Known as the Oregon Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 161–161 (150 sections).
Applied in 246 court decisions — leading case Ewing v. California (2003)
Most recently applied in 347 Or. App. 180 - State v. Seay (February 2026)
1971 c.743 §74
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.
The maximum term of an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment for a felony is as follows:
(1) For a Class A felony, 20 years.
(2) For a Class B felony, 10 years.
(3) For a Class C felony, 5 years.
(4) For an unclassified felony as provided in the statute defining the crime.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.