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oregon LEGISLATION
ORS 163.263 - Subjecting another person to involuntary servitude in the second degree
(1)
A person commits the crime of subjecting another person to involuntary servitude in the second degree if the person knowingly and without lawful authority forces or attempts to force the other person to engage in services by:
(a)
Abusing or threatening to abuse the law or legal process;
(b)
Destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating or possessing an actual or purported passport or immigration document or another actual or purported government identification document of a person;
(c)
Threatening to report a person to a government agency for the purpose of arrest or deportation;
(d)
Threatening to collect an unlawful debt; or
(e)
Instilling in the other person a fear that the actor will withhold from the other person the necessities of life, including but not limited to lodging, food and clothing.
(2)
Subjecting another person to involuntary servitude in the second degree is a Class C felony. [2007 c.811 §3] Note: See note under 163.261 (Definitions for ORS 163.263 and 163.264)