Offenses Against Public Order

ORS 166.023
Disorderly conduct in the first degree


(1)

A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct in the first degree if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or knowingly creating a risk thereof, the person initiates or circulates a report, knowing it to be false:

(a)

Concerning an alleged hazardous substance or an alleged or impending fire, explosion, catastrophe or other emergency; and

(b)

Stating that the hazardous substance, fire, explosion, catastrophe or other emergency is located in or upon a court facility or a public building, as those terms are defined in ORS 166.360 (Definitions for ORS 166).
(2)(a) Disorderly conduct in the first degree is a Class A misdemeanor.

(b)

Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, disorderly conduct in the first degree is a Class C felony if the defendant has at least one prior conviction for violating subsection (1) of this section. [2005 c.631 §3; 2015 c.361 §1]

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