164.162 Mail
theft or receipt of stolen mail.
(1) A person commits the crime of mail theft or receipt of stolen mail if the
person intentionally:
(a) Takes or, by
fraud or deception, obtains mail from a post office, postal station, mail
receptacle, authorized depository or mail carrier;
(b) Takes from
mail any article contained therein;
(c) Secretes,
embezzles or destroys mail or any article contained therein;
(d) Takes or, by
fraud or deception, obtains mail that has been delivered to or left for
collection on or adjacent to a mail receptacle or authorized depository; or
(e) Buys,
receives, conceals or possesses mail or any article contained therein knowing
that the mail or article has been unlawfully taken or obtained.
(2) Mail theft or
receipt of stolen mail is a Class C felony. [1999 c.920 §2; 2008 c.14 §10; 2009
c.660 §§9,14]
Note: See note under 164.160.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
13
cases (
12 in the last 5 years), 2012–2025 · leading case:
State v. Craig, 337 Or. App. 38 (Or. Ct. App. 2024).
State v. Craig, 337 Or. App. 38 (Or. Ct. App. 2024).
· cites it 2× “1 In case number 20CR52406, defendant was convicted of three counts of mail theft, ORS 164.162. In case number 22CR07678, defendant was convicted of identity theft, ORS 165.”
State v. Dent, 525 P.3d 487 (Or. Ct. App. 2023).
· cites it 2× “She argues that the trial court erred in denying her motion to suppress evidence found in a search of her house, and that the court erred when it concluded that Counts 1 to 9 constituted separate criminal episodes for the purpose of calcu- lating her criminal history score.”
State v. Hampton, 327 Or. App. 28 (Or. Ct. App. 2023).
· cites it 2× “135, mail theft or receipt of stolen mail under ORS 164.162, bur- glary in the second degree under ORS 164.”
Brown v. Kotek, 548 P.3d 1286 (Or. 2024).
“ORS 164.162. On Count 1, she was sentenced to 30 months of incarceration and 24 months of post-prison supervision (PPS).”
State v. Kowalskij, 291 P.3d 802 (Or. Ct. App. 2012).
“800, and mail theft, ORS 164.162. On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal on one of the identity theft charges.”
State v. Craig, 337 Or. App. 38 (Or. Ct. App. 2024).
· cites it 2× “1 In case number 20CR52406, defendant was convicted of three counts of mail theft, ORS 164.162. In case number 22CR07678, defendant was convicted of identity theft, ORS 165.”
State v. Hampton (Or. Ct. App. 2023).
· cites it 2× “135, mail theft or receipt of stolen mail under ORS 164.162, bur- glary in the second degree under ORS 164.”
State v. Azar (Or. 2024).
“125 (theft of services) and ORS 164.162 (mail theft). Further, although we conclude that, in theory, ORS 164.”
State v. Azar (Or. 2024).
“125 (theft of services) and ORS 164.162 (mail theft). Further, although we conclude that, in theory, ORS 164.”
Brown v. Kotek (Or. 2024).
“ORS 164.162. On Count 1, she was sentenced to 30 months of incarceration and 24 months of post-prison supervision (PPS).”
State v. Turner, 344 Or. App. 575 (Or. Ct. App. 2025).
“Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of mail theft or receipt of stolen mail, ORS 164.162. The trial court sen- tenced defendant to three years of probation.”
State v. Turner, 344 Or. App. 575 (Or. Ct. App. 2025).
“Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of mail theft or receipt of stolen mail, ORS 164.162. The trial court sen- tenced defendant to three years of probation.”
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