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Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 163.434: Provisions applicable to online sexual corruption of a child.

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

(1) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for online sexual corruption of a child in the first or second degree that the person was not more than three years older than the person reasonably believed the child to be.

      (2) It is not a defense to a prosecution for online sexual corruption of a child in the first or second degree that the person was in fact communicating with a law enforcement officer, as defined in ORS 163.730, or a person working under the direction of a law enforcement officer, who is 16 years of age or older.

      (3) Online sexual corruption of a child in the first or second degree is committed in either the county in which the communication originated or the county in which the communication was received.

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