Oregon Code § 131.558·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Property subject to forfeiture.
The following are subject to criminal forfeiture:
(1) All
controlled substances that have been manufactured, distributed, dispensed,
possessed or acquired in the course of prohibited conduct;
(2) All raw
materials, products and equipment of any kind that are used, or intended for
use, in providing, manufacturing, compounding, processing, delivering,
importing or exporting any service or substance in the course of prohibited
conduct;
(3) All property
that is used, or intended for use, as a container for property described in
subsection (1) or (2) of this section;
(4) All
conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles and vessels, that are used, or are
intended for use, to transport or facilitate the transportation, sale, receipt,
possession or concealment of property described in subsection (1) or (2) of
this section, and all conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles and vessels,
that are used or intended for use in prohibited conduct or to facilitate
prohibited conduct, except that:
(a) No conveyance
used by any person as a common carrier in the transaction of business as a
common carrier is subject to criminal forfeiture under the provisions of this
section unless the owner or other person in charge of such conveyance was a
consenting party or knew of and acquiesced in the prohibited conduct; and
(b) No conveyance
is subject to criminal forfeiture under the provisions of this section by
reason of any act or omission established by the owner thereof to have been
committed or omitted by any person other than such owner while such conveyance
was unlawfully in the possession of a person other than the owner in violation
of the criminal laws of the United States or of any state;
(5) All books,
records, computers and research, including formulae, microfilm, tapes and data
that are used or intended for use to facilitate prohibited conduct;
(6) All moneys,
negotiable instruments, balances in deposit or other accounts, securities or
other things of value furnished or intended to be furnished by any person in
the course of prohibited conduct, all proceeds of or from prohibited conduct,
and all moneys, negotiable instruments, balances in deposit and other accounts
and securities used or intended to be used to facilitate any prohibited
conduct;
(7) All real
property, including any right, title and interest in the whole of any lot or
tract of land and any appurtenances or improvements, that is used or intended
to be used to commit or facilitate the commission of prohibited conduct;
(8) All weapons
possessed, used or available for use to facilitate conduct giving rise to
criminal forfeiture;
(9) All property
described in this section that is intended for use in committing or
facilitating an attempt to commit a crime as described in ORS 161.405, a
solicitation as described in ORS 161.435 or a conspiracy as described in ORS
161.450; and
(10) All personal
property that is used or intended to be used to commit or facilitate prohibited
conduct. [2005 c.830 §4]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 131.558
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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