Perform a Free Oregon Probation Search: Offender Status Lookup

Run a free Oregon probation search right away with the linked databases and steps outlined in this streamlined resource; these search tools can be an important means of bolstering community safety, especially when they’re free and convenient to use.

Probation is a form of sentencing that provides for community supervision as an alternative to incarceration, used in the cases of offenders believed to show the potential for reform. It’s not to be confused with parole, which is community supervision that follows part of a prison sentence.

This brief article empowers citizens to access public records more effectively and efficiently; it provides information on how to perform probation searches and look up probation officers and violations throughout Oregon.

How To Conduct a Free Oregon Probation Search

For an Oregon supervision search, there are several tools available at the state and county levels. The most advisable are the offender search and case record searches offered through the state, which we’ll discuss below. However, Oregon’s counties also offer a number of resources that are worth mentioning.

The Oregon Department of Corrections provides a simple offender search tool as a free public resource that can easily be searched by name.¹

Searches yield summaries of a given offender’s charges, sentencing and current incarceration where applicable. This also includes information about sentences such as probation and the terms of such sentences (although not their specific conditions).

As with any resource of this nature, it’s easier to zero in on specifics the more information you have beforehand. In particular, having a SID number can lead to much more targeted searches, whereas a simple or common first and last name combination can produce dozens of results that need to be checked individually.

The offender search also includes the option to request official copies of records, although this may involve a filing fee of $25. In addition to this, Victim Services through the Department of Corrections also provides information through a research tool called VISOR (Victim Information System in Oregon), which can be accessed by phone at 1-888-749-8080.

At the federal level, the Bureau of Prisons provides a federal inmate locator that can be useful for finding supplementary information about an offender.² This locator can reveal whether an offender in Oregon has had previous contact with the federal prison system.

For a community dealing with a probation absconder or parole jumper (see below), this can provide a useful perspective about what threat a given offender actually might pose to the public.

The following information continues to pursue and update state-level resources for your next Oregon supervision search, including state-based fugitive lists, but in the meantime, take a look at what’s available for county and municipal information sources.

Look Up Probation Records on the County & Municipal Levels in Oregon

The more populous counties in offer a number of useful Oregon supervision search resources of their own.

Multnomah County provides a Parole & Probation Officer Lookup Tool for the probation officer of an individual currently under supervision, although you need the individual’s date of birth or SID in order to access it.³

The Marion County Sheriff’s office, meanwhile, offers an alphabetical PDF guide to adults in the county currently on parole or probation.

Washington County offers a directory of its Probation & Parole Services staff, including probation officers. Clackamas County provides a similarly comprehensive directory for its PPS personnel and offices. The Lane County Parole & Probation Office is a potential source of information on probationers in this jurisdiction.⁵

Third-party providers are sometimes utilized by county and municipal governments, or even state governments, and can offer a number of advantages.

Such providers may be able to check multiple types of records at a time, to search for records in multiple states and counties at one time and to compile information from non-governmental sources that may include social media.

This resource continues to seek out potential resources for accessing public records at the county and municipal levels in Oregon. In the meantime, consider the topic of looking up probation violations and the overall problem of absconders.

How To View Probation Violations & Supervising Officer Contact Details in Oregon

Probation violations are a common problem and one that can make the availability of public records all the more important.

Although probation is a sentence bestowed in place of incarceration – usually to individuals who are believed to be amenable to reform – states still treat absconders from probation as a serious threat to public health and safety. They rely on help from that same public to help identify absconding probationers and limit the chaos these absconders may wreak on their own and others’ lives.

The Oregon Department of Corrections provides a list of Oregon Escapees and Most Wanted.⁶ You can find individuals who escaped from custody or failed to appear. You can contact them using this address for further inquiries:

Oregon Department of Corrections
3723 Fairview Industrial Dr. SE 200
Salem, Oregon 97302

Phone: 503-945-9090
Fax: 503-373-1173

The Oregon offender search mentioned in the above section would be the primary tool for this situation, although it doesn’t specifically identify which offenders are classified as absconders.

Adult parole and probation officers can be found through offices at the county level, as we’ve also seen above with a variety of counties, including Multnomah County; Deschutes County provides another example.

In the case of youths under the supervision of the Oregon Youth Authority (OYA), absconding from probation may lead to concerns about their health and well-being, along with worries about community safety. The OYA provides an informative directory of Juvenile Parole & Probation Offices that can function as points of contact and sources of information in this kind of situation.⁷

How To Access Information on Oregon Parolees

Oregon is one of many states that tends to put parole and probation under much the same administrative umbrella, especially as regards the supervision of offenders. Still, the fact remains that these types of court supervision are considerably different.

Where probation is an alternative to prison, parole is a supervised release from a prison sentence. As such, parolees tend to be associated with more serious crimes.

This also means that when problems arise with parolees, the level of concern is correspondingly more serious. When someone absconds from parole, the Department of Corrections is bound to pursue them vigorously and to seek all possible public support in apprehending them. The same kinds of factors that prompt searches for probationers may prompt even more urgent searches for information about parolees.

For victims of a paroled offender, the Oregon Board of Parole is tasked with providing updates about the status of said offender and putting people in touch with parole officers when needed. The Board itself is the point of contact for these needs.

To contact this agency, use the following information below:

Oregon Board of Parole
1321 Tandem Avenue, NE
Salem, OR 97301

Phone: (503) 945-0900
Fax: (503) 373-7558
Email: [email protected]

For the more general public, the means of reaching out to probation and parole offices mentioned above will continue to be important. It is also possible to access specific official records with a records request (but note that this avenue involves fees).⁸

Each state offers its own particular combination of resources. Above is the summary of the best current resources available for an Oregon probation search.