Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 419C.473 (2026)

Authority to order blood or buccal samples

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      419C.473 Authority to order blood or buccal samples. (1) Whenever an adjudicated youth has been found to be within the jurisdiction of the court under ORS 419C.005 for having committed an act that if done by an adult would constitute a felony listed in subsection (2) of this section, the court shall order the adjudicated youth to submit to the obtaining of a blood or buccal 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 shall cause a blood or buccal sample to be obtained and transmitted in accordance with ORS 137.076.

      (2) The felonies to which subsection (1) of this section applies are:

      (a) Rape, sodomy, unlawful sexual penetration, sexual abuse in the first or second degree, public indecency, incest or using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct, as those offenses are defined in ORS 163.355 to 163.427, 163.465 (1)(d), 163.525 and 163.670;

      (b) Burglary in the second degree, as defined in ORS 164.215, when committed with intent to commit any offense listed in paragraph (a) of this subsection;

      (c) Promoting or compelling prostitution, as defined in ORS 167.012 and 167.017;

      (d) Burglary in the first degree, as defined in ORS 164.225;

      (e) Assault in the first degree, as defined in ORS 163.185;

      (f) Conspiracy or attempt to commit any Class A or Class B felony listed in paragraphs (a) to (e) of this subsection; or

      (g) Murder or aggravated murder.

      (3) No order for the obtaining and transmitting of a blood or buccal sample is required to be entered if:

      (a) The Department of State Police notifies the court or the law enforcement agency attending upon the court that it has previously received an adequate blood or buccal sample taken from the adjudicated youth in accordance with this section, ORS 137.076 or 161.325 (4); or

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

      (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, blood and buccal samples and other physical evidence and criminal identification information obtained under authority of this section or as a result of analysis conducted pursuant to ORS 181A.155 may be maintained, stored, destroyed and released to authorized persons or agencies under the conditions established in ORS 181A.155 and rules adopted by the Department of State Police under the authority of that section.

      (5) The court may not order the adjudicated youth or the parent or guardian of the adjudicated youth to pay for or to reimburse any agency for the cost of obtaining or transmitting a blood or buccal sample under this section. [1993 c.33 §237; 1999 c.97 §6; 2001 c.852 §4; 2003 c.396 §117; 2019 c.65 §3; 2021 c.489 §80; 2021 c.597 §25a]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1994–2017 · 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 23× “Second, the reasons for and consequences of a search and seizure under ORS 419C.473 comport with long-accepted, traditional goals of our criminal justice system, namely, to deter future criminal conduct and to apprehend those who violate criminal laws, by allowing compilation of…”
State v. Lyons, 924 P.2d 802 (Or. 1996). “085 (authority of state police over blood samples and analysis); ORS 419C.473 (blood testing of juveniles); ORS 431.”
Landry v. Attorney Gen., 429 Mass. 336 (Mass. 1999). “§§ 19-5501 , 19-5506 (Michie 1997); Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 419C.473 (Michie 1995 & Supp.”
State Ex Rel. Juv. Dep't v. Rial, 46 P.3d 217 (Or. Ct. App. 2002). “465, or requirements to submit to blood testing under ORS 419C.473.” (Emphasis added.) Thus, ORS 419C.”
In Re the Welfare of M.L.M., 781 N.W.2d 381 (Minn. Ct. App. 2010). “§ 21-2511 (2009) (same); Or.Rev.Stat. § 419C.473 (2009) (authorizing DNA collection from juveniles for certain delinquency adjudications); 44 Pa.”
State Ex Rel. Juv. Dep't v. Mitchell, 880 P.2d 958 (Or. Ct. App. 1994). “, ORS 419C.473. 2 Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution provides, in part: “No law shall violate the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable search, or seizure; and no warrant shall issue but upon probable…”
State v. E. C.-P. (In re E. C.-P.), 410 P.3d 1045 (Or. Ct. App. 2017). “ORS 419C.473 (DNA sample); former ORS 181.”
State ex rel. Juv. Dep't v. Ware, 927 P.2d 1114 (Or. Ct. App. 1996). “450, requirements of a period of detention under ORS 419C.453, requirements to pay a fine under ORS 419C.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 419C.473(1) — 1 case
State Ex Rel. Juv. Dep't v. Orozco, 878 P.2d 432 (Or. Ct. App. 1994). “Second, the reasons for and consequences of a search and seizure under ORS 419C.473 comport with long-accepted, traditional goals of our criminal justice system, namely, to deter future criminal conduct and to apprehend those who violate criminal laws, by allowing compilation of…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 419C.473(2)(a) — 1 case
State Ex Rel. Juv. Dep't v. Orozco, 878 P.2d 432 (Or. Ct. App. 1994). “Second, the reasons for and consequences of a search and seizure under ORS 419C.473 comport with long-accepted, traditional goals of our criminal justice system, namely, to deter future criminal conduct and to apprehend those who violate criminal laws, by allowing compilation of…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 419C.473(2)(b) — 1 case
State Ex Rel. Juv. Dep't v. Orozco, 878 P.2d 432 (Or. Ct. App. 1994). “Second, the reasons for and consequences of a search and seizure under ORS 419C.473 comport with long-accepted, traditional goals of our criminal justice system, namely, to deter future criminal conduct and to apprehend those who violate criminal laws, by allowing compilation of…”
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