ORS 163.575: Endangering the welfare of a minor.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) A person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a minor if the person knowingly: (a) Induces, causes or permits an unmarried person under 18 years of age to witness an act of sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse as defined in ORS 167.060; (b) Permits a person under 18 years of age to enter or remain in a place where unlawful activity involving controlled substances or cannabis is maintained or conducted; (c) Induces, causes or permits a person under 18 years of age to participate in gambling as defined in ORS 167.117; or (d) Sells to a person under 18 years of age any device in which cannabis, cocaine or any controlled substance, as defined in ORS 475.005, is burned and the principal design and use of which is directly or indirectly to deliver cannabis smoke, cocaine smoke or smoke from any controlled substance into the human body, including but not limited to: (A) Pipes, water pipes, hookahs, wooden pipes, carburetor pipes, electric pipes, air driven pipes, corncob pipes, meerschaum pipes and ceramic pipes, with or without screens, permanent screens, hashish heads or punctured metal bowls; (B) Carburetion tubes and devices, including carburetion masks; (C) Bongs; (D) Chillums; (E) Ice pipes or chillers; (F) Rolling papers and rolling machines; and (G) Cocaine free basing kits. (2) Endangering the welfare of a minor is a Class A misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §177; 1973 c.827 §20; 1979 c.744 §8; 1981 c.838 §1; 1983 c.740 §31; 1991 c.970 §5; 1995 c.79 §52; 1999 c.1051 §153; 2011 c.597 §79; 2014 c.20 §1; 2015 c.158 §5; 2017 c.21 §45; 2017 c.701 §18]
This rule cites
- ORS 167.060 — resolved
- ORS 167.117 — resolved
- ORS 475.005 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 137.225: Order setting aside conviction, contempt finding or record of criminal charge; fees; prerequisites; limitations.
- ORS 161.005: Short title.
- ORS 163.505: Definitions for certain provisions of ORS 163.505 to 163.575.
- ORS 163.580: Display of sign concerning sale of smoking devices.
- ORS 163.705: Polygraph examination of victims in certain criminal cases prohibited.
- ORS 342.143: Issuance of licenses and registrations.
- ORS 475.245: Conditional discharge.
- OAR 213-003-0001: Definitions
- OAR 414-061-0045: Disqualifying Conditions for Enrollment
- OAR 575-007-0280: Potentially Disqualifying Crimes
- OAR 584-050-0100: Fingerprinting of Subject Individuals
- OAR 635-048-0015: Hunter Education Instructor Qualifications
- OAR 635-048-0020: Revocation of Instructor’s Certificate
- OAR 836-072-0020: Crimes Relevant to a Fitness Determination
- OAR 863-005-0030: Crimes Relevant to a Criminal Background Fitness Determination
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors163.html