ORS 164.015

Applied in 191 court decisions — leading case State v. Cloutier (1979)

Most recently applied in 346 Or. App. 328 - State v. Fisher (December 2025)

1971 c.743 §123; 2007 c.71 §47; 2016 c.47 §7

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A person commits theft when, with intent to deprive another of property or to appropriate property to the person or to a third person, the person:

(1) Takes, appropriates, obtains or withholds such property from an owner thereof;

(2) Commits theft of property lost, mislaid or delivered by mistake as provided in ORS 164.065;

(3) Commits extortion as provided in ORS 164.075 by compelling or inducing another person to deliver property;

(4) Commits theft by deception as provided in ORS 164.085; or

(5) Commits theft by receiving as provided in ORS 164.095.

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