Oregon Revised Statutes
Or. Rev. Stat. § 131.885 (2026)
Offer of reward
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131.885 Offer of reward. If any person charged with or convicted of any felony within this state breaks prison, escapes, absconds or flees or hides from justice, the county court or county governing body of the county in which the crime was committed, if the court or governing body deems it necessary, may offer a reward for information leading to the apprehension of such person by the appropriate police authority. [Formerly 149.010; 1981 c.300 §1; 1999 c.217 §1]
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Cited in 2
cases, 2004–2004 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Juv. Dept. v. Fitch, 84 P.3d 190 (Or. Ct. App. 2004).
State Ex Rel. Juv. Dept. v. Fitch, 84 P.3d 190 (Or. Ct. App. 2004). “[7] As a matter of plain text, the legislature drafted the hindering prosecution statute in terms that refer only to the conduct of the person aided, not to that person's criminal responsibility for that conduct. Had the legislature intended the latter, it could have said so by,…”
State ex rel. Juv. Dep't v. Fitch, 84 P.3d 190 (Or. Ct. App. 2004). “7 As a matter of plain text, the legislature drafted the hindering prosecution statute in terms that refer only to the conduct of the person aided, not to that person’s criminal responsibility for that conduct. Had the legislature intended the latter, it could have said so by,…”
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