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Article III. Registration of Felons
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Every person who has been convicted in any federal court or state court within 10 years prior to the effective date of this code, or who subsequently to the effective date of this code is convicted of the crime of counterfeiting, grand larceny, embezzlement, forgery, obtaining money or property by false pretenses, burglary, felonious assault, rape, robbery, arson, murder, kidnapping, extortion, violation of any law prohibiting the carrying or possession of deadly weapons, taking or enticing any person for the purpose of obtaining ransom or violation of any provisions of any national or state law relating to the possession, sale or transportation of any narcotic, who resides in the city, shall report to the sheriff of Los Angeles County, or such law enforcement officer designated by said city as the officer responsible for law enforcement within said city, within 48 hours after his arrival within the boundaries of said city, and shall furnish to the sheriff of Los Angeles County, or such law enforcement officer designated by the city as the officer responsible for law enforcement within the city, a written statement signed by such person, the true name of such person and each other name or alias by which such person is or has been known, a full and complete description of himself, the name of each crime hereinabove in this section enumerated, of which he shall have been convicted, together with the name of the place where each such crime was committed, the name under which he was convicted and the date of the conviction thereof, the name, if any, and the location of each prison, reformatory or other penal institution in which he shall have been confined as punishment therefor, together with the location or address of his residence, stopping place or living quarters in the city, and each one thereof, if any, or the address or location of his intended residence, stopping place, or living quarters therein, and each one thereof, with a description of the character of each such place, whether a hotel, apartment house, dwelling house, or otherwise, giving the street number thereof, if any, or such description of the address or location thereof, as will so identify the same as to make it possible of location, and the length of time for which he expects or intends to reside within the city.

At the time of furnishing such information, said person shall be photographed and fingerprinted by said sheriff of Los Angeles County, or such law enforcement officer designated by said city as the officer responsible for law enforcement within the city, and the photograph and fingerprints shall be made a part of the permanent record herein provided for. (2002 Code § 3-6.1).