Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 166.023 (2026)

Disorderly conduct in the first degree

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section ORSoregonlegislature.gov JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

      166.023 Disorderly conduct in the first degree. (1) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct in the first degree if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or knowingly creating a risk thereof, the person initiates or circulates a report, knowing it to be false:

      (a) Concerning an alleged hazardous substance or an alleged or impending fire, explosion, catastrophe or other emergency; and

      (b) Stating that the hazardous substance, fire, explosion, catastrophe or other emergency is located in or upon a court facility or a public building, as those terms are defined in ORS 166.360.

      (2)(a) Disorderly conduct in the first degree is a Class A misdemeanor.

      (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, disorderly conduct in the first degree is a Class C felony if the defendant has at least one prior conviction for violating subsection (1) of this section. [2005 c.631 §3; 2015 c.361 §1]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2014–2019 · leading case: State v. S.-Q. K. (In re S.-Q. K.), 426 P.3d 659 (Or. Ct. App. 2018).
State v. S.-Q. K. (In re S.-Q. K.), 426 P.3d 659 (Or. Ct. App. 2018). “005, by having committed or attempted to commit an offense which, if committed by an adult, would be chargeable as: "(A) A crime involving infliction of physical injury to another person; "(B) A misdemeanor under ORS 166.023 ; or "(C) Any felony crime; "* * * * * "(d) The youth…”
State v. Nelson, 341 P.3d 787 (Or. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “ORS 166.023 provides, in part: “(1) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct in the first degree if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or knowingly creating a risk thereof, the person initiates or circulates a report, knowing it to be false:…”
State v. S. S. T. (In re S. S. T.), 435 P.3d 837 (Or. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “PER CURIAM *838 *218 This is an appeal from a judgment finding youth within the delinquency jurisdiction of the juvenile court for conduct that, if committed by an adult, would constitute first-degree disorderly conduct, ORS 166.023. Youth challenges (1) the sufficiency of the…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 166.023(1) — 1 case
State v. Nelson, 341 P.3d 787 (Or. Ct. App. 2014). “ORS 166.023 provides, in part: “(1) A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct in the first degree if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or knowingly creating a risk thereof, the person initiates or circulates a report, knowing it to be false:…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.