Title 16, Crimes and Punishments

(1) A person commits a bias crime in the second degree if the person: (a) Tampers or interferes with property, having no right to do so nor reasonable ground to believe that the person has such right, with the intent to cause substantial inconvenience to another person because of…

(1) A person commits a bias crime in the first degree if the person: (a) Intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes physical injury to another person because of the person’s perception of the other person’s race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability…

If a court sentences a person to community service for a violation of ORS 166.155 or 166.165 and the conduct that was the subject of the violation occurred while on the waters of this state or on publicly owned land used for outdoor recreation, the community service may include: …

(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 use of firearms or any element relating to firearms and components thereof, including ammunit…

(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 this section may not apply to or affect: (a) A person discharging a firearm in the lawful defense of person or pro…

(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) of this section may not apply to or affect: (a) A person discharging a firearm in the lawful defense of person or …

(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 161.015. (2) Ordinances adopted under subsection (1) of this section do not apply to or affect: (a) A law enforcement officer. (b) A me…

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 possession or sale of firearms in a public building that is rented or leased to a person during the term of the l…

(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 used in this section, “secondhand store” means a store or business whose primary source of revenue is the sale of used merchand…

(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 ordinance that was in effect on November 2, 1995, to the extent that the provision: (a) Established a procedure for regulating, restricting or …

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 any firearm, or with an arrow from any bow, commits a Class B misdemeanor. In addition, any person so convicted shall forfeit any license to hun…

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 other firearm, at or toward any other person within range of the firearm, except in self-defense, shall be fined upon conviction in any sum not l…

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 a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system, manufactured in or before 1898; and (b) Any replica of…

(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 possesses with intent to use unlawfully against another, any dangerous or deadly weapon as defined in ORS 161.015; or (b) Intentionally discharg…

(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 or swings into position by force of a spring or by centrifugal force, any dirk, dagger, ice pick, slungshot, metal knuckles, or any si…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section or ORS 166.260, 166.270, 166.273, 166.274, 166.291, 166.292 or 166.410 to 166.470, a person commits the crime of unlawful possession of a firearm if the person knowingly: (a) Carries any firearm concealed upon the person; (b) Posse…

(1) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly possess a firearm or ammunition if: (a) The person is the subject of a court order that: (A)(i) Was issued or continued after a hearing for which the person had actual notice and during the course of which the person had an opportunity…

(1)(a) When a respondent becomes subject to an order described in ORS 166.255 (1)(a) prohibiting the respondent from possessing firearms or ammunition, the court shall: (A) Indicate in the order that the respondent is prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition under ORS 1…

(1) Upon receiving a request to return a firearm or ammunition relinquished to a law enforcement agency pursuant to ORS 166.256, the law enforcement agency shall: (a) Notify the Department of Justice of the return request for the purposes of notifying the petitioner of the order;…

(1) When a person is convicted of an offense described in ORS 166.255 (1)(b) or (c), the court shall, at the time of conviction: (a) Indicate in the judgment of conviction that the person is prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition under ORS 166.250 and 166.255; (b) Inf…

(1) ORS 166.250 does not apply to or affect: (a) A parole and probation officer, police officer or reserve officer, as those terms are defined in ORS 181A.355. (b) A federal officer, as defined in ORS 133.005, or a certified reserve officer or corrections officer, as those terms …

A peace officer may not arrest or charge a person for violating ORS 166.250 (1)(a) or (b) or 166.370 (1)(a) if the person has in the person’s immediate possession: (1) A valid license to carry a firearm as provided in ORS 166.291 and 166.292, unless the person possesses a firearm…

When authorized by the officer’s employer, a parole and probation officer, as defined in ORS 181A.355, may carry a firearm while engaged in official duties if the officer has completed: (1) A firearms training program recognized by the Board on Public Safety Standards and Trainin…

(1)(a) A person may not knowingly manufacture or cause to be manufactured within this state, import into this state, or offer for sale, sell or transfer, an undetectable firearm. (b) A violation of paragraph (a) of this subsection is a Class B felony. (2)(a) A person may not know…

(1) A person may not knowingly possess, offer for sale, sell or transfer a firearm unless the firearm has been imprinted with a serial number by a federally licensed firearm manufacturer, importer or dealer, or a gunsmith with a federal firearms license, in accordance with federa…

(1)(a) A person may not knowingly import into this state, offer for sale, sell or transfer an unfinished frame or receiver unless: (A) The person is licensed as a firearm dealer under 18 U.S.C. 923; (B) The name of the manufacturer and an individual serial number is conspicuously…

(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 of a felony under the laws of the Government of the United States, who owns or has in the person’s possession or under the person’s custody or control any f…

(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 any machine gun, short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun or firearms silencer. (2) Unlawful possession …

(1) A person barred from transporting, shipping, possessing or receiving a firearm may file a petition with the Psychiatric Security Review Board for relief from the bar if: (a) The person is barred from possessing a firearm under ORS 166.250 (1)(c)(D) or (E); (b) The person is b…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (11) of this section, a person barred from possessing or receiving a firearm may file a petition for relief from the bar in accordance with subsection (2) of this section if: (a) The person is barred from possessing a firearm under ORS 166.250…

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 carries upon the person, or has under the custody or control of the person any dangerous instrument, or any weapon includi…

(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 deadly weapon that was possessed, used or available for use to facilitate a criminal offense. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this sec…

(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 of the weapon, less the costs of the sale, to the account of the police agency that received the weapon, to be used for purposes of publi…

(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 with the procedures set out in this section, shall issue the person a concealed handgun license if the person: (a)(A) Is a c…

(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 on the application, within 45 days of the application, a wallet sized license bearing the photograph of the licensee. The license must b…

(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 shall be sent to the applicant by certified mail, restricted delivery, within 45 days after the application was made. If no decision i…

(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 and provide character references. A licensee may submit the application for renewal by mail if the licensee: (A) Is an…

(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 during the reporting period and the reasons for the revocations. (2) The Department of State Police shall compile the reports s…

(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 in a careless or reckless manner, kills or injures another with firearms, and who, at any time after committing murder or man…

(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 firing explosives, in any place where it may be fired, exploded or discharged by the contact of any person or animal with any string, wire, r…

Any person who uses in any firearms discharged on lands within this state, not owned by the person, anything other than incombustible gun wadding, commits a Class C misdemeanor. [Amended by 2011 c.597 §165]

(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 the bullet or projectile of which is coated with Teflon or any chemical compound with properties similar to Teflon and whic…

(1) A person commits the crime of unlawful transport, manufacture or transfer of a rapid fire activator if the person knowingly: (a) Transports a rapid fire activator into this state; or (b) Manufactures, sells, offers to sell or transfers a rapid fire activator. (2) A person com…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Armed Forces of the United States” has the meaning given that term in ORS 348.282. (b) “Detachable magazine” means an ammunition feeding device that can be loaded or unloaded while detached from a firearm and readily inserted in a firearm. (c) “F…

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 Building, the Labor and Industries Building, the State Transportation Building, the Agriculture Building or the Public …

(1)(a) Any person who intentionally possesses a loaded or unloaded firearm or any other instrument used as a dangerous weapon, while in or on a public building, shall upon conviction be guilty of a Class C felony. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, in a prosecu…