Chapter 1 — Chapter 1

ORS 1.430 Supreme Court review; censure; order of suspension or removal. (1) If a hearing has been held under ORS 1.420, the Supreme Court shall review the record of the proceedings on the law and facts and may receive additional evidence. The Supreme Court may censure the judge or it may order the judge suspended or removed from office

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ORS 1.440 Status of records of proceedings under ORS 1.420 or 1.425. (1) Documents filed with the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability and the investigation conducted by the commission prior to a hearing pursuant to ORS 1.420 or 1.425 shall not be public records unless received as competent evidence in the course of a hearing pursuant to ORS 1.420. The decision of the commission after hearing or upon review of the record and report of masters under ORS 1.420 shall be a public record, together with the recommendations, if any, of the commission to the Supreme Court. The decision of the commission after hearing or upon review of the record and report of masters under ORS 1.425 shall not be a public record, except for a decision and recommendation to the Supreme Court under ORS 1.425 (4)(b). A consent to censure, suspension or removal executed by a judge under ORS 1.420 (1)(c), and a stipulation of facts entered into between the commission and a judge under ORS 1.420 (1)(c), shall not be a public record until the consent and stipulation are submitted to the Supreme Court

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ORS 1.450 Status of testimony in proceedings under ORS 1.420 or 1.425. Any testimony given by a witness compelled to appear before the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability or the masters appointed pursuant to ORS 1.420 or 1.425 shall not be used against the witness in any criminal action or proceeding, nor shall any criminal action or proceeding be brought against such witness on account of any testimony so given by the witness, except for perjury or false swearing committed before the commission or the masters. [1967 c.294 §14; 1987 c.520 §7]

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ORS 1.460 Judge not to participate in proceedings involving self except in defense. A judge who is a member of the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability or of the Supreme Court or who acts as a master under ORS 1.420 or 1.425 shall not participate in any proceedings involving the conduct or alleged disability of the judge except in the defense of the judge. [1967 c.294 §9; 1987 c.520 §8]

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ORS 1.470 Service of process; proof; return; witness fees. (1) Process issued by the commission or by the chairperson and vice chairperson of the commission shall be served by a person authorized to serve summons and in the manner prescribed for the service of a summons upon a defendant in a civil action in a circuit court. The process shall be returned to the authority issuing it within 10 days after its delivery to the person for service, with proof of service as for summons or that the person cannot be found. When served outside the county in which the process originated, the process may be returned by mail. The person to whom the process is delivered shall indorse thereon the date of delivery

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ORS 1.475 Procedure when process not obeyed. (1) Whenever a person summoned by the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability fails to appear to testify or fails to produce any books, papers, records or documents as required, or whenever any person so summoned refuses to answer any question pertinent to the subject under inquiry before the commission, or the masters appointed pursuant to ORS 1.420 or 1.425, the commission may apply to the circuit court for the county in which the failure occurred for an order to the person to attend and testify, or otherwise to comply with the demand or request of the commission or the masters

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ORS 1.480 Officers; quorum; compensation and expenses. (1) The Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability shall select one of its members as chairperson, and another as vice chairperson, for such terms and to perform such functions as the commission shall determine

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ORS 1.510 [Formerly 484.420; 1969 c.314 §3; 1971 c.404 §3; 1973 c.43 §1; 1973 c.374 §1; 1975 c.304 §2; 1979 c.477 §1; 1983 c.740 §3; repealed by 1985 c.725 §17]

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ORS 1.520 [Formerly 484.410; 1971 c.404 §4; 1973 c.374 §2; 1977 c.132 §7; 1981 c.692 §4; 1981 s.s. c.3 §4; 1985 c.396 §5; 1985 c.725 §8a; 1993 c.531 §3; 1995 c.383 §120; 1995 c.545 §1a; 1995 c.781 §52; repealed by 1999 c.1051 §74]

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ORS 1.525 Uniform citation and petition forms for certain offenses. (1) The Supreme Court shall adopt one or more forms for the following purposes

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ORS 1.530 [Formerly 484.430; repealed by 1973 c.43 §2]

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ORS 1.550 Private counsel for judges. Whenever, pursuant to ORS chapter 180, the Attorney General is requested to represent a judge of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Oregon Tax Court or circuit court and declines to do so, the judge may, subject to the provisions of ORS 30.260 to 30.300 and 30.310 to 30.400, employ private counsel as provided under ORS 1.560. [1977 c.79 §2]

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ORS 1.560 Procedure for employment of private counsel; terms and conditions. In any case in which the judge desires the appointment of private counsel, the judge shall so notify the State Court Administrator. The State Court Administrator, under the direction of the Supreme Court, may authorize the judge to employ private counsel under the following circumstances

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ORS 1.570 Claims for compensation of private counsel; approval by State Court Administrator. If private counsel is employed under ORS 1.560, such counsel shall submit to the State Court Administrator a verified and detailed claim for compensation, which claim shall include a statement of reimbursable expense incurred and the amount of time devoted to the matter on behalf of the judge. The State Court Administrator, under the direction of the Supreme Court, shall examine the claim and shall approve payment thereof in a reasonable amount. [1977 c.79 §4]

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ORS 1.600 Appointment pro tempore to Supreme Court or Court of Appeals; powers and duties. (1) The Supreme Court may appoint any regularly elected and qualified, or appointed and qualified, judge of the Court of Appeals, Oregon Tax Court or circuit court to serve as judge pro tempore of the Supreme Court, or any regularly elected and qualified, or appointed and qualified, judge of the Supreme Court, Oregon Tax Court or circuit court to serve as judge pro tempore of the Court of Appeals, whenever the Supreme Court determines that the appointment is reasonably necessary and will promote the more efficient administration of justice

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ORS 1.605 Compensation and expenses for judges under ORS 1.600. (1) A judge of the Supreme Court serving as judge pro tempore of the Court of Appeals as provided in ORS 1.600 shall receive the regular salary and expenses of a judge of the Supreme Court, including reimbursement for hotel bills and traveling expenses necessarily incurred by the judge pro tempore in the performance of duties as judge pro tempore

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ORS 1.610 [1965 c.494 §1; 1967 c.270 §1; 1969 c.198 §27; 1969 c.577 §1; repealed by 1971 c.311 §2]

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ORS 1.615 Appointment pro tempore to tax court or circuit court; powers and duties. (1) The Supreme Court may assign any regularly elected and qualified, or appointed and qualified, judge of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Oregon Tax Court or circuit court to serve as judge pro tempore of the tax court or any circuit court, whenever the Supreme Court determines that the assignment is reasonably necessary and will promote the more efficient administration of justice

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ORS 1.620 [1965 c.494 §8; repealed by 1971 c.311 §2]

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ORS 1.625 Compensation and expenses for judges under ORS 1.615. (1) A judge assigned as provided in ORS 1.615 shall receive the regular salary of the judge and expenses as a judge of the court of the judge

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ORS 1.630 [1965 c.494 §2; 1969 c.577 §2; repealed by 1971 c.311 §2]

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ORS 1.635 Appointment pro tempore of eligible person to tax court or circuit court. The Supreme Court may appoint any eligible person to serve as judge pro tempore of the Oregon Tax Court or as judge pro tempore of the circuit court in any county or judicial district, whenever the Supreme Court determines that the appointment is reasonably necessary and will promote the more efficient administration of justice. A person is eligible for appointment if the person is a resident of this state and has been a licensee in good standing of the Oregon State Bar for a period of at least three years next preceding the appointment. [1975 c.706 §5; 1987 c.762 §1; 1989 c.124 §2; 2003 c.518 §9; 2025 c.32 §61]

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ORS 1.640 [1965 c.494 §3; 1967 c.270 §2; 1969 c.198 §28; repealed by 1971 c.311 §2]

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ORS 1.645 Transfer, challenge, disqualification, supervision of person appointed under ORS 1.635. (1) A judge pro tempore of a circuit court appointed to serve in any county or judicial district as provided in ORS 1.635 may, at any time while serving under the appointment, be transferred and assigned by the Supreme Court to serve as judge pro tempore in any one or more other counties or judicial districts during the term of the appointment

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ORS 1.650 [1965 c.494 §4; repealed by 1971 c.311 §2]

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ORS 1.655 Extension and termination of appointment under ORS 1.635; eligibility to appear as attorney. (1) It is the duty of a judge pro tempore appointed as provided in ORS 1.635 to hear, decide and dispose of all cases and matters submitted to the judge pro tempore as promptly as the nature of the questions involved will permit. The powers, jurisdiction and judicial authority of the judge pro tempore in respect to any case or matter tried or heard by the judge pro tempore while serving under the appointment shall continue beyond the expiration of the appointment so far as may be necessary to

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ORS 1.660 [1965 c.494 §5; 1967 c.270 §3; 1969 c.706 §64b; repealed by 1971 c.311 §2]

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ORS 1.665 Compensation and expenses of persons appointed under ORS 1.635. (1) A judge pro tempore appointed as provided in ORS 1.635 shall be entitled to receive upon application therefor as compensation for each day the judge pro tempore is actually engaged in the performance of duties under the appointment an amount equal to five percent of the gross monthly salary of a regularly elected and qualified judge of the court to which the judge is appointed, or one-half of that daily compensation for services of one-half day or less. The compensation shall be paid upon the certificate of the judge pro tempore that the services were performed for the number of days shown in the certificate, and in the same manner as the salaries of the regularly elected and qualified judges are paid. A person who wishes or is willing to serve without compensation may do so

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ORS 1.670 [1965 c.494 §6; repealed by 1971 c.311 §2]

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ORS 1.675 Judge pro tempore ineligible to participate in selection or removal of Chief Justice, Chief Judge or presiding judge. A person appointed or assigned to serve and serving as judge pro tempore of a court under ORS 1.600, 1.615 or 1.635 is not eligible to be, or to participate in the selection or removal of, the Chief Justice, Chief Judge or presiding judge of the court to which the person is appointed or assigned. [1981 s.s. c.1 §6]

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ORS 1.680 [1965 c.494 §7; 1969 c.314 §4; repealed by 1971 c.311 §2]

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ORS 1.690 [1965 c.494 §9; repealed by 1971 c.311 §2]

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ORS 1.700 [1965 c.494 §10; repealed by 1971 c.311 §2]

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ORS 1.710 [1965 c.494 §11; 1967 c.270 §4; repealed by 1971 c.311 §2]

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ORS 1.725 Legislative findings. The Legislative Assembly finds that

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ORS 1.730 Council on Court Procedures; membership; terms; rules; meetings; expenses of members. (1) There is created a Council on Court Procedures consisting of

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ORS 1.735 Rules of procedure; limitation on scope and substance; submission of rules to licensees of bar and Legislative Assembly. (1) The Council on Court Procedures shall promulgate rules governing pleading, practice and procedure, including rules governing form and service of summons and process and personal and in rem jurisdiction, in all civil proceedings in all courts of the state which shall not abridge, enlarge or modify the substantive rights of any litigant. The rules authorized by this section do not include rules of evidence and rules of appellate procedure. The rules thus adopted and any amendments which may be adopted from time to time, together with a list of statutory sections superseded thereby, shall be submitted to the Legislative Assembly at the beginning of each odd-numbered year regular session and shall go into effect on January 1 following the close of that session unless the Legislative Assembly shall provide an earlier effective date. The Legislative Assembly may, by statute, amend, repeal or supplement any of the rules

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ORS 1.740 Employment of staff; public hearings. In the exercise of its power under ORS 1.735, the council

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ORS 1.742 [1993 c.634 §3; repealed by 2001 c.716 §30]

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ORS 1.745 Laws on civil pleading, practice and procedure deemed rules of court until changed. All provisions of law relating to pleading, practice and procedure, including provisions relating to form and service of summons and process and personal and in rem jurisdiction, in all civil proceedings in courts of this state are deemed to be rules of court and remain in effect as such until and except to the extent they are modified, superseded or repealed by rules which become effective under ORS 1.735. [1977 c.890 §5; 1979 c.284 §2]

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ORS 1.750 Legislative Counsel to publish rules. The Legislative Counsel shall cause the rules which have become effective under ORS 1.735, as they may be amended, repealed or supplemented by the Legislative Assembly, to be arranged, indexed, printed, published and annotated in the Oregon Revised Statutes. [1977 c.890 §6]

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ORS 1.755 Gifts, grants and donations; Council on Court Procedures Account. (1) The Council on Court Procedures is authorized to accept gifts, grants and donations from any source for expenditure to carry out the duties, functions and powers of the council

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ORS 1.760 Legislative advisory committee. (1) The Council on Court Procedures shall elect five persons from among its members to serve as a legislative advisory committee. Two members of the committee shall be judges. Two members shall be licensees of the Oregon State Bar who are not judges. One member shall be the public member designated under ORS 1.730 (1)(e). The committee shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson of the committee

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ORS 1.810 Judicial conference; membership; officers. There hereby is created and established a Judicial Conference of the State of Oregon. The conference shall consist of all the judges of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Oregon Tax Court and the circuit courts and all senior judges certified under ORS 1.300. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be chairperson of the conference and shall have power to invite any persons not members of the conference to attend the meetings of the conference and consult with it in the performance of its duties. The State Court Administrator shall act as executive secretary of the conference. [1955 c.470 §1; 1959 c.552 §12; 1963 c.423 §2; 1965 c.494 §13; 1969 c.198 §29; 1971 c.95 §1; 1983 c.465 §1; 1995 c.658 §5; 2013 c.155 §8]

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ORS 1.820 Function of conference. The conference may make a continuous survey and study of the organization, jurisdiction, procedure, practice and methods of administration and operation of the various courts within the state. [1955 c.470 §2; 1965 c.494 §14; 1995 c.273 §2]

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ORS 1.830 Meetings. The Judicial Conference of the State of Oregon shall meet annually or at such other times as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court directs. [1955 c.470 §3; 1965 c.494 §15; 2013 c.155 §9]

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ORS 1.840 Annual report. The conference shall report annually to the Governor with respect to such matters, including recommendations for legislation, as it may wish to bring to the attention of the Governor or of the legislature. [1955 c.470 §4; 1959 c.552 §13; 1965 c.494 §16]

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ORS 1.850 [1985 c.725 §5; repealed by 1993 c.742 §38]

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ORS 1.851 Local criminal justice advisory councils. (1) The presiding judge of each judicial district shall establish a local criminal justice advisory council, unless one already exists, in each county in the judicial district. Membership of the council shall include, but is not limited to, representatives of the following

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ORS 1.855 State Court Administrator to establish registry of justice and municipal courts. (1) The State Court Administrator shall establish a registry of municipal courts and justice courts of this state. The registry shall include all information required to be provided by counties and cities to the State Court Administrator under this section

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