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Community Notifications

Official offender relocation notices, public registrant profile summaries and community safety information. Check the source date and linked agency for current details.

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Understanding community notifications

The Minnesota Department of Corrections’ two-page fact sheet explains risk levels, who makes notification decisions and what information may be shared with the public.

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Minnesota DOC · May 2026 · 2 pages. The document’s statistics reflect the dates printed in the fact sheet.

How risk levels and public notification work

The DOC describes Level 1 as lower risk, Level 2 as moderate risk and Level 3 as higher risk. Use the assigned level stated in an individual’s official notice.

An End-of-Confinement Review Committee assigns risk levels. Local law enforcement is responsible for community notification and determines what information is released.

Level 3 involves broad public notification. Level 1 and Level 2 information is generally restricted, with exceptions for disclosures authorized by law enforcement under the provisions described in the fact sheet.

Public notices can include a general residential area, identifying information, photographs and past-offense information. Risk levels can be reviewed or reassessed. Community-notification requirements continue for as long as a person is required to register.