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Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 163.427: Sexual abuse in the first degree.

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  1. 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes
  2. 16. Crimes and Punishments
  3. Chapter 163 — Offenses Against Persons

(1) A person commits the crime of sexual abuse in the first degree when that person:

      (a) Subjects another person to sexual contact and:

      (A) The victim is less than 14 years of age;

      (B) The victim is subjected to forcible compulsion by the actor; or

      (C) The victim is incapable of consent by reason of being mentally incapacitated, physically helpless or incapable of appraising the nature of the victim’s conduct; or

      (b) Intentionally causes a person under 18 years of age to touch or contact the mouth, anus or sex organs of an animal for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of a person.

      (2) Sexual abuse in the first degree is a Class B felony.

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