The following key terms and their definitions supplement terms defined by the Compact rules. They should be of special interests to judicial authorities:

• Abscond means to be absent from the supervised individual’s approved place of residence and employment; and failing to comply with reporting requirements;
• Arrival means to report to the location and officials designated in reporting instructions given to a supervised individual at the time of the supervised individual’s departure from a sending state under an interstate Compact transfer of supervision;
• Behavior Requiring Retaking means an act or pattern of non-compliance with conditions of supervision that could not be successfully addressed through the use of documented corrective action or graduated responses and would result in a request for revocation of supervision in the receiving state;
• Compliance means that a supervised individual is abiding by all terms and conditions of supervision, including payment of restitution, family support, fines, court costs or other financial obligations imposed by the sending state;
• Deferred Sentence means a sentence the imposition of which is postponed pending the successful completion by the supervised individual of the terms and conditions of supervision ordered by the court;
• Plan of Supervision means the terms under which a supervised individual will be supervised, including proposed residence, proposed employment or viable means of support and the terms and conditions of supervision;
• Probable Cause Hearing means a hearing in compliance with the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, conducted on behalf of a supervised individual accused of violating the terms or conditions of the supervised individual’s parole or probation;
• Relocate means to remain in another state for more than 45 consecutive days in any 12-month period;
• Sex Offender means an adult placed under, or made subject to, supervision as the result of the commission of a criminal offense and released to the community under the jurisdiction of courts, paroling authorities, corrections, or other criminal justice agencies, and, who is required to register as a sex offender either in the sending or receiving state; and, who is required to request transfer of supervision under the provisions of the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision;
• Substantial Compliance means that a supervised individual is sufficiently in compliance with the terms and conditions of his or her supervision so as not to result in initiation of revocation of supervision proceedings by the sending state;
• Supervision means the oversight exercised by authorities of a sending or receiving state over a supervised individual for a period of time determined by a court or releasing authority, during which time the supervised individual is required to report to or be monitored by supervising authorities, and to comply with regulations and conditions, other than monetary conditions, imposed on the supervised individual at the time of the supervised individual’s release to the community or during the period of supervision in the community;
• Violent Crime means any crime involving the unlawful exertion of physical force with the intent to cause injury or physical harm to a person; or an offense in which a person has incurred direct or threatened physical or psychological harm as defined by the criminal code in which the crime occurred; or the use of a deadly weapon in the commission of a crime; or any sex offense requiring registration;
• Waiver means the voluntary relinquishment, in writing, of a known constitutional right or other right, claim or privilege by a supervised individual;
• Warrant means a written order of the court or authorities of a sending or receiving state or other body of competent jurisdiction which is made on behalf of the state, or United States, issued pursuant to statute and/or rule and which commands law enforcement to arrest an offender. The warrant shall be entered in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Wanted Person File using a nationwide pick-up radius with no bond amount set.