Chapter 165 — Offenses Involving Fraud or Deception
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.
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