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Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.515 (2026)

Bigamy

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      163.515 Bigamy. (1) A person commits the crime of bigamy if the person knowingly marries or purports to marry another person at a time when either is lawfully married.

      (2) Bigamy is a Class C felony. [1971 c.743 §171]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1992–2018 · leading case: State v. Green, 2004 UT 76 (Utah 2004).
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State v. Green, 2004 UT 76 (Utah 2004). · cites it 2× “15 (2003); Or.Rev.Stat. § 163.515 (2003); R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-6-1 (2003); Va.”
Estes v. State, 546 S.W.3d 691 (Tex. Crim. App. 2018). “§ 4301 (1972); Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.515 (1971); Mass. Gen.”
United States v. Henry Nash Riley, 183 F.3d 1155 (9th Cir. 1999). “See also Idaho Code §§ 5-308 , 18-6601, 18-6603 (1997) (seduction, adultery, fornication); Or. Rev.Stat. § 163.515 (1997) (bigamy); Ariz.”
State v. Van Norsdall, 873 P.2d 345 (Or. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “ORS 163.515. That statute provides that a person commits bigamy "if the person knowingly marries or purports to marry another *350 person at a time when either is lawfully married.”
State v. Merida-Medina, 191 P.3d 708 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). “” See also ORS 163.515 (making both parties to a bigamous marriage directly criminally liable).”
In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Kirkman, 830 P.2d 206 (Or. 1992). “3 In addition, the accused committed the crime of bigamy, ORS 163.515, 4 when he knowingly married or purported to marry Jane on April 4,1987, when he knew that he was still married to Susan Kirkman.”
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