164.866 Civil action for injuries caused by criminal acts. Nothing in ORS 164.864, 164.865, 164.868, 164.869, 164.872, 164.873 or 164.875 or this section limits or impairs the right of a person injured by the criminal acts of a defendant to sue and recover damages from the defendant in a civil action. [1993 c.95 §11; 2001 c.666 §§31,43; 2005 c.830 §23]
Note: See note under 164.864.
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Chapter 164 — Offenses Against Property
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OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
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THEFT AND RELATED OFFENSES
MAIL-RELATED OFFENSES
MONEY LAUNDERING
BURGLARY AND CRIMINAL TRESPASS
ARSON, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND RELATED OFFENSES
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164.866 Civil action for injuries caused by criminal acts. Nothing in ORS 164.864, 164.865, 164.868, 164.869, 164.872, 164.873 or 164.875 or this section limits or impairs the right of a person injured by the criminal acts of a defendant to sue and recover damages from the defendant in a civil action. [1993 c.95 §11; 2001 c.666 §§31,43; 2005 c.830 §23]
Note: See note under 164.864.
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Oregon criminal law — ORS Title 16 (2025 snapshot) · legal_authorities
164.864 Definitions for ORS 164.864 to 164.882. As used in ORS 164.865, 164.866, 164.868, 164.869, 164.872, 164.873, 164.875 and 164.882 and this section, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Audiovisual recording function” means the capability of a device to record or transmit a motion picture or any part of a motion picture by means of any technology now known or later developed.
(2) “Commercial enterprise” means a business operating in intrastate or interstate commerce for profit. “Commercial enterprise” does not include:
(a) Activities by schools, libraries or religious organizations;
(b) Activities incidental to a bona fide scholastic or critical endeavor;
(c) Activities incidental to the marketing or sale of recording devices; and
(d) Activities involving the recording of school or religious events or activities.
(3) “Fixed” means embodied in a recording or other tangible medium of expression, by or under the authority of the author, so that the matter embodied is sufficiently permanent or stable to permit it to be perceived, reproduced or otherwise communicated for a period of more than transitory duration.
(4) “Live performance” means a recitation, rendering or playing of musical instruments or vocal arrangements in an audible sequence in a public performance.
(5) “Manufacturer” means the entity authorizing the duplication of a specific recording, but shall not include the manufacturer of the cartridge or casing itself.
(6) “Master recording” means the master disk, master tape, master film or other device used for reproducing recorded sound from which a sound recording is directly or indirectly derived.
(7) “Motion picture” includes any motion picture, regardless of length or content, that is exhibited in a motion picture theater, exhibited on