NARSOL - National Assoc. for Rational Sexual Offense Laws

NARSOL banner over Baltimore skyline at sunset: Navigating Safe Harbors Baltimore 2026.

NARSOL’s 18th conference is a wrap

NARSOL’s 18th conference hit the ground running Friday morning, June 26, and didn’t slow down for two and a half days. With powerball speakers such as Catherine Carpender and Miriam Auckerman, the deeply moving stories of Amber Vlangas and Shawn Barrera-Leaf, and the brave advocacies of Peter Dross and Grant...

18 Jun

NARSOL & WVRSOL File Second Federal Lawsuit Challenging West Virginia’s $125 Annual Registry Fee

By Philip Charleston, WV – June 17, 2026 – The National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) has filed a second federal lawsuit in the Southern District of West Virginia challenging the state law that imposes a $125 annual fee on individuals required to register as sex offenders. The lawsuit, Basham et al. v....

28 May

NEWS RELEASE: North Carolina Court Awards NARSOL $18,458 Against Man Who Spread False Claims

Defendant, believed to be a Proud Boys member, never responded to the lawsuit. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - A man who spent months posting false allegations about the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) on Facebook, including a fabricated claim that the organization is linked to groups advocating child...

the Digest

NARSOL is proud to offer the Digest as the oldest regularly published journal focused on the expansion of public registries in the United States and the individuals who are entangled in it. Started as an online newsletter in 2007, today’s Digest has grown in every way. NARSOL now publishes four editions of the Digest that circulate bi-monthly. The print edition is supported by well over a thousand paid subscribers, many of whom are incarcerated in state and federal prisons for sexually based offenses.