§ 1312 Sex Offender Facility Notification

Health and Safety Code·California

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•If someone is a sex offender and needs to go to a long-term care place (like a nursing home), the people in charge of letting them out must tell the care place in writing.
•This is to make sure the care place knows who is coming to live there.
•It’s the law to give this heads-up before the person moves in.

Example

A man who is a sex offender is getting out of prison and needs to live in a nursing home because he is sick.

The prison must send a letter to the nursing home to tell them, 'This man is a sex offender and will be living here soon.'

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§ 1312 Sex Offender Facility Notification

Before a person who is required to register as a sex offender under Section 290 of the Penal Code is released into a long-term health care facility, as defined in Section 1418, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the State Department of State Hospitals, or any other official in charge of the place of confinement, shall notify the facility, in writing, that the sex offender is being released to reside at the facility. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 24, Sec. 12. (AB 1470) Effective June 27, 2012.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 1312.

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