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# Searching for sex offenders
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/searching-for-sex-offenders/
- Published: 2002-08-19T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:40:11.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Under state law, Santa Monica Police are not allowed to distribute information about registered sex offenders living here because the city’s population is under 100,000\. However, the same information is made available at numerous Los Angeles County Sheriff departments.

All that is required to search the data-base is a valid driver’s license. However, making copies and printouts is strictly forbidden, though the list can be copied with pen and paper.

The database allows users to search by first names, last names, specific addresses, sex, height, weight, county and zip code. Los Angeles County shows up as a place with some 12,000 sex offenders.

To find an offender in a specific neighborhood requires only the zip code.

The database gives the specific names of the registered sex offenders in a zip code. Clicking an offender’s name will bring up another screen with a description and an occasional photo of the person. Information also is provided about the crimes connected to the offender.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 19, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/081902.pdf?ref=smdp.com)