ORS 165.815 Criminal impersonation

A person commits the crime of criminal impersonation if:

The person, with the intent to injure an individual, intentionally impersonates the individual in a communication to a third person without the individual’s consent;

The person acts with the intent to deceive the third person into believing that the third person is communicating with the individual;

A reasonable person in the circumstances of the third person would believe that the third person is communicating with the individual; and

The impersonation causes injury to the individual.

Criminal impersonation is a Class A misdemeanor.

As used in this section:

“Impersonate” means to use an actual individual’s name or likeness to create a representation of the individual that another person would reasonably believe was or is the actual individual being impersonated.

“Injure” means to intimidate, threaten, harass or physically harm.