OAR 257-070-0015
Definitions

As used in these rules:

(1)

“Another United States court” means a federal court; military court; tribal court of a federally recognized Indian tribe; court in a state other than Oregon; or a court of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the United States Virgin Islands.

(2)

“Electronic signature” means an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record.

(3)

“Predatory sex offender” means an adult person who has been determined to be predatory prior to January 1, 2014 under former ORS 181.585 to 181.589.

(4)

“Registerable sex offender” means an adult person who is required to report and be registered as a sex offender under ORS 181.806, 181.807, or 181.809 either before, on, or after January 1, 2014.

(5)

“Registering agency” and “registering agencies” means a local police department, county sheriff’s office, or a regional Oregon State Police office.

(6)

“Sex offender” means a person convicted, adjudicated or found guilty of a crime:

(a)

That would constitute a sex crime if convicted in this state; or

(b)

Which the person would have to register as a sex offender in another United States court’s jurisdiction, or as required under federal law; regardless of whether the crime would constitute a sex crime in this state.

(7)

“Sex offender web site” means an internet web site established for criminal justice agencies and maintained by the Department that contains information about registered sex offenders.

(8)

“Sex offender registration form” means information regarding sex offenders that is formatted, inscribed, stored and retrievable on a Department approved medium.

(9)

“Victim” means a person, or the legal guardian of a person, who is:

(a)

The victim of a sex crime listed in ORS 181.805 the commission of which resulted in a conviction, a finding of guilty except for insanity, or a finding that a youth was within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for an act which, if committed by an adult, would constitute a sex crime; or

(b)

Any person who is named in a criminal complaint as a victim of a sex crime listed in ORS 181.805 who in the course of any judicial proceeding is acknowledged by the defendant to be the victim of a sex crime listed in ORS 181.805.

Source: Rule 257-070-0015 — Definitions, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=257-070-0015.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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