Title 16, Crimes and Punishments

As used in ORS 163A.005 to 163A.235: (1) “Another United States court” means a federal court, a military court, the tribal court of a federally recognized Indian tribe or a court of: (a) A state other than Oregon; (b) The District of Columbia; (c) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;…

(1) The agency to which a person reports under subsection (3) of this section shall complete a sex offender registration form concerning the person when the person reports under subsection (3) of this section. (2) Subsection (3) of this section applies to a person who: (a) Is dis…

(1) The agency to which a person reports under subsection (4) of this section shall complete a sex offender registration form concerning the person when the person reports under subsection (4) of this section. (2) Subsection (4) of this section applies to a person who is discharg…

(1)(a) When a person described in subsection (6) of this section moves into this state and is not otherwise required by ORS 163A.010, 163A.015 or 163A.025 to report, the person shall report, in person, to the Department of State Police, a city police department or a county sherif…

(1) A person found to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court under ORS 419C.005, or found by the juvenile court to be responsible except for insanity under ORS 419C.411, for having committed an act that, if committed by an adult, would constitute a felony sex crime shal…

(1)(a) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, the juvenile court shall hold a hearing on the issue of reporting as a sex offender by a person who has been found to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court under ORS 419C.005, or found by the juvenile court t…

(1) Agencies registering offenders under ORS 163A.010, 163A.015, 163A.020 and 163A.025 shall use forms and procedures adopted by the Department of State Police by administrative rule. The department shall include places on the form to list all the names used by the offender and t…

(1) A person who is required to report as a sex offender in accordance with the applicable provisions of ORS 163A.010, 163A.015, 163A.020 or 163A.025 and who has knowledge of the reporting requirement commits the crime of failure to report as a sex offender if the person: (a) Fai…

(1) The purpose of ORS 163A.005 to 163A.235 is to assist law enforcement agencies in preventing future sex offenses. (2) The Department of State Police may adopt rules to carry out the responsibilities of the department under ORS 163A.005 to 163A.235. [Formerly 181.814]

(1) When the court imposes sentence upon a person convicted of a sex crime or finds a person guilty except for insanity of a sex crime, the court shall notify the person of the obligation to report as a sex offender under ORS 163A.010 and 163A.015. (2) At the initial intake for i…

When the Department of State Police learns that a person required to report under ORS 163A.010, 163A.015, 163A.020 or 163A.025 is moving to another state, the department shall notify the appropriate criminal justice agency of that state of that fact. The department is not respons…

(1) For those sex offenders classified as a level three sex offender under ORS 163A.100 (3), or designated as a predatory sex offender prior to January 1, 2014, the supervising agency or the agency making the classification or designation shall provide the Department of State Pol…

A public agency and its employees are immune from liability, both civil and criminal, for the good faith performance of the agency’s or employee’s duties under ORS 163A.005 to 163A.235. [Formerly 181.818] CLASSIFICATION

The State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision shall, in consultation with community corrections agencies, adopt by rule a sex offender risk assessment methodology for use in classifying sex offenders. The methodology may consider exclusively the risk the sex offender pres…

(1) When a person convicted of a crime described in ORS 163.355 to 163.427 is sentenced to a term of imprisonment in a Department of Corrections institution for that crime, the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision shall assess the person utilizing the risk assessment…

(1) ORS 163A.105 applies to persons for whom the event triggering the obligation to make an initial report under ORS 163A.010 (3)(a)(A), 163A.015 (4)(a)(A) or 163A.020 (1)(a)(A), (2)(a)(A) or (3)(a)(A) occurs on or after January 1, 2014. (2) As used in this section, “event trigge…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (1) A person who is a sexually violent dangerous offender under ORS 137.765: (a) Must be classified as a level three sex offender under ORS 163A.100 (3); and (b) Is not eligible for relief from the obligation to report as a sex offender…

(1)(a) A person who is required to report as a sex offender under ORS 163A.010, 163A.015 or 163A.020 due to a conviction for a sex crime and is classified as a level one sex offender under ORS 163A.100 (1) may petition the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision to reli…

(1) A person required to report as a sex offender under ORS 163A.025 (1)(a), (b) or (c), or required to report as a sex offender under the laws of another state as a result of an adjudication in an Oregon juvenile court, may file a petition for an order relieving the person of th…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (7) of this section, a person required to report under ORS 163A.025 (1)(d) may file a petition in the juvenile court for an order relieving the person of the duty to report. If the person resides: (a) In this state and is required to report un…

A person otherwise required to report under ORS 163A.010, 163A.015, 163A.020 or 163A.025 is not required to report, and if currently reporting is no longer required to report, if: (1)(a) The person has been convicted of: (A) Rape in the third degree as defined in ORS 163.355; (B)…

(1) When a person is convicted of an offense or adjudicated for an act described in ORS 163A.140 (1), the court shall determine whether the person is required to report under ORS 163A.010 or 163A.015. (2) The court shall enter an order relieving the person of the requirement to r…

(1) A person who meets the criteria described in ORS 163A.140 and seeks relief from the requirement to report under ORS 163A.010, 163A.015 or 163A.020 shall: (a) If the person was convicted in this state of the offense or adjudicated in this state for the act giving rise to the o…

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 179.505, the Psychiatric Security Review Board and the Oregon Health Authority shall provide to the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision any records that would assist the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision in: (a) Performing an …

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 179.505, the Oregon Health Authority shall provide to the Psychiatric Security Review Board any records that would assist the board in: (a) Performing an initial classification of a person into one of the three levels described in ORS 163A.100, as required…

Notwithstanding ORS 419A.257 or any other provision of law, the Oregon Youth Authority and the juvenile department may disclose and provide copies of reports and other materials relating to a child, ward, youth or adjudicated youth’s history and prognosis to the Psychiatric Secur…

(1)(a) A notifying agency or a supervising agency shall release, upon request, any information that may be necessary to protect the public concerning sex offenders who reside in a specific area or concerning a specific sex offender. (b) A notifying agency or a supervising agency …

The Department of State Police shall consider: (1) Contracting with a private vendor to build and maintain the website required by ORS 163A.215 (2)(a). (2) Adding links on the website required by ORS 163A.215 (2)(a) that connect to other sex offender websites run by Oregon counti…

(1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, when a sex offender is under the supervision of the Oregon Youth Authority or a county juvenile department for the first time as a result of committing an act that if committed by an adult would constitute a sex crime, the Depa…

(1)(a) When information about a person is first entered into the Law Enforcement Data System under ORS 163A.035, the person will be assigned a registry identification number. (b) A victim shall be issued a victim identification number and shall be given the registry identificatio…

Upon the request of the Department of State Police, a city police department, a county sheriff’s office or a supervising agency, a supervising agency or an agency having responsibility for community notification shall enter into agreements to resolve concerns regarding community …