163.715 Unlawful use of a global positioning system device. (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful use of a global positioning system device if the person knowingly affixes a global positioning system device to a motor vehicle without consent of the owner of the motor vehicle.
(2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, unlawful use of a global positioning system device is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Unlawful use of a global positioning system device is a Class C felony if, at the time of the offense, the person:
(A) Has been previously convicted of stalking under ORS 163.732, violating a court’s stalking order under ORS 163.750 or committing an equivalent crime in another jurisdiction; or
(B) Is the subject of a citation issued under ORS 163.735, an order issued under ORS 30.866, 107.700 to 107.735 or 163.738 or another court order prohibiting the person from contacting another person.
(3) This section does not apply to:
(a) A police officer who affixes a global positioning system device to a motor vehicle pursuant to a warrant or court order; or
(b) A person who affixes a global positioning system device to a motor vehicle operated by a motor carrier.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) “Global positioning system device” means an electronic device that permits the tracking of a person or object by means of global positioning system coordinates.
(b) “Motor carrier” has the meaning given that term in ORS 825.005.
(c) “Police officer” has the meaning given that term in ORS 133.525. [2017 c.649 §1]
Note: 163.715 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. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
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Chapter 163 — Offenses Against Persons
2025 EDITION
OFFENSES AGAINST PERSONS
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
HOMICIDE
ASSAULT AND RELATED OFFENSES
KIDNAPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES
COERCION
SEXUAL OFFENSES
OFFENSES AGAINST FAMILY
VISUAL RECORDING OF SEXUAL CONDUCT OF CHILDREN
INVASION OF PRIVACY
MISCELLANEOUS
STALKING
SEXUAL ABUSE RESTRAINING ORDERS
HOMICIDE
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163.715 Unlawful use of a global positioning system device. (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful use of a global positioning system device if the person knowingly affixes a global positioning system device to a motor vehicle without consent of the owner of the motor vehicle.
(2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, unlawful use of a global positioning system device is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Unlawful use of a global positioning system device is a Class C felony if, at the time of the offense, the person:
(A) Has been previously convicted of stalking under ORS 163.732, violating a court’s stalking order under ORS 163.750 or committing an equivalent crime in another jurisdiction; or
(B) Is the subject of a citation issued under ORS 163.735, an order issued under ORS 30.866, 107.700 to 107.735 or 163.738 or another court order prohibiting the person from contacting another person.
(3) This section does not apply to:
(a) A police officer who affixes a global positioning system device to a motor vehicle pursuant to a warrant or court order; or
(b) A person who affixes a global positioning system device to a motor vehicle operated by a motor carrier.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) “Global positioning system device” means an electronic device that permits the tracking of a person or object by means of global positioning system coordinates.
(b) “Motor carrier” has the meaning given that term in ORS 825.005.
(c) “Police officer” has the meaning given that term in ORS 133.525. [2017 c.649 §1]
Note: 163.715 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. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
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Oregon criminal law — ORS Title 16 (2025 snapshot) · legal_authorities
163.732 Stalking. (1) A person commits the crime of stalking if:
(a) The person knowingly alarms or coerces another person or a member of that person’s immediate family or household by engaging in repeated and unwanted contact with the other person;
(b) It is objectively reasonable for a person in the victim’s situation to have been alarmed or coerced by the contact; and
(c) The repeated and unwanted contact causes the victim reasonable apprehension regarding the personal safety of the victim or a member of the victim’s immediate family or household.
(2)(a) Stalking is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, stalking is a Class C felony if:
(A) The person has a prior conviction for:
(i) Stalking, or an equivalent crime in another jurisdiction; or
(ii) Violating a court’s stalking protective order, or an equivalent crime in another jurisdiction;
(B) The person is the respondent for an active protection order in any jurisdiction that restrains the person from stalking, intimidating, molesting or menacing another person, and the person protected by the order is not the victim of the current offense; or
(C) At least one instance of unwanted contact is the commission of the following against the victim:
(i) A felony;
(ii) Unlawful dissemination of an intimate image under ORS 163.472; or
(iii) Unlawful use of a global positioning system device under ORS 163.715.
(c) When stalking is a Class C felony pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection, stalking shall be classified as a person felony and as crime category 8 of the sentencing guidelines grid of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. [1993 c.626 §2; 1995 c.353 §2; 2024 c.90 §2]
Note: See note under 163.730.
163.735 Citation; form. (1) Upon a complaint initiated as provided in ORS 163.744, a law enforcement officer shall issue a citation ordering the person to appear in court within three judicial days and show cause why the court should not enter a court’s stalking protective order when the officer has probable cause to believe that:
(a) The person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly engages in repeated and unwanted contact with the other person or a member of that person’s immediate family or household thereby alarming or coercing the other person;
(b) It is objectively reasonable for a person in the victim’s situation to have been alarmed or coerced by the contact; and
(c) The repeated and unwanted contact causes the victim reasonable apprehension regarding the personal safety of the victim or a member of the victim’s immediate family or household.
(2) The Department of State Police shall develop and distribute a form for the citation. The form shall be uniform throughout the state and shall contain substantially the following in addition to any other material added by the department:
______________________________________________________________________________
OFFICER:___________________
AGENCY:___________________
PETITIONER:__________________
PERSON TO BE PROTECTED IF OTHER THAN PETITIONER:______________
RESPONDENT:_________________
On behalf of petitioner, I affirm that I am a law enforcement officer in the State of Oregon.
You, the respondent, must appear at _______________ (name and location of court at which respondent is to appear) on ________ (date and time respondent is to appear in court). At this hearing, you must be prepared to establish why the court should not enter a court’s stalking protective order which shall be for an unlimited duration
163.750 Violating a court’s stalking protective order. (1) A person commits the crime of violating a court’s stalking protective order if:
(a) The person has been served with a court’s stalking protective order as provided in ORS 30.866 or 163.738, or service was waived under ORS 163.741 because the person appeared before the court;
(b) The person, subsequent to the service of the order or the waiver of service, has engaged intentionally, knowingly or recklessly in conduct prohibited by the order; and
(c) If the conduct is prohibited contact as defined in ORS 163.730 (3)(d), (e), (f), (h) or (i), the subsequent conduct has created reasonable apprehension regarding the personal safety of a person protected by the order.
(2)(a) Violating a court’s stalking protective order is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, violating a court’s stalking protective order is a Class C felony if:
(A) The person has a prior conviction for:
(i) Stalking, or an equivalent crime in another jurisdiction; or
(ii) Violating a court’s stalking protective order, or an equivalent crime in another jurisdiction;
(B) The person is the respondent for an active protection order in any jurisdiction that restrains the person from stalking, intimidating, molesting or menacing another person, and the person protected by that order is not the same as the person protected by the order at issue in the current offense; or
(C) At least one instance of unwanted contact is the commission of the following against the person protected by the order:
(i) A felony;
(ii) Unlawful dissemination of an intimate image under ORS 163.472; or
(iii) Unlawful use of a global positioning system device under ORS 163.715.
(c) When violating a court’s stalking protective order i