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Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.525 (2026)

Incest

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      163.525 Incest. (1) A person commits the crime of incest if the person marries or engages in sexual intercourse or oral or anal sexual intercourse with a person whom the person knows to be related to the person, either legitimately or illegitimately, as an ancestor, descendant or brother or sister of either the whole or half blood.

      (2) Incest is a Class C felony. [1971 c.743 §172; 2017 c.318 §12]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1980–2026 · leading case: State v. Reed, 118 P.3d 791 (Or. 2005).
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State v. Reed, 118 P.3d 791 (Or. 2005). · cites it 5× “375(1), [3] and attempted incest, ORS 163.525(1). [4] For each factual episode of alleged sexual abuse, sexual penetration, and attempted rape, the state *793 charged in one count that defendant had committed the crime "by means of forcible compulsion" and, in another count,…”
State v. Fry, 42 P.3d 369 (Or. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “427, arid one count of incest, ORS 163.525, all based on his alleged conduct with his four-year-old daughter.”
Commonwealth v. Rahim, 805 N.E.2d 13 (Mass. 2004). “§§ 457:1 , 457:2 (1992); Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.525 (2001); Or. Rev.”
State v. Baker, 226 P.3d 125 (Or. Ct. App. 2010). “425, and five counts of incest, ORS 163.525. He argues that the sentence is unconstitutionally disproportionate under Article I, section 16, of the Oregon Constitution.”
State v. McGee, 341 Or. App. 237 (Or. Ct. App. 2025). “375 (Counts 1 and 5) and two counts of incest, ORS 163.525 (Counts 4 and 8), and those counts were therefore dismissed.”
State v. Tannehill, 141 P.3d 584 (Or. 2006). “*214 (n) Incest under ORS 163.525. (o) Promoting prostitution under ORS 167.”
State v. Lark, 851 P.2d 1114 (Or. 1993). “Incest, ORS 163.525, is sub-classified on the basis of the age of the participants and the age difference between them.”
Lamb v. Coursey, 243 P.3d 130 (Or. Ct. App. 2010). ““(n) Incest under ORS 163.525. “(o) Promoting prostitution under ORS 167.”
State v. Buck, 757 P.2d 861 (Or. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 8× “ORS 163.525. He contends that the statute is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad and denies him equal protection, in violation of Article 1, sections 20 and 21, of the Oregon Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment.”
State v. Hunter, 617 P.2d 273 (Or. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “Defendant appeals from his conviction for the crime of incest, ORS 163.525, 1 contending that the court erred in allowing certain photographs and pictures to be admitted into evidence.”
State v. Randolph, 860 P.2d 873 (Or. Ct. App. 1993). “427; ORS 163.525; ORS 163.575. We affirm. Defendant was charged in three separate indictments with a total of 13 offenses allegedly committed against his daughter, who was six years old at the time of trial, and her friend, who was nine at the time of trial.”
State v. Reed, 343 P.3d 680 (Or. Ct. App. 2015). “427, 2 and one count of incest, ORS 163.525. He appeals from the resulting judgment, raising three assignments of error.”
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— Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.525(1) — 3 cases
State v. Reed, 118 P.3d 791 (Or. 2005). “375(1), [3] and attempted incest, ORS 163.525(1). [4] For each factual episode of alleged sexual abuse, sexual penetration, and attempted rape, the state *793 charged in one count that defendant had committed the crime "by means of forcible compulsion" and, in another count,…”
State v. Fry, 42 P.3d 369 (Or. Ct. App. 2002). “427, arid one count of incest, ORS 163.525, all based on his alleged conduct with his four-year-old daughter.”
State v. Buck, 757 P.2d 861 (Or. Ct. App. 1988). “ORS 163.525. He contends that the statute is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad and denies him equal protection, in violation of Article 1, sections 20 and 21, of the Oregon Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.525(2) — 1 case
State v. Reed, 118 P.3d 791 (Or. 2005). “375(1), [3] and attempted incest, ORS 163.525(1). [4] For each factual episode of alleged sexual abuse, sexual penetration, and attempted rape, the state *793 charged in one count that defendant had committed the crime "by means of forcible compulsion" and, in another count,…”
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