Chapter 163 — Offenses Against Persons
ORS 163.732 Stalking
A person commits the crime of stalking if:
The person knowingly alarms or coerces another person or a member of that person’s immediate family or household by engaging in repeated and unwanted contact with the other person;
It is objectively reasonable for a person in the victim’s situation to have been alarmed or coerced by the contact; and
The repeated and unwanted contact causes the victim reasonable apprehension regarding the personal safety of the victim or a member of the victim’s immediate family or household.
Stalking is a Class A misdemeanor.
Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, stalking is a Class C felony if the person has a prior conviction for:
Stalking; or
Violating a court’s stalking protective order.
When stalking is a Class C felony pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection, stalking shall be classified as a person felony and as crime category 8 of the sentencing guidelines grid of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission.
Note: See note under 163.730.
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