9.2Listed Offenses1
Offenses under the SORA are grouped into three tiers based on the seriousness of the offense; the most serious offenses are found in tier III. See People v Tucker, 312 Mich App 645, 658 (2015). A listed offense for purposes of the SORA is any tier I, tier II, or tier III offense.2 MCL 28.722(i). See MCL 28.722(r) (tier I offenses); MCL 28.722(t) (tier II offenses); MCL 28.722(v) (tier III offenses).
1 Conviction of an offense formerly identified as a listed offense and found in MCL 28.722(e), required the offender to register as a sex offender under the SORA provided other conditions were met. MCL 28.723. In 2011, the listed offenses were divided and grouped into three tiers—tier I, tier II, and tier III. See 2011 PA 17, effective July 1, 2011. In addition to restructuring the listed offenses formerly found in MCL 28.722(e), the 2011 amendment eliminated a number of offenses from the list. See MCL 750.167 (disorderly persons), MCL 750.335a(2)(a) (open or indecent exposure), or a corresponding and substantially similar ordinance of a municipality. See the Table for a complete record of listed offenses throughout the SORA’s history.
2 The offenses in tier I, tier II, and tier III are discussed in detail in Chapters 2 and 3.