2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 131 - Preliminary Provisions; Limitations; Jurisdiction; Venue; Criminal Forfeiture; Crime Prevention
Section 131.553 - Legislative findings; effect on local laws; remedy not exclusive.


(a) Prohibited conduct is undertaken in the course of activities that result in, and are facilitated by, the acquisition, possession or transfer of property subject to criminal forfeiture under ORS 131.550 to 131.600;
(b) Transactions involving property subject to criminal forfeiture under ORS 131.550 to 131.600 escape taxation;
(c) Perpetrators of crimes should not be allowed to keep the proceeds and instrumentalities of their crimes;
(d) Governments attempting to respond to prohibited conduct require additional resources to meet their needs; and
(e) There is a need to provide for the forfeiture of certain property subject to criminal forfeiture under ORS 131.550 to 131.600, to provide for the protection of the rights and interests of affected persons and to provide for uniformity throughout this state with respect to the laws of this state that pertain to the criminal forfeiture of real and personal property based upon prohibited conduct.
(2) ORS 131.550 to 131.600 do not impair the right of any city or county to enact ordinances providing for the criminal forfeiture of property based upon prohibited conduct if:
(a) The property was used to commit the conduct described in the ordinances, or constitutes proceeds of the conduct; and
(b) The criminal forfeiture is subject to procedures and limitations set forth in ORS 131.550 to 131.600.
(3) Nothing in ORS 131.550 to 131.600 may be construed to limit or impair any right or remedy that any person or entity may have under ORS 166.715 to 166.735. Criminal forfeiture is a remedy separate and apart from any other criminal penalty and from civil forfeiture or any other civil penalty. [2005 c.830 ยง2]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes

Chapter 131 - Preliminary Provisions; Limitations; Jurisdiction; Venue; Criminal Forfeiture; Crime Prevention

Section 131.005 - General definitions.

Section 131.015 - Application to prior and subsequent actions.

Section 131.040 - When law enforcement officer may communicate with person represented by counsel.

Section 131.045 - Appearances by simultaneous electronic transmission.

Section 131.125 - Time limitations.

Section 131.145 - When time starts to run; tolling of statute.

Section 131.215 - Jurisdiction.

Section 131.225 - Exceptions.

Section 131.235 - Criminal homicide.

Section 131.305 - Place of trial.

Section 131.315 - Special provisions.

Section 131.395 - Expenses of change; taxation as costs.

Section 131.405 - Attendance of defendant at new place of trial.

Section 131.505 - Definitions for ORS 131.505 to 131.525.

Section 131.515 - Previous prosecution; when a bar to second prosecution.

Section 131.525 - Previous prosecution; when not a bar to subsequent prosecution.

Section 131.535 - Proceedings not constituting acquittal.

Section 131.550 - Definitions for ORS 131.550 to 131.600.

Section 131.553 - Legislative findings; effect on local laws; remedy not exclusive.

Section 131.558 - Property subject to forfeiture.

Section 131.561 - Seizure of property subject to forfeiture.

Section 131.564 - Status of seized property; release; maintenance and use.

Section 131.566 - Motor vehicle with hidden compartment.

Section 131.567 - Recorded notice of intent to forfeit real property; form.

Section 131.570 - Notice of seizure for forfeiture; service on persons other than defendant; publication of notice.

Section 131.573 - Petition for expedited hearing.

Section 131.576 - Order restoring custody of property after expedited hearing.

Section 131.579 - Affidavit in response to notice of seizure for forfeiture.

Section 131.582 - Prosecution of criminal forfeiture; indictment or information; burden of proof; judgment; notice to claimants.

Section 131.585 - Extent of judgment.

Section 131.588 - Judgment of forfeiture; contents; effect.

Section 131.594 - Disposition and distribution of forfeited property when seizing agency not the state.

Section 131.597 - Disposition and distribution of forfeited property when seizing agency is the state.

Section 131.600 - Record keeping and reporting requirements.

Section 131.602 - Prohibited conduct for purposes of instrumentalities of crime.

Section 131.605 - Definitions for ORS 131.605 to 131.625.

Section 131.615 - Stopping of persons.

Section 131.625 - Frisk of stopped persons.

Section 131.655 - Detention and interrogation of persons suspected of theft committed in a store or unlawful operation of audiovisual device in a motion picture theater; probable cause.

Section 131.705 - Definitions for ORS 131.705 to 131.735.

Section 131.725 - Exclusion from public property.

Section 131.890 - Entitlement to reward; use of public money to reward bounty hunter.

Section 131.897 - Authority to order repayment of reward as part of sentence.

Section 131.905 - Legislative findings.

Section 131.906 - Law Enforcement Contacts Policy and Data Review Committee; duties; report.

Section 131.915 - Definitions.

Section 131.920 - Policies and procedures prohibiting profiling.

Section 131.925 - Complaints alleging profiling; complaint form.

Section 131.930 - Definitions.

Section 131.935 - Collection of officer-initiated stop data; use of data; rules.

Section 131.940 - Analysis of stop data to identify profiling; report.

Section 131.945 - Training for law enforcement agencies; presentation to local public safety coordinating council.