Wisconsin

Duration of Registration Requirement

Life or 10 years (depending on the offense).

Early Termination:

No provision for relief from lifetime registration if mandated by 301.45(5)(b).

Lifetime registration based on lifetime supervision order under 939.615. May petition for termination of supervision after 15 years. See 939.615(6). Termination of supervision relieves registration obligations. See 301.45(5)(am)(2).

Certain court-ordered registration based on depiction of nudity without consent terminates upon completion of sentence/satisfaction of court order. 301.45(1)(p)(b).

Pardon may relieve registration requirement but no authority on point.

Early Termination for Juvenile Offenders:

Certain youthful offenders (where offense did not involve intercourse through violence/threat of violence) may petition for relief at any time.  See 301.45(1m).

Expungement of certain invasion of privacy convictions/adjudications upon completion of dispositional order relieves registration obligations. Available only to juveniles/offenders under 25. See 938.355 (juveniles), 973.015 (persons under 25) for eligibility criteria.

Eligibility:

Lifetime supervision order: No criminal conviction while under supervision.  See 939.615(6)(b)(1).

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