(1) A person commits the crime of false swearing if the person makes a false sworn statement or a false unsworn declaration, knowing it to be false.
(2) False swearing is a Class A misdemeanor.
ORS 162.075
Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case 33 Or. App. 397 - Blackburn v. MOTOR VEHICLES DIVISION, DEPT. (1978)
Most recently applied in State v. Ribas (January 2026)
1971 c.743 §184; 2013 c.218 §20
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