ORS 162.195

Applied in 33 court decisions — leading case 251 Or. App. 630 - State v. Pendergrapht (2012)

Most recently applied in State v. Roberts (February 2026)

1971 c.743 §195; 1973 c.836 §343; 1993 c.533 §5; 1999 c.1051 §69; 2001 c.517 §3; 2003 c.320 §1

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(1) A person commits the crime of failure to appear in the second degree if the person knowingly fails to appear as required after:

(a) Having by court order been released from custody or a correctional facility under a release agreement or security release upon the condition that the person will subsequently appear personally in connection with a charge against the person of having committed a misdemeanor; or

(b) Having been released from a correctional facility subject to a forced release agreement under ORS 169.046 in connection with a charge against the person of having committed a misdemeanor.

(2) Failure to appear in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.

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