Chapter 10 — Chapter 10

ORS 10.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise

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ORS 10.020 Kinds of juries. A jury is of three kinds

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ORS 10.025 Rules for use of electronic transmission and electronic signature on documents. (1) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may make rules for the use of electronic transmission and electronic signature on documents transmitted to or from a circuit court under this chapter

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ORS 10.030 Eligibility for jury service; discrimination prohibited. (1) Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, the opportunity for jury service may not be denied or limited on the basis of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, income, occupation or any other factor that discriminates against a cognizable group in this state

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ORS 10.040 [Amended by 1961 c.454 §208; 1975 c.84 §1; repealed by 1979 c.728 §1]

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ORS 10.050 Excuse from jury duty. (1) A judge of the court or clerk of court shall excuse a person from acting as a juror upon a showing of undue hardship or extreme inconvenience to the person, the person’s family, the person’s employer or the public served by the person. In applying this subsection the judge or clerk of court shall carefully consider and weigh both the public need for juries which are representative of the full community and the individual circumstances offered as a justification for excuse from jury service. A person may request and be granted excuse from jury service under this subsection by means of telephone communication, mail or other method prescribed by the court

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ORS 10.055 Deferment of jury service. (1) A judge of the court or clerk of court may allow, for good cause shown, a person summoned to serve as a juror for a particular jury service term to defer jury service to any other term beginning within one year after the end of the term for which the person was summoned. Except as provided in this section, a judge or clerk may not allow more than one deferral to a person under this section. The name of a person allowed to defer jury service shall be included with the names of persons to be summoned as jurors for the subsequent term to which jury service is deferred

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ORS 10.060 [Amended by 1955 c.296 §1; 1971 c.358 §1; 1981 c.509 §1; 1985 c.703 §7; repealed by 1999 c.1085 §3 (10.061 enacted in lieu of 10.060)]

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ORS 10.061 Fees payable to jurors; required waiver. (1) The fee of jurors in courts other than circuit courts is $10 for each day that a juror is required to attend

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ORS 10.065 Mileage fee and reimbursement of other expenses. (1) In addition to the fees prescribed in ORS 10.061, a juror who is required to travel from the juror’s usual place of abode in order to execute or perform service as a juror in a court other than a circuit court shall be paid mileage at the rate of eight cents a mile for travel in going to and returning from the place where the service is performed

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ORS 10.070 [Repealed by 1957 c.676 §2]

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ORS 10.075 Payment of per diem and mileage fees by state; payment of other expenses. (1) The per diem fees, mileage and expenses due to each juror in the circuit court shall be paid by the state from funds available for the purpose. Payment shall be made upon a certified statement, prepared by the clerk of court, showing the number of days each juror has served and the amount due each juror for mileage and other expenses

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ORS 10.077 [Formerly 17.315; 1981 s.s. c.30 §60; repealed by 1985 c.703 §28]

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ORS 10.080 Seeking or offering to procure place on jury or list of jurors and selection of juror pursuant to request prohibited. (1) A person may not ask or request any sheriff, constable or any other person, whose duty it is under the law to select or summon any jury or juror, to select or put the person upon the jury. A person may not procure or offer to procure for the person or for another person a place upon any jury or seek to have the person or another placed upon the list of jurors that is required by law to be made

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ORS 10.090 Prohibited acts by employers against jurors; notice to jurors; remedy for violations. (1) An employer commits an unlawful employment practice under ORS chapter 659A if the employer discharges, threatens to discharge, intimidates or coerces any employee by reason of the employee’s service or scheduled service as a juror on a grand jury, trial jury or jury of inquest.`

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ORS 10.092 Insurance coverage for employee during jury service; unlawful employment practice. (1) An employer who employs 10 or more persons commits an unlawful employment practice under ORS chapter 659A if

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ORS 10.095 Duty of jury; instructions. The jury, subject to the control of the court, in the cases specified by statute, are the judges of the effect or value of evidence addressed to them, except when it is thereby declared to be conclusive. They are, however, to be instructed by the court on all proper occasions

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ORS 10.097 Prohibition of identification of jurors by name in open proceedings. (1) A juror may not be identified by name in any court proceeding open to the public

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ORS 10.100 View of premises by jury. Whenever, in the opinion of the court, it is proper that the jury should have a view of real property which is the subject of the litigation, or of the place in which any material fact occurred, it may order the jury to be conducted in a body, in the custody of a proper officer, to the place, which shall be shown to them by the judge or by a person appointed by the court for that purpose. While the jury are thus absent, no person, other than the judge or person so appointed, shall speak to them on any subject connected with the trial. [Formerly 17.230]

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ORS 10.105 Jury service term. The length of a jury service term in a county shall be established by the presiding judge for the judicial district, but no trial juror shall be required to serve more than 10 days unless necessary to complete the trial of an action. A day of service is each day during a jury service term on which a juror is required to attend and attends. [1985 c.703 §4; 1995 c.781 §22]

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ORS 10.107 Implementation of “one day, one trial” jury service. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall take all reasonable actions necessary to expedite implementation of juror service procedures for circuit courts that will allow a person called for jury service to serve for one day, or for one trial if selected to serve on a trial. [1999 c.1085 §10]

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ORS 10.110 [Amended by 1955 c.717 §1; 1957 c.393 §1; 1973 c.836 §312; 1981 s.s. c.3 §44; repealed by 1985 c.703 §28]

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ORS 10.115 Jurors with disabilities. (1) As used in this section

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ORS 10.120 [Amended by 1965 c.387 §1; repealed by 1973 c.836 §358]

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ORS 10.125 Security for jury sequestered or kept overnight. When a jury is kept overnight or otherwise sequestered and the sheriff is ordered to provide security for the jury by a judge or clerk of court of the court to which the jurors were summoned, the sheriff shall provide that security. The cost of providing the security shall be paid by the county. [1985 c.703 §10]

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ORS 10.130 [Amended by 1979 c.728 §3; repealed by 1985 c.703 §28]

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ORS 10.135 [1969 c.219 §1; 1973 c.836 §313; repealed by 1985 c.703 §28]

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ORS 10.140 [Amended by 1955 c.717 §2; repealed by 1969 c.219 §2]

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ORS 10.150 [Amended by 1955 c.717 §3; 1977 c.465 §1; 1981 s.s. c.3 §45; repealed by 1985 c.703 §28]

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ORS 10.160 [Amended by 1955 c.717 §4; 1981 s.s. c.3 §46; repealed by 1985 c.703 §28]

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ORS 10.205 Selection and summoning of jurors; identification numbers. (1) ORS 10.205 to 10.265 govern the selection and summoning of persons for service as grand jurors or trial jurors in the circuit court in a county

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ORS 10.210 [Amended by 1957 c.594 §1; 1961 c.705 §4; 1965 c.510 §11; 1977 c.519 §1; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]

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ORS 10.215 Master jury list; sources; contents. (1) The State Court Administrator shall cause to be prepared at least once each year a master jury list containing names selected at random from the source lists. The source lists are the most recent list of electors of the county, the records furnished by the Department of Transportation as provided in ORS 802.260 (2) and any other sources approved by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court that will furnish a fair cross section of the citizens of the county. The State Court Administrator and circuit courts may use source lists obtained from any person or public body, and jury lists containing names selected from a source list, only for purposes consistent with administering the selection and summoning of persons for service as jurors, the drawing of names of jurors, and other tasks necessary to accomplish those functions. Source lists may not contain and the State Court Administrator is not required to obtain information about individuals who are participants in the Address Confidentiality Program under ORS 192.820 to 192.868. Except as specifically provided by law, the State Court Administrator and circuit courts may not disclose source lists obtained from any person or public body, and jury lists containing names selected from a source list, to any other person or public body

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ORS 10.220 [Amended by 1955 c.717 §5; 1957 c.594 §2; 1959 c.462 §1; 1961 c.705 §5; 1965 c.510 §12; 1977 c.519 §2; 1981 s.s. c.3 §47; repealed by 1985 c.703 §28]

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ORS 10.225 [1985 c.703 §14; 1995 c.781 §25; repealed by 2013 c.2 §6]

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ORS 10.230 [Amended by 1981 s.s. c.3 §48; repealed by 1985 c.703 §28]

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ORS 10.235 Additional jurors; selection; notice. (1) When an additional number of jurors is needed for a jury service term in a county because the jury list for the term becomes exhausted, or in the opinion of the presiding judge for the judicial district is likely to become exhausted, before the end of the term, additional jurors may be selected and summoned as provided in this section

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ORS 10.240 [Amended by 1981 s.s. c.3 §49; repealed by 1985 c.703 §28]

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ORS 10.245 Determining eligibility of jurors; eligibility form; effect of false statements or failure to respond. (1) Before or at the time a person summoned to serve as a juror reports for jury service in a county, a judge of the circuit court for the county or clerk of court shall question the person as to the eligibility of the person to act as a juror under ORS 10.030. If a judge or clerk of court determines that a person so questioned is not eligible to act as a juror, the person shall be discharged

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ORS 10.250 [Amended by 1981 s.s. c.3 §50; repealed by 1985 c.703 §28]

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ORS 10.255 Record of persons summoned to serve as jurors. The clerk of court shall cause to be prepared a record on all persons summoned to serve as jurors for a jury service term in a county, specifying

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ORS 10.260 [Repealed by 1985 c.703 §28]

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ORS 10.265 Preservation of jury orders, records and papers. After the end of a jury service term in a county, all orders, records and papers prepared in connection with the selection and summoning of persons to serve as jurors for the term as provided in ORS 10.235 to 10.255 shall be preserved by the clerk of court for the period established by the State Court Administrator under ORS 8.125. [1985 c.703 §18; 1995 c.244 §6]

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ORS 10.270 [Amended by 1967 c.532 §7; 1967 c.533 §17; repealed by 1985 c.703 §28]

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ORS 10.275 Jury challenges; request for access to confidential jury records; order allowing disclosure; exclusive procedure. (1) A person challenging a jury panel under ORS 136.005 or ORCP 57 A who seeks jury records that are confidential under ORS 10.215 must include a request for access to the confidential records in the motion challenging the jury panel. The motion and supporting affidavit must be served on the trial court administrator and the State Court Administrator. The request must

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ORS 10.280 [Repealed by 1985 c.703 §28]

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ORS 10.290 [Amended by 1965 c.387 §2; repealed by 1975 c.342 §1]

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ORS 10.300 [Amended by 1963 c.519 §4; 1973 c.836 §314; repealed by 1985 c.703 §28]

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ORS 10.310 [Repealed by 1985 c.703 §28]

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ORS 10.320 [Amended by 1979 c.728 §4; 1981 s.s. c.3 §51; repealed by 1985 c.703 §28]

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