Section 166.445 – Short title.
ORS 166.432 to 166.445 and the amendments to ORS 166.416, 166.418 and 166.460 by sections 9, 10 and 11, chapter 1, Oregon Laws 2001, shall be known as the Gun Violence Prevention Act. [2001 c.1 §2] Note: See note under 166.432.
Section 166.450 – Obliteration or change of identification number on firearms.
Any person who intentionally alters, removes or obliterates the identification number of any firearm for an unlawful purpose, shall be punished upon conviction by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than five years. Possession of any such firearm is presumptive evidence that the possessor has altered, removed or obliterated […]
Section 166.460 – Antique firearms excepted.
(1) ORS 166.250, 166.260, 166.291 to 166.295, 166.410, 166.412, 166.425, 166.434, 166.438 and 166.450 do not apply to antique firearms. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, possession of an antique firearm by a person described in ORS 166.250 (1)(c)(B) to (D) or (G) constitutes a violation of ORS 166.250. [Amended by […]
Section 166.470 – Limitations and conditions for sales of firearms.
(1) Unless relief has been granted under ORS 166.273 or 166.274 or 18 U.S.C. 925(c) or the expunction laws of this state or an equivalent law of another jurisdiction, a person may not intentionally sell, deliver or otherwise transfer any firearm when the transferor knows or reasonably should know that the recipient: (a) Is under […]
Section 166.480 – Sale or gift of explosives to children.
Any person who sells, exchanges, barters or gives to any child, under the age of 14 years, any explosive article or substance, other than an ordinary firecracker containing not more than 10 grains of gunpowder or who sells, exchanges, barters or gives to any such child, any instrument or apparatus, the chief utility of which […]
Section 166.490 – Purchase of firearms in certain other states.
(1) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Contiguous state” means California, Idaho, Nevada or Washington. (b) “Resident” includes an individual or a corporation or other business entity that maintains a place of business in this state. (2) A resident of this state may purchase or otherwise obtain a rifle or […]
Section 166.441 – Form for transfer of firearm at gun show.
(1) The Department of State Police shall develop a form to be completed by a person seeking to obtain a firearm at a gun show from a transferor other than a gun dealer. The department shall consider including in the form all of the requirements for disclosure of information that are required by federal law […]
Section 166.422 – Enforcement of ORS 166.412.
Where appropriate, a person may enforce the legal duties imposed by ORS 166.412 (7)(a) or (b), by the provisions of ORS 30.260 to 30.300 and ORS chapter 183. [1989 c.839 §12; 1995 c.729 §8; 2015 c.50 §5] Note: 166.422 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a […]
Section 166.425 – Unlawfully purchasing a firearm.
(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 […]
Section 166.427 – Register of transfers of used firearms.
(1) Whenever a person engaged in the business, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 921, of selling, leasing or otherwise transferring a firearm, whether the person is a retail dealer, pawnbroker or otherwise, buys or accepts in trade, a used firearm, the person shall enter in a register the time, date and place of purchase or […]