ORS 162.205

Applied in 69 court decisions — leading case State v. Sawatzky (2005)

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

1971 c.743 §196; 1973 c.836 §344; 2001 c.517 §4; 2003 c.320 §2

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(1) A person commits the crime of failure to appear in the first 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 felony; 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 felony.

(2) Failure to appear in the first degree is a Class C felony.

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