NEW UPDATES!
OARs governing county retention were updated November 2025. Your Multnomah County Retention Series has been updated accordingly. Please make sure to double check - some series may have new retention periods.
This program collaborates with community organizations, law enforcement agencies, and other criminal justice partners to monitor justice-involved individuals’ behavior. Working through field offices, parole and probation officers provide close monitoring of high- and medium-risk individuals, specialized services for individuals, intermediate sanctions, and education and dialog with community groups. There are specialized parole and probation offices for sex offenders, gangs, and mentally ill individuals.
In addition to using other jurisdictions’ systems (notably LEDS, CIS, and the City of Portland’s Police system), the program relies on the Supervision Program Information Network (SPIN) and its Flex Reporting subsystem and the Supervision Fee (FIRS) system. These systems provide justice-involved individual demographic data, program participation, case plans, needs and risks assessments, and supervision fee payment scheduling and accounting. They also provide operational reporting and justice involved individual tracking.
- Individual tracking information that is not duplicated in other records series should be maintained for 3 years (OAR 166-150-0167(16))
- Statistical reporting that is not duplicated in other records series should be maintained for 10 years (OAR 166-150-0005(36)).
- Other information that is not duplicated in other records series supporting case management should be maintained until the case is closed. At that time, any unique records should be printed and transferred to the appropriate justice involved individual’s case file.
Each series contains the following information:
- Series Title (Agency Series #)
- Description. (Legal Citations)
- Retention
Offender/Justice-Involved Individual Case Files (ASD11-004)
Series documents the supervision, management, and tracking of justice-involved individuals in community corrections programs, including but not limited to DUII Intensive Supervision Program (DISP), Monitored Misdemeanor Program, and Mentally Ill Offender (MIO) case files. Series does not include Sex Offender Case Files (see ASD11-005). Records may include face sheets, court orders, Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision orders, commutations, death certificates, expungements, pre-sentence investigations, parole officer notes, police reports, sanction hearing documentation, community risk assessments, diversion evaluations, driving records, documentation of blood alcohol content at time of arrest, copies of reports filed with the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs, program reports, LEDS reports, correspondence, mental health assessments, referrals, and records of treatment. (OAR 166-150-0167(73))
Retention:
- Retain 2 years after case permanently closed.
Personal Safety Equipment Inventory (DCJ6-008)
Documents personal safety equipment issued to department employees and its return when no longer needed. Inventories show employee name, type of equipment, serial or other identifying number, date issued, and date returned. (OAR 166-150-0166(9))
Retention:
Retain until superseded or obsolete.
Sex Crimes Case Files (ASD11-005)
Series documents the supervision, management, and tracking of sex offenders in the community corrections program. Records may include face sheets, court orders, Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision orders, commutations, death certificates, expungements, pre-sentence investigations, parole officer notes, police reports, sanction hearing documentation, and community risk assessments. (statewide record copy) (OAR 166-150-0167(73))
Retention:
- Retain 20 years after case permanently closed.
Supervision Fee Records (ASD11-007)
Documents the receipt of supervision fees which individuals are required to pay as a condition of their parole or probation. Records include log, deposit notice, reconciliation, and bank deposit slip. Reconciliation includes all payments posted, the date of payment, name, SID numbers, receipt number, and amounts paid. All waiver and adjustment requests submitted on department supervision fee forms have been posted to individual records. (OAR 166-150-0110(2))
Retention:
- Retain 3 years after collected or deemed uncollectible.
Video/Audio Recordings between JIIs and PPOs for the Purpose of PPO Training (ASD11-011)
Recordings between Multnomah County Parole Officers and Justice-involved individuals (JIIs) to allow group or individual feedback to officers. JIIs agree to be recorded and sign an accompanying consent form. (OAR 166-150-0167(97))
Retention:
- Retain 2 years.