Poquoson Sex Offender Registry
Poquoson is a small independent city on the Virginia Peninsula, bordered by York County and the Chesapeake Bay. All registered sex offenders with a Poquoson address are listed in the Virginia State Police public registry, which is free to search. This page covers how to search the Poquoson sex offender registry, how local law enforcement manages registrations, and what Virginia law requires of offenders living or working in the city.
Poquoson Overview
Search the Poquoson Sex Offender Registry
The Virginia State Police registry is at sex-offender.vsp.virginia.gov/sor. The same data is also at vspsor.com. No fee is charged, and no login is required.
To find Poquoson offenders, search by zip code 23662. You can also search by the city name or enter a street address with a radius. Results show each registrant's name, photo, date of birth, current address, offense, and tier level. Third-party aggregators have reported approximately 10 registered sex offenders in Poquoson, though the VSP registry is the authoritative source for current data. The database updates daily on weekdays.
The Poquoson Police Department refers registry inquiries to the Virginia State Police and links to sex-offender.vsp.virginia.gov for public access. The National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW) provides a national search across all 50 states. Contact VSP at (804) 674-2825 or sor.vsp@vsp.virginia.gov for questions about specific listings.
Poquoson Police Department
The Poquoson Police Department serves this independent city. The address is 975 Poquoson Avenue, Poquoson, VA 23662. Non-emergency: (757) 868-3501. Chief Kenneth S. Evans leads the department. The department's page is at ci.poquoson.va.us/198/Police. The department provides 24-hour law enforcement services.
The department enforces laws and regulations of the Commonwealth of Virginia as well as city ordinances. Criminal investigations, including sex offenses, are handled locally. Officers coordinate with the Virginia State Police on sex offender registration compliance and conduct address verification checks. The department also connects with the Peninsula Area Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP or p3tips.com for anonymous tips related to crimes in Poquoson.
The Poquoson Police Department explicitly notes that sex offender registry information under Virginia Code Section 19.2-390.1 is provided through the Virginia State Police. The department refers all registry questions to the State Police online portal. This means registry-related searches and notifications are handled at the state level rather than locally, though the local department processes initial registrations for city residents.
The Records Section at Poquoson Police handles FOIA requests and police report copies. For background checks related to the sex offender registry, use the Virginia State Police forms. Form SP-266 is for sex offender registry searches specifically.
York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office
The York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office serves both York County and the City of Poquoson. The address is 301 Goodwin Neck Road, Yorktown, VA 23693. Phone: (757) 890-3630. The sheriff's office is at yorkcounty.gov/359/Sheriffs-Office. This joint agency handles court security, civil process, and jail operations for both jurisdictions.
The York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office links to the Virginia Sex Offender Registry on its website and maintains a public notification database per the Virginia General Assembly's directive to facilitate public access to registry information. Policy RR 1-13 covers Sex Offender Registry procedures within the office. The agency follows Virginia Code provisions on releasing registry-related information to media and the public.
Offenders released from the regional jail who have a Poquoson address and are required to register must update their information before or at release. The sheriff's office coordinates this with the Virginia State Police. For Poquoson offenders, the local police department handles initial registrations, while the sheriff's office focuses on jail releases and court-related matters.
Poquoson City Schools and Registry Notification
The Poquoson City School Board has a policy that requests automatic electronic notification from the Virginia State Police when registered sex offenders move to addresses in the same or contiguous zip codes as city schools. The Division Superintendent serves as the contact person with the State Police for this notification program. Parents and employees are notified annually of the school division's sex offender registry policy and are directed to the Virginia State Police website at sex-offender.vsp.virginia.gov for information.
Registry information received by schools is used strictly for safety purposes. The policy notes that information from the registry cannot be used to intimidate or harass registered offenders. If you want to check which offenders are registered near a specific Poquoson school, use the address-based search on the VSP registry and enter the school's address with a quarter-mile to one-mile radius.
Note: Community Policing Data for Poquoson is also available per Virginia Code sections 15.2-1609 and SB 5030. For specific data requests related to policing and community safety, contact the Poquoson Police Department directly.
Virginia Sex Offender Registration Law
The law is at Virginia Code Title 9.1, Chapter 9. Full statutory text is also at law.justia.com/codes/virginia/title-9-1/chapter-9. Three tiers apply statewide. Tier I: annual registration for 15 years. Tier II: annual registration for 25 years. Tier III: registration every 90 days for life.
Registration is required within three days of release from incarceration or, if no jail time was ordered, within three days of sentencing. Address changes must be reported within three days. Email and internet identifier changes require notice within 30 minutes. Leaving Virginia for more than 10 days requires advance notice to the State Police.
Non-compliance for Tier I and Tier II is a Class 1 misdemeanor, carrying up to 12 months and a $2,500 fine. For Tier III, it is a Class 6 felony with one to five years. Tier III offenders with child victims cannot live or work within 500 feet of schools or daycares anywhere in Virginia.
Poquoson Registry Images
The Virginia State Police Sex Offender Registry at sex-offender.vsp.virginia.gov/sor is the official source for Poquoson offender data. The Poquoson Police Department refers all registry inquiries to this site.
The VSP alternate portal at vspsor.com provides a second search option for Poquoson residents and covers all registered offenders in the city and the surrounding York County area.
The National Sex Offender Public Website at nsopw.gov allows searches across all 50 states and is linked to the Virginia State Police registry for Poquoson and all other Virginia jurisdictions.
The NSOPW national search links to Virginia State Police data and provides access to Poquoson registry records alongside offender information from all 50 states.
County Information
Poquoson is an independent city adjacent to York County on the Virginia Peninsula. The York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office is a joint agency serving both jurisdictions. Offenders who move between Poquoson and York County must update their registration within three days of any address change.
Nearby Virginia Cities
Use the links below to find sex offender registry information for cities near Poquoson.
Registry Use and Public Safety
Virginia law makes sex offender registry information available to the public to help protect communities. You can use the registry to check if an offender lives near your home, school, or workplace. The National Sex Offender Public Website at nsopw.gov also lets you search across all states at once. This is useful when checking on someone who may have moved to Virginia from out of state. The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services at dcjs.virginia.gov has more information about the registry program and community safety resources available to local agencies.
Note: Registry information is for public safety purposes only. Using it to harass or intimidate an offender is prohibited under Virginia law and can result in criminal charges.