Oregon Statutes 419A.250 – Authority; segregation of records; access; when records may be kept with those of adults; destruction of records; missing children
(1) A child, ward, youth or adjudicated youth may be photographed or fingerprinted by a law enforcement agency:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 419A.250
- Adjudicated youth: means a person who has been found to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court under ORS § 419C. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
- Court: means the juvenile court. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
- Department: means the Department of Human Services. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
- Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Guardian: means guardian of the person and not guardian of the estate. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Juvenile court: means the court having jurisdiction of juvenile matters in the several counties of this state. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
- Parent: means the biological or adoptive mother and the legal parent of the child, ward, youth or adjudicated youth. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Records: means any information in written form, pictures, photographs, charts, graphs, recordings or documents pertaining to a case. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
- victim: includes the legal guardian of the minor. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
- Ward: means a person within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court under ORS § 419B. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
- Youth: means a person under 18 years of age who is alleged to have committed an act that is a violation, or, if done by an adult would constitute a violation, of a law or ordinance of the United States or a state, county or city. See Oregon Statutes 419A.004
(a) Pursuant to a search warrant;
(b) According to laws concerning adults if the youth has been transferred to criminal court for prosecution;
(c) Upon consent of both the child or youth and the child or youth’s parent after advice that they are not required to give such consent;
(d) Upon request or consent of the child’s parent alone if the child is less than 10 years of age, and if the law enforcement agency delivers the original photographs or fingerprints to the parent and does not make or retain any copies thereof; or
(e) By order of the juvenile court.
(2)(a) When a youth is taken into custody under ORS § 419C.080, the law enforcement agency taking the youth into custody shall photograph and fingerprint the youth. When a youth is found within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for the commission of an act that would constitute a crime if committed by an adult, the court shall ensure that the adjudicated youth’s fingerprints have been taken. The law enforcement agency attending upon the court is the agency responsible for obtaining the fingerprints. The law enforcement agency attending upon the court may, by agreement, arrange for another law enforcement agency to obtain the fingerprints on the attending agency’s behalf.
(b) When an adjudicated youth is committed to a youth correction facility and the juvenile department, court or law enforcement agency has not provided the adjudicated youth’s fingerprint and photograph files or records to the Oregon Youth Authority, the youth authority shall photograph and fingerprint the adjudicated youth.
(3) Fingerprint and photograph files or records of a child, ward, youth or adjudicated youth must be kept separate from those of adults. Fingerprints and photographs known to be those of a child may be maintained on a local basis only and may not be sent to the Department of State Police or a federal depository.
(4) Fingerprint and photograph files or records of a child, ward, youth or adjudicated youth are open to inspection only by, or the contents disclosed only to, the following:
(a) Public agencies for use in investigation or prosecution of crimes and of conduct by a child, ward, youth or adjudicated youth that if committed by an adult would be an offense, provided that a law enforcement agency may provide information to another agency only when the information is pertinent to a specific investigation by that agency;
(b) The juvenile department and the juvenile court having the child, ward, youth or adjudicated youth before it in any proceeding;
(c) Caseworkers and counselors taking action or otherwise responsible for planning and care of the child, ward, youth or adjudicated youth;
(d) The parties to the proceeding and their counsel; and
(e) The victim or a witness of an act or behavior described under ORS § 419C.005 (1) or the victim’s parent, guardian, personal representative or subrogee, when necessary to identify the youth or adjudicated youth committing the act or behavior and identifying the apparent extent of the youth or adjudicated youth’s involvement in the act or behavior.
(5)(a) Fingerprint and photograph files or records of youths and adjudicated youths must be sent to the Department of State Police in the same manner as fingerprint and photograph files or records of adults. The fingerprint and photograph files or records of a youth or adjudicated youth sent to the department under this subsection are open to inspection in the same manner and under the same circumstances as fingerprint and photograph files or records of adults.
(b) A party filing a petition alleging that a youth is within the jurisdiction of the court under ORS § 419C.005 shall notify the Department of State Police of the following:
(A) The filing of a petition alleging that a youth committed an act that if committed by an adult would constitute a crime; or
(B) The dismissal of a petition alleging that a youth committed an act that if committed by an adult would constitute a crime.
(c) The juvenile court shall notify the Department of State Police of the disposition of a case in which jurisdiction is based on ORS § 419C.005.
(d) The Oregon Youth Authority shall notify the Department of State Police of an adjudicated youth’s commitment to the youth authority for placement in a youth correction facility.
(e) The Oregon Youth Authority shall notify the Department of State Police of the termination of an adjudicated youth’s commitment for placement in a youth correction facility and to the legal custody of the youth authority.
(f) The Department of State Police shall delete the fingerprint and photograph files or records of a youth or adjudicated youth and destroy the files or records relating to the conduct that caused the files or records to be sent to the department:
(A) Two years after receiving the files, if the Department of State Police has not received notice under paragraph (b) of this subsection;
(B) No later than one year following receipt of a notice of dismissal of a petition under paragraph (b)(B) of this subsection;
(C) No later than one year after the Department of State Police receives notice under paragraph (e) of this subsection; or
(D) In all other circumstances, no later than the earlier of the date the Department of State Police receives the notice of termination of the case or five years and 30 days after the department receives notice of the disposition of the case.
(6) Fingerprint and photograph files and records of a child, ward, youth or adjudicated youth must be expunged when the juvenile court orders expunction of a child, ward, youth or adjudicated youth’s record pursuant to ORS § 419A.260 to 419A.271.
(7) The parent or guardian of a missing child may submit a fingerprint card and photograph of the child to a law enforcement agency at the time a missing person report is made. The law enforcement agency may submit the fingerprint file to the Department of State Police. The information must be entered into the Law Enforcement Data System and the Western Identification Network Automated Fingerprint Identification System.
(8) When fingerprint files or records are submitted under subsection (7) of this section, the Department of State Police shall enter in a special index in the computerized criminal history files the name of the child and the name of the county or agency that submitted the fingerprint file or record.
(9) Fingerprints and other information entered in any data system pursuant to subsection (7) of this section must be deleted when the child is located. [1993 c.33 § 48; 1993 c.602 § 1; 1995 c.422 § 67; 1999 c.111 § 3; 2003 c.396 § 33; 2007 c.71 § 111; 2011 c.547 § 44; 2021 c.322 § 1; 2021 c.489 § 50a; 2021 c.585 § 7]
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