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Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 135.703: Crimes subject to being compromised; exceptions.

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  1. 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes
  2. 14. Procedure in Criminal Matters Generally
  3. Chapter 135 — Arraignment and Pretrial Provisions

(1) When a defendant is charged with a crime punishable as a misdemeanor for which the person injured by the act constituting the crime has a remedy by a civil action, the crime may be compromised, as provided in ORS 135.705, except when it was committed:

      (a) By or upon a peace officer while in the execution of the duties of office;

      (b) Riotously;

      (c) With an intent to commit a crime punishable only as a felony; or

      (d) By one family or household member upon another family or household member, as defined in ORS 107.705, or by a person upon an elderly person or a person with a disability as defined in ORS 124.005 and the crime was:

      (A) Assault in the fourth degree under ORS 163.160;

      (B) Assault in the third degree under ORS 163.165;

      (C) Menacing under ORS 163.190;

      (D) Recklessly endangering another person under ORS 163.195;

      (E) Harassment under ORS 166.065; or

      (F) Strangulation under ORS 163.187.

      (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, when a defendant is charged with violating ORS 811.700, the crime may be compromised as provided in ORS 135.705.

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