(1) When a defendant is charged with a crime punishable as a misdemeanor for which the person injured by the act constituting the crime has a remedy by a civil action, the crime may be compromised, as provided in ORS 135.705, except when it was committed:\n(a) By or upon a peace officer while in the execution of the duties of office;\n(b) Riotously;\n(c) With an intent to commit a crime punishable only as a felony; or\n(d) By one family or household member upon another family or household member, as defined in ORS 107.705, or by a person upon an elderly person or a person with a disability as defined in ORS 124.005 and the crime was:\n(A) Assault in the fourth degree under ORS 163.160;\n(B) Assault in the third degree under ORS 163.165;\n(C) Menacing under ORS 163.190;\n(D) Recklessly endangering another person under ORS 163.195;\n(E) Harassment under ORS 166.065; or\n(F) Strangulation under ORS 163.187.\n(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, when a defendant is charged with violating ORS 811.700, the crime may be compromised as provided in ORS 135.705. [Formerly 134.010; 1991 c.938 §1; 1995 c.657 §21; 1995 c.666 §26; 1999 c.738 §9; 2003 c.264 §9; 2003 c.577 §5; 2007 ith violating ORS 811.700, the crime may be compromised as provided in ORS 135.705. [Formerly 134.010; 1991 c.938 §1; 1995 c.657 §21; 1995 c.666 §26; 1999 c.738 §9; 2003 c.264 §9; 2003 c.577 §5; 2007 c.70 §35]
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