{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-135.703","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 135.703","heading":"Crimes subject to being compromised; exceptions.","body":"(1) When a defendant is charged with a crime punishable as a misdemeanor for which the person injured by the act constituting the crime has a remedy by a civil action, the crime may be compromised, as provided in ORS 135.705, except when it was committed:\n      (a) By or upon a peace officer while in the execution of the duties of office;\n      (b) Riotously;\n      (c) With an intent to commit a crime punishable only as a felony; or\n      (d) By one family or household member upon another family or household member, as defined in ORS 107.705, or by a person upon an elderly person or a person with a disability as defined in ORS 124.005 and the crime was:\n      (A) Assault in the fourth degree under ORS 163.160;\n      (B) Assault in the third degree under ORS 163.165;\n      (C) Menacing under ORS 163.190;\n      (D) Recklessly endangering another person under ORS 163.195;\n      (E) Harassment under ORS 166.065; or\n      (F) Strangulation under ORS 163.187.\n      (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, when a defendant is charged with violating ORS 811.700, the crime may be compromised as provided in ORS 135.705.","path":["04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes","14. Procedure in Criminal Matters Generally","Chapter 135 — Arraignment and Pretrial Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors135.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:11Z","sha256":"db92ffdd0760bc3190f1c63b9a3842c1f7d640de9e5eddfb6c27835b6e5db66e","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-135.700","next":"us-or/ors-135.705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}