ORS 426.160: Disclosure of record of commitment proceeding.

(1) The court having jurisdiction over any proceeding conducted pursuant to ORS 426.005, 426.060, 426.070 to 426.170, 426.217, 426.228, 426.273 to 426.292, 426.300, 426.301 to 426.307, 426.309, 426.315, 426.385, 426.395, 426.701 or 426.702 may not disclose any part of the record of the proceeding or commitment to any person except: (a) The court shall, pursuant to rules adopted by the Department of State Police, transmit the minimum information necessary, as defined in ORS 181A.290, to the Department of State Police for persons described in ORS 181A.290 (1)(a) or (b) to enable the department to access and maintain the information and transmit the information to the federal government as required under federal law; (b) As provided in ORS 426.070 (5)(c), 426.130 (4) or 426.170; (c) On request of the person subject to the proceeding; (d) On request of the person’s legal representative or legal counsel or the attorney for the state; or (e) Pursuant to court order. (2) In any proceeding described in subsection (1) of this section that is before the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals, the limitations on disclosure imposed by this section apply to the appellate court record and to the trial court record while it is in the appellate court’s custody. The appellate court may disclose information from the trial or appellate court record in a decision, as defined in ORS 19.450, provided that the court uses initials, an alias or some other convention for protecting against public disclosure the identity of the person subject to the proceeding. [Amended by 1965 c.420 §1; 1969 c.148 §1; 1973 c.838 §21; 1993 c.223 §11; 1993 c.484 §19; 1995 c.498 §3; 2009 c.826 §2; 2011 c.332 §§1,6a; 2011 c.547 §45; 2013 c.715 §§7,18; 2025 c.559 §23]