Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case State v. Rainoldi (2011)
Most recently applied in 326 Or. App. 550 - State v. Ducker (June 2023)
1989 c.839 §15; 2011 c.662 §5
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 unlawfully purchasing a firearm if the person, knowing that the person is prohibited by state law from owning or possessing the firearm or having the firearm under the person’s custody or control, purchases or attempts to purchase the firearm.
(2) Unlawfully purchasing a firearm is a Class A misdemeanor.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.