Learn How to Access Oregon Warrant Information

Warrants are typically issued by the courts and authorize the law enforcement officials to detain a person in order to present him before a court of law. While the cases of misdemeanor require a specific arrest warrant, felons can be arrested without an accompanying warrant if a police officer bears witness to the crime. The recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Oregon also reversed the opinion of its appellate court when it stated that a warrant is not necessary to make a DUII arrest in the state of Oregon.

Types of Warrants

The commonest type of Oregon warrant is the arrest warrant while the search warrant is another kind of warrant that is used almost as often too. A search warrant empowers the enforcement authorities to search a local area or premises for evidence of crime and is considered to be necessary in order to enter the private residence of an individual.

The offense of disregarding the court’s orders by failing to make an appearance on the specified date and time results in the issuance of a bench warrant. An outstanding warrant, on the other hand, is a warrant that is yet to be served and is generally applicable for people escaping from the law.

A few of these Oregon warrants have been associated with a specific term according to the nature as well. A local control warrant, for instance, is a warrant issued against an offender who is held in local custody. A few of the Parole Board warrants are marked as ‘Oregon only’. The warrants issued for various types of class C felonies are usually confined to  the jurisdiction of the state.

The national search warrant is yet another type of warrant that can prevail in the state as well. They are also known as single jurisdiction search warrants and have been initiated under the recent Patriot Act of the United States of America.

Warrant Records

Each division of the State police Department maintains its own set of records. It is possible to obtain specific information about the various warrants as well as the most wanted lists of the state of Oregon by going through the official website of the department http://www.oregon.gov/OSP/PRR/index.shtml .

Although it is feasible to check your own police records including the warrants issued against your name by submitting the request online, the criminal history as well as the specific warrants issued against another individual might not be too detailed. Limited access to the information can, however, be accessed by registering with the ‘Open Records Account Information’ section of the State police department. 

The section can also be contacted in person by visiting the specific office located at Identification Services Section, 3772 Portland Rd. NE Salem, OR-97303. General inquiries about accessing warrant records can be made over the telephone by calling (503) 378-3070.

Information about the most wanted criminals of the state can also be obtained by accessing the website of the Oregon Department of Corrections (http://www.doc.state.or.us/DOC/INSPEC/most_wanted.shtml ) All of them have long outstanding warrants against them.

The Department Of Motor Vehicle can be accessed online (http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/records/index.shtml ) as well for checking your own driving records as well as for outstanding warrants against you for violating the traffic laws of the state.

Jefferson County also provides the facility of an online search for active warrants issued against the local residents. The resource can be utilized by logging in to http://www.co.jefferson.or.us/sheriff/News/ActiveWarrants/tabid/1352/language/en-US/Default.aspx . The counties of Klamath (http://www.co.klamath.or.us/CommunityCorrections/wanted.htm ) and Malheur http://corrections.malheurco.org/  also have web pages dedicated to the offenders with outstanding warrants against them.

The names of absconders who have escaped parole or probation in Benton County can be retrieved by going through the official Internet resource of the Sheriff’s department http://www.co.benton.or.us/sheriff/community/mostwanted.php.