Defamation and slander

Filing a false police report is a crime under Oregon law. ORS 162.375.  Initiating a false report requires supplying false in­for­ma­­tion at time incident is initially reported. State v. McCrorey, 216 Or App 301, 172 P3d 271 (2007). You may contact the police to deal with the report on the criminal side. With regard to a defamation claim, this is covered by under ORS 12.120(2) which states the statute of limitations to file a civil claim for defamation is one year from the date of publication (the day the report is filed). Beware, as ORS 31.215(1) demands that you make a demand for correction or retraction of the defamatory statement via certified mail within 20 days after the defamed person receives actual knowledge of the statement.   This response is general in nature and is not legal advice.  No attorney client relationship is formed by it.  Further, the response does not represent the opinions or views of LexisNexis or its affiliated companies.