Deschutes County Criminal Records

Locate the Deschutes court case before ordering

Deschutes County, Oregon directs conviction-record inquiries to the Circuit Court. Its Records File Room supplies local case paperwork. Use that office for a judgment or filed order; the county administrative public-records form is a different service.

OJD offers free basic circuit-court case information through Records and Calendar Search. On October 2, 2026, its page also displayed unavailability notices for online record and calendar search. If the search is unavailable, use the court-copy route with the name and approximate case year. An outage or an omitted restricted case is not a no-record result.

Tell the File Room exactly what you need

Give the person’s first and last names, your contact information, the case number or year, and the document name or a request for the entire file. Identify whether each document needs certification. Deschutes accepts email delivery, courthouse pickup or mail; do not select CD or other media just because the statewide form offers them.

Ordinary copies serve personal reference. Certified copies carry the clerk’s attestation; exemplified copies add further authentication. Ask the receiving organization which it accepts. Electronic certification must be printed in color when submitted on paper, and removing the staple from a paper-certified set invalidates its certification.

Budget for the format and certification

OJD lists paper copies at $0.25 per page; regular-copy requests add $3 per case request. Certification adds $5 and exemplification $10. Mailing is charged at actual cost. For emailed electronic documents, the published charges are $3 per case request, $5 for an electronic certified copy and $10 for an exemplified copy; emailed microfilm documents cost $0.45 per page.

Full payment is required before processing. These are copy-service charges, not a price for a statewide criminal-history investigation. Ask for an itemized total if ordering several documents or mixed formats.

Send the request and keep the response

Online requests start at the Statewide Records Request page. For an in-person request, visit the first-floor information kiosk at 1100 NW Bond Street, Bend, OR 97703. Mail to the same address, Deschutes County Circuit Court, Attn: File Room Department, with a self-addressed stamped envelope and a check payable to State of Oregon. If the total is unknown, the court accepts a not-to-exceed check capped at $30; this is a payment ceiling, not a flat fee.

OJD says a response may take up to five court business days and completion may take ten or more. Answer requests for clarification or payment: after 60 court business days without your response, the request must close.

Choose audio or a written hearing transcript

A transcript reproduces spoken proceedings; a court-file copy does not. Use the Deschutes Transcript Request form and identify the hearing. The court assigns a private transcriber, who quotes payment and preparation time. Its page lists up to $4.25 per original transcript page and $0.25 for additional copies, but separately warns of different non-appeal pricing. Obtain that quote before committing; there is no fixed completion promise.

If you only need to listen, ask about an audio copy instead. Some proceedings are not recorded, and confidential case types can require authorization, identification or additional paperwork. The transcript route does not override those limits.

Separate police reports from an Oregon history

For a Sheriff’s Office report, follow the Sheriff public-records link in the county directory. Police investigation material and exempt records have different disclosure rules from a public court judgment. Give the incident details to the agency that created the report.

For history beyond one Deschutes case, Oregon State Police offers a $33 fingerprint-based copy of your own Oregon history and a separate $33 name-based Open Record inquiry about another person. The latter requires the subject’s current or last-known mailing address, notifies the subject and allows a 14-day challenge period that consent cannot waive. It covers Oregon reportable history, not other states.

Check the returned record before relying on it

Compare the case number, person, document date and final disposition against your request. A charge is not a conviction, and one file is not a complete history. For a missing page or wrong copy, return the itemized request to the File Room. For a restricted document, ask what lawful access process applies rather than repeatedly changing search terms.