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Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 657 § 657.990 — Penalties

Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 657 ·
Oregon Code § 657.990 · Enacted · Last updated March 01, 2026
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Penalties. (1) Violation of ORS 657.295 is a Class B misdemeanor. (2) Violation of ORS 657.300 is a Class A misdemeanor. (3) Violation of ORS 657.480 (3)(a) or (b) is a Class C felony. (4) In addition to any penalties otherwise prescribed in this chapter, violation of ORS 657.495, 657.565, 657.660 (2) or any other provision of this chapter is a Class C misdemeanor. If an offending employer or the employer of an offending agent is a corporation, the president, secretary and the treasurer, or officers exercising corresponding functions, are subject to the penalties in this subsection in respect to any duties of which they respectively had or, in the proper exercise of their duties, ought to have had knowledge. (5) Subject to ORS 153.022, willful violation of this chapter or of any order issued or rule adopted under this chapter, the violation of which is made unlawful or the observance of which is required under this chapter, and for which a penalty neither is prescribed in this section nor provided by any other applicable statute, is a Class C misdemeanor. Each day the violation continues is considered a separate offense. [Amended by 1971 c.743 §405; 1999 c.1051 §322; 2005 c.35 §3; 2011 c.597 §271] _______________
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