Title 146 · ORS Chapter 146
146.535; 2017 c.356 �17] ����� 146.187 DNA sample. (1) If a person who has been reported as missing has not been located within 30 days after the missing person report is made, the law enforcement
Citation: ORS 146.535
Section: 146.535
146.535; 2017 c.356 �17]
����� 146.187 DNA sample. (1) If a person who has been reported as missing has not been located within 30 days after the missing person report is made, the law enforcement agency that accepted the missing persons report shall attempt to obtain a DNA sample from the missing person or from family members of the missing person in addition to any documentation necessary to enable the agency to use the samples in conducting searches of DNA databases.
����� (2) A law enforcement agency shall forward a DNA sample obtained for use in a missing persons case as directed by the Department of State Police.
����� (3) A person, or the executor of the person�s estate, who was a missing person and who had a DNA sample obtained for use in the person�s case may request the destruction of the DNA sample, and any resultant database entries, when the missing person has been located or identified. The request shall be made in writing to the department. The department, upon confirming that the status of the missing person has been resolved, shall destroy the DNA sample and remove any database entries related to the DNA sample.
����� (4) As used in this section, �DNA� means deoxyribonucleic acid. [2007 c.500 �4]
����� 146.189 Use of records to identify human remains and missing persons; disposition of records. (1) If the Superintendent of State Police is notified that a record of unidentified human remains filed by the Department of State Police under ORS 146.171 corresponds with the record of a person reported as missing, the superintendent shall immediately notify the medical examiner who reported the unidentified human remains and the law enforcement agency that filed the missing person report under ORS 146.181. If the medical examiner identifies the remains, the medical examiner shall immediately notify the superintendent and the superintendent shall cancel the report of unidentified human remains.
����� (2) When a person reported as missing under ORS 146.181 is found, or when the remains of the person have been discovered and identified, the law enforcement agency to which the person was reported missing shall cancel the reports to state and federal authorities under ORS 146.181. The agency shall destroy all information and material received under ORS 146.181 relating to a missing person who is discovered to be living. In the case of a missing person found to be no longer living, the agency shall seal the information and material obtained under ORS