(1) When the defendant is arraigned, the defendant shall be informed that: (a) If the name by which the defendant is charged in the accusatory instrument is not the true name of the defendant the defendant must then declare the true name; and (b) If the defendant does not declare the true name as required by paragraph (a) of this subsection, the defendant is ineligible for any form of release other than a security release under ORS 135.265. (2) The defendant or the attorney for the defendant may acknowledge the true name of the defendant at arraignment and the acknowledgment may not be used against the defendant at trial on the underlying charge or any other criminal charge or fugitive complaint except that: (a) The use of different names can be used in determining the defendants release status if the defendant has used different names in different proceedings; and (b) A defendant who intentionally falsifies the defendants name under this section or ORS 135.065 while under oath or affirmation is subject to prosecution under ORS 162.065. (3) As used in this section and ORS 135.065, true name means: (a) The name on the defendants certified copy of the record of live birth; (b) The defendants birth name; or (c) If the defendants name has been changed by court order or by operation of law, the name as changed by court order or operation of law. [Formerly 135.340; 2003 c.645 4; 2013 c.366 64]
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