Aragon

A convicted sex offender must register in the county where he resides or, if he does not have a residence, where he is located as a transient. (Pen. Code, §§ 290, 290.011.) 1 For purposes of the sex offender registration requirements, “residence” includes a recreational vehicle that can be located by a street address. (§ 290.011, subd. (g).) A sex offender must reregister within five working days if he moves to a residence after being a transient. (§ 290.011, subd. (b).)

As a result of a 1995 conviction for committing a lewd act on a child, defendant is required to register as a sex offender. For several months, he lived in a travel trailer parked on the street in front of his brother’s residence in Sacramento County. During those months, defendant went to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department each month to register. He reported that he was a transient in Sacramento County.

Based on this conduct, defendant was convicted of failing to comply with the registration requirements because, under the definition of “residence” *507 contained in the registration statutes, his travel trailer became a residence when he parked it in front of his brother’s residence and,…