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Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 166.649: Throwing an object off an overpass in the second degree.

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  1. 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes
  2. 16. Crimes and Punishments
  3. Chapter 166 — Offenses Against Public Order; Firearms and Other Weapons; Racketeering

(1) A person commits the crime of throwing an object off an overpass in the second degree if the person:

      (a) With criminal negligence throws an object off an overpass; and

      (b) Knows, or reasonably should have known, that the object was of a type or size to cause damage to any person or vehicle that the object might hit.

      (2) Throwing an object off an overpass in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.

      (3) As used in this section and ORS 166.651, “overpass” means a structure carrying a roadway or pedestrian pathway over a roadway.

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