Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 165.070 (2026)

Possessing fraudulent communications device

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      165.070 Possessing fraudulent communications device.

(1) A person commits the crime of possessing a fraudulent communications device if the person:

      (a) Makes, possesses, sells, gives or otherwise transfers to another, or offers or advertises pictures or diagrams concerning an instrument, apparatus or device with intent that the same be used or with knowledge or reason to believe the same is intended to or may be used to avoid any lawful telephone or telegraph toll charge or to conceal the existence or place of origin or destination of any telephone or telegraph communication; or

      (b) Sells, gives or otherwise transfers to another or offers, or advertises plans or instructions for making or assembling an instrument, apparatus or device described in paragraph (a) of this subsection with knowledge or reason to believe that they may be used to make or assemble such instrument, apparatus or device.

      (2) An instrument, apparatus, device, plans, instructions or written publication described in subsection (1) of this section may be seized under warrant or incident to a lawful arrest, and upon the conviction of a person under subsection (1) of this section, such instrument, apparatus, device, plans, instructions or written publication may be destroyed as contraband by the sheriff of the county in which such person was convicted or turned over to the person providing telephone or telegraph service in the territory in which the same was seized.

      (3) Possessing a fraudulent communications device is a Class C felony. [1973 c.133 §5]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1979–1979 · leading case: State v. Greene, 591 P.2d 1362 (Or. 1979).
State v. Greene, 591 P.2d 1362 (Or. 1979). · cites it 2× “495 (stolen livestock and vehicles used in their theft); ORS 165.070 (seizure of fraudulent communications device); ORS 167.”
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