A person may not use physical force to resist an arrest by a peace officer who is known or reasonably appears to be a peace officer, whether the arrest is lawful or unlawful.
ORS 161.260
Known as the Oregon Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 161–161 (150 sections).
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case 55 Or. App. 712 - State v. Burger (1982)
Most recently applied in State v. Moreno (August 2017)
1971 c.743 §32
How often courts cite this section
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.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.