Megan's Law is named after seven-year-old Megan Kanka, a New Jersey girl who was killed by a known child molester who had moved across the street from the family without their knowledge. In the wake of the tragedy, the Kanka's sought to have local communities warned about sex offenders in the area.

On October 31, 1994, the New Jersey State Legislature enacted the Registration and Community Notification Laws (RCNL), also known as Megan's Law. The RCNL require certain convicted sexual offenders to register with law enforcement authorities and provide for community notification depending upon the degree of risk that these offenders will commit sexual crimes in the future.

The law also authorizes local law enforcement to notify the public about high-risk and serious sex offenders who reside in, are employed in, or frequent the community. Each town will receive the offenders name and a recent photograph, along with a physical description, offense of which he or she was convicted, address, place of employment and/or schooling and vehicle license plate.

The Infoshare case management system is integrated with a mapping and notification feature, making the community mapping and notification process, which can often be a cumbersome and time consuming process, much easier and more efficient for law enforcement professionals.