{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-162.265","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 162.265","heading":"Bribing a witness.","body":"(1) A person commits the crime of bribing a witness if the person offers, confers or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit upon a witness in any official proceeding, or a person the person believes may be called as a witness, with the intent that:\n      (a) The testimony of the person as a witness will thereby be influenced; or\n      (b) The person will avoid legal process summoning the person to testify; or\n      (c) The person will be absent from any official proceeding to which the person has been legally summoned.\n      (2) Bribing a witness is a Class C felony.","path":["04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes","16. Crimes and Punishments","Chapter 162 — Offenses Against the State and Public Justice"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors162.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:11Z","sha256":"399ba564b5099acdd19158bff033a2a95e2da04a664a4194c6f79e145dce83fe","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-162.257","next":"us-or/ors-162.275"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}