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Stalking
ORS > Criminal Code > Person - Stalking > 163.732
(1) M(a): the crime of stalking is committed if:
(a) the suspect knowingly alarms or coerces a person or the person's immediate family member or household member by engaging in repeated & unwanted contact with them
(b) it's objectively reasonable for someone in the victim's situation to be alarmed/coerced by contact AND
(c) the repeated & unwanted contact causes the victim reasonable apprehension regarding their personal safety or that of an immediate family member or household member
(2)(a) Stalking is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) F(b): Regardless of (a) above stalking is a Class B felony if:
(A) The person has a prior conviction for:
(i) Stalking, or an equivalent crime in another jurisdiction; or
(ii) Violating a court's stalking protective order, or an equivalent crime in another jurisdiction;
(B) The person is the respondent for an active protection order in any jurisdiction that restrains the person from stalking, intimidating, molesting or menacing another person, and the person protected by the order is not the victim of the current offense; or
(C) At least one instance of unwanted contact is the commission of the following against the victim:
(i) A felony;
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