§ 18-140. Harboring minors.

(a)

Prohibited. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly harbor a runaway child.

(b)

Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Knowingly means with actual knowledge or under circumstances that would lead a person of common intelligence to believe that the child was a runaway.

Runaway child means an unmarried child under 18 years of age who, without consent of the parent or other person having legal custody of that child, leaves and stays away from the home or other dwelling place provided for the child by that person.

To harbor means to provide lodging, whether or not for compensation, without first notifying the Police Department.

(c)

Penalty. The offense described in this section is an Independence Municipal Code Class A violation, per section 1-22.

(Code 2006, § 9.16.20; Ord. No. 1410, § 1, 2002)

State law reference

Runaway and homeless youth, ORS 417.799.