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Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.575 (2026)

Endangering the welfare of a minor

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      163.575 Endangering the welfare of a minor. (1) A person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a minor if the person knowingly:

      (a) Induces, causes or permits an unmarried person under 18 years of age to witness an act of sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse as defined in ORS 167.060;

      (b) Permits a person under 18 years of age to enter or remain in a place where unlawful activity involving controlled substances or cannabis is maintained or conducted;

      (c) Induces, causes or permits a person under 18 years of age to participate in gambling as defined in ORS 167.117; or

      (d) Sells to a person under 18 years of age any device in which cannabis, cocaine or any controlled substance, as defined in ORS 475.005, is burned and the principal design and use of which is directly or indirectly to deliver cannabis smoke, cocaine smoke or smoke from any controlled substance into the human body, including but not limited to:

      (A) Pipes, water pipes, hookahs, wooden pipes, carburetor pipes, electric pipes, air driven pipes, corncob pipes, meerschaum pipes and ceramic pipes, with or without screens, permanent screens, hashish heads or punctured metal bowls;

      (B) Carburetion tubes and devices, including carburetion masks;

      (C) Bongs;

      (D) Chillums;

      (E) Ice pipes or chillers;

      (F) Rolling papers and rolling machines; and

      (G) Cocaine free basing kits.

      (2) Endangering the welfare of a minor is a Class A misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §177; 1973 c.827 §20; 1979 c.744 §8; 1981 c.838 §1; 1983 c.740 §31; 1991 c.970 §5; 1995 c.79 §52; 1999 c.1051 §153; 2011 c.597 §79; 2014 c.20 §1; 2015 c.158 §5; 2017 c.21 §45; 2017 c.701 §18]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 107 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1986–2025 · leading case: State v. Gonzalez-Valenzuela, 365 P.3d 116 (Or. 2015).
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State v. Gonzalez-Valenzuela, 365 P.3d 116 (Or. 2015). · cites it 21× “752(3)(b)), and two counts of child endangerment (ORS 163.575). At the end of a short bench trial, defendant argued for acquittal on the two counts of child endangerment, asserting that the state’s evidence was insufficient to *454 establish liability under ORS RSS^SGXb).”
State v. McBride, 281 P.3d 605 (Or. 2012). · cites it 19× “The child-endangerment statute, ORS 163.575, was passed as part of the 1971 overhaul of the Oregon Criminal Code.”
Schmidt v. Archdiocese of Portland, 180 P.3d 160 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 19× “665(2) defines "child abuse" as "conduct that constitutes * * * a crime in which the victim is a child"; that the crime of endangering the welfare of a minor, ORS 163.575, is such a crime; that, under ORS 163.”
State v. Borck, 216 P.3d 915 (Or. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 9× “427, three counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, ORS 163.575, and three counts of harassment, ORS 166.”
State v. Gonzalez-Valenzuela, 308 P.3d 1096 (Or. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 38× “As supportive legislative history, the state points to commentary in the 1970 draft criminal law revision report that tied the proposed “criminal activities in drugs” statute to the proposed child-endangerment statute, ORS 163.575 (1971). We agree with the state.”
Lia Lingo v. City of Salem, 832 F.3d 953 (9th Cir. 2016). · cites it 3× “Eventually, after Lingo’s repeated refusals to allow the officers to search her home, they placed her under, arrest for endangering the welfare of a minor, in violation of Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.575 . After Lingo was arrested, Elmore went into the home and collected the two…”
Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988). · cites it 2× “Ore. Rev. Stat. § 163.575(1)(c) (1987) Pa.”
State v. Merrimon, 228 P.3d 666 (Or. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 3× “427, and one count of endangering the welfare of a minor, ORS 163.575. He asserts, among other assignments of error, that the trial court erred in admitting a medical expert’s diagnosis of the child complainant as “highly concerning of sexual abuse” where that diagnosis was…”
State Ex Rel. Juv. Dep't v. Pfaff, 994 P.2d 147 (Or. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 4× “065, and one count of endangering the welfare of a minor, ORS 163.575. Child contends that the trial court erroneously admitted certain hearsay testimony pertaining to the endangering count and that, without that testimony, the state's proof as to that count was insufficient.”
State v. Carlson, 808 P.2d 1002 (Or. 1991). · cites it 2× “992(4), and endangering the welfare of a minor, ORS 163.575. The Court of Appeals affirmed without opinion.”
State v. Glaspey, 55 P.3d 562 (Or. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 4× “160(3) as part of Senate Bill 553. On March 14, 1997, Senator Kate Brown, the bill's sponsor, testified before the Senate Crime and Corrections Committee regarding the deleterious effects on children caused by witnessing domestic violence.”
Est. of Schwarz v. Philip Morris Inc., 135 P.3d 409 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “[20] We note that defendant does not suggest that Congress has preempted, for example, ORS 163.575(1)(d), under which selling tobacco in any form to persons younger than 18 is the crime of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.”
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— Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.575(1) — 12 cases
Schmidt v. Archdiocese of Portland, 180 P.3d 160 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). “665(2) defines "child abuse" as "conduct that constitutes * * * a crime in which the victim is a child"; that the crime of endangering the welfare of a minor, ORS 163.575, is such a crime; that, under ORS 163.”
State v. Gonzalez-Valenzuela, 365 P.3d 116 (Or. 2015). “752(3)(b)), and two counts of child endangerment (ORS 163.575). At the end of a short bench trial, defendant argued for acquittal on the two counts of child endangerment, asserting that the state’s evidence was insufficient to *454 establish liability under ORS RSS^SGXb).”
State v. McBride, 281 P.3d 605 (Or. 2012). “The child-endangerment statute, ORS 163.575, was passed as part of the 1971 overhaul of the Oregon Criminal Code.”
State v. MacK, 183 P.3d 191 (Or. Ct. App. 2008).
State v. Rutley, 123 P.3d 334 (Or. Ct. App. 2005).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.575(1)(a) — 6 cases
State v. Maynard, 5 P.3d 1142 (Or. Ct. App. 2000).
State v. Glaspey, 55 P.3d 562 (Or. Ct. App. 2002). “160(3) as part of Senate Bill 553. On March 14, 1997, Senator Kate Brown, the bill's sponsor, testified before the Senate Crime and Corrections Committee regarding the deleterious effects on children caused by witnessing domestic violence.”
Schmidt v. Archdiocese of Portland, 180 P.3d 160 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). “665(2) defines "child abuse" as "conduct that constitutes * * * a crime in which the victim is a child"; that the crime of endangering the welfare of a minor, ORS 163.575, is such a crime; that, under ORS 163.”
State v. Maynard, 910 P.2d 1115 (Or. Ct. App. 1996).
State v. Gatt, 149 P.3d 1220 (Or. Ct. App. 2006).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.575(1)(b) — 14 cases
State v. Van Osdol, 417 P.3d 488 (Or. Ct. App. 2018).
State v. Dixon, 83 P.3d 385 (Or. Ct. App. 2004).
State v. Gonzalez-Valenzuela, 308 P.3d 1096 (Or. Ct. App. 2013). “As supportive legislative history, the state points to commentary in the 1970 draft criminal law revision report that tied the proposed “criminal activities in drugs” statute to the proposed child-endangerment statute, ORS 163.575 (1971). We agree with the state.”
State v. MacK, 183 P.3d 191 (Or. Ct. App. 2008).
State v. Robertson, 412 P.3d 223 (Or. Ct. App. 2018).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.575(1)(c) — 1 case
Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988). “Ore. Rev. Stat. § 163.575(1)(c) (1987) Pa.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.575(1)(d) — 2 cases
Est. of Schwarz v. Philip Morris Inc., 135 P.3d 409 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). “[20] We note that defendant does not suggest that Congress has preempted, for example, ORS 163.575(1)(d), under which selling tobacco in any form to persons younger than 18 is the crime of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.”
State v. Maynard, 910 P.2d 1115 (Or. Ct. App. 1996).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.575(2) — 2 cases
State v. Page, 415 P.3d 1139 (Or. Ct. App. 2018).
State v. Bates, 472 P.3d 768 (Or. Ct. App. 2020).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.575(b) — 1 case
Samuel v. Kelly, 328 Or. App. 142 (Or. Ct. App. 2023).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.575(l)(a) — 9 cases
State v. Gonzalez-Valenzuela, 365 P.3d 116 (Or. 2015). “752(3)(b)), and two counts of child endangerment (ORS 163.575). At the end of a short bench trial, defendant argued for acquittal on the two counts of child endangerment, asserting that the state’s evidence was insufficient to *454 establish liability under ORS RSS^SGXb).”
State v. Atkeson, 954 P.2d 181 (Or. Ct. App. 1998).
State v. Borck, 216 P.3d 915 (Or. Ct. App. 2009). “427, three counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, ORS 163.575, and three counts of harassment, ORS 166.”
State v. Glaspey, 55 P.3d 562 (Or. Ct. App. 2002). “160(3) as part of Senate Bill 553. On March 14, 1997, Senator Kate Brown, the bill's sponsor, testified before the Senate Crime and Corrections Committee regarding the deleterious effects on children caused by witnessing domestic violence.”
State v. Goddard, 37 P.3d 1046 (Or. Ct. App. 2002).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.575(l)(b) — 13 cases
State v. Gonzalez-Valenzuela, 365 P.3d 116 (Or. 2015). “752(3)(b)), and two counts of child endangerment (ORS 163.575). At the end of a short bench trial, defendant argued for acquittal on the two counts of child endangerment, asserting that the state’s evidence was insufficient to *454 establish liability under ORS RSS^SGXb).”
State v. McBride, 281 P.3d 605 (Or. 2012). “The child-endangerment statute, ORS 163.575, was passed as part of the 1971 overhaul of the Oregon Criminal Code.”
State v. Gonzalez-Valenzuela, 308 P.3d 1096 (Or. Ct. App. 2013). “As supportive legislative history, the state points to commentary in the 1970 draft criminal law revision report that tied the proposed “criminal activities in drugs” statute to the proposed child-endangerment statute, ORS 163.575 (1971). We agree with the state.”
State v. Sparks, 340 P.3d 688 (Or. Ct. App. 2014).
State v. Makin, 381 P.3d 799 (Or. 2016).
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.575(l)(c) — 1 case
Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988). “Ore. Rev. Stat. § 163.575(1)(c) (1987) Pa.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 163.575(l)(d) — 2 cases
Est. of Schwarz v. Philip Morris Inc., 135 P.3d 409 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). “[20] We note that defendant does not suggest that Congress has preempted, for example, ORS 163.575(1)(d), under which selling tobacco in any form to persons younger than 18 is the crime of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.”
State v. Maynard, 910 P.2d 1115 (Or. Ct. App. 1996).
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