ORS 165.815: Criminal impersonation.

(1) A person commits the crime of criminal impersonation if:

      (a) The person, with the intent to injure an individual, intentionally impersonates the individual in a communication to a third person without the individual’s consent;

      (b) The person acts with the intent to deceive the third person into believing that the third person is communicating with the individual;

      (c) A reasonable person in the circumstances of the third person would believe that the third person is communicating with the individual; and

      (d) The impersonation causes injury to the individual.

      (2) Criminal impersonation is a Class A misdemeanor.

      (3) As used in this section:

      (a) “Impersonate” means to use an actual individual’s name or likeness to create a representation of the individual that another person would reasonably believe was or is the actual individual being impersonated.

      (b) “Injure” means to intimidate, threaten, harass or physically harm. [2016 c.22 §1]

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