Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.076 (2026)

Blood or buccal sample and thumbprint of certain convicted defendants required; application

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      137.076 Blood or buccal sample and thumbprint of certain convicted defendants required; application. (1) This section applies to any person convicted of:

      (a) A felony;

      (b) Sexual abuse in the third degree or public indecency;

      (c) Conspiracy or attempt to commit rape in the third degree, sodomy in the third degree, sexual abuse in the second degree, burglary in the second degree or promoting prostitution; or

      (d) Murder or aggravated murder.

      (2) When a person is convicted of an offense listed in subsection (1) of this section:

      (a) The person shall, whether or not ordered to do so by the court under paragraph (b) of this subsection, provide a blood or buccal sample at the request of the appropriate agency designated in paragraph (c) of this subsection.

      (b) The court shall include in the judgment of conviction an order stating that a blood or buccal sample is required to be obtained at the request of the appropriate agency and, unless the convicted person lacks the ability to pay, that the person shall reimburse the appropriate agency for the cost of obtaining and transmitting the blood or buccal sample. If the judgment sentences the convicted person to probation, the court shall order the convicted person to submit to the obtaining of a blood or buccal sample as a condition of the probation.

      (c) The appropriate agency shall cause a blood or buccal sample to be obtained and transmitted to the Department of State Police. The agency shall cause the sample to be obtained as soon as practicable after conviction. The agency shall obtain the convicted person’s thumbprint at the same time the agency obtains the blood or buccal sample. The agency shall include the thumbprint with the identifying information that accompanies the sample. Whenever an agency is notified by the Department of State Police that a sample is not adequate for analysis, the agency shall obtain and transmit a blood sample. The appropriate agency shall be:

      (A) The Department of Corrections, whenever the convicted person is committed to the legal and physical custody of the department.

      (B) In all other cases, the law enforcement agency attending upon the court.

      (3)(a) A blood sample may only be drawn in a medically acceptable manner by a licensed physician, a person acting under the direction or control of a licensed physician, a physician associate licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525, a nurse licensed under ORS chapter 678 or a qualified medical technician.

      (b) A buccal sample may be obtained by anyone authorized to do so by the appropriate agency. The person obtaining the buccal sample shall follow the collection procedures established by the Department of State Police.

      (c) A person authorized by this subsection to obtain a blood or buccal sample shall not be held civilly liable for obtaining a sample in accordance with this subsection and subsection (2) of this section, ORS 161.325 and 419C.473. The sample shall also be obtained and transmitted in accordance with any procedures that may be established by the Department of State Police. However, no test result or opinion based upon a test result shall be rendered inadmissible as evidence solely because of deviations from procedures adopted by the Department of State Police that do not affect the reliability of the opinion or test result.

      (4) No sample is required to be obtained if:

      (a) The Department of State Police notifies the court or the appropriate agency that it has previously received an adequate blood or buccal sample obtained from the convicted person in accordance with this section or ORS 161.325 or 419C.473; or

      (b) The court determines that obtaining a sample would create a substantial and unreasonable risk to the health of the convicted person.

      (5) The provisions of subsections (1) to (4) of this section apply to any person who, on or after September 29, 1991, is serving a term of incarceration as a sentence or as a condition of probation imposed for conviction of an offense listed in subsection (1) of this section, and any such person shall submit to the obtaining of a blood or buccal sample. Before releasing any such person from incarceration, the supervisory authority shall cause a blood or buccal sample and the person’s thumbprint to be obtained and transmitted in accordance with subsections (1) to (4) of this section. [1991 c.669 §§2,5; 1993 c.14 §3; 1993 c.33 §298; 1993 c.301 §3; 1999 c.97 §1; 2001 c.852 §1; 2014 c.45 §23; 2024 c.73 §37]

 

      Note: 137.076 (5) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 137 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

 

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 23 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1992–2024 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Juv. Dep't v. Orozco, 878 P.2d 432 (Or. Ct. App. 1994).
State Ex Rel. Juv. Dep't v. Orozco, 878 P.2d 432 (Or. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 42× “The court denied child's request to convert his delinquency petition to a dependency petition and committed him to a juvenile training school.”
State v. Sanders, 163 P.3d 607 (Or. 2007). · cites it 22× “1 Under ORS 137.076, because defendant had been convicted of a felony, 2 the trial court was required to include in the judgment of conviction an order requiring defendant to submit a blood or buccal sample at the request of either the Department of Corrections or a law…”
State v. Shaw, 113 P.3d 898 (Or. 2005). · cites it 4× “4 After his convictions, pursuant to ORS 137.076, 5 the state took a buccal sample from defendant, which it used to create a DNA profile for defendant that it entered into the Oregon Convicted Offender Database.”
State v. Lyons, 924 P.2d 802 (Or. 1996). “250 et seq (Uniform Act on Blood Tests to Determine Paternity); ORS 137.076 (blood sample of certain convicted defendants required); ORS 161.”
Polston v. State, 201 S.W.3d 406 (Ark. 2005). “4); Oregon ( Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.076 );SouthDakota(S.”
State v. Scott, 388 P.3d 1148 (Or. Ct. App. 2017). “Thus, the court held that the requirement in ORS 137.076 that persons convicted of felonies provide a blood or buccal sample does not deprive felony offenders of their constitutional rights under the Oregon Constitution *577 by subjecting them to a specific search as a…”
State v. Wolcott, 551 P.3d 403 (Or. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 10× “076 requires a sentencing court to order persons convicted of a felony or other enumerated crime to provide a blood or buccal sample: “(2) When a person is convicted of an offense listed in subsection (1) of this section: “* * * * * “(b) The court shall include in the judgment…”
State v. Barber, 147 P.3d 915 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). “The court inquired whether defendant had any objection to proceeding in that fashion, and defendant announced on the record, “No, I do not.”
State v. Hartman, 243 P.3d 480 (Or. Ct. App. 2010). “* * * “It follows from the foregoing that ORS 137.076 does not necessarily deprive felony offenders (be they prisoners, persons on supervision, or probationers) of certain of their constitutional rights in general, or of their Article I, section 9, rights in particular, by…”
State v. Brown, 157 P.3d 301 (Or. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 3× “In 2001, pursuant to ORS 137.076, defendant was required to provide a buccal sample following his convictions for felonies.”
State Ex Rel. Juv. Dep't v. Mitchell, 880 P.2d 958 (Or. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 4× “076(1), the court shall order the child to submit to the drawing of a blood sample in the manner provided by ORS 137.076. The court shall further order that as soon as practicable after the entry of the dispositional order, the law enforcement agency attending upon the court…”
Word v. United States Prob. Dep't, 439 F. Supp. 2d 497 (D.S.C. 2006). “§ 29-16-3 ; Or.Rev.Stat. §§ 137.076 and 181.085; Term.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.076(1) — 5 cases
State Ex Rel. Juv. Dep't v. Orozco, 878 P.2d 432 (Or. Ct. App. 1994). “The court denied child's request to convert his delinquency petition to a dependency petition and committed him to a juvenile training school.”
State Ex Rel. Juv. Dep't v. Mitchell, 880 P.2d 958 (Or. Ct. App. 1994). “076(1), the court shall order the child to submit to the drawing of a blood sample in the manner provided by ORS 137.076. The court shall further order that as soon as practicable after the entry of the dispositional order, the law enforcement agency attending upon the court…”
State v. Wolcott, 551 P.3d 403 (Or. Ct. App. 2024). “076 requires a sentencing court to order persons convicted of a felony or other enumerated crime to provide a blood or buccal sample: “(2) When a person is convicted of an offense listed in subsection (1) of this section: “* * * * * “(b) The court shall include in the judgment…”
State v. Maret, 424 P.3d 838 (Or. Ct. App. 2018).
State v. Wolcott (Or. Ct. App. 2024).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.076(2)(b) — 3 cases
State v. Sanders, 163 P.3d 607 (Or. 2007). “1 Under ORS 137.076, because defendant had been convicted of a felony, 2 the trial court was required to include in the judgment of conviction an order requiring defendant to submit a blood or buccal sample at the request of either the Department of Corrections or a law…”
State Ex Rel. Juv. Dep't v. Orozco, 878 P.2d 432 (Or. Ct. App. 1994). “The court denied child's request to convert his delinquency petition to a dependency petition and committed him to a juvenile training school.”
State v. Markham, 836 P.2d 1348 (Or. Ct. App. 1992).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.076(3)(a) — 1 case
State v. Sanders, 163 P.3d 607 (Or. 2007). “1 Under ORS 137.076, because defendant had been convicted of a felony, 2 the trial court was required to include in the judgment of conviction an order requiring defendant to submit a blood or buccal sample at the request of either the Department of Corrections or a law…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.076(4)(b) — 1 case
State v. Sanders, 163 P.3d 607 (Or. 2007). “1 Under ORS 137.076, because defendant had been convicted of a felony, 2 the trial court was required to include in the judgment of conviction an order requiring defendant to submit a blood or buccal sample at the request of either the Department of Corrections or a law…”
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