Arrest Reports and Laws

Sodomy in the first degree.


(1) A person who engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another person or causes another to engage in deviate sexual intercourse commits the crime of sodomy in the first degree if:
(a) The victim is subjected to forcible compulsion by the actor;
(b) The victim is under 12 years of age;
(c) The victim is under 16 years of age and is the actor’s brother or sister, of the whole or half blood, the son or daughter of the actor or the son or daughter of the actor’s spouse; or
(d) The victim is incapable of consent by reason of mental defect, mental incapacitation or physical helplessness.
(2) Sodomy in the first degree is a Class A felony. [1971 c.743 §114; 1989 c.359 §4]

Law is also recorded under below names

  • ORS.163.405 - SODOMY I
  • ORS.163.405 - ATTEMPTED SODOMY I
  • 163.405 SODOMY 1ST DEG
  • 0163.405 SODOMY 1 / SODOMY 1ST DEG
  • #163.405 SODOMY 1ST DEG (Felony)
  • SODOMY I
  • SODOMY I (A Felony)
  • ATT SODOMY I (B Felony)

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