higher education, is present at another location in Michigan, another state, or a United States territory or possession, or the individual withdraws from his or her studies at that location. MCL 28.724a(1)(a)-(b).

B.Residents

An individual resident of Michigan required to register under the SORA, must report in person to the registering authority with jurisdiction of the area in which his or her new residence or domicile is located, if any of the events described in MCL 28.724a(1) occur. MCL 28.724a(2).

C.General Reporting Requirements

The report required under MCL 28.724a(1) (nonresident students) and MCL 28.724a(2) (resident students) must comply with the following:

•An individual who registered under the SORA before October 1, 2002, was required to make his or her first report under MCL 28.724a(1) or MCL 28.724a(2) not later than January 15, 2003. MCL 28.724a(3)(a).

•An individual must report not more than three business days following his or her enrollment or discontinuance as a student on that campus or his or her study in Michigan or in another state or in a United States territory or possession, or in another country. MCL 28.724a(3)(b).

Additional registration reports required under MCL 28.724a must be made according to the time periods in MCL 28.725a(3)(a)-(c) which also govern reports made under MCL 28.725a(3).¹ MCL 28.724a(4).

MCL 28.724a(5) states:

“The local law enforcement agency, sheriff’s department, or department post to which an individual reports under [MCL 28.724a] shall require the individual to pay the registration fee required under [MCL 28.725a] or [MCL 28.727(1)] and to present written documentation of employment status, contractual relationship, volunteer status, or student status. Written documentation under this subsection may include, but need not be limited to, any of the following:

(a) A W-2 form, pay stub, or written statement by an employer.

(b) A contract.

(c) A student identification card or student transcript.”

MCL 28.724a does not apply to a student “whose enrollment and participation at an institution of higher education is solely through the mail or the internet from a remote location.” MCL 28.724a(6).