Registration

Who is Required to Report or Register as a Sex Offender in Oregon?

Oregon Revised Statutes 181.595 and 181.596 require lifetime sex offender registration for persons who are:

1. convicted in Oregon of certain registerable offenses; or
2. found guilty except for insanity of one of those offenses; or
3. found to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for having committed an act that if committed by an adult would constitute a sex crime; or
4. paroled to or otherwise placed in this state after having been convicted of a sex crime; or
5. adjudicated in juvenile court for an act that if committed in this state would constitute a sex crime.

Nonresidents and people moving into Oregon:

• Anyone adjudicated in another state for what would be considered a sex crime in Oregon; OR
• Anyone who was required to register as a sex offender in another state, even if the crime would not be considered a sex crime in Oregon.

Note: Registration in Oregon is lifetime, unless granted relief by the court.

When is Registration Required?

Oregon Residents:

• Within 10 days after adjudication.
• Within 10 days after release from a secure facility (e.g., jail, prison, etc.).
• Within 10 days of completion of supervision.

Nonresidents or offenders who are required to register/report as a sex offender after moving into Oregon:

• Within 10 days of moving into Oregon from another state.

All offenders (both Oregon residents and nonresidents who are required to register) are to report, in person:

• within 10 days of any change in residence, even if moving out of Oregon; AND
• once each year within 10days of the youth's birth date, even if the youth did not change his/her residence.

Offenders, residing in or outside of Oregon, who enroll in or attend an Oregon institution of higher education must report:

• within 10 days of the first day the youth enrolls or attends an institution of higher education; AND
• within 10 days of a change in enrollment or attendance at an institution of higher education.

Offenders, residing in or outside Oregon, who work or volunteer at an Oregon institution of higher education for more than 14th days in a year must report:

• within 10 days of the 14th day of employment or volunteer status; AND
• within 10 days of a change in employment or volunteer status.

Offenders who live in another state but work in Oregon are to report within 10 days of:

• the 14th day of employment in Oregon; OR
• a change in employment.

Where does the Offender Register?

• If under supervision, report to the supervising agency (e.g., local law enforcement agency, county juvenile department or the Oregon Youth Authority). Youth may be directed to report to another law enforcement agency.
• If not currently on probation or parole, report to a local law enforcement agency.

Failure to register as a sex offender is a crime and may result in arrest and further prosecution. If the offender is more than 18 years old and fails to register as required it is an adult crime.

Predatory Designation

• In order to be deemed predatory an offender must be convicted of a qualifying crime, have a score of 6 or higher on the Static 99 Risk Assessment Tool, and presently be exhibiting characteristics showing a tendency to victimize or injure others.

  The qualifying crimes for predatory designation consideration are:

  • Rape in any degree
  • Sodomy in any degree
  • Unlawful Sexual Penetration in any degree
  • Sexual Abuse in any degree
  • or any attempt to commit any one of the above crimes in any degree

• If a sex offender has been deemed predatory, he/she will be listed on the Oregon State Police website of predatory sex offenders. Additionally, if the offender is on parole/post-prison supervision or probation, he/she could be subject to additional notification (e.g., door-to-door notification, notification to schools, media notification, etc.) by the supervising agency.
• For offenders being released from prison, to make this determination a referral is made for a Pre-Release Predatory Sex Offender Evaluation. The evaluator reviews the offender's criminal history, the circumstances of their sexual offenses, and assesses their risk and protective factors. After interviewing the evaluator forwards a report to the parole board, which makes a determination.
• If an offender is already on parole or post-prison supervision and has not previously been designated, the parole officer can request that an offender be deemed predatory. Under these circumstances the parole board would rely on evidence the parole officer presents and make a determination.
• When an offender has been deemed predatory, he/she is subject to lifetime registration.

Relief from Registration

Adults

ORS 181.600 provides for relief from registration for certain sex offenders.  Petitions may be filed in the circuit court in the county where the registrant resides no earlier than ten years from the end of supervision for the sex crime.  The offender must not have been designated as a predatory sex offender, and must have been convicted of only one sex crime of level C felony or below.

Juveniles

With the January 1, 2004 enactment of HB 2756, persons who were adjudicated in Oregon as juvenile sex offenders may petition for relief from registration no earlier than two years after the end of their juvenile court supervision by filing a petition in the juvenile court in the county where they were adjudicated.  Persons who were adjudicated outside of Oregon must also wait until two years from the end of juvenile court supervision, and they must have been registered in Oregon for two years before petitioning the juvenile court in the county where they reside.  This law amended ORS 181.607—Relief from reporting requirement; juvenile offenders.

Additional Relief from Registration

Beginning January 1, 2008, Anyone currently registering for certain crimes is eligible to apply for relief from registration if:

1. The act was consensual between the victim and the offender but due to the victim being under 18 years of age, the offender was found guilty; and
2. The victim was 14 years of age or older at the time of the crime; and
3. The offender was less than 5 years older than the victim at the time of the crime; and
4. This is the offender’s only sex crime conviction or adjudication.

Anyone convicted of certain crimes after January 1, 2008, if the court determines the above circumstances exist and the sentencing order states the offender is not required to register as a sex offender.