Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

ORS 161.170

Known as the Oregon Criminal Code

The act spans §§ 161–161 (150 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Oregon City Elks Lodge No. 1189 (1974)

Most recently applied in Gattuccio v. Averill (August 2015)

1971 c.743 §16

How often courts cite this section

19741980199020002010201510
citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(1) A corporation is guilty of an offense if:

(a) The conduct constituting the offense is engaged in by an agent of the corporation while acting within the scope of employment and in behalf of the corporation and the offense is a misdemeanor or a violation, or the offense is one defined by a statute that clearly indicates a legislative intent to impose criminal liability on a corporation; or

(b) The conduct constituting the offense consists of an omission to discharge a specific duty of affirmative performance imposed on corporations by law; or

(c) The conduct constituting the offense is engaged in, authorized, solicited, requested, commanded or knowingly tolerated by the board of directors or by a high managerial agent acting within the scope of employment and in behalf of the corporation.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) “Agent” means any director, officer or employee of a corporation, or any other person who is authorized to act in behalf of the corporation.

(b) “High managerial agent” means an officer of a corporation who exercises authority with respect to the formulation of corporate policy or the supervision in a managerial capacity of subordinate employees, or any other agent in a position of comparable authority.

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.