(1) A person commits the crime of perjury if the person makes a false sworn statement or a false unsworn declaration in regard to a material issue, knowing it to be false.
(2) Perjury is a Class C felony.
ORS 162.065
Applied in 50 court decisions — leading case Application of Taylor (1982)
Most recently applied in McAboy v. Intel Corp. (September 2025)
1971 c.743 §183; 2013 c.218 §19
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