Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 475.814 (2026)

Unlawful possession of hydrocodone

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section ORSoregonlegislature.gov JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

475.814 Unlawful possession of hydrocodone. (1) It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess hydrocodone unless the hydrocodone was obtained directly from, or pursuant to a valid prescription or order of, a practitioner while acting in the course of professional practice, or except as otherwise authorized by ORS 475.005 to 475.285 and 475.752 to 475.980.

(2)(a) Unlawful possession of hydrocodone is a drug enforcement misdemeanor punishable as described in ORS 475.896.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, unlawful possession of hydrocodone is a Class A misdemeanor if:

(A) The possession is a commercial drug offense under ORS 475.900 (1)(b); or

(B) The person possesses 40 or more pills, tablets, capsules or user units of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of hydrocodone. [2011 c.524 §15; 2021 c.591 §33; 2024 c.70 §40]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2016–2021 · leading case: State v. Mullens, 366 P.3d 798 (Or. Ct. App. 2016).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

State v. Mullens, 366 P.3d 798 (Or. Ct. App. 2016). “834; and one count of unlawful possession of hydro-codone, ORS 475.814, reserving his right to appeal the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence.”

State v. Nelson, 483 P.3d 1261 (Or. Ct. App. 2021). “010, unlawful possession of hydrocodone, ORS 475.814, reckless driving, ORS 811.140, and two counts of failure to perform the duties of a driver, ORS 811.”

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.