Chapter 432 — Vital Statistics
ORS 432.993 Unlawful use of vital record or report; criminal penalty
A person commits the crime of unlawful use of a vital
record or report if the person willfully and knowingly:
Makes a false statement to the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics in a report or application described in this chapter;
Without lawful authority and with intent to deceive, makes, counterfeits, alters, amends or mutilates a record, report, certified copy, verification or application, or documentation submitted in support of a record, report, certified copy, verification or application;
Obtains, possesses, uses, sells or furnishes to another, or attempts to obtain, possess, use, sell or furnish to another, for any purpose of deception, a record, report, certified copy, verification or application, or documentation submitted in support of a record, report, certified copy, verification or application;
Without lawful authority, possesses a record, report, certified copy, verification or application, or documentation submitted in support of a record, report, certified copy, verification or application, that has been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained; or
As an employee of the Center for Health Statistics or of an office designated under ORS 432.035, furnishes or processes a certified copy of a record of live birth, knowing that the certified copy is to be used for the purposes of deception.
Unlawful use of a vital record or report is a Class C felony.
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