U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Frequently Asked Questions: The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) Final Guidelines Background 1. What does the term "SORNA" mean? 2. What is the Federal role in the administration of SORNA? 3. What is the SMART Office? 4. What are the final guidelines? 5. What jurisdictions are included under SORNA? 6. Who is required to register under SORNA's standards? 7. What is considered a sex offense under SORNA? 8. What is a "conviction" under SORNA? 9. What are some key definitions under SORNA? 10. Does the Adam Walsh Act place restrictions on where sex offenders can live, work, go to school or loiter? II. How does SORNA handle offenses that involve consensual sexual conduct? Substantial Implementation 12. What is substantial implementation? 13. When is the deadline for substantial implementation? 14. What are the consequences for jurisdictions that fail to substantially implement SORNA by July 27, 2009? 15. What do jurisdictions need to do in order to comply with the SORNA tiering system? Tribal 16. What are the additional consequences for federally recognized Indian tribes that fail to substantially implement SORNA by July 27, 2009? 17. What if the reservation of a federally-recognized tribe is in more than one state? 18. Is there a model SORNA tribal/tribal or tribal/state cooperative agreement? 19. Can tribes collaborate with other tribes or the states as they work to implement SORNA? Registry Information 20. What information is required in jurisdictions' sex offender registries? 21. What are the jurisdictions required to do with the collected information about sex offenders? 1 EFTA00731051