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NOTICE: This opinion is subject to motions for rehearing under Rule 22 as well as formal revision before publication in the New Hampshire Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter, Supreme Court of New Hampshire, One Charles Doe Drive, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, of any editorial errors in order that corrections may be made before the opinion goes to press. Errors may be reported by E-mail at the following address: reporter@courts.state.nh.us. Opinions are available on the Internet by 9:00 a.m. on the morning of their release. The direct address of the court's home page is: http://www.courts.state.nh.us/supreme. THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ___________________________ Merrimack No. 2009-824 JOHN DOE v. NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY Argued: April 22, 2010 Opinion Issued: June 30, 2010 Marcia A. B. Thunberg, of Concord, by brief and orally, for the petitioner. Michael A. Delaney, attorney general (David M. Hilts, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the respondent. DALIANIS, J. The respondent, New Hampshire Department of Safety (DOS), appeals an order of the Superior Court (Smukler, J.) granting petitioner John Doe's motion for summary judgment upon his petition for a declaratory judgment and denying DOS's cross motion for summary judgment. The trial court held that Doe is not required to register for life as a sex offender. We reverse. The record supports the following relevant facts. Doe, a New Hampshire resident, pleaded guilty to gross sexual assault in Maine in August 1991. See Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 17-A,

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