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Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 164.162: Mail theft or receipt of stolen mail.

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  1. 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes
  2. 16. Crimes and Punishments
  3. Chapter 164 — Offenses Against Property

(1) A person commits the crime of mail theft or receipt of stolen mail if the person intentionally:

      (a) Takes or, by fraud or deception, obtains mail from a post office, postal station, mail receptacle, authorized depository or mail carrier;

      (b) Takes from mail any article contained therein;

      (c) Secretes, embezzles or destroys mail or any article contained therein;

      (d) Takes or, by fraud or deception, obtains mail that has been delivered to or left for collection on or adjacent to a mail receptacle or authorized depository; or

      (e) Buys, receives, conceals or possesses mail or any article contained therein knowing that the mail or article has been unlawfully taken or obtained.

      (2) Mail theft or receipt of stolen mail is a Class C felony.

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