Forfeiture
4.245 Forfeiture – Definitions.
As used in sections 4.245 to 4.255, unless the context requires otherwise, the following words and phrases mean:
Attempt has that definition provided in ORS 161.405.
Contraband. Personal property, articles or things, including but not limited to controlled substances or drug paraphernalia, that a person is prohibited by Oregon statute or local ordinance from producing, obtaining or possessing.
Controlled substance has that definition provided in ORS 475.005(6), except that this shall not include less than one avoirdupois ounce of marijuana.
Criminal conspiracy. That defined in ORS 161.450.
Deliver or delivery has that definition provided in ORS 475.005(8).
Illegal activity:
(a) Unlawful possession of a controlled substance as defined in ORS 475.992(4);
(b) The manufacture or delivery of controlled substances;
(c) The possession of controlled substances with intent to deliver;
(d) Theft activity; or
(e) Criminal conspiracy to commit one of the crimes mentioned in (a) to (d) of this paragraph.
(f) An attempt to commit one of the crimes mentioned in (a) to (e) of this paragraph.
Law enforcement purposes. Those purposes which may reasonably be expected to result in the identification, apprehension or conviction of criminal offenders.
Manufacture has that definition provided in ORS 475.005(14).
Production has that definition provided in ORS 475.005(19).
Property. Any interest in anything of value, including the whole of any lot or tract of land and tangible and intangible personal property, including currency, instruments or securities or any other kind of privilege, interest, claim or right whether due or to become due.
Property used to promote illegal activity. Property that has a substantial connection to, or is instrumental in, the commission of illegal activity.
Substantial connection. There is a substantial connection to an illegal activity when property is used, or intended to be used in any manner, in the course of, in furtherance of, derived from, or realized through an illegal activity.
Theft activity. Includes all forms of attempted theft and theft contained in ORS 164.005 to ORS 164.140.