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ORS 163.235

Applied in 171 court decisions — leading case State v. Brown (1990)

Most recently applied in 345 Or. App. 645 - State v. Thompson (December 2025)

1971 c.743 §99; 2005 c.22 §112; 2009 c.660 §43

How often courts cite this section

1973198019902000201020202025110
citing decisions per year

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.

(1) A person commits the crime of kidnapping in the first degree if the person violates ORS 163.225 with any of the following purposes:

(a) To compel any person to pay or deliver money or property as ransom;

(b) To hold the victim as a shield or hostage;

(c) To cause physical injury to the victim;

(d) To terrorize the victim or another person; or

(e) To further the commission or attempted commission of any of the following crimes against the victim:

(A) Rape in the first degree, as defined in ORS 163.375 (1)(b);

(B) Sodomy in the first degree, as defined in ORS 163.405 (1)(b); or

(C) Unlawful sexual penetration in the first degree, as defined in ORS 163.411 (1)(b).

(2) Kidnapping in the first degree is a Class A felony.

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