Chapter 510
AN ACT
SB 590
Relating to criminal impersonation; amending ORS 162.365.
Be It Enacted by the People of
the State of
SECTION 1.
ORS 162.365 is amended to read:
162.365. (1) A person
commits the crime of criminal impersonation if with intent to obtain a benefit
[or], to injure[, deceive] or defraud another or to
facilitate an unlawful activity, the person [falsely impersonates a public servant and] does an act in [such] the assumed character
of:
(a) A public servant; or
(b) An active member or
veteran of the Armed Forces of the
(2) It is no defense to
a prosecution for criminal impersonation that:
(a) The office, position
or title that the person pretended to hold did not in fact exist; or
(b) The unit of
government that the person pretended to represent did not in fact exist.
(3)(a) Criminal
impersonation is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Notwithstanding
paragraph (a) of this subsection, criminal impersonation is a Class C felony if
the public servant impersonated is a peace officer, judge or justice of the
peace.
Approved by the Governor June 20, 2007
Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 21, 2007
Effective date January 1, 2008
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