166.375 Possession of handgun or ammunition by Department of Corrections authorized staff member; rules. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 162.135 and 162.185 or any Department of Corrections regulation, rule, policy or provision of an employment contract to the contrary, if the department has not provided a secure and locked location for the storage of personal handguns and ammunition by authorized staff, authorized staff may possess a personal handgun and ammunition in the authorized staff member’s personal vehicle when the vehicle is parked in a department parking lot if the authorized staff member:
(a) Is present at a public building owned or occupied by the department;
(b) Has a valid concealed handgun license issued pursuant to ORS 166.291 and 166.292; and
(c) Has secured the personal handgun and ammunition in a closed and locked container designed for the storage of firearms inside the vehicle.
(2)(a) Authorized staff may possess and store only the amount and types of ammunition authorized by the department by written policy or rule.
(b) The department shall adopt written policies or rules to carry out the purposes of this section. The policies or rules shall include, at a minimum, procedures for and responsibilities of authorized staff when possessing and storing personal handguns and ammunition on property owned or occupied by the department under this section.
(3) As used in this section and ORS 423.045:
(a) “Authorized staff” means employees of the department and employees of the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision and Oregon Corrections Enterprises who are assigned to work in or at a public building owned or occupied by the department.
(b) “Handgun” has the meaning given that term in ORS 166.210.
(c) “Vehicle” means a vehicle that is self-propel
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Chapter 166 — Offenses Against Public Order; Firearms and Other Weapons; Racketeering
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2025 EDITION
PUBLIC ORDER OFFENSES
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
RIOT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, HARASSMENT AND RELATED OFFENSES
BIAS CRIME
AUTHORITY TO REGULATE FIREARMS
POSSESSION AND USE OF WEAPONS
(Generally)
(Possession of Weapons in Public Buildings or Court Facilities)
(Destructive Devices)
(Duties of Firearm Owners and Possessors)
SALE OR TRANSFER OF FIREARMS
EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS
DISCHARGING WEAPONS
POSSESSION OF BODY ARMOR
MISCELLANEOUS
RACKETEERING
RIOT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, HARASSMENT AND RELATED OFFENSES
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166.375 Possession of handgun or ammunition by Department of Corrections authorized staff member; rules. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 162.135 and 162.185 or any Department of Corrections regulation, rule, policy or provision of an employment contract to the contrary, if the department has not provided a secure and locked location for the storage of personal handguns and ammunition by authorized staff, authorized staff may possess a personal handgun and ammunition in the authorized staff member’s personal vehicle when the vehicle is parked in a department parking lot if the authorized staff member:
(a) Is present at a public building owned or occupied by the department;
(b) Has a valid concealed handgun license issued pursuant to ORS 166.291 and 166.292; and
(c) Has secured the personal handgun and ammunition in a closed and locked container designed for the storage of firearms inside the vehicle.
(2)(a) Authorized staff may possess and store only the amount and types of ammunition authorized by the department by written policy or rule.
(b) The department shall adopt written policies or rules to carry out the purposes of this section. The policies or rules shall include, at a minimum, procedures for and responsibilities of authorized staff when possessing and storing personal handguns and ammunition on property owned or occupied by the department under this section.
(3) As used in this section and ORS 423.045:
(a) “Authorized staff” means employees of the department and employees of the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision and Oregon Corrections Enterprises who are assigned to work in or at a public building owned or occupied by the department.
(b) “Handgun” has the meaning given that term in ORS 166.210.
(c) “Vehicle” means a vehicle that is self-propelled and that is commonly known as a passenger car, van, truck or motorcycle. [2014 c.88 §2; 2015 c.246 §1]
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Oregon criminal law — ORS Title 16 (2025 snapshot) · legal_authorities
162.135 Definitions for ORS 162.135 to 162.205. As used in ORS 162.135 to 162.205, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1)(a) “Contraband” means:
(A) Controlled substances as defined in ORS 475.005;
(B) Drug paraphernalia as defined in ORS 475.525;
(C) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, currency possessed by or in the control of a person confined in a correctional facility; or
(D) Any article or thing which a person confined in a correctional facility, youth correction facility or state hospital is prohibited by statute, rule or order from obtaining or possessing, and whose use would endanger the safety or security of such institution or any person therein.
(b) “Contraband” does not include authorized currency possessed by a person confined in a work release facility.
(2) “Correctional facility” means any place used for the confinement of persons charged with or convicted of a crime or otherwise confined under a court order and includes but is not limited to a youth correction facility. “Correctional facility” applies to a state hospital or a secure intensive community inpatient facility only as to persons detained therein charged with or convicted of a crime, or detained therein after having been found guilty except for insanity of a crime under ORS 161.290 to 161.373.
(3) “Currency” means paper money and coins that are within the correctional institution.
(4) “Custody” means the imposition of actual or constructive restraint by a peace officer or a parole and probation officer as defined in ORS 181A.355, pursuant to an arrest or court order, but does not include detention in a correctional facility, youth correction facility or a state hospital.
(5) “Escape” means the unlawful departure of a person from custody or a correcti
166.210 Definitions. As used in ORS 166.250 to 166.270, 166.291 to 166.295 and 166.410 to 166.470:
(1) “Antique firearm” means:
(a) Any firearm, including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system, manufactured in or before 1898; and
(b) Any replica of any firearm described in paragraph (a) of this subsection if the replica:
(A) Is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition; or
(B) Uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition that is no longer manufactured in the United States and that is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.
(2) “Corrections officer” has the meaning given that term in ORS 181A.355.
(3) “Firearm” means a weapon, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile by the action of powder.
(4) “Firearms silencer” means any device for silencing, muffling or diminishing the report of a firearm.
(5) “Frame” has the meaning given that term in 27 C.F.R. 478.12.
(6) “Handgun” means any pistol or revolver using a fixed cartridge containing a propellant charge, primer and projectile, and designed to be aimed or fired otherwise than from the shoulder.
(7) “Machine gun” means a weapon of any description by whatever name known, loaded or unloaded, which is designed or modified to allow two or more shots to be fired by a single pressure on the trigger device.
(8) “Major component” has the meaning given that term in 18 U.S.C. 922.
(9) “Minor” means a person under 18 years of age.
(10) “Offense” has the meaning given that term in ORS 161.505.
(11) “Parole and probation officer” has the meaning given that term in ORS 181A.355.
(12) “Peace officer” has the meaning given that term in ORS 133.005.
(13) “Receiv
166.291 Issuance of concealed handgun license; application; fees; liability. (1) The sheriff of a county, upon a person’s application for an Oregon concealed handgun license, upon receipt of the appropriate fees and after compliance with the procedures set out in this section, shall issue the person a concealed handgun license if the person:
(a)(A) Is a citizen of the United States; or
(B) Is a legal resident noncitizen who can document continuous residency in the county for at least six months and has declared in writing to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services the intent to acquire citizenship status and can present proof of the written declaration to the sheriff at the time of application for the license;
(b) Is at least 21 years of age;
(c) Is a resident of the county;
(d) Has no outstanding warrants for arrest;
(e) Is not free on any form of pretrial release;
(f) Demonstrates competence with a handgun by any one of the following:
(A) Completion of any hunter education or hunter safety course approved by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife or a similar agency of another state if handgun safety was a component of the course;
(B) Completion of any National Rifle Association firearms safety or training course if handgun safety was a component of the course;
(C) Completion of any firearms safety or training course or class available to the general public offered by law enforcement, community college, or private or public institution or organization or firearms training school utilizing instructors certified by the National Rifle Association or a law enforcement agency if handgun safety was a component of the course;
(D) Completion of any law enforcement firearms safety or training course or class offered for security guards, investigato