Mug shot website removal requirement
ORS 646A.806
Other
Requires fee-charging mug shot websites to take down an arrested person's photo, name and personal information for free within 30 days when the person shows the charges ended without conviction, were reduced to violations, or were expunged or set aside.
- Where
- Oregon
- Citation
- ORS 646A.806; 646.608(1)(www)
- Status
- In force
- Enforced by
- Oregon Attorney General; private enforcement under ORS 646.638
- People can sue
- Yes
- Penalties
- Unlawful practice under ORS 646.608: AG civil penalties up to $25,000 per willful violation; private actions for actual damages or $200, whichever is greater (ORS 646.638, 646.642).
- Applies to
- Operators of websites that publish law-enforcement booking photographs and charge a fee to remove them
Practices it requires
- Remove the photograph, name and personal information from all owned or controlled websites, free of charge, within 30 days of a written request documenting acquittal, dismissal, reduction to a violation, or expungement.ORS 646A.806(2)
Sources
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
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