{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-163.687","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 163.687","heading":"Encouraging child sexual abuse in the third degree.","body":"(1) A person commits the crime of encouraging child sexual abuse in the third degree if the person:\n      (a)(A)(i) Knowingly possesses or controls, or knowingly accesses with the intent to view, a visual recording of sexually explicit conduct involving a child for the purpose of arousing or satisfying the sexual desires of the person or another person; or\n      (ii) Knowingly pays, exchanges or gives anything of value to obtain or view a visual recording of sexually explicit conduct involving a child for the purpose of arousing or satisfying the sexual desires of the person or another person; and\n      (B) Knows or fails to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the creation of the visual recording of sexually explicit conduct involved child abuse; or\n      (b)(A) Knowingly pays, exchanges or gives anything of value to observe sexually explicit conduct by a child or knowingly observes, for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of the person, sexually explicit conduct by a child; and\n      (B) Knows or fails to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the conduct constitutes child abuse.\n      (2) Encouraging child sexual abuse in the third degree is a Class A misdemeanor.","path":["04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes","16. Crimes and Punishments","Chapter 163 — Offenses Against Persons"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors163.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:11Z","sha256":"65986ccfcf7e312b305b30cf9365ed1c93f972b7ea58f932dede8703befa062c","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-163.686","next":"us-or/ors-163.688"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}