(1) A person commits the crime of bigamy if the person knowingly marries or purports to marry another person at a time when either is lawfully married.
(2) Bigamy is a Class C felony.
ORS 163.515
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Kirkman (1992)
Most recently applied in 221 Or. App. 614 - State v. Merida-Medina (August 2008)
1971 c.743 §171
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