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Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 432 § 432.993 — Unlawful use of vital record or report; criminal penalty

Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 432 ·
Oregon Code § 432.993 · Enacted · Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Unlawful use of vital record or report; criminal penalty. (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful use of a vital record or report if the person willfully and knowingly: (a) Makes a false statement to the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics in a report or application described in this chapter; (b) Without lawful authority and with intent to deceive, makes, counterfeits, alters, amends or mutilates a record, report, certified copy, verification or application, or documentation submitted in support of a record, report, certified copy, verification or application; (c) Obtains, possesses, uses, sells or furnishes to another, or attempts to obtain, possess, use, sell or furnish to another, for any purpose of deception, a record, report, certified copy, verification or application, or documentation submitted in support of a record, report, certified copy, verification or application; (d) Without lawful authority, possesses a record, report, certified copy, verification or application, or documentation submitted in support of a record, report, certified copy, verification or application, that has been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained; or (e) As an employee of the Center for Health Statistics or of an office designated under ORS 432.035, furnishes or processes a certified copy of a record of live birth, knowing that the certified copy is to be used for the purposes of deception. (2) Unlawful use of a vital record or report is a Class C felony. [1997 c.783 §42; 2013 c.366 §45]
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