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Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 162.275: Bribe receiving by a witness.

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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 witness in any official proceeding, or a person who believes the person may be called as a witness, commits the crime of bribe receiving by a witness if the person solicits any pecuniary benefit with the intent, or accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit upon an agreement or understanding, that:

      (a) The testimony of the person as a witness will thereby be influenced; or

      (b) The person will avoid legal process summoning the person to testify; or

      (c) The person will be absent from any official proceeding to which the person has been legally summoned.

      (2) Bribe receiving by a witness is a Class C felony.

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