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OR Rev Stat § 167.345 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.345 - Authority to enter premises or motor vehicle; search warrant; notice of impoundment of animal; damage resulting from entry.

(1) As used in this section, "peace officer" has the meaning given that term in ORS 161.015. (2) If there is probable cause to believe that any animal is being subjected to treatment in violation of ORS 167.315 to 167.333, 167.340, 167.355, 167.365 or 167.428, a peace officer, after obtaining a search warrant or in any other manner authorized by law, may enter the premises or motor vehicle where the animal is located to provide the animal with food, water and emergency medical treatment and may impound the animal. If after reasonable effort the owner or person having custody of the animal cannot be found and notified of the impoundment, the notice shall be conspicuously posted on the premises or motor vehicle and within 72 hours after the impoundment the notice shall be sent by certified mail to the address, if any, where the animal was impounded. (3) A peace officer is not liable for any damages for an entry under subsection (2) of this section, unless the damages were caused by the unnecessary actions of the peace officer that were intentional or reckless. (4)(a) A court may order an animal impounded under subsection (2) of this section to be held at any animal care facility in the state. A facility receiving the animal shall provide adequate food and water and may provide veterinary care. (b) A court may order a fighting bird impounded under subsection (2) of this section to be held on the property of the owner, possessor or keeper of the fighting bird in accordance with ORS 167.433. [Formerly 167.860; 1993 c.519 §1; 1995 c.663 §5; 2001 c.926 §12; 2009 c.550 §1; 2015 c.177 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 167.348 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.348 - Placement of forfeited animal.

(1) If an animal is forfeited according to the provisions of ORS 167.347 or 167.350, the agency to which the animal was forfeited may place the animal with a new owner. The agency may give placement preference to any person or persons who had prior contact with the animal, including but not limited to family members and friends of the former owner whom the agency determines are capable of providing necessary, adequate and appropriate levels of care for the animal. The agency may not, however, place the animal with family members or friends of the former owner who aided or abetted the criminal conduct underlying the forfeiture or had knowledge of the criminal conduct and failed to intervene. As a condition of placement, the agency shall require the new owner to execute an agreement to provide minimum care to the animal. The agreement must indicate that allowing the former owner to possess the animal constitutes a crime. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the agency may not place the animal with any person who resides with the former owner. [1995 c.369 §3; 2009 c.273 §1; 2013 c.719 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 167.349 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.349 - Encouraging animal abuse.

(1) A person commits the crime of encouraging animal abuse if the person: (a) Obtains a previously abused, neglected or abandoned animal from an animal care agency under ORS 167.348 or the court under ORS 167.350; and (b) Knowingly allows the person from whom the animal was forfeited to possess the animal. (2) Encouraging animal abuse is a Class C misdemeanor. [2009 c.273 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 167.351 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.351 - Trading in nonambulatory livestock.

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Nonambulatory" means unable to stand or walk unassisted. (b) "Livestock auction market" has the meaning given that term in ORS 599.205. (2) A person commits the crime of trading in nonambulatory livestock if the person knowingly delivers or accepts delivery of a nonambulatory livestock animal at a livestock auction market. This subsection does not apply to the delivery to, or acceptance by, a licensed veterinarian at a livestock auction market for the purpose of humanely euthanizing or providing appropriate medical care to the animal. (3) The crime of trading in nonambulatory livestock is a Class A misdemeanor. [2003 c.287 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 167.352 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.352 - Interfering with an assistance, a search and rescue or a therapy animal.

(1) A person commits the crime of interfering with an assistance, a search and rescue or a therapy animal if the person intentionally or knowingly: (a) Injures or attempts to injure an animal the person knows or reasonably should know is an assistance animal, a search and rescue animal or a therapy animal; (b) Interferes with an assistance animal while the assistance animal is being used to provide assistance to a person with a disability; or (c) Interferes with a search and rescue animal or a therapy animal while the animal is being used for search and rescue or therapy purposes. (2) As used in this section, "assistance animal" has the meaning given that term in ORS 659A.143. (3) As used in this section and ORS 30.822: (a) "Search and rescue animal" means that the animal has been professionally trained for, and is actively used for, search and rescue purposes. (b) "Therapy animal" means an animal other than an assistance animal that has been professionally trained for, and is actively used for, therapy purposes. (4) Interfering with an assistance, a search and rescue or a therapy animal is a Class A misdemeanor. [1993 c.312 §3; 2007 c.70 §37; 2013 c.530 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 167.355 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.355 - Involvement in animal fighting.

(1) A person commits the crime of involvement in animal fighting if the person: (a) Owns or trains an animal with the intention that the animal engage in an exhibition of fighting; (b) Promotes, conducts, participates in or is present as a spectator at an exhibition of fighting or preparations thereto; (c) Keeps or uses, or in any way is connected with or interested in the management of, or receives money for the admission of any person to any place kept or used for the purpose of an exhibition of fighting; or (d) Knowingly suffers or permits any place over which the person has possession or control to be occupied, kept or used for the purpose of an exhibition of fighting. (2) For purposes of this section: (a) "Animal" means any bird, reptile, amphibian, fish or nonhuman mammal, other than a dog or a fighting bird as defined in ORS 167.426. (b) "Exhibition of fighting" means a public or private display of combat between two or more animals in which the fighting, killing, maiming or injuring of animals is a significant feature. "Exhibition of fighting" does not include demonstrations of the hunting or tracking skills of an animal or the lawful use of animals for hunting, tracking or self-protection. (3) Involvement in animal fighting is a Class C felony. [Formerly 167.865; 1987 c.249 §6; 2003 c.484 §9; 2009 c.796 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 167.360 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.360 - Definitions for ORS 167.360 to 167.372.

As used in ORS 167.360 to 167.372: (1) "Breaking stick" means a device designed for insertion behind the molars of a dog for the purpose of breaking the dog’s grip on another animal or object. (2) "Cat mill" means a device that rotates around a central support with one arm designed to secure a dog and one arm designed to secure a cat, rabbit or other small animal beyond the grasp of the dog. (3) "Dogfight" means a fight, arranged by any person, between two or more dogs the purpose or probable result of which fight is the infliction of injury by one dog upon another. (4) "Dogfighting paraphernalia" means: (a) A breaking stick; (b) A springpole; (c) A cat mill; (d) A treadmill; (e) A fighting pit; (f) A leather or mesh collar with a strap more than two inches in width; (g) A weighted or unweighted chain collar weighing 10 pounds or more; or (h) An unprescribed veterinary medicine that is a prescription drug as defined in ORS 689.005. (5) "Fighting dog" means a dog that is intentionally bred or trained to be used in, or that is actually used in, a dogfight. A dog does not constitute a fighting dog solely on account of its breed. (6) "Fighting pit" means a walled area designed to contain a dogfight. (7) "Springpole" means a biting surface attached to a stretchable device, suspended at a height sufficient to prevent a dog from reaching the biting surface while touching the ground. (8) "Treadmill" means: (a) A carpet mill made of narrow sections of carpet; (b) A modified electric treadmill for the purpose of conditioning dogs; or (c) A slat mill with a running surface constructed of slats made of wood, fiberglass, plastic or other similar material. [1987 c.249 §1; 2005 c.467 §1; 2008 c.42 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 167.365 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.365 - Dogfighting.

(1) A person commits the crime of dogfighting if the person knowingly does any of the following: (a) Owns, possesses, keeps, breeds, trains, buys, sells or offers to sell a fighting dog, including but not limited to any advertisement by the person to sell such a dog. (b) Promotes, conducts or participates in, or performs any service in the furtherance of, an exhibition of dogfighting, including but not limited to refereeing of a dogfight, handling of dogs at a dogfight, transportation of spectators to a dogfight, organizing a dogfight, advertising a dogfight, providing or serving as a stakes holder for any money wagered on a fight. (c) Keeps, uses or manages, or accepts payment of admission to, any place kept or used for the purpose of dogfighting. (d) Suffers or permits any place over which the person has possession or control to be occupied, kept or used for the purpose of an exhibition of dogfighting. (2) Dogfighting is a Class C felony. [1987 c.249 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 167.370 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.370 - Participation in dogfighting.

(1) A person commits the crime of participation in dogfighting if the person knowingly: (a) Attends or has paid admission at any place for the purpose of viewing or betting upon a dogfight. (b) Advertises or otherwise offers to sell equipment that the person knows or reasonably should know will be used for the purpose of training and handling a fighting dog. (2) Participation in dogfighting is a Class C felony. [1987 c.249 §3; 2008 c.42 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 167.372 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.372 - Possessing dogfighting paraphernalia.

(1) A person commits the crime of possessing dogfighting paraphernalia if the person owns or possesses dogfighting paraphernalia with the intent that the paraphernalia be used to train a dog as a fighting dog or be used in the furtherance of a dogfight. (2) Possessing dogfighting paraphernalia is a Class C felony. [2005 c.467 §3; 2008 c.42 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 167.374 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.374 - Possession or control of dogs for purpose of reproduction; records; exceptions.

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Boarding kennel" means a facility that provides care for a fee to dogs that stay at the facility an average of less than 30 days. (b) "Dog" means a member of the subspecies Canis lupus familiaris or a hybrid of that subspecies. (c) "Litter" means one or more dogs, sold individually or together, that are all or part of a group of dogs born to the same mother at the same time. (2) A person may not possess, control or otherwise have charge of at the same time more than 50 sexually intact dogs that are two years of age or older for the primary purpose of reproduction. It is prima facie evidence that a person possesses dogs for the primary purpose of reproduction if during a 12-month period the person sells, offers for sale, barters or exchanges more than three litters of dogs that are less than eight months of age. (3) A person that possesses, controls or otherwise has charge of 50 or more sexually intact dogs that are eight months of age or older shall maintain a record for each of those dogs that identifies: (a) The date of birth for the dog or, if the date of birth is unknown, the date the person acquired possession, control or charge of the dog and the source of the dog; (b) The dates on which the dog has been bred; (c) For a female, the number of dogs in each litter produced; and (d) The disposition the person makes of each dog possessed by, controlled by or in the charge of the person, including the date of disposition, manner of disposition and the name and address information for any person taking possession, control or charge of a dog. (4) A person shall retain a record required under subsection (3) of this section for a period of three years following the death of the dog or a date on which the person permanently ceased to have possession, control or charge of the dog. (5) Subsections (2) to (4) of this section do not apply to: (a) An animal control agency, humane society or animal shelter; (b) A person who provides care for dogs at the request of a unit of government, government agency, humane society or animal shelter; (c) A veterinary facility; (d) A person that is transporting dogs; or (e) A boarding kennel. (6) A violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor. However, a court shall suspend sentence under this subsection for a violation of subsection (2) of this section if the person agrees to have a sufficient number of dogs spayed or neutered to remedy the violation. [2009 c.297 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 167.383 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.383 - Equine tripping.

(1) As used in this section, "equine" means any member of the family Equidae. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a person commits the offense of equine tripping if, for purposes of a rodeo, contest, exhibition, entertainment or sport or as practice for a rodeo, contest, exhibition, entertainment or sport, the person intentionally ropes or lassos the legs of an equine, intentionally causing the equine to trip or fall. (3) Subsection (2) of this section does not apply to a person who causes an equine to trip or fall for the purpose of allowing veterinary care for the equine. (4) The offense of equine tripping is a Class B misdemeanor. [2013 c.616 §2] Note: 167.383 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 167 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 167.385 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.385 - Unauthorized use of a livestock animal.

(1) A person commits the crime of unauthorized use of a livestock animal when the person knowingly: (a) Takes, appropriates, obtains or withholds a livestock animal from the owner thereof or derives benefit from a livestock animal without the consent of the owner of the animal; or (b) Takes or holds a livestock animal and thereby obtains the use of the animal to breed, bear or raise offspring without the consent of the owner of the animal. (2) Except as otherwise provided by law, offspring born to a female livestock animal or hatched from the egg of a female livestock animal belong to the owner of the female livestock animal until the owner transfers ownership of the offspring. (3) As used in this section, "livestock animal" has the same meaning given that term in ORS 164.055. (4) Unauthorized use of a livestock animal is a Class A misdemeanor. (5) In addition to any criminal sanctions, if a defendant is convicted of the crime of unauthorized use of a livestock animal under this section, the court shall order the defendant to pay restitution to the owner of the animal. [1993 c.252 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 167.387 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.387 - Definitions for ORS 167.387 and 167.388.

As used in this section and ORS 167.388: (1) "Livestock" has the meaning given in ORS 609.125. (2) "Livestock production facility" means: (a) Any facility or organization engaged in animal breeding, production or processing; or (b) Any facility or institution whose primary purpose is to impound estray animals, as that term is defined in ORS 607.007. [1993 c.252 §4; 1999 c.756 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 167.388 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.388 - Interference with livestock production.

(1) A person commits the crime of interference with livestock production when the person, with the intent to interfere with livestock production: (a) Takes, appropriates, obtains or withholds livestock from the owner thereof, or causes the loss, death or injury of any livestock maintained at a livestock production facility; (b) Damages, vandalizes or steals any property located on a livestock production facility; or (c) Obtains access to a livestock production facility to perform any act contained in this subsection or any other act not authorized by the livestock production facility. (2) The crime of interference with livestock production is: (a) A Class C felony if damage to the livestock production facility is $2,500 or more; or (b) A Class A misdemeanor if there is no damage to the livestock production facility or if damage to the facility is less than $2,500. (3) Determination of damages to a livestock production facility shall be made by the court. In making its determination, the court shall consider the reasonable costs of: (a) Replacing lost, injured or destroyed livestock; (b) Restoring the livestock production facility to the approximate condition of the facility before the damage occurred; and (c) Replacing damaged or missing records, data, material, equipment or substances used in the breeding and production of livestock. (4) In addition to any criminal sanctions, if a defendant is convicted of the crime of interference with livestock production under subsection (1) of this section, the court shall order the defendant to pay restitution to the owner of the animal or the owner of the livestock production facility. [1993 c.252 §§2,3; 2001 c.554 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 167.390 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.390 - Commerce in fur of domestic cats and dogs prohibited; exception.

(1) A person may not take, buy, sell, barter or otherwise exchange for commerce in fur purposes the raw fur or products that include the fur of a domestic cat or dog if the fur is obtained through a process that kills or maims the cat or dog. As used in this section, "domestic cat or dog" does not include coyote, fox, lynx, bobcat or any other wild or commercially raised wild feline or wild canine species or a hybrid thereof that is not recognized as an endangered species by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. (2) Violation of subsection (1) of this section, or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto, is a Class A misdemeanor when the offense is committed with a culpable mental state as defined in ORS 161.085. [1999 c.995 §§1,2]
OR Rev Stat § 167.400 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.400

[1991 c.970 §1; 1999 c.1051 §161; 2015 c.158 §7; 2017 c.701 §9; renumbered 167.785 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 167.402 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.402

[1991 c.970 §2; 1999 c.1051 §162; 2009 c.600 §1; 2015 c.158 §9; 2017 c.701 §6; renumbered 167.780 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 167.404 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.404

[1991 c.970 §3; 2015 c.158 §10; 2017 c.701 §7; renumbered 167.775 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 167.407 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.407

[2003 c.804 §84; 2015 c.158 §11; 2017 c.701 §8; renumbered 167.765 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 167.426 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes|Chapter 167 - Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals|Section 167.426 - Definitions for ORS 167.426 to 167.439.

As used in ORS 167.426 to 167.439: (1) "Cockfight" means a fight between two or more birds that is arranged by a person and that has the purpose or probable result of one bird inflicting injury to another bird. (2) "Constructive possession" means an exercise of dominion and control over the location and treatment of property without taking physical possession of the property. (3) "Fighting bird" means a bird that is intentionally reared or trained for use in, or that actually is used in, a cockfight. (4) "Gaff" means an artificial steel spur designed for attachment to the leg of a fighting bird in replacement of the bird’s natural spurs. (5) "Slasher" means a steel weapon resembling a curved knife blade designed for attachment to the foot of a fighting bird. (6) "Source bird" means: (a) A hen used to produce one or more chicks intended for eventual use as fighting birds; or (b) A chick being reared with the intent that the chick eventually be used as a fighting bird or as a hen described in paragraph (a) of this subsection. [2003 c.484 §1; 2017 c.276 §1] Note: 167.426 to 167.439 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 167 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.