Oregon Code § 162.355·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Simulating legal process.
(1) A person commits the crime of simulating legal process if, with the intent
to harass, injure or defraud another person, the person knowingly issues or
delivers to another person any document that in form and substance falsely
simulates civil or criminal process.
(2) As used in
this section:
(a) Civil or
criminal process means a document or order, including, but not limited to, a
summons, lien, complaint, warrant, injunction, writ, notice, pleading or
subpoena, that is issued by a court or that is filed or recorded for the
purpose of:
(A) Exercising
jurisdiction;
(B) Representing
a claim against a person or property;
(C) Directing a
person to appear before a court or tribunal; or
(D) Directing a
person to perform or refrain from performing a specified act.
(b) Person has
the meaning given that term in ORS 161.015, except that in relation to a
defendant, person means a human being, a public or private corporation, an
unincorporated association or a partnership.
(3) Simulating
legal process is a Class C felony. [1971 c.743 §210; 1997 c.395 §1; 2005 c.2 §1]