It depends on your tier. Rhode Island uses a three-tier system administered by the Sex Offender Board of Review. Tier I offenders typically register for a set term under state law, with information shared only with law enforcement. Tier II offenders register for longer periods with community notification to schools and similar institutions. Tier III offenders generally register for life, with full public notification through the Rhode Island State Police registry. Tier placement is decided at a separate administrative hearing after conviction, and it can be challenged. Because the tier controls residency, employment, travel, and public exposure for years or decades, the tier hearing is not a formality-it is its own fight, and a Rhode Island sex crimes lawyer at Bank & Munns takes it as seriously as the trial.