(1) A person commits the crime of rape in the third degree if the person has sexual intercourse with another person under 16 years of age.
(2) Rape in the third degree is a Class C felony.
ORS 163.355
Applied in 138 court decisions — leading case LaJoie v. Thompson (2000)
Most recently applied in 346 Or. App. 534 - State v. Snider (January 2026)
1971 c.743 §109; 1991 c.628 §1
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