19-51. Enforcement Procedures

  1. If a law enforcement officer reasonably believes that a convicted child sex offender is in a child safety zone in violation of this article, the officer shall require the convicted child sex offender to provide his/her name, address, and telephone number. If the officer establishes that the individual is a convicted child sex offender, then the officer shall notify the convicted child sex offender that he/she is in violation of the article.
  2. For the purposes hereof, an individual may be established as a convicted child sex offender:
    1. If he/she is a resident of North Carolina and is required to be registered on the North Carolina Department of Public Safety Sex Offender Registration Database; or
    2. If he/she is not a resident of North Carolina, he/she would be required to so register if he/she was, in fact, a North Carolina resident