2019 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes
Chapter 165 - Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception
Section 165.815 - Criminal impersonation.
(1) A person commits the crime of criminal impersonation if:
(a) The person, with the intent to injure an individual, intentionally impersonates the individual in a communication to a third person without the individual’s consent;
(b) The person acts with the intent to deceive the third person into believing that the third person is communicating with the individual;
(c) A reasonable person in the circumstances of the third person would believe that the third person is communicating with the individual; and
(d) The impersonation causes injury to the individual.
(2) Criminal impersonation is a Class A misdemeanor.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) "Impersonate" means to use an actual individual’s name or likeness to create a representation of the individual that another person would reasonably believe was or is the actual individual being impersonated.
(b) "Injure" means to intimidate, threaten, harass or physically harm. [2016 c.22 §1]
