ORS 419C.156 Detention of runaway from another state

As used in this section:

“Home state” means any other state, territory or outlying possession of the United States where an out-of-state runaway’s parent, legal guardian or custodial agency is located.

“Out-of-state runaway” means a person who is younger than the juvenile jurisdictional age limit established by the person’s home state, who has voluntarily left the home state without the permission of the person’s parent, legal guardian or custodial agency and who may or may not have been adjudicated in the home state.

Notwithstanding any provisions in ORS chapter 419A, 419B or 419C prohibiting the detention of youths, if the court determines that a youth is an out-of-state runaway, the court may place the out-of-state runaway in a placement that the court determines to be the least restrictive setting, including detention, necessary to ensure that the out-of-state runaway is not a danger to self or others pending the return of the out-of-state runaway to the out-of-state runaway’s home state.

Nothing in ORS chapter 419A, 419B or 419C limits or affects the ability of a court to place an out-of-state runaway in detention in accordance with the Interstate Compact for Juveniles as set forth in ORS 417.030.