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Or. Rev. Stat. § 131.675 (2026)

Dispersal of unlawful assemblages

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      131.675 Dispersal of unlawful assemblages. When any five or more persons are unlawfully assembled in any county, city, town or village, the sheriff of the county and the deputies of the sheriff, the mayor of the city, town or village, or chief executive officer or officers thereof, may go among the persons assembled, or as near to them as they can with safety, and command them in the name of the State of Oregon to disperse. If, so commanded, they do not immediately disperse, the officer may arrest them or cause them to be arrested for any unlawful activity constituting an offense. [Formerly 145.020; 1987 c.526 §1; 2021 c.250 §1]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2023 · leading case: Wise v. City of Portland (D. Or. 2020).
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Wise v. City of Portland (D. Or. 2020). · cites it 2× “§ 131.675 . Once dispersal orders have been given, it is important for the safe management of crowd control operations that protesters comply.”
Haber v. City of Portland (D. Or. 2020). · cites it 2× “See Or. Rev. Stat. § 131.675 (“[w]hen any five or more persons, whether armed or not, are unlawfully or riotously assembled [police] shall go among the persons assembled, or as near to them as they can with safety, and command them in the name of the State of Oregon to disperse.”
City of Portland v. Roth, 880 P.2d 967 (Or. Ct. App. 1994). “” The city argues that ORS 131.675, which deals with dispersal of persons “unlawfully or riotously assembled” clearly applies even to persons passively present and resisting arrest.”
Philip Wolfe v. City of Portland (9th Cir. 2023). “See Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 131.675 , 162.247(3), 181A.”
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