Chapter 475 — Chapter 475
247 sections in this chapter.
ORS 475.907 Sentencing for unlawful delivery of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl or ecstasy to minors. (1) When a person is convicted of the unlawful delivery of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl or ecstasy to a person under 18 years of age, the court shall sentence the person to a term of incarceration ranging from 34 months to 72 months, depending on the person’s criminal history
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(2) The sentence described in subsection (1) of this section does not apply to a person who is less than three years older than the person under 18 years of age to whom the controlled substance was delivered, unless the person has a previous conviction for delivery of cocaine, me…
ORS 475.908 Causing another person to ingest a controlled substance. (1) A person commits the crime of causing another person to ingest a controlled substance if the person knowingly or intentionally causes the other person to ingest, other than by administering or dispensing, a controlled substance or a controlled substance analog without consent of the other person. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a Class B felony
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(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, causing another person to ingest a controlled substance is a Class A felony if the person, with the intent of committing or facilitating a crime of violence against the other person, knowingly or intentionally causes the other p…
ORS 475.910 Application of controlled substance to the body of another person; prohibition. Except as authorized by ORS 475.005 to 475.285 or 475.752 to 475.980, it is unlawful for any person to intentionally apply a controlled substance to the body of another person by injection, inhalation, ingestion or any other means if the other person is under 18 years of age. A person who violates this section with respect to
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(1) A controlled substance in Schedule I or II, is guilty of a Class A felony classified as crime category 9 of the sentencing guidelines grid of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. (2) A controlled substance in Schedule III, is guilty of a Class B felony classified as crime …
ORS 475.912 Unlawful delivery of imitation controlled substance. (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful delivery of an imitation controlled substance if the person knowingly
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(a) Delivers, other than by administering or dispensing, a substance that is not a controlled substance upon the express or implied representation that the substance is a controlled substance; or (b) Delivers a substance that is not a controlled substance upon the express or impl…
ORS 475.914 Prohibited acts for registrants; penalties. (1) It is unlawful for any person
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(a) Who is subject to ORS 475.095 and 475.125 to 475.185 to deliver or dispense a controlled substance in violation of ORS 475.185; (b) Who is a registrant, to manufacture a controlled substance not authorized by this registration, or to deliver or dispense a controlled substance…
ORS 475.916 Prohibited acts involving records and fraud; penalties. (1) It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally
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(a) To deliver as a registrant a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II, except pursuant to an order form as required by ORS 475.175; (b) To use in the course of manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance a registration number which is fictitious, revoked, sus…
ORS 475.918 Falsifying drug test results. (1) A person commits the crime of falsifying drug test results if the person intentionally uses, or possesses with intent to use, any substance or device designed to falsify the results of a drug test of the person
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(2) Falsifying drug test results is a Class B misdemeanor. (3) As used in this section and ORS 475.920, “drug test” means a lawfully administered test designed to detect the presence of a controlled substance. [Formerly 475.981]
ORS 475.920 Providing drug test falsification equipment. (1) A person commits the crime of providing drug test falsification equipment if the person intentionally delivers, possesses with intent to deliver or manufactures with intent to deliver a substance or device designed to enable a person to falsify the results of a drug test
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(2) Providing drug test falsification equipment is a Class A misdemeanor. [Formerly 475.982]
ORS 475.924 Definitions for ORS 475.907, 475.924 and 475.925. As used in ORS 475.907, 475.924 and 475.925
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(1) “Controlled substance” means: (a) Cocaine; (b) Methamphetamine; (c) Heroin; (d) Fentanyl; or (e) Ecstasy. (2) “Ecstasy” means: (a) 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine; (b) 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; or (c) 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylampheta- mine. (3) “Mixture or substance” …
ORS 475.925 Sentences for certain controlled substance offenses. When a person is convicted of the unlawful delivery or manufacture of a controlled substance, the court shall sentence the person to a term of incarceration ranging from
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(1) 58 months to 130 months, depending on the person’s criminal history, if the delivery or manufacture involves: (a) 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine; (b) 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amo…
ORS 475.930 Imposition of sentence under ORS 164.061, 475.907, 475.924 and 475.925. (1) When a court sentences a person under ORS 164.061, 475.907, 475.924 and 475.925
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(a) The court shall use the criminal history scale of the sentencing guidelines grid of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to determine the sentence to impose. The sentence described in: (A) ORS 475.925 (1) shall be determined utilizing crime category 10 of the sentencing gui…
ORS 475.933 [2009 c.660 §10; repealed by 2013 c.649 §9]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 475.934 [2013 c.649 §11; 2017 c.21 §31; 2025 c.532 §11; repealed by 2025 c.557 §37]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 475.935 Presumptive sentences for certain methamphetamine offenses. (1) Except as provided in ORS 475.900, 475.907 or 475.925, when the court sentences a person convicted of delivery of methamphetamine under ORS 475.890 or 475.892, the presumptive sentence is 19 months of incarceration, unless the rules of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission prescribe a longer presumptive sentence, if the person has two or more previous convictions for any combination of the following crimes
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(a) Delivery or manufacture of methamphetamine under ORS 475.752, 475.886 or 475.890; (b) Delivery or manufacture of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school under ORS 475.888, 475.892 or 475.904; or (c) Possession of a precursor substance with intent to manufacture a contro…
ORS 475.940 Precursor substances described. As used in ORS 475.752 to 475.980
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(1) “Iodine matrix” means iodine at a concentration greater than two percent by weight in a matrix or solution. (2) “Matrix” means something, as a substance, in which something else originates, develops, or is contained. (3) “Precursor substance” means: (a) Phenyl-2-propanone. (b…
ORS 475.945 Authority and duties of Department of State Police; rules. This section grants authority to and establishes duties of the Department of State Police in relation to the requirements concerning precursor substances under ORS 475.752 to 475.980. The following are applicable as described
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(1) The department may adopt rules in accordance with ORS chapter 183 that add substances to those specifically enumerated in ORS 475.940 (3) if the substance is a precursor to a controlled substance. Similarly, the department may delete such substances as it has added by adminis…
ORS 475.947 Warning notice for precursor substance violation. (1) In lieu of making an arrest or issuing a citation, a law enforcement officer may deliver a warning notice to a person or business that the officer has probable cause to believe has sold or otherwise delivered a precursor substance in violation of ORS 475.752 to 475.980 whenever the officer reasonably believes that the public interest will be adequately served under the circumstances by issuance of a written warning notice. The notice must be in substantially the following form
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______________________________________________________________________________ WARNING NOTICE Please Read this Notice Carefully!!! TO: ________ (name of person or business) DATE: ________ (date of notice) FROM: ________ (name of law enforcement agency) RE: ________ (name of precu…
ORS 475.949 Injunctive relief for precursor substance violation. (1) Whenever it appears that any person has repeatedly sold or delivered one or more precursor substances in violation of the provisions of ORS 475.752 to 475.980, the county attorney or city attorney may cause a civil suit to be instituted in the circuit court for injunctive relief to restrain the person from selling or delivering one or more of the precursor substances
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(2) Upon a proper showing, the court may grant a permanent or temporary injunction prohibiting the defendant or defendants from any further sale or delivery of any amount of one or more precursor substances. (3) The court may decline to enter an injunctive order against a defenda…
ORS 475.950 Failure to report precursor substances transaction. (1) A person commits the offense of failure to report a precursor substances transaction if the person does any of the following
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(a) Sells, transfers or otherwise furnishes any precursor substance described in ORS 475.940 (3)(a) to (hh) and (oo) and does not, at least three days before delivery of the substance, submit to the Department of State Police a report that meets the reporting requirements establi…
ORS 475.955 Failure to report missing precursor substances. (1) A person commits the offense of failure to report missing precursor substances if the person
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(a) Is a licensee or other person regulated by the provisions of ORS 475.005 to 475.285 and 475.752 to 475.980; (b) Discovers any theft or loss of any precursor substance or any difference between the quantity received and the quantity shipped; and (c) Within three days after dis…
ORS 475.960 Illegally selling drug equipment. (1) A person commits the offense of illegally selling drug equipment if the person sells any substance, article, apparatus or device with knowledge that the substance, article, apparatus or device will be used to manufacture, compound, convert, process or prepare a controlled substance for unlawful sale or distribution
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(2) The offense described in this section, illegally selling drug equipment, is a Class A misdemeanor. [1987 c.657 §5]
ORS 475.962 Distribution of equipment, solvent, reagent or precursor substance with intent to facilitate manufacture of controlled substance. (1) A person commits the crime of distribution of equipment, a solvent, a reagent or a precursor substance with intent to facilitate the manufacture of a controlled substance if the person sells or otherwise transfers equipment, a solvent, a reagent or a precursor substance with knowledge that the equipment, solvent, reagent or precursor substance is intended to be used in the manufacture of a controlled substance in violation of ORS 475.752
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(2) Distribution of equipment, a solvent, a reagent or a precursor substance with intent to facilitate the manufacture of a controlled substance is a Class B felony. [2005 c.706 §8] Note: 475.962 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part…
ORS 475.965 Providing false information on precursor substances report or record. (1) A person commits the offense of providing false information on a precursor substances report or record if the person knowingly provides false information in any report or record required under ORS 475.950, 475.955, 475.975, 475.976 or 475.978
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(2) The offense described in this section, providing false information on a precursor substances report or record, is a Class A misdemeanor. [1987 c.657 §7; 2001 c.615 §14]
ORS 475.967 Possession of precursor substance with intent to manufacture controlled substance. (1) A person commits the crime of possession of a precursor substance with intent to manufacture a controlled substance if the person possesses one or more precursor substances with the intent to manufacture a controlled substance in violation of ORS 475.752 (1), 475.806, 475.808, 475.816, 475.818, 475.826, 475.828, 475.846, 475.848, 475.866, 475.868, 475.876, 475.878, 475.886 or 475.888
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(2) Possession of a precursor substance with intent to manufacture a controlled substance is a Class B felony. [2001 c.615 §10; 2005 c.708 §58; 2011 c.524 §22]
ORS 475.969 Unlawful possession of phosphorus. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person commits the crime of unlawful possession of phosphorus if the person knowingly possesses any amount of phosphorus
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(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to: (a) A person who is conducting a licensed business that involves phosphorus in the manufacture of: (A) The striking surface used for lighting matches; (B) Flame retardant polymers; or (C) Fireworks if the person possesses a fe…
ORS 475.971 Unlawful possession of anhydrous ammonia. (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful possession of anhydrous ammonia if the person knowingly possesses anhydrous ammonia in a container that is not approved by the United States Department of Transportation to hold anhydrous ammonia nor constructed to meet state and federal health and safety standards to hold anhydrous ammonia
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(2) Unlawful possession of anhydrous ammonia is a Class A misdemeanor. (3) This section does not apply to a person who possesses anhydrous ammonia as part of a cleanup, as defined in ORS 466.605, of anhydrous ammonia by the Department of Environmental Quality under ORS 466.610. […
ORS 475.973 Rulemaking authority regarding products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine; records. (1)(a) The State Board of Pharmacy may not adopt rules that exempt a product containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine from classification as a controlled substance. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the State Board of Pharmacy shall adopt rules to classify ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine as Schedule III controlled substances. The Schedule III classification may be modified by the State Board of Pharmacy if the State Board of Pharmacy finds that restrictions on products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine under a Schedule III designation do not significantly reduce the number of methamphetamine laboratories within the state
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(b) Records of transactions involving products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine are subject to inspection by the State Board of Pharmacy and law enforcement agencies. A person required to make or maintain records of transactions involving products cont…
ORS 475.975 Unlawful possession of iodine in its elemental form; recording transfers; unlawful distribution of iodine in its elemental form. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person commits the crime of unlawful possession of iodine in its elemental form if the person knowingly possesses iodine in its elemental form
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(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to: (a) A physician, physician associate licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525, nurse practitioner licensed under ORS 678.375 to 678.390, naturopathic physician licensed under ORS chapter 685, pharmacist, retail distributor, whole…
ORS 475.976 Unlawful possession of iodine matrix; recording transfers; unlawful distribution of iodine matrix. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person commits the crime of unlawful possession of an iodine matrix if the person knowingly possesses an iodine matrix
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(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to: (a) A person who possesses an iodine matrix as a prescription drug, pursuant to a prescription issued by a licensed veterinarian, physician, physician associate licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525, naturopathic physician lic…
ORS 475.977 Possessing or disposing of methamphetamine manufacturing waste. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Dispose of” means to discharge, deposit, inject, spill, leak or place methamphetamine manufacturing waste into or onto land or water. (b) “Methamphetamine manufacturing waste” means chemical waste or debris, used in or resulting from the manufacture of methamphetamine or the…
ORS 475.978 Methyl sulfonyl methane; transfers; records; rules. (1) A person who sells or otherwise transfers more than the amount permitted by administrative rule adopted by the Department of State Police of methyl sulfonyl methane to a person other than a physician, physician associate licensed under ORS 677.505 to 677.525, nurse practitioner licensed under ORS 678.375 to 678.390, naturopathic physician licensed under ORS chapter 685, pharmacist, veterinarian, retail distributor, wholesaler, manufacturer, warehouseman or common carrier or an agent of any of these persons shall make a record of each such sale or transfer. The record must be made on a form provided by the department, completed pursuant to instructions provided by the department and retained by the person for at least three years. Failure to make and retain a record required under this subsection is a Class A violation
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(2) The department shall adopt a rule establishing the minimum amount of methyl sulfonyl methane the sale or transfer of which requires a report under subsection (1) of this section. In establishing the minimum amount, the department shall determine an amount that is reasonably d…
ORS 475.979 Unlawful possession of lithium metal or sodium metal. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person commits the crime of unlawful possession of lithium metal or sodium metal if the person knowingly possesses lithium metal or sodium metal
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(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to: (a) A person who is conducting a lawful manufacturing operation that involves the use of lithium metal or sodium metal; (b) A person who possesses lithium metal or sodium metal in conjunction with experiments conducted in a ch…
ORS 475.980 Affirmative defense to ORS 475.969, 475.971, 475.975 (1) and 475.976 (1). It is an affirmative defense to a charge of violating ORS 475.969, 475.971, 475.975 (1) or 475.976 (1) that the person possessed the precursor substance for a lawful purpose. [2001 c.615 §17]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 475.981 [2001 c.700 §2; renumbered 475.918 in 2005]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 475.982 [2001 c.700 §3; renumbered 475.920 in 2005]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 475.984 [2001 c.510 §2; renumbered 475.908 in 2005]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 475.986 [2001 c.857 §2; renumbered 475.910 in 2005]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 475.990 [1957 c.587 §11; 1969 c.310 §4; repealed by 1977 c.745 §45]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 475.991 [1981 c.859 §2; renumbered 475.912 in 2005]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 475.992 [1977 c.745 §15; 1979 c.777 §55; 1989 c.1075 §3; 1991 c.329 §1; 1991 c.460 §§4,20; 1991 c.818 §5; 1995 c.440 §35; 2005 c.708 §39; renumbered 475.840 in 2005]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 475.993 [1977 c.745 §16; 1995 c.440 §36; renumbered 475.914 in 2005]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 475.994 [1977 c.745 §17; 1993 c.571 §25; 1995 c.440 §37; renumbered 475.916 in 2005]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 475.995 [1977 c.745 §20; 1979 c.777 §56; 1995 c.440 §38; 2005 c.708 §40; renumbered 475.906 in 2005]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 475.996 [1991 c.690 §§1,2,3,3a; 2001 c.804 §2; 2001 c.870 §9; 2003 c.695 §3; 2005 c.708 §7; renumbered 475.900 in 2005]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 475.997 [1977 c.636 §9; repealed by 1993 c.571 §30]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 475.998 [Subsections (1) and (2) of 2001 Edition enacted as 2001 c.510 §3; subsections (3) and (4) of 2001 Edition enacted as 2001 c.804 §1; renumbered 475.902 in 2005]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 475.999 [1989 c.806 §2; 1991 c.574 §1; 1993 c.78 §1; 1995 c.343 §49; 1995 c.440 §39; 2005 c.22 §349; 2005 c.708 §41; renumbered 475.904 in 2005]
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