Oregon § 167.810 Creating a hazard

Oregon Statutes

§ 167.810 — Creating a hazard

Oregon § 167.810

Vol.4

Title 16Crimes and Punishments

Ch. 167Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals

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Bluebook

Or. Rev. Stat. § 167.810 (2026).

Text

(1)A person commits the crime of creating a hazard if:

(a)The person intentionally maintains or leaves in a place accessible to children a container with a compartment of more than one and one-half cubic feet capacity and a door or lid which locks or fastens automatically when closed and which cannot easily be opened from the inside; or

(b)Being the owner or otherwise having possession of property upon which there is a well, cistern, cesspool, excavation or other hole of a depth of four feet or more and a top width of 12 inches or more, the owner intentionally fails or refuses to cover or fence it with a suitable protective construction.

(2)Creating a hazard is a Class B misdemeanor.

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(1) A person commits the crime of creating a hazard if:
(a) The person intentionally maintains or leaves in a place accessible to children a container with a compartment of more than one and one-half cubic feet capacity and a door or lid which locks or fastens automatically when closed and which cannot easily be opened from the inside; or
(b) Being the owner or otherwise having possession of property upon which there is a well, cistern, cesspool, excavation or other hole of a depth of four feet or more and a top width of 12 inches or more, the owner intentionally fails or refuses to cover or fence it with a suitable protective construction.
(2) Creating a hazard is a Class B misdemeanor.