Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Chino Municipal Code Ch. 9.04 Felon Registration
Chino Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Chino
Cite as: Chino Municipal Code Chapter 9.04 · Text as of 2026-10-04
I. - OFFENSES BY OR AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICERS AND GOVERNMENT¶
9.04.010 - Convicted persons defined.¶
For the purpose of this chapter, "convicted persons" refers to any person who subsequent to January 1, 1925, has been or who shall hereafter be convicted of a felony or any offense punishable as a felony, in the state, or who has been or shall hereafter be convicted of the violation of any law in any place other than the state, which crime if committed in the state would have been a felony or would have been punishable as a felony; also any person who since January 1, 1925, has been or is hereafter convicted in the state, or elsewhere, of the violation of any law relating to the following subjects:
A. Relating to or regulating the possession, distribution, furnishing, or use of any narcotic;
B. Regulating or prohibiting the carrying or possession of or ownership of any concealed weapon or deadly weapon, or any weapon capable of being concealed, or regulating or prohibiting the possession of, sale of, or use of any device, instrument, or attachment designed to or intended to be used for the purpose of silencing the report of, or concealing the discharge or flash of any firearm;
C. Regulating or prohibiting the use, possession, manufacture, or compounding of tear gas or any other gas which may be used for the purpose of temporarily or permanently disabling any human being;
D. Any attempt to commit, or any conspiracy to commit, any offense described or referred to in this section;
E. Subject to the provisions in this title, any person convicted of any of the above enumerated offenses prior to January 1, 1925, whose term of imprisonment, period of punishment or sentence, term of parole or probationary period, as the case may be, does not or will not expire until some date subsequent to January 1, 1925, and all persons convicted of any of the foregoing offenses or any offense described in subsection G of this section, subsequent to January 1, 1925, and whose term of imprisonment, period of probation or sentence, or term of parole has not expired, shall upon the expiration or termination of such term of imprisonment, period of probation or sentence, term of parole, or probationary period, be deemed a convicted person;
F. Provided, further, that in the event any person who is now, or who has been, or may hereafter be placed on probation for the committing of any of the above enumerated offenses whose conviction is set aside in the manner provided by law, shall not be deemed a convicted person;
G. Any person who has been since January 1, 1925, or is hereafter convicted of or is adjudicated as, a drug addict, as defined by the laws of any state, shall also be deemed a convicted person.
(Prior code 10-13.)
9.04.020 - Report to police—Required— Contents.¶
A. Within thirty days after the effective date of this chapter, every convicted person being or residing within the city shall register with and furnish to the chief of police of the city at the office of the chief of police a statement in writing signed by such person, giving the following information:
His true name and all aliases which he has used or under which he is or may have been known;
A full and complete description of his person;
The kind, character and nature of each crime of which he has been convicted;
The place where such crime was, or crimes were, committed and the place of conviction of the same;
The name under which he was convicted in each instance and the date thereof;
The name, if any, and the location of each person, reformatory, jail, or other penal institution in which he was confined or to which he was sentenced;
The location and address of his residence, stopping place, living quarters or place of abode in the city; if more than one residence, stopping place or place of abode, that fact must be stated and the location and address of each given;
A statement of the kind of residence, stopping place or place of abode in which he resides, whether the same is temporary or permanent, and whether the same is a private residence, hotel, apartment house, or other building or structure;
The length of time he has occupied such place of residence, stopping place or place of abode, and the length of time he expects or intends to remain in the city.
B. All such statements shall be made upon forms therefor prescribed and provided by the chief of police; such statements shall contain such other and further information as may be required by the chief of police for the purpose of aiding and assisting him in carrying into effect the provisions and intent of this chapter.
(Prior code § 10-14.)
9.04.030 - Report to police—Required for transients.¶
Every convicted person who enters and remains in the city for twenty-four hours shall, within twenty-four hours after the expiration of such twenty-four hour period, furnish to the chief of police a written statement on like form and containing all of the information required by the written statement referred to in Section 9.04.020, and shall in addition thereto state in writing in such statement the date that he entered the state and each of his places of residence or abode for the three-month period next preceding the date of his arrival in the city.
(Prior code § 10-15.)
9.04.040 - Report to police—Fingerprinting and photographs.¶
Every convicted person shall, at the time of registering and furnishing the information required by Sections 9.04.020 and 9.04.030, be photographed and fingerprinted by the chief of police who shall cause such photographs and fingerprints to be made a part of the record provided for by the foregoing sections and Section 9.04.050, and it shall be the duty of the chief of police forthwith to furnish a copy of the records, photographs and fingerprints to the district attorney of the county.
(Prior code § 10-16.)
9.04.050 - Report to police—Fingerprinting and photographs—Disposition.¶
The statements, photographs and fingerprints provided for in Section 9.04.040 shall at all times be kept by the chief of police in files maintained and kept by the chief and shall not be open to inspection by the public, or by any person other than the chief, his regularly appointed, qualified and acting police officers and employees in his office; provided, that any such photograph, or duplicates thereof, may be exhibited to persons other than those mentioned in this chapter for the purpose of assisting in identifying perpetrators of any crime; and provided, further, that copies of the statements, photographs and fingerprints may be transmitted to the sheriff of any county in the state, or to the chief of police of any municipality of the state, or to the head of any department of the state engaged in the enforcement of any criminal law of this state, or to the head of any federal law enforcement agency, or to any sheriff or chief of police of any municipality, or the head of any other law enforcement agency in any state or territory outside of the state, when request is made in writing by such sheriff or other head of any law enforcement agency asking for the record of a certain person, or for the record of a person whose photograph or fingerprints reasonably corresponds with the photograph or fingerprints submitted with such request, and stating that such record is deemed necessary for the use of such law enforcement officer or agency in or concerning the investigation of any crime or any person who is accused of committing a crime, or any crime which is reported to have been committed, and further stating that the record will be used only for such purposes; provided, however, that nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent the chief of police from furnishing to the sheriff of any county, the chief of police of any municipality, or the head of any other law enforcement agency which maintains any system of registration of convicted persons copies of the statements required to be filed under the provisions of this chapter, together with photograph and fingerprints of the person making such statements when and if such sheriff, chief of police, or other head of any law enforcement agency furnishes to the chief of police of the city copies of statements, photographs and fingerprints procured by him, and it is made the duty of the chief of police to arrange for the exchange of such information.
(Prior code § 10-17.)
9.04.060 - Report to police—Change of address.¶
Any convicted person who is required to register under the provisions of this chapter, who changes his place of residence, stopping place or living quarters, shall within forty-eight hours after the changing of his place of residence, stopping place, or living quarters notify the chief of police of such fact and furnish to the chief of police the new address of his new residence, stopping place, or living quarters in the same manner and with the same detailed information as is required in the filing of the original statement under the provisions of Sections 9.04.020 and 9.04.030.
(Prior code § 10-18.)
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