A few counties have a Web site letting you know, but many others do not.

But now, there's a new effort at the state Legislature to have a statewide sex offender Web site.

Kitsap County is already pretty quick in updating their county Web site. The sheriff's Web site is already listing Nick Stroeder on its Sex Offender Registry.

It includes a photo and the hundred block of his address.

But there is a large discrepancy between counties. In Island County, where the young man lived, the sheriff's Web site only shows dots of where sex offenders live -- no names, no photos, and no addresses.

Now, efforts are under way to change the way you can find out if a sex offender is living on your block.

State lawmakers are hearing about a proposal for a statewide sex offender Web site.

"I think it increases our awareness and it also increases what we know about our community's responsibility to manage offenders that are in our community," said Shelton resident Gretchen Rice.

Supporters say the statewide Web site might look the one in Pierce County. There, you can type in your address and find out which sex offenders live within a half mile. You also get their name, the hundred block of their address, and their photo.

But Kathleen Swan sees a different side to this.

"We're very concerned about our safety in the community where we are living," she said.

She and her husband are both registered sex offenders, having been convicted in a much publicized case involving their daughter.

She fears the Web site.

"But what our concerns are and my concern is my physical safety and integrity of our home which we own and which we are paying a mortgage on," she said.

However, the Swans are only Level I sex offenders and wouldn't be on the Web site.

Supporters say the intent is to give people information about their neighbors, not ammunition.

The statewide Web site would be paid for by registered sex offenders, who'd be charged $80 a year.