🛡️ NSOPW National Sex Offender Public Website Scraper

🚀 Export federated sex-offender registry records from the US Department of Justice NSOPW in seconds. Multi-state search by name or location.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-26 · 📊 17 fields per record · 900,000+ federated records · 50 states + territories

The NSOPW Sex Offender Scraper queries the federated National Sex Offender Public Website operated by the US Department of Justice and returns records across all participating jurisdictions in a single dataset.

Coverage: All 50 states, the District of Columbia, US territories, and participating tribal jurisdictions.

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Target Audience / Use Cases

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Compliance teams	Multi-state screening
Researchers	Cross-jurisdiction analysis
Real-estate / hiring	Background-check augmentation
Civic-tech	Mapping tools
Journalists	Investigative reporting

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📋 What the NSOPW National Sex Offender Public Website Scraper does

• Federated search across NSOPW partners
• Filter by name, city, state, ZIP
• Returns photo and offense attributes when surfaced
• Outputs JSON, CSV, Excel, XML

💡 Why it matters: Export federated sex-offender registry records from the US Department of Justice NSOPW in seconds. Multi-state search by name or location.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
maxItems	integer	No	10	Max records.

Example 1:

{ "lastName": "Smith", "state": "CA", "maxItems": 50 }

Example 2:

{ "zip": "10001", "maxItems": 100 }

⚠️ Good to Know: Always supply the minimum required search fields documented in the input panel; otherwise the actor returns an explanatory error record.

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📊 Output

Sample:

{
  "fullName": "JOHN SMITH",
  "state": "CA",
  "jurisdiction": "California",
  "url": "https://www.nsopw.gov/"
}

Key fields: imageUrl, fullName, firstName, lastName, aliases, dateOfBirth, sex, race, address, city, state, zip, offenses, jurisdiction, jurisdictionUrl, url, source.

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✨ Why choose this Actor

• 🟢 Federated US-wide coverage
• 🟢 Single search across registries
• 🟢 No API key
• 🟢 Up to 1,000,000 paid
• 🟢 Live data

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Option	Free	Bulk export	Live
nsopw.gov site	Yes	No	Yes
Commercial screening	No	Yes	Yes
ParseForge NSOPW Scraper	Yes	Yes	Live

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🚀 How to use

1. Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Open this actor
3. Set inputs, click Start
4. Download CSV / Excel / JSON / XML
5. Schedule or integrate

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💼 Business use cases

Background checks

Augment HR vetting.

Civic safety

Mapping & dashboards.

Research

Cross-state analyses.

Compliance

Multi-state KYC sweeps.

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🔌 Automating NSOPW National Sex Offender Public Website Scraper

Integrates with Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Drive.

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Research

Federal-vs-state coverage gaps.

Personal

Personal awareness searches.

Non-profit

Survivor-support resource maps.

Experimentation

Geo-clustering studies.

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🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

ChatGPT · Claude · Perplexity · Microsoft Copilot

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Source? nsopw.gov federated registry.

Q: API key? No.

Q: Coverage? US-wide.

Q: Output? JSON, CSV, Excel, XML.

Q: Free preview? 10 records.

Q: Bulk size? 1,000,000 paid.

Q: Includes photos? When jurisdictions publish them.

Q: Multiple jurisdictions? Yes, federated.

Q: Real-time? Yes.

Q: Per-jurisdiction detail? Linked via jurisdictionUrl.

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🔌 Integrate with any app

Webhooks, REST API, Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, Google Sheets, and more.

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💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with the US Department of Justice. Only publicly available data from the NSOPW federated system is collected.