Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 162.025 (2026)

Bribe receiving

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162.025 Bribe receiving. (1) A public servant commits the crime of bribe receiving if the public servant:

(a) Solicits any pecuniary benefit with the intent that the vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or exercise of discretion as a public servant will thereby be influenced; or

(b) Accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit upon an agreement or understanding that the vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or exercise of discretion as a public servant will thereby be influenced.

(2) Bribe receiving is a Class B felony. [1971 c.743 §180]

162.030 [Amended by 1963 c.625 §3; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1994–2008 · leading case: State v. Merida-Medina, 191 P.3d 708 (Or. Ct. App. 2008).

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State v. Merida-Medina, 191 P.3d 708 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). “015 and ORS 162.025 make both parties to bribery directly criminally liable by separately proscribing “bribe giving” and “bribe receiving.”

State v. Moine, 877 P.2d 94 (Or. Ct. App. 1994). “Defendant appeals his convictions of two counts of bribe receiving, ORS 162.025, and one count each of first degree official misconduct, ORS 162.”

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