Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 133.525 (2026)

Definitions for ORS 133.525 to 133.703

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      133.525 Definitions for ORS 133.525 to 133.703. As used in ORS 133.525 to 133.703, unless the context requires otherwise:

      (1) “Interrelated conduct” means engaging in at least two incidents of activity that:

      (a) Have the same or similar intents, results, accomplices, victims or methods of commission, or are otherwise interrelated by distinguishing characteristics, including a connection to the same enterprise;

      (b) Are not isolated incidents; and

      (c) Violate one or more provisions of ORS 475.005 to 475.285, 475.752 to 475.980, 475A.210 to 475A.722, 475C.005 to 475C.525 or 475C.770 to 475C.919.

      (2) “Judge” means any judge of the circuit court, the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court, any justice of the peace or municipal judge authorized to exercise the powers and perform the duties of a justice of the peace.

      (3) “Police officer” means:

      (a) A member of the Oregon State Police;

      (b) A sheriff or municipal police officer, a police officer commissioned by a university under ORS 352.121 or 353.125 or an authorized tribal police officer as defined in ORS 181A.940;

      (c) An investigator of a district attorney’s office if the investigator is or has been certified as a peace officer in this or any other state;

      (d) An investigator of the Criminal Justice Division of the Department of Justice;

      (e) A humane special agent as defined in ORS 181A.345; or

      (f) A regulatory specialist exercising authority described in ORS 471.775 (2). [1973 c.836 §81; 1979 c.656 §2; 1991 c.67 §27; 1995 c.651 §7; 2011 c.506 §13; 2011 c.644 §§16,40; 2012 c.54 §§8,9; 2012 c.67 §§5,6; 2013 c.180 §§10,11; 2015 c.174 §5; 2015 c.614 §§139,140; 2023 c.216 §1]

 

      133.530 [Repealed by 1965 c.508 §8]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 70 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1974–2026 · leading case: State v. Harp, 697 P.2d 548 (Or. 1985).
State v. Harp, 697 P.2d 548 (Or. 1985). · cites it 4× “643 sets forth the method for return or restoration of property if, among other reasons, the “things seized were not in fact subject to seizure under ORS 133.525 to 133.705 [the search and seizure statutes] * * *.”
Emery v. State, 688 P.2d 72 (Or. 1984). · cites it 6× “643: "A motion for the return or restoration of things seized shall be based on the ground that the movant has a valid claim to rightful possession thereof, because: "(1) The things had been stolen or otherwise converted, and the movant is the owner or rightful possessor; or…”
State v. Miller, 709 P.2d 225 (Or. 1985). · cites it 2× “ORS 133.525 - 133.703. These statutes regulate the issuance and execution of search warrants, the disposition of things seized, and the suppression of evidence unlawfully obtained in violation of these provisions.”
State v. Paz, 572 P.2d 1036 (Or. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 2× “[3] "If a search or seizure is carried out in such a manner that things seized in the course of a search would be subject to suppression, and if as a result of such search or seizure other evidence is discovered subsequently and offered against a defendant, such evidence shall…”
State v. Milligan, 748 P.2d 130 (Or. 1988). · cites it 2× “" The sections of chapter 133 relating to "Search and Seizure," namely, ORS 133.525 to 133.730, are not sections to which the definition in ORS 133.”
State v. Carter/Grant, 848 P.2d 599 (Or. 1993). · cites it 2× “535 provides: "The following are subject to search and seizure under ORS 133.525 to 133.703: "(1) Evidence of or information concerning the commission of a criminal offense; "(2) Contraband, the fruits of crime, or things otherwise criminally possessed; "(3) Property that has…”
State v. Jordan, 605 P.2d 646 (Or. 1980). · cites it 2× “535 states: "The following are subject to search and seizure under ORS 133.525 to 133.703: ..... "(4) A person for whose arrest there is probable cause or who is unlawfully held in concealment.”
State v. Westlund, 705 P.2d 208 (Or. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “535 provides in part: "The following are subject to search and seizure under ORS 133.525 to 133.703: "(1) Evidence of or information concerning the commission of a criminal offense; "(2) Contraband, the fruits of crime, or things otherwise criminally possessed; "(3) Property…”
State v. Castilleja, 168 P.3d 1177 (Or. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 4× “The issuance of search warrants is governed by ORS 133.525 through ORS 133.619. ORS 133.”
State v. Quinn, 623 P.2d 630 (Or. 1981). “subsequently and offered against a defendant, such evidence shall be subject to a motion to suppress unless the prosecution establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that such evidence would have been discovered by law enforcement authorities irrespective of such search or…”
State v. Lee, 373 Or. 555 (Or. 2025). · cites it 24× “673 demonstrate that the legislature intended that statute to create a proce- dural mechanism to suppress evidence obtained in violation of a specific and narrow subset of statutes—ORS 133.525 to 133.703, the warrant statutes.”
State v. Florance, 527 P.2d 1202 (Or. 1974). · cites it 2× “836, § 82) relating to "Permissible objects of search and seizure" upon the issuance of search warrants, provides as follows: "The following are subject to search and seizure under ORS 133.525 to 133.703: "(1) Evidence of or information concerning the commission of a criminal…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 133.525(1) — 2 cases
State v. Hale, 288 P.3d 1 (Or. Ct. App. 2012).
State v. Plankinton, 661 P.2d 1387 (Or. Ct. App. 1983).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 133.525(2) — 2 cases
State v. Berg, 652 P.2d 1272 (Or. Ct. App. 1982).
State v. Calderon, 678 P.2d 1245 (Or. Ct. App. 1984).
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