(1) The sheriff of a county, upon a person’s application for an Oregon concealed handgun license, upon receipt of the appropriate fees and after compliance with the procedures set out in this section, shall issue the person a concealed handgun license if the person: (a)(A) Is a citizen of the United States; or (B) Is […]
(1) If the application for the license is approved, the sheriff shall issue and mail or otherwise deliver to the applicant at the address shown on the application, within 45 days of the application, a wallet sized license bearing the photograph of the licensee. The license must be signed by the licensee and carried whenever […]
(1) If the application for the concealed handgun license is denied, the sheriff shall set forth in writing the reasons for the denial. The denial shall be sent to the applicant by certified mail, restricted delivery, within 45 days after the application was made. If no decision is issued within 45 days, the person may […]
(1)(a) A concealed handgun license is renewable by repeating the procedures set out in ORS 166.291 and 166.292, except for the requirement to submit fingerprints and provide character references. A licensee may submit the application for renewal by mail if the licensee: (A) Is an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States, […]
(1) The sheriff of a county shall submit annually to the Department of State Police a report containing the number of concealed handgun licenses revoked during the reporting period and the reasons for the revocations. (2) The Department of State Police shall compile the reports submitted under subsection (1) of this section and shall submit […]
(1) Any person who has committed, with firearms of any kind or description, murder in any degree, or manslaughter, either voluntary or involuntary, or who in a careless or reckless manner, kills or injures another with firearms, and who, at any time after committing murder or manslaughter or after said careless or reckless killing or […]
(1) Any person who places or sets any loaded springgun, setgun, or any gun, firearm or other device of any kind designed for containing or firing explosives, in any place where it may be fired, exploded or discharged by the contact of any person or animal with any string, wire, rod, stick, spring or other […]
Any person who uses in any firearms discharged on lands within this state, not owned by the person, anything other than incombustible gun wadding, commits a Class C misdemeanor. [Amended by 2011 c.597 §165]
(1) A person commits the crime of unlawful possession of armor piercing ammunition if the person: (a) Makes, sells, buys or possesses any handgun ammunition the bullet or projectile of which is coated with Teflon or any chemical compound with properties similar to Teflon and which is intended to penetrate soft body armor, such person […]
As used in ORS 166.360 to 166.380, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Capitol building” means the Capitol, the State Office Building, the State Library Building, the Labor and Industries Building, the State Transportation Building, the Agriculture Building or the Public Service Building and includes any new buildings which may be constructed on the same […]
(1)(a) Any person who intentionally possesses a loaded or unloaded firearm or any other instrument used as a dangerous weapon, while in or on a public building, shall upon conviction be guilty of a Class C felony. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, in a prosecution under this section for the possession of a […]
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 166.370 (2) and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a peace officer, as defined in ORS 161.015, or a federal officer, as defined in ORS 133.005, may possess a weapon in a court facility if the officer: (a) Is acting in an official capacity and is officially on duty; […]
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 162.135 and 162.185 or any Department of Corrections regulation, rule, policy or provision of an employment contract to the contrary, if the department has not provided a secure and locked location for the storage of personal handguns and ammunition by authorized staff, authorized staff may possess a personal handgun and ammunition in […]
(1) The governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002, the Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors, the governing board of a community college or a district school board as defined in ORS 332.002 may adopt a policy providing that the affirmative defense described in ORS 166.370 (3)(g), concerning persons licensed […]
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a peace officer may examine a firearm possessed by anyone on the person while in or on a public building to determine whether the firearm is a loaded firearm. (2) A person who is licensed under ORS 166.291 and 166.292 to carry a concealed handgun […]
(1) A person commits the crime of unlawful possession of a destructive device if the person possesses: (a) Any of the following devices with an explosive, incendiary or poison gas component: (A) Bomb; (B) Grenade; (C) Rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces; (D) Missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of […]
(1) A person commits the crime of unlawful manufacture of a destructive device if the person assembles, produces or otherwise manufactures: (a) A destructive device, as defined in ORS 166.382; or (b) A pyrotechnic device containing two or more grains of pyrotechnic charge in violation of chapter 10, Title 18 of the United States Code. […]
(1) A person commits the crime of possession of a hoax destructive device if the person knowingly places another person in fear of serious physical injury by: (a) Possessing, manufacturing, selling, delivering, placing or causing to be placed a hoax destructive device; or (b) Sending a hoax destructive device to another person. (2) Possession of […]
ORS 166.392 to 166.403 shall be known and may be cited as the Cindy Yuille and Steve Forsyth Act. [2021 c.146 §1]
As used in ORS 166.392 to 166.403: (1) “Authorized person” means a person authorized by the owner or possessor of a firearm to temporarily carry or control the firearm while in the presence of the owner or possessor. (2) “Container” means a box, case, chest, locker, safe or other similar receptacle, including, within a vehicle, […]
