Oregon Statutes - Chapter 166 - Offenses Against Public Order; Firearms and Other Weapons; Racketeering

• 166.005   Treason.
  (1) A person commits the crime of treason if the person levies war against the State of Oregon or adheres to its enemies, giving them...
• 166.010   [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• 166.015   Riot.
  (1) A person commits the crime of riot if while participating with five or more other persons the person engages in tumultuous and violent conduct...
• 166.020   [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• 166.023   Disorderly conduct in the first degree.
  (1) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct in the first degree if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or knowingly...
• 166.025   Disorderly conduct in the second degree.
  (1) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct in the second degree if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly...
• 166.030   [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• 166.035   [1971 c.743 §221; repealed by 1975 c.715 §2]
• 166.040   [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• 166.045   [1971 c.743 §222; repealed by 1983 c.546 §3]
• 166.050   [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• 166.060   [Amended by 1959 c.436 §1; 1961 c.503 §1; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• 166.065   Harassment.
  (1) A person commits the crime of harassment if the person intentionally: (a) Harasses or annoys another person by: (A) Subjecting such other person to...
• 166.075   Abuse of venerated objects.
  (1) A person commits the crime of abuse of venerated objects if the person intentionally abuses a public monument or structure, a place of worship...
• 166.076   Abuse of a memorial to the dead.
  (1) A person commits the crime of abuse of a memorial to the dead if the person: (a) Intentionally destroys, mutilates, defaces, injures or removes...
• 166.085   Abuse of corpse in the second degree.
  (1) A person commits the crime of abuse of corpse in the second degree if, except as otherwise authorized by law, the person intentionally: (a)...
• 166.087   Abuse of corpse in the first degree.
  (1) A person commits the crime of abuse of corpse in the first degree if the person: (a) Engages in sexual activity with a corpse...
• 166.090   Telephonic harassment.
  (1) A telephone caller commits the crime of telephonic harassment if the caller intentionally harasses or annoys another person: (a) By causing the telephone of...
• 166.095   Misconduct with emergency telephone calls.
  (1) A person commits the crime of misconduct with emergency telephone calls if the person: (a) Intentionally refuses to relinquish immediately a party line or...
• 166.110   [Amended by 1961 c.503 §2; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• 166.115   [1981 c.783 §3; repealed by 2001 c.851 §2 (166.116 enacted in lieu of 166.115)]
• 166.116   Interfering with public transportation.
  (1) A person commits the crime of interfering with public transportation if the person: (a) Intentionally or knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in or on...
• 166.120   [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• 166.130   [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• 166.140   [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• 166.150   [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• 166.155   Intimidation in the second degree.
  (1) A person commits the crime of intimidation in the second degree if the person: (a) Tampers or interferes with property, having no right to...
• 166.160   [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• 166.165   Intimidation in the first degree.
  (1) Two or more persons acting together commit the crime of intimidation in the first degree, if the persons: (a)(A) Intentionally, knowingly or recklessly cause...
• 166.170   State preemption.
  (1) Except as expressly authorized by state statute, the authority to regulate in any matter whatsoever the sale, acquisition, transfer, ownership, possession, storage, transportation or...
• 166.171   Authority of county to regulate discharge of firearms.
  (1) A county may adopt ordinances to regulate, restrict or prohibit the discharge of firearms within their boundaries. (2) Ordinances adopted under subsection (1) of...
• 166.172   Authority of city to regulate discharge of firearms.
  (1) A city may adopt ordinances to regulate, restrict or prohibit the discharge of firearms within the city’s boundaries. (2) Ordinances adopted under subsection (1)...
• 166.173   Authority of city or county to regulate possession of loaded firearms in public places.
  (1) A city or county may adopt ordinances to regulate, restrict or prohibit the possession of loaded firearms in public places as defined in ORS...
• 166.174   Authority of city, county, municipal corporation or district to regulate possession or sale of firearms.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a city, county or other municipal corporation or district may not adopt ordinances that regulate, restrict or prohibit the...
• 166.175   Authority of city to regulate purchase of used firearms.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a city may continue to regulate the purchase of used firearms by pawnshops and secondhand stores. (2) As...
• 166.176   Exception to preemption for certain county ordinances.
  (1) Nothing in ORS 166.170 or 166.171 is intended to preempt, invalidate or in any way affect the operation of any provision of a county...
• 166.180   Negligently wounding another.
  Any person who, as a result of failure to use ordinary care under the circumstances, wounds any other person with a bullet or shot from...
• 166.190   Pointing firearm at another; courts having jurisdiction over offense.
  Any person over the age of 12 years who, with or without malice, purposely points or aims any loaded or empty pistol, gun, revolver or...
• 166.210   Definitions.
  As used in ORS 166.250 to 166.270, 166.291 to 166.295 and 166.410 to 166.470: (1) “Antique firearm” means: (a) Any firearm, including any firearm with...
• 166.220   Unlawful use of weapon.
  (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful use of a weapon if the person: (a) Attempts to use unlawfully against another, or carries or...
• 166.230   [Repealed by 1979 c.779 §7]
• 166.240   Carrying of concealed weapons.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any person who carries concealed upon the person any knife having a blade that projects...
• 166.245   [1989 c.839 §38; repealed by 1995 s.s. c.1 §7]
• 166.250   Unlawful possession of firearms.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section or ORS 166.260, 166.270, 166.274, 166.291, 166.292 or 166.410 to 166.470, a person commits the crime of...
• 166.260   Persons not affected by ORS 166.250.
  (1) ORS 166.250 does not apply to or affect: (a) Sheriffs, constables, marshals, police officers, whether active or honorably retired, parole and probation officers or...
• 166.262   Limitation on peace officer’s authority to arrest for violating ORS 166.250 or 166.370.
  A peace officer may not arrest or charge a person for violating ORS 166.250 (1)(a) or (b) or 166.370 (1) if the person has in...
• 166.263   Authority of parole and probation officer to carry firearm.
  When authorized by the officer’s employer, a parole and probation officer, as defined in ORS 181.610, may carry a firearm while engaged in official duties...
• 166.270   Possession of weapons by certain felons.
  (1) Any person who has been convicted of a felony under the law of this state or any other state, or who has been convicted...
• 166.272   Unlawful possession of machine guns, certain short-barreled firearms and firearms silencers.
  (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful possession of a machine gun, short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun or firearms silencer if the person knowingly possesses...
• 166.274   Relief from prohibition against possessing or purchasing firearm.
  (1) A person barred from possessing a firearm under ORS 166.250 (1)(c)(A), (B), (D) or (E) or barred from purchasing a firearm under ORS 166.470...
• 166.275   Possession of weapons by inmates of institutions.
  Any person committed to any institution who, while under the jurisdiction of any institution or while being conveyed to or from any institution, possesses or...
• 166.279   Forfeiture of deadly weapons.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, ORS 131.550 to 131.600 do not apply to the forfeiture of a firearm or other...
• 166.280   [Amended by 1981 c.767 §1; 1993 c.625 §2; 1997 c.480 §5; 1997 c.693 §2; repealed by 2001 c.666 §56]
• 166.281   [2001 c.666 §52; repealed by 2003 c.614 §13]
• 166.282   Sale of weapons by political subdivision; disposition of proceeds.
  (1) A political subdivision in this state that sells a weapon described in subsection (2) of this section shall pay the proceeds from the sale...
• 166.290   [Amended by 1973 c.391 §1; repealed by 1989 c.839 §7 (166.291 to 166.293 enacted in lieu of 166.290)]
• 166.291   Issuance of concealed handgun license; application; fees; liability.
  (1) The sheriff of a county, upon a person’s application for an Oregon concealed handgun license, upon receipt of the appropriate fees and after compliance...
• 166.292   Procedure for issuing; form of license; duration.
  (1) If the application for the license is approved, the sheriff shall issue and mail or otherwise deliver to the applicant at the address shown...
• 166.293   Denial or revocation of license; review.
  (1) If the application for the concealed handgun license is denied, the sheriff shall set forth in writing the reasons for the denial. The denial...
• 166.295   Renewal of license.
  (1)(a) A concealed handgun license is renewable by repeating the procedures set out in ORS 166.291 and 166.292, except for the requirement to submit fingerprints...
• 166.297   Annual report regarding revocation of licenses.
  (1) The sheriff of a county shall submit annually to the Department of State Police a report containing the number of concealed handgun licenses revoked...
• 166.300   Killing another as cause for loss of right to bear arms.
  (1) Any person who has committed, with firearms of any kind or description, murder in any degree, or manslaughter, either voluntary or involuntary, or who...
• 166.310   [Repealed by 1985 c.709 §4]
• 166.320   Setting springgun or setgun.
  (1) Any person who places or sets any loaded springgun, setgun, or any gun, firearm or other device of any kind designed for containing or...
• 166.330   Use of firearms with other than incombustible gun wadding.
  Any person who uses in any firearms discharged on lands within this state, not owned by the person, anything other than incombustible gun wadding, shall...
• 166.340   [1965 c.20 §§2,3; 1969 c.351 §1; repealed by 1981 c.41 §3]
• 166.350   Unlawful possession of armor piercing ammunition.
  (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful possession of armor piercing ammunition if the person: (a) Makes, sells, buys or possesses any handgun ammunition...
• 166.360   Definitions for ORS 166.360 to 166.380.
  As used in ORS 166.360 to 166.380, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Capitol building” means the Capitol, the State Office Building, the State Library...
• 166.370   Possession of firearm or dangerous weapon in public building or court facility; exceptions; discharging firearm at school.
  (1) Any person who intentionally possesses a loaded or unloaded firearm or any other instrument used as a dangerous weapon, while in or on a...
• 166.372   [1993 c.625 §3; repealed by 1996 c.16 §5]
• 166.373   Possession of weapon in court facility by peace officer or federal officer.
  (1) Notwithstanding ORS 166.370 (2) and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a peace officer, as defined in ORS 161.015, or a...
• 166.380   Examination of firearm by peace officer; arrest for failure to allow examination.
  (1) A peace officer may examine a firearm possessed by anyone on the person while in or on a public building to determine whether the...
• 166.382   Possession of destructive device prohibited; exceptions.
  (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful possession of a destructive device if the person possesses: (a) Any of the following devices with an...
• 166.384   Unlawful manufacture of destructive device.
  (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful manufacture of a destructive device if the person assembles, produces or otherwise manufactures: (a) A destructive device,...
• 166.385   Possession of hoax destructive device.
  (1) A person commits the crime of possession of a hoax destructive device if the person knowingly places another person in fear of serious physical...
• 166.410   Manufacture, importation or sale of firearms.
  Any person who manufactures or causes to be manufactured within this state, or who imports into this state, or offers, exposes for sale, or sells...
• 166.412   Definitions; firearms transaction record; criminal record check; rules.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) “Antique firearm” has the meaning given that term in 18 U.S.C. 921; (b) “Department” means the Department of...
• 166.414   Fees for conducting criminal history record checks.
  (1) The Department of State Police may adopt a fee schedule for criminal history record checks required under ORS 166.412 and collect a fee for...
• 166.416   Providing false information in connection with a transfer of a firearm.
  (1) A person commits the crime of providing false information in connection with a transfer of a firearm if the person knowingly provides a false...
• 166.418   Improperly transferring a firearm.
  (1) A person commits the crime of improperly transferring a firearm if the person is a gun dealer as defined in ORS 166.412 and sells,...
• 166.420   [Amended by 1989 c.839 §2; 1993 c.4 §1; 1993 c.594 §4; 1993 c.693 §1; repealed by 1995 c.729 §13]
• 166.421   Stolen firearms; determination; telephone requests.
  The Department of State Police may respond to a telephone request from any person requesting that the department determine if department records show that a...
• 166.422   Enforcement of ORS 166.412.
  Where appropriate, a person may enforce the legal duties imposed by ORS 166.412 (7), by the provisions of ORS 30.260 to 30.300 and ORS chapter...
• 166.425   Unlawful purchase of firearm.
  (1) A person commits the crime of unlawfully purchasing a firearm if the person, knowing that the person is prohibited by state or federal law...
• 166.427   Register of transfers of used firearms.
  (1) Whenever a person engaged in the business, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 921, of selling, leasing or otherwise transferring a firearm, whether the person...
• 166.429   Firearms used in felony.
  Any person who, with intent to commit a felony or who knows or reasonably should know that a felony will be committed with the firearm,...
• 166.430   [Amended by 1971 c.464 §1; repealed by 1989 c.839 §39]
• 166.432   Definitions for ORS 166.412 and 166.433 to 166.441.
  (1) As used in ORS 166.412, 166.433, 166.434, 166.436 and 166.438, “criminal background check” or “criminal history record check” means determining the eligibility of a...
• 166.433   Findings regarding transfers of firearms.
  The people of this state find that: (1) The laws of Oregon regulating the sale of firearms contain a loophole that allows people other than...
• 166.434   Application of ORS 166.412 to all firearm transfers by gun dealers; fees for criminal background checks.
  (1) Notwithstanding the fact that ORS 166.412 requires a gun dealer to request a criminal history record check only when transferring a handgun, a gun...
• 166.436   Firearm transfers by persons other than gun dealers; criminal background checks authorized; liability.
  (1) The Department of State Police shall make the telephone number established under ORS 166.412 (5) available for requests from persons other than gun dealers...
• 166.438   Transfer of firearms at gun shows.
  (1) A transferor other than a gun dealer may not transfer a firearm at a gun show unless the transferor: (a)(A) Requests a criminal background...
• 166.440   [Repealed by 1989 c.839 §39]
• 166.441   Form for transfer of firearm at gun show.
  (1) The Department of State Police shall develop a form to be completed by a person seeking to obtain a firearm at a gun show...
• 166.445   Short title.
  ORS 166.432 to 166.445 and the amendments to ORS 166.416, 166.418 and 166.460 by sections 9, 10 and 11, chapter 1, Oregon Laws 2001, shall...
• 166.450   Obliteration or change of identification number on firearms.
  Any person who intentionally alters, removes or obliterates the identification number of any firearm for an unlawful purpose, shall be punished upon conviction by imprisonment...
• 166.460   Antique firearms excepted.
  (1) ORS 166.250, 166.260, 166.291 to 166.295, 166.410, 166.412, 166.425, 166.434, 166.438 and 166.450 do not apply to antique firearms. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of...
• 166.470   Limitations and conditions for sales of firearms.
  (1) Unless relief has been granted under ORS 166.274, 18 U.S.C. 925(c) or the expunction laws of this state or an equivalent law of another...
• 166.480   Sale or gift of explosives to children.
  Any person who sells, exchanges, barters or gives to any child, under the age of 14 years, any explosive article or substance, other than an...
• 166.490   Purchase of firearms in certain other states.
  (1) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Contiguous state” means California, Idaho, Nevada or Washington. (b) “Resident” includes an individual...
• 166.510   [Amended by 1957 c.290 §1; 1973 c.746 §1; 1983 c.546 §2; repealed by 1985 c.709 §4]
• 166.515   [1973 c.746 §2; repealed by 1985 c.709 §4]
• 166.520   [Amended by 1973 c.746 §3; repealed by 1985 c.709 §4]
• 166.560   [1965 c.118 §1; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• 166.610   [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• 166.620   [Repealed by 1963 c.94 §2]
• 166.630   Discharging weapon on or across highway, ocean shore recreation area or public utility facility.
  (1) Except as provided in ORS 166.220, any person is guilty of a violation who discharges or attempts to discharge any blowgun, bow and arrow,...
• 166.635   Discharging weapon or throwing objects at trains.
  (1) A person shall not knowingly throw an object at, drop an object on, or discharge a bow and arrow, air rifle, rifle, gun, revolver...
• 166.638   Discharging weapon across airport operational surfaces.
  (1) Any person who knowingly or recklessly discharges any bow and arrow, gun, air gun or other firearm upon or across any airport operational surface...
• 166.640   [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• 166.641   Definitions for ORS 166.641 to 166.643.
  As used in this section and ORS 166.642 and 166.643: (1) “Body armor” means any clothing or equipment designed in whole or in part to...
• 166.642   Felon in possession of body armor.
  (1) A person commits the crime of felon in possession of body armor if the person: (a) Has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor...
• 166.643   Unlawful possession of body armor.
  (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful possession of body armor if the person, while committing or attempting to commit a felony or misdemeanor...
• 166.645   Hunting in cemeteries prohibited.
  (1) Hunting in cemeteries is prohibited. (2) As used in subsection (1) of this section “hunting” has the meaning for that term provided in ORS...
• 166.649   Throwing an object off an overpass in the second degree.
  (1) A person commits the crime of throwing an object off an overpass in the second degree if the person: (a) With criminal negligence throws...
• 166.650   [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• 166.651   Throwing an object off an overpass in the first degree.
  (1) A person commits the crime of throwing an object off an overpass in the first degree if the person: (a) Recklessly throws an object...
• 166.660   Unlawful paramilitary activity.
  (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful paramilitary activity if the person: (a) Exhibits, displays or demonstrates to another person the use, application or...
• 166.663   Casting artificial light from vehicle while possessing certain weapons prohibited.
  (1) No person shall cast from a motor vehicle an artificial light while there is in the possession or in the immediate physical presence of...
• 166.710   [1957 c.601 §1; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
• 166.715   Definitions for ORS 166.715 to 166.735.
  As used in ORS 166.715 to 166.735, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Documentary material” means any book, paper, document, writing, drawing, graph, chart, photograph,...
• 166.720   Racketeering activity unlawful; penalties.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person who has knowingly received any proceeds derived, directly or indirectly, from a pattern of racketeering activity or through...
• 166.725   Remedies for violation of ORS 166.720; time limitation.
  (1) Any circuit court may, after making due provision for the rights of innocent persons, enjoin violations of the provisions of ORS 166.720 (1) to...
• 166.730   Authority of investigative agency; compelling compliance with subpoena.
  (1) If, pursuant to the civil enforcement provisions of ORS 166.725, an investigative agency has reason to believe that a person or other enterprise has...
• 166.735   Short title; construction.
  (1) ORS 166.715 to 166.735 may be cited as the Oregon Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act. (2) The provisions of ORS 166.715 to 166.735...

Last modified: August 7, 2008