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162.075 False swearing. (1) A person commits the crime of false swearing if the person makes a false sworn statement or a false unsworn declaration, knowing it to be false. (2) False swearing is a Class A misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §184; 2013 c.218 §20]
Read stored text, notes and provenance · Open official chapter ↗162.085 Unsworn falsification. (1) A person commits the crime of unsworn falsification if the person knowingly makes any false written statement to a public servant in connection with an application for any benefit. (2) Unsworn falsification is a Class B misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §185]
Read stored text, notes and provenance · Open official chapter ↗162.095 Defenses to perjury and false swearing limited. It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury or false swearing that: (1) The statement was inadmissible under the rules of evidence; or (2) The oath or affirmation was taken or administered in an irregular manner; or (3) The defendant mistakenly believed the false statement to be immaterial. [1971 c.743 §186]
Read stored text, notes and provenance · Open official chapter ↗162.105 Retraction as defense. (1) It is a defense to a prosecution for perjury or false swearing committed in an official proceeding that the defendant retracted the false statement: (a) In a manner showing a complete and voluntary retraction of the prior false statement; and (b) During the course of the same official proceeding in which it was made; and (c) Before the subject matter of the official proceeding is submitted to the ultimate trier of fact. (2) “Official proceeding,” as used in this section, means a proceeding before any judicial, legislative or administrative body or officer, wherein sworn statements are received, and inclu
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Read stored text, notes and provenance · Open official chapter ↗162.115 Corroboration of falsity required. In any prosecution for perjury or false swearing, falsity of a statement may not be established solely through contradiction by the testimony of a single witness. [1971 c.743 §188]
Read stored text, notes and provenance · Open official chapter ↗162.117 Public investment fraud. (1) A person commits the crime of public investment fraud if, for the purpose of influencing in any way the action of the State Treasury, the person knowingly makes any false statement or report. (2) Public investment fraud is a Class B felony. (3) Public investment fraud shall be classified as crime category 6 of the sentencing guidelines grid of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. (4) As used in this section, “action of the State Treasury” includes any application, advance, discount, purchase, purchase agreement, repurchase agreement, commitment or loan, or any change or extension of any of them, by r
Read stored text, notes and provenance · Open official chapter ↗162.118 Illegal conduct by State Treasury not a defense. Illegal conduct by the State Treasury or any of its employees or agents shall not be a defense for any person charged with the crime of public investment fraud or to any person against whom any civil action is brought under ORS 30.862 and 162.117 to 162.121. [1993 c.768 §2] Note: See note under 162.117.
Read stored text, notes and provenance · Open official chapter ↗162.119 Public fraud as racketeering activity. (1) Conduct constituting a violation of ORS 162.117 shall be an incident of racketeering activity for purposes of criminal actions brought under ORS 166.715 to 166.735. (2) Conduct giving rise to the civil cause of action described in ORS 30.862 shall be an incident of racketeering activity for purposes of civil actions brought under ORS 166.715 to 166.735. [1993 c.768 §3] Note: See note under 162.117.
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Read stored text, notes and provenance · Open official chapter ↗162.121 Construction of ORS 162.117 to 162.121. The provisions of ORS 30.862 and 162.117 to 162.121 shall be liberally construed to effectuate its remedial purposes. [1993 c.768 §5] Note: See note under 162.117.
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Read stored text, notes and provenance · Open official chapter ↗162.135 Definitions for ORS 162.135 to 162.205. As used in ORS 162.135 to 162.205, unless the context requires otherwise: (1)(a) “Contraband” means: (A) Controlled substances as defined in ORS 475.005; (B) Drug paraphernalia as defined in ORS 475.525; (C) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, currency possessed by or in the control of a person confined in a correctional facility; or (D) Any article or thing which a person confined in a correctional facility, youth correction facility or state hospital is prohibited by statute, rule or order from obtaining or possessing, and whose use would endanger the safety
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Read stored text, notes and provenance · Open official chapter ↗162.145 Escape in the third degree. (1) A person commits the crime of escape in the third degree if the person escapes from custody. (2) It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the person escaping or attempting to escape was in custody pursuant to an illegal arrest. (3) Escape in the third degree is a Class A misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §190]
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Read stored text, notes and provenance · Open official chapter ↗162.155 Escape in the second degree. (1) A person commits the crime of escape in the second degree if: (a) The person uses or threatens to use physical force escaping from custody; or (b) Having been convicted or found guilty of a felony, the person escapes from custody imposed as a result thereof; or (c) The person escapes from a correctional facility; or (d) While under the jurisdiction of the Psychiatric Security Review Board under ORS 161.315 to 161.351, the person departs, is absent from or fails to return to this state without authorization of the board. (2) Escape in the second degree is a Class C felony. [1971 c.743 §191; 1983 c.
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Read stored text, notes and provenance · Open official chapter ↗162.165 Escape in the first degree. (1) A person commits the crime of escape in the first degree if: (a) Aided by another person actually present, the person uses or threatens to use physical force in escaping from custody or a correctional facility; or (b) The person uses or threatens to use a dangerous or deadly weapon escaping from custody or a correctional facility. (2) Escape in the first degree is a Class B felony. [1971 c.743 §192]
Read stored text, notes and provenance · Open official chapter ↗162.175 Unauthorized departure. (1) A person commits the crime of unauthorized departure if: (a) The person makes an unauthorized departure; or (b) Not being an adult in custody therein, the person aids another in making or attempting to make an unauthorized departure. (2) Unauthorized departure is a Class A misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §193; 1983 c.815 §8; 1989 c.790 §54; 2019 c.213 §40]
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