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ORS 33.015

Applied in 118 court decisions — leading case Tracy Rose Baker v. State of Tennessee (2013)

Most recently applied in 347 Or. App. 96 - State v. Tolbert (February 2026)

1991 c.724 §1; 2005 c.22 §23

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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.

For the purposes of ORS 33.015 to 33.155:

(1) “Confinement” means custody or incarceration, whether actual or constructive.

(2) “Contempt of court” means the following acts, done willfully:

(a) Misconduct in the presence of the court that interferes with a court proceeding or with the administration of justice, or that impairs the respect due the court.

(b) Disobedience of, resistance to or obstruction of the court’s authority, process, orders or judgments.

(c) Refusal as a witness to appear, be sworn or answer a question contrary to an order of the court.

(d) Refusal to produce a record, document or other object contrary to an order of the court.

(e) Violation of a statutory provision that specifically subjects the person to the contempt power of the court.

(3) “Punitive sanction” means a sanction imposed to punish a past contempt of court.

(4) “Remedial sanction” means a sanction imposed to terminate a continuing contempt of court or to compensate for injury, damage or costs resulting from a past or continuing contempt of court.

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