163A.215 Release of sex offender information according to classification. (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 may release sex offender information to a law enforcement agency if the notifying agency or supervising agency determines that the release of information is in the public interest.
(c) In addition to the release of information described in this subsection and ORS 137.540, 144.260 and 441.373, a notifying agency or a supervising agency may release sex offender information to the public in accordance with subsections (2) to (4) of this section.
(2) If the sex offender is classified as a level three sex offender under ORS 163A.100 (3):
(a) The Department of State Police shall release sex offender information on a website maintained by the department; and
(b) The supervising agency or a notifying agency may release sex offender information to:
(A) A person that resides with the sex offender;
(B) A person with whom the sex offender has a significant relationship;
(C) Residential neighbors and churches, community parks, schools and child care centers, convenience stores, businesses and other places that children or other potential victims may frequent;
(D) A long term care facility, as defined in ORS 442.015, or a residential care facility, as defined in ORS 443.400, if the agency knows that the sex offender is seeking admission to the facility; and
(E) Local or regional media sources.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(a) of this section, the Department of State Police may not use the Internet to make available to th
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Chapter 163A — Sex Offender Reporting and Classification
Uncodified sections printed in this chapter were amended or repealed by the Legislative Assembly during its 2026 regular session. See the table of uncodified sections amended or repealed during the 2026 regular session: 2026 A&R Tables
2025 EDITION
SEX OFFENDERS
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
REPORTING
CLASSIFICATION
Note Existing registrants--2013 c.708 §7
RECLASSIFICATION AND RELIEF FROM REPORTING
PROVISION OF RECORDS BY AGENCIES
RELEASE OF INFORMATION
REPORTING
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163A.215 Release of sex offender information according to classification. (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 may release sex offender information to a law enforcement agency if the notifying agency or supervising agency determines that the release of information is in the public interest.
(c) In addition to the release of information described in this subsection and ORS 137.540, 144.260 and 441.373, a notifying agency or a supervising agency may release sex offender information to the public in accordance with subsections (2) to (4) of this section.
(2) If the sex offender is classified as a level three sex offender under ORS 163A.100 (3):
(a) The Department of State Police shall release sex offender information on a website maintained by the department; and
(b) The supervising agency or a notifying agency may release sex offender information to:
(A) A person that resides with the sex offender;
(B) A person with whom the sex offender has a significant relationship;
(C) Residential neighbors and churches, community parks, schools and child care centers, convenience stores, businesses and other places that children or other potential victims may frequent;
(D) A long term care facility, as defined in ORS 442.015, or a residential care facility, as defined in ORS 443.400, if the agency knows that the sex offender is seeking admission to the facility; and
(E) Local or regional media sources.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(a) of this section, the Department of State Police may not use the Internet to make available to the public information concerning a sex offender classified as a level three sex offender under ORS 163A.100 (3) while the person is under the supervision of the Psychiatric Security Review Board, unless the department is authorized to do so by a request of the supervising agency.
(4) If the sex offender is classified as a level two sex offender under ORS 163A.100 (2), the supervising agency or a notifying agency may release sex offender information to the persons or entities described in subsection (2)(b)(A) to (D) of this section.
(5) If the sex offender is classified as a level one sex offender under ORS 163A.100 (1), the supervising agency or a notifying agency may release sex offender information to a person described in subsection (2)(b)(A) of this section.
(6) As used in this section:
(a) “Notifying agency” means the Department of State Police, a city police department, a county sheriff’s office or a police department established by a university under ORS 352.121.
(b) “Sex offender information” means information that the Department of State Police determines by rule is appropriate for release to the public.
(c) “Supervising agency” means a governmental entity responsible for supervising a person required to report as a sex offender under ORS 163A.010 or 163A.015. [Formerly 181.835; 2017 c.442 §33]
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Oregon criminal law — ORS Title 16 (2025 snapshot) · legal_authorities
163A.010 Reporting by sex offender discharged, paroled or released from correctional facility or another United States jurisdiction. (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 discharged, paroled or released on any form of supervised or conditional release from a jail, prison or other correctional facility or detention facility in this state at which the person was confined as a result of:
(A) Conviction of a sex crime or a crime for which the person would have to register as a sex offender under federal law; or
(B) Having been found guilty except for insanity of a sex crime;
(b) Is paroled to this state under ORS 144.610 after being 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
(c) Is discharged by the court under ORS 161.329 after having been found guilty except for insanity of a sex crime.
(3)(a) A person described in subsection (2) of this section shall report, in person, to the Department of State Police, a city police department or a county sheriff’s office, in the county to which the person was discharged, paroled or released or in which the person was otherwise placed:
(A) Within 10 days following discharge, release on parole, post-prison supervision or other supervised or conditional release;
(B) Within 10 days of a change of residence;
(C)
163A.100 Risk assessment methodology; rules. 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 presented at the time the sex offender was released from custody, sentenced or otherwise discharged from the jurisdiction of a court of this state, or another United States court, for the crime or act for which the sex offender is required to report. Application of the risk assessment methodology to a sex offender must result in placing the sex offender in one of the following levels:
(1) A level one sex offender who presents, or presented at the time of release, sentencing or discharge, the lowest risk of reoffending and requires a limited range of notification.
(2) A level two sex offender who presents, or presented at the time of release, sentencing or discharge, a moderate risk of reoffending and requires a moderate range of notification.
(3) A level three sex offender who presents, or presented at the time of release, sentencing or discharge, the highest risk of reoffending and requires the widest range of notification. [Formerly 181.800; 2025 c.187 §1]
Note: Sections 3 and 4, chapter 187, Oregon Laws 2025, provide:
Sec. 3. The amendments to ORS 163A.100 by section 1 of this 2025 Act apply to sex offenders released from custody, sentenced or otherwise discharged from the jurisdiction of a court of this state, or another United States court, for the crime or act for which the sex offender is required to report, before, on or after the effective date of this 2025 Act [May 27, 2025]. [2025 c.187 §3]
Sec. 4. The State Board of Parole and Post-Priso
163A.220 Internet website. 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 counties and by the federal government. [Formerly 181.836]