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Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.263 (2026)

Subjecting another person to involuntary servitude in the second degree

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      163.263 Subjecting another person to involuntary servitude in the second degree. (1) A person commits the crime of subjecting another person to involuntary servitude in the second degree if the person knowingly and without lawful authority forces or attempts to force the other person to engage in or continue to engage in services by:

      (a) Abusing or threatening to abuse the law or legal process;

      (b) Destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating or possessing an actual or purported passport or immigration document or another actual or purported government identification document of a person;

      (c) Threatening to report a person to a government agency for the purpose of arrest or deportation;

      (d) Subjecting the person to debt bondage;

      (e) Instilling in the other person a fear that the actor will withhold from the other person the necessities of life, including but not limited to lodging, food, medical care and clothing;

      (f) Controlling or threatening to control the other person’s access to a controlled substance; or

      (g) Fraud or misrepresentation.

      (2) When determining whether force or attempted force is present in a prosecution under this section, the finder of fact shall consider the totality of the circumstances, including but not limited to the age of the other person, the relationship between the other person and the defendant, the immigration status of the other person and any handicap or disability of the other person.

      (3) Subjecting another person to involuntary servitude in the second degree is a Class C felony.

      (4) The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall classify subjecting another person to involuntary servitude in the second degree as crime category 8 of the sentencing guidelines grid of the commission when the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the offense. [2007 c.811 §3; 2023 c.217 §2]

 

      Note: See note under 163.261.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2016–2023 · leading case: State v. Ramos, 368 P.3d 446 (Or. 2016).
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State v. Ramos, 368 P.3d 446 (Or. 2016). “710, except that ‘economic damages’ does not include future impairment of earning capacity; and “(b) In cases involving criminal activities described in ORS 163.263, 163.264 or 163.266 [concerning involuntary servitude and human trafficking], includes the greater of: “(A) The…”
D.B. v. G6 Hosp. LLC (D. Or. 2023). · cites it 3× “, in relevant part: (1) A person commits the crime of trafficking in persons if the person knowingly recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides or obtains by any means, or attempts to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide or obtain by any means, another person and:…”
State v. Ramos (Or. 2016). “710, except that ‘eco- nomic damages’ does not include future impairment of earning capacity; and “(b) In cases involving criminal activities described in ORS 163.263, 163.264 or 163.266 [concerning involuntary servitude and human traffick- ing], includes the greater of: “(A)…”
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