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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 164 - Offenses Against Property › Section 164.882 - Unlawful operation of an audiovisual device.

(1) A person commits the crime of unlawful operation of an audiovisual device if the person knowingly operates the audiovisual recording function of any device in a motion picture theater, while a motion picture is being exhibited, without the written consent of the motion picture theater owner.
(2) Unlawful operation of an audiovisual device is a Class B misdemeanor.
(3) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section do not apply to any activity undertaken in the course of bona fide law enforcement activity or necessary to the proper functioning of the criminal justice system. [2005 c.459 §1]
Note:
164.882 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 164 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 164 - Offenses Against Property › Section 164.885 - Endangering aircraft.

(1) A person commits the crime of endangering aircraft in the first degree if the person knowingly:
(a) Throws an object at, or drops an object upon, an aircraft;
(b) Discharges a bow and arrow, gun, airgun or firearm at or toward an aircraft;
(c) Tampers with an aircraft or a part, system, machine or substance used to operate an aircraft in such a manner as to impair the safety, efficiency or operation of an aircraft without the consent of the owner, operator or possessor of the aircraft; or
(d) Places, sets, arms or causes to be discharged a spring gun, trap, explosive device or explosive material with the intent of damaging, destroying or discouraging the operation of an aircraft.
(2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, a person commits the crime of endangering aircraft in the second degree if the person knowingly possesses a firearm or deadly weapon in a restricted access area of a commercial service airport that has at least 2 million passenger boardings per calendar year.
(b) Paragraph (a) of this subsection does not apply to a person authorized under federal law or an airport security program to possess a firearm or deadly weapon in a restricted access area.
(3)(a) Endangering aircraft in the first degree is a Class C felony.
(b) Endangering aircraft in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) "Aircraft" does not include an unmanned aircraft system as defined in ORS 837.300.
(b) "Restricted access area" means an area of a commercial service airport that is:
(A) Designated as restricted in the airport security program approved by the federal Transportation Security Administration; and
(B) Marked at points of entry with signs giving notice that access to the area is restricted. [1981 c.901 §1; 2009 c.299 §1; 2016 c.72 §3]
Note:
164.885 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 164 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 164 - Offenses Against Property › Section 164.886 - Unlawful tree spiking; unlawful possession of substance that can damage certain wood processing equipment.

(1) A person commits the crime of unlawful tree spiking if the person knowingly drives or places in any tree or saw log, without the prior consent of the owner thereof, any iron, steel or other substance sufficiently hard to damage saws or wood manufacturing or processing equipment with intent to cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm to any other person.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, unlawful tree spiking is a Class C felony.
(3) Unlawful tree spiking that results in serious physical injury to another person is a Class B felony.
(4) Any person who possesses, with the intent to use in violation of subsections (1) to (3) of this section, any iron, steel or other substance sufficiently hard to damage saws or wood manufacturing or processing equipment is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. [Formerly 164.877]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 164 - Offenses Against Property › Section 164.887 - Interference with agricultural operations.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a person commits the offense of interference with agricultural operations if the person, while on the property of another person who is engaged in agricultural operations, intentionally or knowingly obstructs, impairs or hinders or attempts to obstruct, impair or hinder agricultural operations.
(2) Interference with agricultural operations is a Class A misdemeanor.
(3) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section do not apply to:
(a) A person who is involved in a labor dispute as defined in ORS 662.010 with the other person; or
(b) A public employee who is performing official duties.
(4) As used in this section:
(a)(A) "Agricultural operations" means the conduct of logging and forest management, mining, farming or ranching of livestock animals or domestic farm animals;
(B) "Domestic farm animal" means an animal used to control or protect livestock animals or used in other related agricultural activities; and
(C) "Livestock animals" has the meaning given that term in ORS 164.055.
(b) "Domestic farm animal" and "livestock animals" do not include stray animals. [1999 c.694 §1]
Note:
164.887 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 164 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 164 - Offenses Against Property › Section 164.889 - Interference with agricultural research.

(1) A person commits the crime of interference with agricultural research if the person knowingly:
(a) Damages any property at an agricultural research facility with the intent to damage or hinder agricultural research or experimentation;
(b) Obtains any property of an agricultural research facility with the intent to damage or hinder agricultural research or experimentation;
(c) Obtains access to an agricultural research facility by misrepresentation with the intent to perform acts that would damage or hinder agricultural research or experimentation;
(d) Enters an agricultural research facility with the intent to damage, alter, duplicate or obtain unauthorized possession of records, data, materials, equipment or specimens related to agricultural research or experimentation;
(e) Without the authorization of the agricultural research facility, obtains or exercises control over records, data, materials, equipment or specimens of the agricultural research facility with the intent to destroy or conceal the records, data, materials, equipment or specimens; or
(f) Releases or steals an animal from, or causes the death, injury or loss of an animal at, an agricultural research facility.
(2) Interference with agricultural research is a Class C felony.
(3) For purposes of this section:
(a) "Agricultural research facility" means any structure or land, whether privately or publicly owned, leased or operated, that is being used for agricultural research or experimentation.
(b) "Agricultural research or experimentation" means the lawful study, analysis or testing of plants or animals, or the use of plants or animals to conduct studies, analyses, testing or teaching, for the purpose of improving farming, forestry or animal husbandry.
(4) In addition to any other penalty imposed for violation of this section, a person convicted of interference with agricultural research is liable for:
(a) Damages to real and personal property caused by acts constituting the violation; and
(b) The costs of repeating an experiment, including the replacement of the records, data, equipment, specimens, labor and materials, if acts constituting the violation cause the failure of an experiment in progress or irreparably damage completed research or experimentation. [2001 c.147 §1]
Note:
164.889 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 164 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.002 - Definitions for ORS 165.002 to 165.070.

As used in ORS 165.002 to 165.027, and 165.032 to 165.070, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Written instrument" means any paper, document, instrument, article or electronic record containing written or printed matter or the equivalent thereof, whether complete or incomplete, used for the purpose of reciting, embodying, conveying or recording information or constituting a symbol or evidence of value, right, privilege or identification, which is capable of being used to the advantage or disadvantage of some person.
(2) "Complete written instrument" means one which purports to be a genuine written instrument fully drawn with respect to every essential feature thereof.
(3) "Incomplete written instrument" means one which contains some matter by way of content or authentication but which requires additional matter in order to render it a complete written instrument.
(4) To "falsely make" a written instrument means to make or draw a complete written instrument in its entirety, or an incomplete written instrument which purports to be an authentic creation of its ostensible maker, but which is not, either because the ostensible maker is fictitious or because, if real, the ostensible maker did not authorize the making or drawing thereof.
(5) To "falsely complete" a written instrument means to transform, by adding, inserting or changing matter, an incomplete written instrument into a complete one, without the authority of anyone entitled to grant it, so that the complete written instrument falsely appears or purports to be in all respects an authentic creation of its ostensible maker or authorized by the ostensible maker.
(6) To "falsely alter" a written instrument means to change, without authorization by anyone entitled to grant it, a written instrument, whether complete or incomplete, by means of erasure, obliteration, deletion, insertion of new matter, transposition of matter, or in any other manner, so that the instrument so altered falsely appears or purports to be in all respects an authentic creation of its ostensible maker or authorized by the ostensible maker.
(7) To "utter" means to issue, deliver, publish, circulate, disseminate, transfer or tender a written instrument or other object to another.
(8) "Forged instrument" means a written instrument which has been falsely made, completed or altered.
(9) "Electronic record" has the meaning given that term in ORS 84.004.
(10) "Signature" includes, but is not limited to, an electronic signature, as defined in ORS 84.004. [1971 c.743 §151; 2001 c.535 §27]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.007 - Forgery in the second degree.

(1) A person commits the crime of forgery in the second degree if, with intent to injure or defraud, the person:
(a) Falsely makes, completes or alters a written instrument; or
(b) Utters a written instrument which the person knows to be forged.
(2) Forgery in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §152]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.013 - Forgery in the first degree.

(1) A person commits the crime of forgery in the first degree if the person violates ORS 165.007:
(a) And the written instrument is or purports to be any of the following:
(A) Part of an issue of money, securities, postage or revenue stamps, or other valuable instruments issued by a government or governmental agency;
(B) Part of an issue of stock, bonds or other instruments representing interests in or claims against any property or person;
(C) A deed, will, codicil, contract or assignment;
(D) A check for $1,000 or more, a credit card purchase slip for $1,000 or more, or a combination of checks and credit card purchase slips that, in the aggregate, total $1,000 or more, or any other commercial instrument or other document that does or may evidence, create, transfer, alter, terminate or otherwise affect a legal right, interest, obligation or status; or
(E) A public record; or
(b) By falsely making, completing or altering, or by uttering, at least 15 retail sales receipts, Universal Product Code labels, EAN-8 labels or EAN-13 labels or a combination of at least 15 retail sales receipts, Universal Product Code labels, EAN-8 labels or EAN-13 labels.
(2) The value of single check or credit card transactions may be added together under subsection (1)(a)(D) of this section if the transactions were committed:
(a) Against multiple victims within a 30-day period; or
(b) Against the same victim within a 180-day period.
(3) Forgery in the first degree is a Class C felony. [1971 c.743 §153; 1993 c.680 §25; 2005 c.761 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.017 - Criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree.

(1) A person commits the crime of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree if, knowing it to be forged and with intent to utter same, the person possesses a forged instrument.
(2) Criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §154]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.022 - Criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree.

(1) A person commits the crime of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree if, knowing it to be forged and with intent to utter same, the person possesses a forged instrument of the kind and in the amount specified in ORS 165.013 (1).
(2) Criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree is a Class C felony. [1971 c.743 §155; 2005 c.761 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.027 - Evidence admissible to prove forgery or possession of forged instrument.

(1) In any prosecution for forgery of a bank bill or note or for criminal possession of a forged bank bill or note, the testimony of any person acquainted with the signature of the officer or agent authorized to sign the bills or notes of the bank of which such bill or note is alleged to be a forgery, or who has knowledge of the difference in appearance of the true and forged bills or notes thereof, may be admitted to prove that it is a forgery.
(2) In any prosecution for forgery or for criminal possession of any note, certificate, bond, bill of credit, or other security or evidence of debt issued on behalf of the United States or any state or territory, the certificate duly sworn to of the Secretary of the Treasury, or of the Treasurer of the United States, or of the secretary or treasurer of any state or treasury on whose behalf the note, certificate, bond, bill of credit or other security or evidence of debt purports to have been issued, shall be admitted as evidence to prove that it is a forgery. [1971 c.743 §290]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.032 - Criminal possession of a forgery device.

(1) A person commits the crime of criminal possession of a forgery device if:
(a) The person makes or possesses with knowledge of its character any plate, die or other device, apparatus, equipment or article specifically designed for use in counterfeiting or otherwise forging written instruments; or
(b) With intent to use, or to aid or permit another to use, the same for purposes of forgery, the person makes or possesses any device, apparatus, equipment or article capable of or adaptable to such use.
(2) Criminal possession of a forgery device is a Class C felony. [1971 c.743 §156]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.037 - Criminal simulation.

(1) A person commits the crime of criminal simulation if:
(a) With intent to defraud, the person makes or alters any object in such a manner that it appears to have an antiquity, rarity, source or authorship that it does not in fact possess; or
(b) With knowledge of its true character and with intent to defraud, the person utters or possesses an object so simulated.
(2) Criminal simulation is a Class A misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §157]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.042 - Fraudulently obtaining a signature.

(1) A person commits the crime of fraudulently obtaining a signature if, with intent to defraud or injure another, the person obtains the signature of a person to a written instrument by knowingly misrepresenting any fact.
(2) Fraudulently obtaining a signature is a Class A misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §158]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.047 - Unlawfully using slugs.

(1) A person commits the crime of unlawfully using slugs if:
(a) With intent to defraud the supplier of property or a service sold or offered by means of a coin machine, the person inserts, deposits or otherwise uses a slug in such machine; or
(b) The person makes, possesses, offers for sale or disposes of a slug with intent to enable a person to use it fraudulently in a coin machine.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Coin machine" means a coin box, turnstile, vending machine, or other mechanical or electronic device or receptacle designed to receive a coin or bill of a certain denomination or a token made for such purpose, and in return for the insertion or deposit thereof, automatically to offer, provide, assist in providing or permit the acquisition or use of some property or service.
(b) "Slug" means an object, article or device which, by virtue of its size, shape or any other quality is capable of being inserted, deposited, or otherwise used in a coin machine as a fraudulent substitute for a genuine coin, bill or token.
(3) Unlawfully using slugs is a Class B misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §159]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.055 - Fraudulent use of a credit card.

(1) A person commits the crime of fraudulent use of a credit card if, with intent to injure or defraud, the person uses a credit card for the purpose of obtaining property or services with knowledge that:
(a) The card is stolen or forged;
(b) The card has been revoked or canceled; or
(c) For any other reason the use of the card is unauthorized by either the issuer or the person to whom the credit card is issued.
(2) "Credit card" means a card, booklet, credit card number or other identifying symbol or instrument evidencing an undertaking to pay for property or services delivered or rendered to or upon the order of a designated person or bearer.
(3) The value of single credit card transactions may be added together if the transactions were committed:
(a) Against multiple victims within a 30-day period; or
(b) Against the same victim within a 180-day period.
(4) Fraudulent use of a credit card is:
(a) A Class A misdemeanor if the aggregate total amount of property or services the person obtains or attempts to obtain is less than $1,000.
(b) A Class C felony if the aggregate total amount of property or services the person obtains or attempts to obtain is $1,000 or more. [1971 c.743 §160; 1973 c.133 §7; 1987 c.907 §11; 1993 c.680 §26; 2009 c.16 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.065 - Negotiating a bad check.

(1) A person commits the crime of negotiating a bad check if the person makes, draws or utters a check or similar sight order for the payment of money, knowing that it will not be honored by the drawee.
(2) For purposes of this section, unless the check or order is postdated, it is prima facie evidence of knowledge that the check or order would not be honored if:
(a) The drawer has no account with the drawee at the time the check or order is drawn or uttered; or
(b) Payment is refused by the drawee for lack of funds, upon presentation within 30 days after the date of utterance, and the drawer fails to make good within 10 days after receiving notice of refusal.
(3) Negotiating a bad check is:
(a) A Class A misdemeanor, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection.
(b) Enhanced from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class C felony if at the time of sentencing it is established beyond a reasonable doubt that the person has been convicted in this state, within the preceding five years, of the crime of negotiating a bad check or of theft by deception by means of a bad check. [1971 c.743 §161; 1979 c.594 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.070 - Possessing fraudulent communications device.

(1) A person commits the crime of possessing a fraudulent communications device if the person:
(a) Makes, possesses, sells, gives or otherwise transfers to another, or offers or advertises pictures or diagrams concerning an instrument, apparatus or device with intent that the same be used or with knowledge or reason to believe the same is intended to or may be used to avoid any lawful telephone or telegraph toll charge or to conceal the existence or place of origin or destination of any telephone or telegraph communication; or
(b) Sells, gives or otherwise transfers to another or offers, or advertises plans or instructions for making or assembling an instrument, apparatus or device described in paragraph (a) of this subsection with knowledge or reason to believe that they may be used to make or assemble such instrument, apparatus or device.
(2) An instrument, apparatus, device, plans, instructions or written publication described in subsection (1) of this section may be seized under warrant or incident to a lawful arrest, and upon the conviction of a person under subsection (1) of this section, such instrument, apparatus, device, plans, instructions or written publication may be destroyed as contraband by the sheriff of the county in which such person was convicted or turned over to the person providing telephone or telegraph service in the territory in which the same was seized.
(3) Possessing a fraudulent communications device is a Class C felony. [1973 c.133 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.072 - Definitions for ORS 165.072 and 165.074.

As used in this section and ORS 165.074, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Cardholder" means a person to whom a payment card is issued or a person who is authorized to use the payment card.
(2) "Credit card" means a card, plate, booklet, credit card number, credit card account number or other identifying symbol, instrument or device that can be used to pay for, or to obtain on credit, goods or services.
(3) "Financial institution" means a financial institution as that term is defined in ORS 706.008.
(4) "Merchant" means:
(a) An owner or operator of a retail mercantile establishment;
(b) An agent, employee, lessee, consignee, franchisee, officer, director or independent contractor of an owner or operator of a retail mercantile establishment; and
(c) A person who receives what the person believes to be a payment card or information from a payment card from a cardholder as the instrument for obtaining something of value from the person.
(5) "Payment card" means a credit card, charge card, debit card, stored value card or any card that is issued to a person and allows the user to obtain something of value from a merchant.
(6) "Payment card transaction" means a sale or other transaction or act in which a payment card is used to pay for, or to obtain on credit, goods or services.
(7) "Payment card transaction record" means any record or evidence of a payment card transaction, including, without limitation, any paper, sales draft, instrument or other writing and any electronic or magnetic transmission or record.
(8) "Person" does not include a financial institution or its authorized employee, representative or agent.
(9) "Previous conviction" has the meaning given that term in ORS 137.712.
(10) "Reencoder" means an electronic device that places encoded information from one payment card onto another payment card.
(11) "Scanning device" means an electronic device that is used to access, read, scan, obtain, memorize or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on a payment card. [1991 c.398 §1; 1997 c.631 §419; 2003 c.383 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.074 - Unlawful factoring of payment card transaction.

(1) A person commits the crime of unlawful factoring of a payment card transaction if the person intentionally or knowingly:
(a) Presents to or deposits with, or causes another to present to or deposit with, a financial institution for payment a payment card transaction record that is not the result of a payment card transaction between the cardholder and the person;
(b) Employs, solicits or otherwise causes a merchant to present to or deposit with a financial institution for payment a payment card transaction record that is not the result of a payment card transaction between the cardholder and the merchant;
(c) Employs, solicits or otherwise causes another to become a merchant for purposes of engaging in conduct made unlawful by this section;
(d) Uses a scanning device to access, read, scan, obtain, memorize or store information encoded on a payment card:
(A) Without the permission of the cardholder; or
(B) With the intent to defraud another person; or
(e) Uses a reencoder to place encoded information from one payment card onto another payment card:
(A) Without the permission of the cardholder of the payment card from which encoded information is being taken; or
(B) With the intention to defraud another person.
(2) Unlawful factoring of a payment card transaction is a Class C felony.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, unlawful factoring of a payment card transaction is a Class B felony if the person has one or more previous convictions under this section. [1991 c.398 §2; 2003 c.383 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.075 - Definitions.

As used in chapter 743, Oregon Laws 1971, 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.
(2) "Business records" means any writing or article kept or maintained by an enterprise for the purpose of evidencing or reflecting its condition or activities.
(3) "Enterprise" means any private entity of one or more persons, corporate or otherwise, engaged in business, commercial, professional, charitable, political, industrial or organized fraternal activity.
(4) "Fiduciary" means a trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, receiver or any other person acting in a fiduciary capacity as agent or employee of an organization which is a fiduciary.
(5) "Financial institution" means a bank, insurance company, credit union, savings and loan association, investment trust or other organization held out to the public as a place of deposit of funds or medium of savings or collective investment.
(6) "Government" means the state, any political subdivision thereof, or any governmental instrumentality within the state.
(7) "Misapplies" means dealing with property contrary to law or governmental regulation governing the custody or disposition of that property; governmental regulation includes administrative and judicial rules and orders as well as statutes and ordinances.
(8) "Sports contest" means any professional or amateur sport or athletic game or contest viewed by the public.
(9) "Sports official" means any person who acts in sports contests as an umpire, referee, judge or sports contest official.
(10) "Sports participant" means any person who directly or indirectly participates in sports contests as a player, contestant, team member, coach, manager, trainer, or any other person directly associated with a player, contestant or team member in connection with a sports activity. [1971 c.743 §162]
Note:
Legislative Counsel has substituted "chapter 743, Oregon Laws 1971," for the words "this Act" in section 162, chapter 743, Oregon Laws 1971, compiled as 165.075. Specific ORS references have not been substituted, pursuant to 173.160. These sections may be determined by referring to the 1971 Comparative Section Table located in Volume 22 of ORS.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.080 - Falsifying business records.

(1) A person commits the crime of falsifying business records if, with intent to defraud, the person:
(a) Makes or causes a false entry in the business records of an enterprise; or
(b) Alters, erases, obliterates, deletes, removes or destroys a true entry in the business records of an enterprise; or
(c) Fails to make a true entry in the business records of an enterprise in violation of a known duty imposed upon the person by law or by the nature of the position of the person; or
(d) Prevents the making of a true entry or causes the omission thereof in the business records of an enterprise.
(2) Falsifying business records is a Class A misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §163]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.085 - Sports bribery.

(1) A person commits the crime of sports bribery if the person:
(a) Offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit upon a sports participant with intent to influence the sports participant not to give the best effort of the sports participant in a sports contest; or
(b) Offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit upon a sports official with intent to influence the sports official to improperly perform duties of a sports official.
(2) Sports bribery is a Class C felony. [1971 c.743 §164]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.090 - Sports bribe receiving.

(1) A person commits the crime of sports bribe receiving if:
(a) As a sports participant the person solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person with the intent that the person will thereby be influenced not to give the best effort of the person in a sports contest; or
(b) As a sports official the person solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person with the intent that the person will improperly perform duties of a sports official.
(2) Sports bribe receiving is a Class C felony. [1971 c.743 §165]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.095 - Misapplication of entrusted property.

(1) A person commits the crime of misapplication of entrusted property if, with knowledge that the misapplication is unlawful and that it involves a substantial risk of loss or detriment to the owner or beneficiary of such property, the person intentionally misapplies or disposes of property that has been entrusted to the person as a fiduciary or that is property of the government or a financial institution.
(2) Misapplication of entrusted property is a Class A misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §166]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.100 - Issuing a false financial statement.

(1) A person commits the crime of issuing a false financial statement if, with intent to defraud, the person:
(a) Knowingly makes or utters a written statement which purports to describe the financial condition or ability to pay of the person or some other person and which is inaccurate in some material respect; or
(b) Represents in writing that a written statement purporting to describe a person’s financial condition or ability to pay as of a prior date is accurate with respect to that person’s current financial condition or ability to pay, knowing the statement to be materially inaccurate in that respect.
(2) Issuing a false financial statement is a Class A misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §167]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.102 - Obtaining execution of documents by deception.

(1) A person commits the crime of obtaining execution of documents by deception if, with intent to defraud or injure another or to acquire a substantial benefit, the person obtains by means of fraud, deceit or subterfuge the execution of a written instrument affecting or purporting to affect the pecuniary interest of any person.
(2) Obtaining execution of documents by deception is a Class A misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §168]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.107.

[1971 c.743 §169; 1995 c.222 §1; 2007 c.475 §1; 2009 c.811 §6; 2010 c.56 §5; 2011 c.450 §1; 2011 c.597 §80; 2013 c.122 §1; renumbered 165.117 in 2013]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.109 - Failing to maintain a cedar purchase record.

(1) A person commits the offense of failing to maintain a cedar purchase record if the person buys or otherwise obtains cedar products directly from any person who has harvested the cedar without keeping a record of the products purchased or obtained.
(2) The record required by subsection (1) of this section shall be retained by the purchaser for a period of not less than one year and shall be available to any peace officer on demand.
The record shall contain:
(a) The name, address, date of sale and signature of the seller or the person making delivery;
(b) The license number of any motor vehicles used in the delivery of the cedar; and
(c) The quantity of cedar obtained and the amount paid for the cedar.
(3) The provisions of this section apply only to the first wholesale transaction involving cedar products and do not apply to retail sales of cedar.
(4) Failing to maintain a cedar purchase record is a Class B misdemeanor. [1977 c.473 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.114 - Sale of educational assignments.

(1) No person shall sell or offer to sell an assignment to another person knowing, or under the circumstances having reason to know, that the whole or a substantial part of the assignment is intended to be submitted under a student’s name in fulfillment of the requirements for a degree, diploma, certificate or course of study at any post-secondary institution.
(2) No person shall sell or offer to sell to another person any assistance in the preparation of an assignment knowing, or under the circumstances having reason to know, that the whole or a substantial part of the assignment is intended to be submitted under a student’s name in fulfillment of the requirements for a degree, diploma, certificate or course of study at any post-secondary institution.
(3) Nothing in this section prohibits a person from rendering for a monetary fee:
(a) Tutorial assistance if the assistance is not intended to be submitted in whole or in substantial part as an assignment; or
(b) Service in the form of typing, transcribing, assembling, reproducing or editing an assignment if this service is not intended to make substantive changes in the assignment.
(4) A person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class A violation.
(5) A person against whom a judgment has been entered under subsection (4) of this section shall, upon conviction for any subsequent violation of this section, be subject to a fine of not more than $10,000.
(6) In addition to any fine imposed under subsections (4) and (5) of this section, a court of competent jurisdiction may grant such further relief as is necessary to enforce the provisions of this section, including the issuance of an injunction. A suit for injunction under subsections (1) to (6) of this section may be brought in the name of the State of Oregon upon the complaint of the Attorney General or any district attorney.
(7) As used in subsections (1) to (6) of this section unless the context requires otherwise:
(a) "Assignment" means any specific written, recorded, pictorial, artistic or other academic task, including but not limited to a term paper, thesis, dissertation, essay or report, intended for submission to any post-secondary institution in fulfillment of the requirements for a degree, diploma, certificate or course of study at any such institution.
(b) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation or association.
(c) "Post-secondary institution" means any public or private post-secondary educational institution. [1981 c.673 §§1,2; 1999 c.1051 §158]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.122 - Compliance with subpoena for information related to metal transaction; lost or stolen metal property.

(1) Not later than two business days after receiving from a peace officer or law enforcement agency a subpoena for information related to a named or specified individual, vehicle or item of metal property, a scrap metal business shall provide to the peace officer or law enforcement agency a copy of a metal property record created under ORS 165.117 or a copy of the relevant portion of a commercial account that contains the information about the individual, vehicle or item of metal property that is the subject of the subpoena. The scrap metal business shall provide the information in any form or by any method reasonably required by the peace officer or law enforcement agency.
(2) If a scrap metal business knows or has good reason to know that metal property that the scrap metal business purchased or received or possesses or controls was lost by or stolen from the metal property’s owner or lawful possessor, the scrap metal business shall promptly notify an appropriate law enforcement agency and shall:
(a) Name the owner or lawful possessor of the property, if known; and
(b) Disclose the name of the person that delivered the metal property and the date on which the scrap metal business received the metal property.
(3) If a peace officer or law enforcement agency notifies a scrap metal business that an item of metal property in the possession or control of the scrap metal business is lost or stolen, the scrap metal business shall:
(a) Segregate the metal property that is the subject of the notification from other inventory kept by the scrap metal business;
(b) Protect the metal property from alteration or damage;
(c) Mark, tag or otherwise identify the metal property; and
(d) Hold the metal property for the length of time, not to exceed 10 days, that the peace officer or law enforcement agency specifies.
(4) A peace officer or law enforcement agency may not require a scrap metal business to hold metal property under subsection (3) of this section unless the peace officer or law enforcement agency reasonably suspects that the metal property was lost by or stolen from the owner or lawful possessor of the metal property. Within 10 days after notifying a scrap metal business that an item of metal property may be lost or stolen, the peace officer or law enforcement agency shall:
(a) Determine that the metal property is lost or stolen and take appropriate lawful action to impound or recover the metal property and return the metal property to the owner or lawful possessor; or
(b) Determine that the metal property is not lost or stolen and notify the scrap metal business that it is not necessary to hold the metal property any longer. [2009 c.811 §4; 2010 c.56 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.124 - Application of ORS 164.857, 165.116, 165.117, 165.118 and 165.122.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, ORS 164.857, 165.116, 165.117, 165.118 and 165.122 do not apply to:
(a) A person engaged in recycling beverage containers as defined in ORS 459A.700.
(b) A person engaged in buying or selling used or empty food containers made of metal.
(c) A person to whom a vehicle dealer certificate has been issued under ORS 822.020.
(d) A person to whom a dismantler certificate has been issued under ORS 822.110.
(e) A person to whom a towing business certificate has been issued under ORS 822.205.
(2) A person described in subsection (1)(c) to (e) of this section shall comply with and is subject to the penalty provided for violating a provision of ORS 164.857, 165.116, 165.117, 165.118 or 165.122, if the person purchases, receives or transports or acts as a commercial seller of:
(a) Private metal property; or
(b) Commercial metal property or nonferrous metal property, that is not a motor vehicle or a part of a motor vehicle.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, ORS 164.857, 165.116, 165.117, 165.118 and 165.122 do not apply to a person who sells private metal property if the person:
(a) Sells the private metal property as a vehicle repair part;
(b) Complies with United States Environmental Protection Agency policies and regulations related to private metal property, including testing and labeling requirements;
(c) Maintains a fixed place of business at which the person engages in the business of selling vehicle repair parts;
(d) Holds any licenses required by federal or state law or local ordinance for conducting all applicable business activity;
(e) Clearly and legibly marks the private metal property:
(A) With the vehicle identification number of the vehicle from which the private metal property was removed or with an alternative number;
(B) With the date the private metal property was removed from the vehicle; and
(C) In English and in a permanent manner, including but not limited to engraving or the use of permanent ink or a permanent label; and
(f) Provides the vehicle identification number of the vehicle from which the private metal property was removed upon the request of a law enforcement official, if the person used an alternative number instead of the vehicle identification number. [2009 c.811 §5; 2021 c.412 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.127 - County metal theft plan of action.

(1) In each county in which a scrap metal business, as defined in ORS 165.116, has a place of business, the district attorney of the county shall, after consulting with representatives of the affected law enforcement agencies and the business community, create a written plan of action that ensures effective communication between law enforcement and the business community regarding the theft of metal property as defined in ORS 165.116.
(2) The written plan of action must include, but need not be limited to, a procedure for law enforcement agencies to notify scrap metal businesses of a theft of metal property within 24 hours after the receipt of the report of the theft.
(3) The district attorney shall provide a copy of the written plan of action to the local public safety coordinating council described in ORS 423.560. [2009 c.811 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.535 - Definitions applicable to obtaining contents of communications.

As used in ORS 41.910, 133.723, 133.724, 165.540 and 165.545:
(1) "Conversation" means the transmission between two or more persons of an oral communication which is not a telecommunication or a radio communication, and includes a communication occurring through a video conferencing program.
(2) "Person" has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.100 and includes:
(a) Public officials and law enforcement officers of:
(A) The state and of a county, municipal corporation or any other political subdivision of the state; and
(B) A police department established by a university under ORS 352.121 or 353.125; and
(b) Authorized tribal police officers as defined in ORS 181A.940.
(3)(a) "Radio communication" means the transmission by radio or other wireless methods of writing, signs, signals, pictures and sounds of all kinds, including all instrumentalities, facilities, equipment and services (including, among other things, the receipt, forwarding and delivering of communications) incidental to such transmission.
(b) "Radio communication" does not include a communication occurring through a video conferencing program.
(4)(a) "Telecommunication" means the transmission of writing, signs, signals, pictures and sounds of all kinds by aid of wire, cable or other similar connection between the points of origin and reception of such transmission, including all instrumentalities, facilities, equipment and services (including, among other things, the receipt, forwarding and delivering of communications) incidental to such transmission.
(b) "Telecommunication" does not include a communication occurring through a video conferencing program.
(5) "Video conferencing program" means software or an application for a computer or cellular telephone that allows two or more persons to communicate via simultaneous video transmission. [1955 c.675 §1; 1959 c.681 §1; 1983 c.740 §34; 2011 c.644 §§25,67,74; 2013 c.180 §§27,28; 2015 c.174 §13; 2021 c.357 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception › Section 165.542 - Reports required concerning use of electronic listening device.

(1) Within 30 days after the use of an electronic listening device under ORS 133.726 (7) or 165.540 (5)(a), the law enforcement agency using the device shall report to the district attorney of the county in the agency’s jurisdiction:
(a) The number of uses of the device and duration of the interceptions made by the law enforcement agency;
(b) The offense investigated;
(c) The identity of the law enforcement agency intercepting the communication; and
(d) Whether the person wearing the device was a law enforcement officer or a person under the supervision of the officer and the number of persons in each category who wore the device.
(2) During January of each year, the district attorney of a county in which electronic listening devices were used under ORS 133.726 (7) or 165.540 (5)(a) shall report to the Department of Justice:
(a) The information required by subsection (1) of this section with respect to the use of electronic listening devices during the preceding calendar year; and
(b) The aggregate number of instances in which electronic listening devices have been used in the county under ORS 133.726 (7) or 165.540 (5)(a) during the preceding calendar year.
(3) The law enforcement agency shall include as part of the case file any use of electronic listening devices under ORS 133.726 (7) or 165.540 (5)(a).
(4) During April of each odd-numbered calendar year, the Department of Justice shall transmit to the Legislative Assembly a report including a summary of the information required by subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
(5) Failure to comply with the reporting requirements of this section shall not affect the admissibility of evidence. [1989 c.1078 §2; 2001 c.385 §7; 2007 c.879 §2]