162.205 Failure to appear in the first degree. (1) A person commits the crime of failure to appear in the first degree if the person knowingly fails to appear as required after:
(a) Having by court order been released from custody or a correctional facility under a release agreement or security release upon the condition that the person will subsequently appear personally in connection with a charge against the person of having committed a felony; or
(b) Having been released from a correctional facility subject to a forced release agreement under ORS 169.046 in connection with a charge against the person of having committed a felony.
(2) Failure to appear in the first degree is a Class C felony. [1971 c.743 §196; 1973 c.836 §344; 2001 c.517 §4; 2003 c.320 §2]
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Chapter 162 — Offenses Against the State and Public Justice
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STATE AND PUBLIC JUSTICE OFFENSES
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
DEFINITIONS
BRIBERY
PERJURY AND RELATED OFFENSES
ESCAPE, SUPPLYING CONTRABAND AND FAILURE TO APPEAR
OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
ABUSE OF PUBLIC OFFICE
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162.205 Failure to appear in the first degree. (1) A person commits the crime of failure to appear in the first degree if the person knowingly fails to appear as required after:
(a) Having by court order been released from custody or a correctional facility under a release agreement or security release upon the condition that the person will subsequently appear personally in connection with a charge against the person of having committed a felony; or
(b) Having been released from a correctional facility subject to a forced release agreement under ORS 169.046 in connection with a charge against the person of having committed a felony.
(2) Failure to appear in the first degree is a Class C felony. [1971 c.743 §196; 1973 c.836 §344; 2001 c.517 §4; 2003 c.320 §2]
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Oregon criminal law — ORS Title 16 (2025 snapshot) · legal_authorities
169.046 Notice of county jail population emergency; action to be taken; notification if release likely; forced release. (1) If a county court or board adopts a jail capacity limit under ORS 169.044 and the number of adults in custody in its local correctional facility exceeds that capacity limit so that a county jail population emergency exists, the sheriff shall notify the presiding circuit judge, each municipal court judge and justice of the peace in the county, the district attorney for the county, the county counsel, the chief law enforcement officer for each city located in the county and the county court or board of commissioners that the number of adults in custody in the local correctional facility has exceeded capacity and that a county jail population emergency exists.
(2) If the county court or board has adopted a jail capacity limit and action plan under ORS 169.044 and if a county jail population emergency occurs under the terms of the plan, the county court or board and the county sheriff may carry out the steps of the plan. This includes any authorization, under the plan, for the sheriff to order adults in custody released in order to reduce the jail population. A sheriff shall be immune from criminal or civil liability for any good faith release of adults in custody under ORS 169.042 to 169.046.
(3) If it becomes necessary to order adults in custody released under ORS 169.042 to 169.046, or if it appears to the sheriff that release of adults in custody is likely to become necessary in the near future, the sheriff shall immediately notify all police agencies in the county to make maximum use of citations in lieu of custody pursuant to ORS 133.055 to 133.076 until further notice.
(4) If it becomes necessary to order the release of adults in custody unde