Oregon Sex Offenders
Oregon State Law
Authority to provide information concerning registered sex offenders to victims is conferred by ORS 181.601. Authority to make information concerning registered sex offenders available to the public is conferred by Oregon Laws 1999, Chapter 626, section 1. Authority to designate unsupervised adult and juvenile offenders as predatory sex offenders and authority to notify the public concerning predatory sex offenders are conferred by ORS 181.585 to 181.589.
Section 181.585 indicates that "For purposes of ORS 181.585 to 181.587, a person is a predatory sex offender if the person exhibits characteristics showing a tendency to victimize or injure others and has been convicted of a sex crime listed in ORS 181.594 (2)(a) to (d), has been convicted of attempting to commit one of those crimes or has been found guilty except for insanity of one of those crimes."
Section 181.594 (2)(a) to (d) include:
(a) Rape in any degree;
(b) Sodomy in any degree;
(c) Unlawful sexual penetration in any degree;
(d) Sexual abuse in any degree;
The following counties in Oregon have sex offender registry information online:
Oregon State Sex Offender Registry
For all other Oregon Sex Offender information.
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