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Or. Rev. Stat. § 165.022 (2026)

Criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree

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      165.022 Criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree. (1) A person commits the crime of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree if, knowing it to be forged and with intent to utter same, the person possesses a forged instrument of the kind and in the amount specified in ORS 165.013 (1).

      (2) Criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree is a Class C felony. [1971 c.743 §155; 2005 c.761 §2]

 

      165.025 [Repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1976–2025 · leading case: State v. Blake, 228 P.3d 560 (Or. 2010).
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State v. Blake, 228 P.3d 560 (Or. 2010). · cites it 5× “017 (criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree) with ORS 165.022 (criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree).”
State v. Brown, 355 P.3d 216 (Or. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “013, and first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, ORS 165.022. At trial, defendant denied knowing that the checks were “bad” and contended that he had been unwittingly induced to cash them.”
State v. Osborn, 499 P.3d 61 (Or. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “On appeal, she argues, among other contentions, that the trial court erred when it applied an incorrect legal standard when ordering that she be phys- ically restrained in court. The state counters that she failed to preserve that argument and that the Court of Appeals should…”
State v. Mayorga, 62 P.3d 818 (Or. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “ORS 165.022. She argues that the forged documents that she possessed are not the sort of documents that support a conviction for first-degree forgery.”
State v. Merrick, 197 P.3d 624 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). “*472 PER CURIAM Defendant was convicted after a bench trial on three counts of first-degree possession of a forged instrument, ORS 165.022, and one count of first-degree forgery, ORS 165.”
State v. Jackson, 495 P.3d 171 (Or. Ct. App. 2021). “013(1)(a), and one count of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree, ORS 165.022(1). Blake, 348 Or at 97 . A jury found the defendant guilty of both charges.”
State v. Clark, 134 P.3d 1074 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). “800; one count of first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, ORS 165.022; one count of attempted first-degree theft, ORS 161.”
State v. Gonzalez-Aguillar, 403 P.3d 539 (Or. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 3× “Defendant was convicted after a bench trial of two counts of first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, ORS 165.022. On appeal, defendant assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion for a judgment of acquittal (MJOA) on both counts.”
State v. Zamora-Martinez, 211 P.3d 349 (Or. Ct. App. 2009). “ORS 165.022. He appeals, assigning error to the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence—specifically, two forged documents—that he contends were the product of an illegal stop.”
State v. Hite, 338 P.3d 803 (Or. Ct. App. 2014). “032, and one count of first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, ORS 165.022. 1 One of the identity theft counts was based on the discarded evidence of the attempts to create a forged driver’s license in Walker’s name.”
State v. Salvador, 241 P.3d 324 (Or. Ct. App. 2010). “In this criminal case, defendant was convicted after a conditional guilty plea of four counts of possession of a forged instrument, ORS 165.022, and one count of counterfeiting, ORS 647.”
State v. Rivera-negrete, 224 P.3d 702 (Or. Ct. App. 2009). “250; one count of criminal possession of a forged instrument, ORS 165.022; and one count of resisting arrest, ORS 162.”
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— Or. Rev. Stat. § 165.022(1) — 3 cases
State v. Blake, 228 P.3d 560 (Or. 2010). “017 (criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree) with ORS 165.022 (criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree).”
State v. Jackson, 495 P.3d 171 (Or. Ct. App. 2021). “013(1)(a), and one count of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the first degree, ORS 165.022(1). Blake, 348 Or at 97 . A jury found the defendant guilty of both charges.”
State v. Gonzalez-Aguillar, 403 P.3d 539 (Or. Ct. App. 2017). “Defendant was convicted after a bench trial of two counts of first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, ORS 165.022. On appeal, defendant assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion for a judgment of acquittal (MJOA) on both counts.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 165.022(2) — 2 cases
State v. Brown, 355 P.3d 216 (Or. Ct. App. 2015). “013, and first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, ORS 165.022. At trial, defendant denied knowing that the checks were “bad” and contended that he had been unwittingly induced to cash them.”
State v. Gonzalez-Galindo, 932 P.2d 118 (Or. Ct. App. 1997).
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