Oregon · Oregon Revised Statutes — Oregon Criminal Code (Ch. 161–167)

ORS (Criminal Code) § 164.065: Theft of lost, mislaid property

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits theft by intentionally failing to take reasonable steps to return lost, mislaid, or mistakenly delivered property belonging to another that they know or should know about.

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