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The Whistleblower Center is aligned with the top lawyers in the Oregon False Claims and Qui Tam practice areas. We set up this site to serve as a resource to anyone that may need more information pertaining to their situation or potential case. Whether you are looking for an Oregon whistleblower lawyer or a qui tam lawyer, we can help facilitate the next step in the process and help lift the burden off of you. Below you’ll find the actual Oregon state statutes for false claims. The law is often hard to interpret so please do not hesitate to call us if you have any questions at all.

Oregon Statutes

STATE FALSE CLAIMS ACT: OREGON

SECTION 1. Definitions. As used in sections 1 to 8 of this 2009 Act:

(1) "Claim" means a request or demand made to a public agency, including a request or demand made pursuant to a contract, that seeks moneys, property, services or benefits that will be provided in whole or in part by a public body, whether directly or through reimbursement of another public agency that provides the moneys, property, services or benefits.

(2) "False claim" means a claim that:

(a) Contains, or is based on, false or fraudulent information;

(b) Contains any statement or representation that is untrue in whole or part; or

(c) Omits information that could have a material effect on the value, validity or authenticity of the claim.

(3) "Public agency" means:

(a) A public body;

(b) The United States or a federal agency;

(c) A person who contracts with a public body; or

(d) A person other than an individual who receives a grant from a public body.

(4) "Public body" has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.109.

SECTION 2. Prohibited acts.

(1) A person may not:

(a) Present for payment or approval, or cause to be presented for payment or approval, a claim that the person knows is a false claim.

(b) In the course of presenting a claim for payment or approval, make or use, or cause to be made or used, a record or statement that the person knows to contain, or to be based on, false or fraudulent information.

(c) Agree or conspire with other persons to present for payment or approval a claim that the person knows is a false claim.

(d) Deliver, or cause to be delivered, property to a public agency in an amount the person knows is less than the amount for which the person receives a certificate or receipt.

(e) Make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used by a public agency, or intended to be used by a public agency, that the person knows contains false or fraudulent information.

(f) Buy property of a public agency from an officer or employee of a public agency if the person knows that the officer or employee is not authorized to sell the property.

(g) Receive property of a public agency from an officer or employee of the public agency as a pledge of an obligation or debt if the person knows that the officer or employee is not authorized to pledge the property.

(h) Make or use, or cause to be made or used, a false or fraudulent statement to conceal, avoid or decrease an obligation to pay or transmit moneys or property to a public agency if the person knows that the statement is false or fraudulent.

(i) Fail to disclose a false claim that benefits the person within a reasonable time after discovering that the false claim has been presented or submitted for payment or approval.

(2) For the purposes of this section, a person has knowledge that a claim, record, statement, document or information is false or fraudulent if the person:

(a) Has actual knowledge of the false or fraudulent nature of the claim, record, statement, document or information;

(b) Acts in deliberate ignorance of the false or fraudulent nature of the claim, record, statement, document or information; or

(c) Acts in reckless disregard of the false or fraudulent nature of the claim, record, statement, document or information.

(3) In an action under section 3 of this 2009 Act, the Attorney General need not prove that a person specifically intended to defraud a public agency to establish that a person acted with knowledge as described in subsection (2) of this section.