Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 162.355 (2026)

Simulating legal process

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162.355 Simulating legal process. (1) A person commits the crime of simulating legal process if, with the intent to harass, injure or defraud another person, the person knowingly issues or delivers to another person any document that in form and substance falsely simulates civil or criminal process.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) “Civil or criminal process” means a document or order, including, but not limited to, a summons, lien, complaint, warrant, injunction, writ, notice, pleading or subpoena, that is issued by a court or that is filed or recorded for the purpose of:

(A) Exercising jurisdiction;

(B) Representing a claim against a person or property;

(D) Directing a person to perform or refrain from performing a specified act.

(b) “Person” has the meaning given that term in ORS 161.015, except that in relation to a defendant, “person” means a human being, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association or a partnership.

(3) Simulating legal process is a Class C felony. [1971 c.743 §210; 1997 c.395 §1; 2005 c.2 §1]

162.360 [Repealed by 1961 c.649 §9]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1999–2022 · leading case: State v. Bostwick, 512 P.3d 855 (Or. Ct. App. 2022).

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State v. Bostwick, 512 P.3d 855 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 24× “In his combined first, second, and third assignments of error, defendant argues that the trial court erred by denying his motion for judgment of acquittal (MJOA) on all three counts of simulating legal process, because none of the documents in question falsely simulated any…”

State v. Duffey, 981 P.2d 1 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999). “1 (1993); Or Rev. Stat. § 162.355 (1990); S.D. Codified Laws § 22-12-5 (Lexis 1998) (uttering simulated process); Tex.”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 162.355(1) — 1 case

State v. Bostwick, 512 P.3d 855 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). “In his combined first, second, and third assignments of error, defendant argues that the trial court erred by denying his motion for judgment of acquittal (MJOA) on all three counts of simulating legal process, because none of the documents in question falsely simulated any…”

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