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Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 162.247: Interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer.

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  1. 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes
  2. 16. Crimes and Punishments
  3. Chapter 162 — Offenses Against the State and Public Justice

(1) A person commits the crime of interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer if the person, knowing that another person is a peace officer or a parole and probation officer as defined in ORS 181A.355, intentionally or knowingly acts in a manner that prevents, or attempts to prevent, the peace officer or parole and probation officer from performing the lawful duties of the officer with regard to another person or a criminal investigation.

      (2) Interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer is a Class A misdemeanor.

      (3) This section does not apply:

      (a) In situations in which the person is engaging in passive resistance.

      (b) To the act of informing another person of the other person’s civil or constitutional rights.

      (4) A person may not be arrested or charged under this section if the person is arrested or charged for another offense based on the same conduct.

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