2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 163A - Sex Offender Reporting and Classification
Section 163A.005 - Definitions for 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;
(d) Guam;
(e) American Samoa;
(f) The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; or
(g) The United States Virgin Islands.
(2) "Attends" means is enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis.
(3)(a) "Correctional facility" means any place used for the confinement of persons:
(A) Charged with or convicted of a crime or otherwise confined under a court order.
(B) Found to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for having committed an act that if committed by an adult would constitute a crime.
(b) "Correctional facility" applies to a state hospital or a secure intensive community inpatient facility only as to persons detained therein charged with or convicted of a crime, or detained therein after being found guilty except for insanity under ORS 161.290 to 161.373 or responsible except for insanity under ORS 419C.411.
(4) "Institution of higher education" means a public or private educational institution that provides a program of post-secondary education.
(5) "Sex crime" means:
(a) Rape in any degree;
(b) Sodomy in any degree;
(c) Unlawful sexual penetration in any degree;
(d) Sexual abuse in any degree;
(e) Incest with a child victim;
(f) Using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct;
(g) Encouraging child sexual abuse in any degree;
(h) Transporting child pornography into the state;
(i) Paying for viewing a child’s sexually explicit conduct;
(j) Compelling prostitution;
(k) Promoting prostitution;
(L) Kidnapping in the first degree if the victim was under 18 years of age;
(m) Contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor;
(n) Sexual misconduct if the offender is at least 18 years of age;
(o) Possession of materials depicting sexually explicit conduct of a child in the first degree;
(p) Kidnapping in the second degree if the victim was under 18 years of age, except by a parent or by a person found to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court;
(q) Online sexual corruption of a child in any degree if the offender reasonably believed the child to be more than five years younger than the offender;
(r) Luring a minor, if:
(A) The offender reasonably believed the minor or, in the case of a police officer or agent of a police officer posing as a minor, the purported minor to be more than five years younger than the offender or under 16 years of age; and
(B) The court designates in the judgment that the offense is a sex crime;
(s) Sexual assault of an animal;
(t) Public indecency or private indecency, if the person has a prior conviction for a crime listed in this subsection;
(u) Trafficking in persons as described in ORS 163.266 (1)(b) or (c);
(v) Purchasing sex with a minor if the court designates the offense as a sex crime pursuant to ORS 163.413 (3)(d), or the offense is the defendant’s second or subsequent conviction under ORS 163.413 (3)(b)(B);
(w) Invasion of personal privacy in the first degree, if the court designates the offense as a sex crime pursuant to ORS 163.701 (3);
(x) Any attempt to commit any of the crimes listed in paragraphs (a) to (w) of this subsection;
(y) Burglary, when committed with intent to commit any of the offenses listed in paragraphs (a) to (w) of this subsection; or
(z) Criminal conspiracy if the offender agrees with one or more persons to engage in or cause the performance of an offense listed in paragraphs (a) to (w) of this subsection.
(6) "Sex offender" means a person who:
(a) Has been convicted of a sex crime;
(b) Has been found guilty except for insanity of a sex crime;
(c) Has been convicted in another United States court of a crime:
(A) That would constitute a sex crime if committed in this state; or
(B) For which the person would have to register as a sex offender in that court’s jurisdiction, or as required under federal law, regardless of whether the crime would constitute a sex crime in this state; or
(d) Is described in ORS 163A.025 (1).
(7) "Works" or "carries on a vocation" means full-time or part-time employment for more than 14 days within one calendar year whether financially compensated, volunteered or for the purpose of governmental or educational benefit. [Formerly 181.805]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes

Chapter 163A - Sex Offender Reporting and Classification

Section 163A.005 - Definitions for ORS 163A.005 to 163A.235.

Section 163A.010 - Reporting by sex offender discharged, paroled or released from correctional facility or another United States jurisdiction.

Section 163A.015 - Reporting by sex offender discharged, released or placed on probation by court or another United States jurisdiction.

Section 163A.020 - Reporting by sex offender upon moving into state; reporting by certain nonresidents and certain residents.

Section 163A.025 - Reporting by sex offender adjudicated in juvenile court.

Section 163A.030 - Hearing on issue of reporting by sex offender adjudicated in juvenile court; right to counsel.

Section 163A.035 - Registration forms; Department of State Police to provide; distribution of information; rules; fee.

Section 163A.040 - Failure to report as sex offender; defense.

Section 163A.045 - Purpose of sex offender reporting obligation; rules.

Section 163A.050 - Notice of reporting obligation to be given by court; procedure at intake.

Section 163A.060 - Offender profiling.

Section 163A.100 - Risk assessment methodology; rules.

Section 163A.105 - When risk assessments performed; classification into risk level; review; rules.

Section 163A.110 - Applicability of ORS 163A.105.

Section 163A.115 - When certain classification required; persons ineligible for relief from reporting obligation.

Section 163A.120 - Relief from reporting obligation.

Section 163A.125 - Relief from reporting obligation for sex offenders classified under ORS 163A.100; reclassification; procedure.

Section 163A.130 - Relief from reporting obligation for juvenile offenders adjudicated in Oregon.

Section 163A.135 - Relief from reporting obligation for juvenile offenders adjudicated in another United States jurisdiction.

Section 163A.140 - Relief from reporting obligation; circumstances; order.

Section 163A.145 - Procedure for relief under ORS 163A.140; upon conviction or adjudication.

Section 163A.150 - Procedure for relief under ORS 163A.140; after conviction or adjudication; testimony of victim.

Section 163A.200 - Provision of records by Psychiatric Security Review Board and Oregon Health Authority.

Section 163A.205 - Provision of records by Oregon Health Authority.

Section 163A.210 - Provision of records by Oregon Youth Authority and juvenile department.

Section 163A.215 - Release of sex offender information according to classification.

Section 163A.220 - Internet website.

Section 163A.225 - Release of information concerning sex offender adjudicated in juvenile court.

Section 163A.230 - Victim access to sex offender information; toll-free telephone number.

Section 163A.235 - Agreements to resolve concerns about community notification.