Oregon

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

1,192 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 162.315 — Resisting arrest
• § 162.320 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.322 — [1961 c.649 §1; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.324 — [1961 c.649 §2; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.325 — Hindering prosecution
• § 162.326 — [1961 c.649 §3; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.330 — [Amended by 1961 c.649 §4; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.335 — Compounding
• § 162.340 — [Amended by 1955 c.660 §21; 1961 c.649 §5; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.345 — Defenses for hindering or compounding limited
• § 162.350 — [Amended by 1955 c.660 §22; repealed by 1961 c.649 §9]
• § 162.355 — Simulating legal process
• § 162.360 — [Repealed by 1961 c.649 §9]
• § 162.365 — Criminal impersonation of a public servant
• § 162.367 — Criminal impersonation of a peace officer
• § 162.369 — Possession of a false law enforcement identification card
• § 162.370 — [Repealed by 1961 c.649 §9]
• § 162.375 — and 162.465, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Firefighter” means any fire or forestry department employee, or authorized fire department volunteer, vested with the duty of preventing or combating fire or preventing the loss of life or property by fire
• § 162.380 — [Amended by 1953 c.531 §2; 1955 c.660 §23; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.385 — Giving false information to a peace officer in connection with a citation or warrant
• § 162.390 — [Amended by 1955 c.660 §24; repealed by 1961 c.649 §9]
• § 162.400 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432] ABUSE OF PUBLIC OFFICE
• § 162.405 — and is aware of and consciously disregards the fact that the violation creates a risk of: (A) Physical injury to a vulnerable person; (B) The commission of a sex crime as defined in ORS 163A.005 against a vulnerable person; or (C) The withholding from a vulnerable person of necessary and adequate fo
• § 162.410 — [Repealed by 1961 c.649 §9]
• § 162.415 — Official misconduct in the first degree
• § 162.420 — [Repealed by 1961 c.649 §9]
• § 162.425 — and 162.465, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Benefit” means gain or advantage to the beneficiary or to a third person pursuant to the desire or consent of the beneficiary
• § 162.430 — [Amended by 1961 c.649 §6; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.440 — [Amended by 1961 c.649 §7; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.450 — [1965 c.447 §§8,9; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432] INTERFERENCE WITH LEGISLATIVE OPERATIONS
• § 162.455 — Interfering with legislative operations
• § 162.465 — Unlawful legislative lobbying
• § 162.510 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.520 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.530 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.540 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.550 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.560 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.570 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.580 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.590 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.600 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.610 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.620 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.630 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.640 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.650 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.655 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.660 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.670 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.680 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.690 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.700 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.710 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.720 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.730 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 162.740 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432] _______________
• § 163.005 — Criminal homicide
• § 163.010 — [Amended by 1963 c.625 §4; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.020 — [Amended by 1963 c.625; §5; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.030 — [Repealed by 1963 c.431 §1]
• § 163.040 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.050 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.060 — [Repealed by 1969 c.684 §17]
• § 163.070 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.080 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.090 — [Amended by 1953 c.676 §2; repealed by 1957 c.396 §1 (
• § 163.091 — [1957 c.396 §2 (enacted in lieu of 163.090); repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.095 — “Aggravated murder” defined
• § 163.098 — [2014 c.73 §5; 2019 c.635 §17; renumbered
• § 163.100 — [Amended by 1967 c.372 §12; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.103 — [1981 c.873 §3; 2019 c.635 §18; renumbered
• § 163.105 — (1)(b), or death
• § 163.107 — (1)(c), the state may offer, and the court may receive and submit to the jury, evidence of the previous conviction for impeachment of the defendant or another purpose, other than establishing the conviction as an element of the offense, when the evidence of the previous conviction is otherwise admis
• § 163.109 — Alternative proof of certain victims of murder in the first degree
• § 163.110 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.111 — Pleading, proof and stipulation regarding previous conviction element in prosecution for murder in the first degree
• § 163.115 — (1)(a) that the homicide was committed under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance if the disturbance is not the result of the person’s own intentional, knowing, reckless or criminally negligent act and if there is a reasonable explanation for the disturbance
• § 163.116 — [1979 c.2 §3; repealed by 1981 c.873 §9]
• § 163.117 — Causing or aiding suicide as defense to charge of murder
• § 163.118 — Manslaughter in the first degree
• § 163.120 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.125 — Manslaughter in the second degree
• § 163.130 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.135 — Extreme emotional disturbance as affirmative defense to murder in the second degree; notice of expert testimony; right of state to psychiatric or psychological examination
• § 163.140 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.145 — as crime category 9 of the sentencing guidelines grid of the commission if: (1) The manslaughter or criminally negligent
• § 163.147 — was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 163 or any series therein by legislative action
• § 163.149 — Aggravated vehicular homicide
• § 163.150 — (1)(a), as modified by this section
• § 163.155 — and paragraph (b) of this subsection, the court shall sentence a person convicted of murder in the first degree, who was at least 15 years of age at the time of committing the murder, to life imprisonment
• § 163.160 — Assault in the fourth degree
• § 163.165 — Assault in the third degree
• § 163.168 — was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 163 or any series therein by legislative action
• § 163.175 — (1)(a) or (b), and the victim is under 14 years of age; or (c) By abuse when a person, recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, causes the death of a child under 14 years of age or a dependent person, as defined in ORS 163.205, and: (A) The person h
• § 163.185 — Assault in the first degree
• § 163.187 — Strangulation
• § 163.190 — or for committing an equivalent crime in another jurisdiction, in any combination; or (g) The person commits the strangulation knowing that the victim is pregnant
• § 163.191 — Intimidation by display of a noose
• § 163.192 — Endangering a person protected by a Family Abuse Prevention Act restraining order
• § 163.193 — Assisting another person to commit suicide
• § 163.195 — Recklessly endangering another person
• § 163.196 — Aggravated driving while suspended or revoked
• § 163.197 — Hazing
• § 163.200 — Criminal mistreatment in the second degree
• § 163.205 — Criminal mistreatment in the first degree
• § 163.206 — was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 163 or any series therein by legislative action
• § 163.207 — Female genital mutilation
• § 163.208 — Assaulting a public safety officer
• § 163.210 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.211 — to 163.213: (1) “Corrections officer” and “parole and probation officer” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 181A.355
• § 163.212 — Unlawful use of an electrical stun gun, tear gas or mace in the second degree
• § 163.213 — Unlawful use of an electrical stun gun, tear gas or mace in the first degree
• § 163.215 — to 163.257, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Without consent” means that the taking or confinement is accomplished by force, threat or deception, or, in the case of a person under 16 years of age or who is otherwise incapable of giving consent, that the taking or confinement is accomplish
• § 163.220 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.225 — Kidnapping in the second degree
• § 163.230 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.235 — Kidnapping in the first degree
• § 163.240 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.245 — Custodial interference in the second degree
• § 163.250 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.255 — [1955 c.530 §1; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.257 — Custodial interference in the first degree
• § 163.260 — [Amended by 1955 c.366 §1; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.261 — that a person was caused to provide, it is an affirmative defense that the person was a human trafficking victim at the time of engaging in the conduct and engaged in the conduct due to being a human trafficking victim
• § 163.263 — Subjecting another person to involuntary servitude in the second degree
• § 163.264 — Subjecting another person to involuntary servitude in the first degree
• § 163.266 — Trafficking in persons
• § 163.269 — were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 163 or any series therein by legislative action
• § 163.270 — [Amended by 1955 c.371 §1; 1957 c.640 §1; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432] COERCION
• § 163.275 — Coercion
• § 163.280 — [Amended by 1957 c.640 §2; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.285 — Defense to coercion
• § 163.290 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.300 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432] SEXUAL OFFENSES
• § 163.305 — Definitions
• § 163.310 — [Renumbered 166.180]
• § 163.315 — Incapacity to consent; effect of lack of resistance
• § 163.320 — [Renumbered 166.190]
• § 163.325 — only if the minor or, in the case of a police officer or agent of a police officer posing as a minor, the age of the purported minor as reported to the defendant was at least 16 years of age
• § 163.330 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.335 — [1971 c.743 §107; repealed by 1977 c.844 §2]
• § 163.340 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.345 — Age as a defense in certain cases
• § 163.355 — Rape in the third degree
• § 163.365 — Rape in the second degree
• § 163.375 — Rape in the first degree
• § 163.385 — Sodomy in the third degree
• § 163.395 — Sodomy in the second degree
• § 163.405 — Sodomy in the first degree
• § 163.408 — Unlawful sexual penetration in the second degree
• § 163.410 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.411 — Unlawful sexual penetration in the first degree
• § 163.412 — Exceptions to unlawful sexual penetration prohibition
• § 163.413 — Purchasing sex with a minor
• § 163.415 — Sexual abuse in the third degree
• § 163.420 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.425 — Sexual abuse in the second degree
• § 163.426 — Crime category classification for sexual abuse in the second degree
• § 163.427 — Sexual abuse in the first degree
• § 163.429 — Sexual abuse by fraudulent representation
• § 163.430 — [Amended by 1967 c.359 §683; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.431 — to 163.434: (1) “Child” means a person who the defendant reasonably believes to be under 16 years of age
• § 163.432 — Online sexual corruption of a child in the second degree
• § 163.433 — Online sexual corruption of a child in the first degree
• § 163.434 — Provisions applicable to online sexual corruption of a child
• § 163.435 — in which the victim’s lack of consent was due solely to incapacity to consent by reason of being less than a specified age, it is a defense that the actor was less than three years older than the victim at the time of the alleged offense
• § 163.440 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.445 — committed against the petitioner
• § 163.448 — Definitions for ORS
• § 163.450 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.452 — Custodial sexual misconduct in the first degree
• § 163.454 — Custodial sexual misconduct in the second degree
• § 163.455 — [1971 c.743 §119; repealed by 1983 c.546 §1]
• § 163.460 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.465 — Public indecency
• § 163.466 — Classification of felony public indecency
• § 163.467 — Private indecency
• § 163.470 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.472 — Unlawful dissemination of an intimate image
• § 163.475 — [1975 c.176 §2; 1977 c.822 §1; repealed by 1981 c.892 §98]
• § 163.476 — Unlawfully being in a location where children regularly congregate
• § 163.477 — [1979 c.706 §3; repealed by 1985 c.557 §10]
• § 163.479 — Unlawful contact with a child
• § 163.480 — [Amended by 1963 c.406 §1; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.483 — [1979 c.706 §2; 1983 c.740 §30; repealed by 1985 c.557 §10]
• § 163.485 — [1979 c.706 §4; repealed by 1985 c.557 §10]
• § 163.490 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• § 163.495 — [1979 c.706 §5; 1987 c.158 §25; 1987 c.864 §14; renumbered
• § 163.500 — [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432] OFFENSES AGAINST FAMILY
• § 163.505 — to 163.575, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Controlled substance” has the meaning given that term in ORS 475.005
• § 163.515 — Bigamy
• § 163.525 — Incest
• § 163.535 — Abandonment of a child
• § 163.537 — Buying or selling a person under 18 years of age
• § 163.545 — Child neglect in the second degree
• § 163.547 — Child neglect in the first degree
• § 163.555 — Criminal nonsupport
• § 163.565 — Evidence of parentage; confidentiality between spouses not applicable; spouses competent and compellable witnesses
• § 163.575 — Endangering the welfare of a minor