Title 14, Procedure in Criminal Matters Generally

(1) A peace officer who reasonably suspects that a person has committed or is about to commit a crime may stop the person and, after informing the person that the peace officer is a peace officer, make a reasonable inquiry. (2) The detention and inquiry shall be conducted in the …

(1) A peace officer may frisk a stopped person for dangerous or deadly weapons if the officer reasonably suspects that the person is armed and dangerous to the officer or other persons present. (2) If, in the course of the frisk, the peace officer feels an object which the peace …

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may be detained in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time by: (a) A merchant or merchant’s employee who has probable cause for believing that the person has committed theft of property of a store or other mercantile …

Crimes may be prevented by the action of public officers in accordance with ORS 131.675, 131.685, 131.705 to 131.735, and as otherwise authorized by law. [1973 c.836 §34a (enacted in lieu of 145.010)]

When any five or more persons are unlawfully assembled in any county, city, town or village, the sheriff of the county and the deputies of the sheriff, the mayor of the city, town or village, or chief executive officer or officers thereof, may go among the persons assembled, or a…

The Governor of Oregon may enter into agreements or compacts with the Governor of any or all the States of Washington, Idaho, California and Nevada, each acting on behalf of the own state of the Governor, in order to effectuate cooperative effort and mutual assistance in the prev…

As used in ORS 131.705 to 131.735, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Police” means the municipal police and the county sheriff of the political subdivision in which the public property is located, and the Department of State Police. (2) “Public official” means the offic…

After consultation with the public official, or the designate of the public official, and the police, the Governor may proclaim an emergency period if the Governor finds that there exists on any public property a clear and present danger of injury to persons, damage to property o…

(1) During the emergency period proclaimed by the Governor under ORS 131.715, the public official shall order excluded from the public property described in the proclamation such persons who in the judgment of the public official are contributing to or aggravating the danger whic…

Any person ordered removed or excluded from any public property under ORS 131.715 and 131.725 shall have immediate access to the circuit court for the county in which the property is located for review of the order of exclusion or removal. Such access shall be in the form of a wr…

The Governor may employ, at such salaries as the Governor deems reasonable for the services rendered, special agents to effect the apprehension and conviction of criminals, the return of fugitives from justice, the investigation of cases in which the Governor believes the laws of…

Whenever in the opinion of the Governor the criminal laws of the state are not being faithfully executed and enforced and the circumstances justify the appointment of any sheriff, district attorney, constable or justice of the peace pro tem, the Governor shall lay the facts of wh…

The court, or judge thereof, in conducting such hearing, shall have all the usual powers of the circuit court or judge, including the power to subpoena and examine witnesses of its own motion. The Governor, the officer affected or any party interested may subpoena witnesses and a…

When the Governor has made a request for an investigation before the court or judge of the district of the office affected, the court or judge may request that the hearing be held before the court or judge of any other district and call in such court or judge to conduct the same …

The court or judge shall make such findings as are justified by the facts adduced at the hearing and shall find as to whether or not the criminal laws of the state are being faithfully executed and enforced by the officers under investigation. [Formerly 148.140]

If it is found that the criminal laws of the state are not being faithfully executed and enforced by the officers under investigation, the Governor may appoint, for a period not longer than 90 days, such special officers as may be necessary to correct the failure to execute or en…

When appointed, special officers shall qualify in the same manner as provided by law for regularly elected officers, shall have all the power and authority of the regularly elected officers necessary to effectuate the purposes of the appointment and shall carry out the directions…

The special officers provided for in ORS 131.855 shall receive a compensation for the time they are appointed equal to that provided for the regularly elected officers, the compensation to be paid in the same manner as the regular officers are paid. [Formerly 148.170]

The regularly elected, qualified and acting officers shall, during any appointment of a special officer, receive the salary provided by law, to the same extent as though no special officer had been appointed. [Formerly 148.180]

The Governor, upon application of any railroad company operating in this state, may appoint and commission, during the pleasure of the Governor, persons designated by the company and to serve at the expense of the company, as police officers, with the powers of peace officers and…

If any person charged with or convicted of any felony within this state breaks prison, escapes, absconds or flees or hides from justice, the county court or county governing body of the county in which the crime was committed, if the court or governing body deems it necessary, ma…

(1) Any person providing information leading to the apprehension of a person for whom a reward has been offered under ORS 131.885 is entitled to and shall be paid the reward offered under ORS 131.885 or a proportionate share thereof if more than one claimant is entitled. (2) No p…

An organization, association or person may offer a reward for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of any person who has committed a criminal offense. [1993 c.543 §2; 1995 c.461 §1; 1999 c.217 §3]

The county court or county governing body, on the claim of the applicant for reward under ORS 131.885 to 131.895, shall determine whether the claimant is entitled to the reward. If it so determines, it shall certify the amount offered in reward, or a proportionate share thereof i…

(1) In addition to any other sentence it may impose as a result of a criminal conviction, the court may order that a defendant reimburse to a person, organization, association or public body or officer, any sum or portion thereof offered and paid by the person, organization, asso…

Except as otherwise provided by ORS 30.260 to 30.300, federal civil rights law or written agreement, the state, a county, a city, a law enforcement agency or local correctional facility thereof is not liable for charges or expenses for any medical services provided to an individu…

The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (1) Surveys of the trust and confidence placed by Oregonians in state and local law enforcement indicate that there are Oregonians who believe that some law enforcement officers have engaged in practices that inequitably and unlaw…

(1) There is created the Law Enforcement Contacts Policy and Data Review Committee consisting of 11 members appointed by the Governor. (2) The purpose of the committee is to receive and analyze demographic data to ensure that law enforcement agencies perform their missions withou…

Portland State University may accept contributions of funds from the United States, its agencies, or from any other source, public or private, and agree to conditions thereon not inconsistent with the purposes of the Law Enforcement Contacts Policy and Data Review Committee. [200…

All moneys received by Portland State University under ORS 131.908 shall be paid into the State Treasury and deposited into the General Fund to the credit of Portland State University. Such moneys are appropriated continuously to Portland State University for the purposes of ORS …

As used in ORS 131.915 to 131.925: (1) “Gender identity” has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.100. (2) “Law enforcement agency” means: (a) The Department of State Police; (b) The Department of Justice; (c) A district attorney’s office; and (d) Any of the following that main…

(1) All law enforcement agencies shall have written policies and procedures prohibiting profiling. The policies and procedures shall, at a minimum, include: (a) A prohibition on profiling; (b) Procedures allowing a complaint alleging profiling to be made to the agency: (A) In per…

(1)(a) A law enforcement agency shall provide to the Law Enforcement Contacts Policy and Data Review Committee information concerning each complaint the agency receives alleging profiling, and shall notify the committee of the disposition of the complaint, in the manner described…

As used in ORS 131.930 to 131.945: (1) “Gender identity” has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.100. (2) “Law enforcement agency” means an agency employing law enforcement officers to enforce criminal laws. (3) “Law enforcement officer” means a member of the Oregon State Poli…

(1) No later than July 1, 2018, the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, in consultation with the Department of State Police and the Department of Justice, shall develop and implement a standardized method to be used by law enforcement officers to record officer-initiated pedestri…

(1) The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall review all data, including the prevalence and disposition of officer-initiated pedestrian and traffic stops, reported by law enforcement agencies pursuant to ORS 131.935 in order to identify patterns or practices of profiling. (2) …

(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall receive and review reports provided to the department by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission pursuant to ORS 131.940. (2) Upon receipt of a report described in subsection (1) of this section, the department may p…

As used in this chapter: (1) “All persons known to have an interest” means: (a) Any person who filed a notice of interest for seized property with any public office, in the manner required or permitted by law, before the property was seized for forfeiture; (b) Any person from who…

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that: (a) Prohibited conduct occurs in the course of criminal activities that result in, and are facilitated by, the acquisition, possession or transfer of property subject to civil forfeiture under this chapter. (b) Transactions involving prope…

Subject to this chapter, all right, title and interest in property forfeited under this chapter vests in the forfeiting agency upon the occurrence of the prohibited conduct on which the forfeiture is based. [2009 c.78 §3] PROPERTY SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE

The following property is subject to forfeiture under this chapter: (1) All controlled substances that have been manufactured, distributed, dispensed, possessed or acquired in the course of prohibited conduct. (2) All raw materials, products and equipment of any kind that are use…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, property that is seized solely on the basis of a consensual search of a motor vehicle is not subject to forfeiture unless, before obtaining the consent of a person for the search, the person is provided with written, multil…

(1) When a seizing agency lawfully seizes a motor vehicle with a hidden compartment, the agency shall disable the hidden compartment, unless the motor vehicle is forfeited and the agency: (a) Retains the motor vehicle for law enforcement purposes; or (b) Determines that the cost …

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, United States currency in an amount less than $15,000 may not be seized for forfeiture solely on the basis that the money is in the form of cash rather than some other form. [2009 c.78 §6] SEIZURE OF PROPERTY FOR FORFEITURE (Ge…

(1) Property seized for forfeiture is not subject to replevin, conveyance, sequestration or attachment, and is not subject to a motion or order to return under ORS chapter 133. (2) Property that has been unconstitutionally seized may be forfeited if the property is determined to …

(1) Promptly upon seizure of property for forfeiture, the police officer who seized the property shall make an inventory of the seized property. The inventory may contain an estimate of the value of the seized property. (2) If seized property is taken from the possession of a per…