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Megans Law Megans Law By: Jim E-mail: Jim_bean79@yahoo.com Megan's Law has had a profound effect on not only convicted sex offenders and prosecutors, but also on the community including real estate brokers and apartment owners. Megan's Law is a collection of statutes that were passed in 1994 in response to the death of Megan Kanka, who was killed by a convicted sex offender who lived across the street from her home. Two of the laws are collectively known as the Registration and Community Notification Law (RCNL) and are composed of the: 1.Registration Law that requires certain sex offenders to register with law enforcement officials, and 2.Community Notification Law, which requires notification of the registrant's presence in the community by the County Prosecutor. The purpose of the RCNL is to assist law enforcement officials in apprehending sex offenders and enable communities to protect themselves from such offenders. What you should do: The law specifically directs licensees to refrain from making any inquiry as to whether registrants live on or near the premises, and not to provide information on notifications from county prosecutors. The law also provides that licensees shall inform the person making the inquiry that information about sex offenders is maintained by law, megan's, notification, sex, county, prosecutor, offenders, licensees, , offender, information, convicted, community, under, statement, rcnl, premises, owners, near, leases, journal, 1996, whether, vol, upon, tenants, should, sexual, resides, requires, real, provide, prosecutors, property, presence, prepared, owner, officials, municipality, making, inquiry, estate, enforcement, case, apartment, word, wise, william, west, walter, violence