How to Find Registered Sex Offenders In Your Area

Registered sex offenders can pose a danger to your family. Finding out if any sex offenders live in your neighborhood can help protect your children. A convicted sex offender could live as close to you as next door and you wouldn't even know it. Fortunately, sex offenders are required by law to register with government and provide them with a current address. These address are in turn available to the public. Here are a few tips on how to find convicted sex offenders in your area.

Instructions

1. Search for your states online sex offender registry. These sites are individual by state and most, but not all states have one. To find out if your state has a registered sex offender list, do a simple search in your favorite search engine by typing in your states name, followed by "sex offender registry".

2. Visit the National Sex Offender public website at Nsopw.gov. Here you can search by name for a suspected sex offender as well as browse a list of nationally registered convicted sex offenders.

3. Perform a search by location to find registered sex offenders in your county. Familywatchdog.us allows you to type in your address and view any convicted sex offenders that are currently living in your area. The search will display squares on a map that represent each sex offender, and their place of residence. Name, address, photo, and description of the offenders conviction can all be viewed by simply clicking on the square.