93 sections in this chapter.
ORS 8.010 [Amended by 1953 c.382 §4; 1969 c.198 §36; 1983 c.763 §28; renumbered 8.155]
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ORS 8.020 [Amended by 1965 c.225 §1; 1981 c.126 §1; 1981 s.s.1 c.3 §23; repealed by 1983 c.77 §1]
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ORS 8.030 [Repealed by 1983 c.77 §1]
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ORS 8.060 [Formerly 2.350; repealed by 1971 c.193 §30]
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ORS 8.070 [1965 c.328 §1; 1975 c.260 §1; 1977 c.594 §1; repealed by 1981 s.s.1 c.3 §141]
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ORS 8.075 [1977 c.594 §3; repealed by 1981 s.s.1 c.3 §141]
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JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT STAFF
ORS 8.100 Authority of Judicial Department to require fingerprints; rules. (1) For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS 181A.195, the Judicial Department may require the fingerprints of a person who
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(a) Is employed or applying for employment by the department; or (b) Provides services or seeks to provide services to the department as a contractor, vendor or volunteer. (2) After considering the rules adopted by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services under ORS 181A.2…
ORS 8.105 Submission of proposed change to legislative committee. (1) Before making any change to a compensation plan, an administrative division of the judicial department must submit the proposed change to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means during the period when the Legislative Assembly is in session, or to the Emergency Board or the Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means during the interim period between sessions
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(2) This section applies to all boards, commissions, committees and departments of the judicial department, as defined in ORS 174.113, including but not limited to the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability. [2012 c.107 §79; 2023 c.281 §§16,79] STATE COURT ADMINISTRATOR; C…
ORS 8.110 State Court Administrator; appointment; term; duties. (1) The office of State Court Administrator is established
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(2) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall appoint after conferring with and seeking the advice of the Supreme Court, may remove at pleasure and shall fix the compensation of the State Court Administrator. (3) The State Court Administrator shall perform the duties, powers a…
ORS 8.120 Duties as court administrator for Supreme Court and Court of Appeals; Central Violations Bureau; delegation. (1) The State Court Administrator shall, for the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
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(a) Act as court administrator for the court. (b) Keep the seal of the court, and affix it in all cases required by law. (c) Record the proceedings of the court. (d) Keep the records, files, books and documents pertaining to the court. (e) File all documents delivered to the admi…
ORS 8.125 Duties to assist Chief Justice and other courts. The State Court Administrator shall, to the extent directed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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(1) Assist the Chief Justice in exercising administrative authority and supervision under ORS 1.002. (2) Consistent with applicable provisions of law and rules made thereunder: (a) Supervise the personnel plan for officers, other than judges, and employees of the courts of this s…
ORS 8.130 Fees payable to State Treasurer. Unless otherwise provided by law, all fees and other moneys collected by the State Court Administrator shall be paid to the State Treasurer promptly, and shall be deposited in the General Fund available for general governmental expenses. [Amended by 1971 c.193 §3; 1981 s.s. c.1 §16]
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ORS 8.140 [Amended by 1971 c.193 §4; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.1 §25]
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ORS 8.150 Appointment and compensation of employees. The State Court Administrator, with the approval of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, may appoint and shall fix the compensation of employees to perform or assist in the performance of duties, powers and functions of the administrator. [Amended by 1971 c.193 §5; 1981 s.s. c.1 §17]
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ORS 8.155 Bailiffs of higher courts. (1) Bailiffs for the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals shall be appointed under a personnel plan established by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The bailiffs shall be executive officers of the respective courts
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(2) Process in cases of original jurisdiction in the Supreme Court may be executed by the bailiff or any sheriff of the state as directed by the court. [Formerly 8.010]
ORS 8.160 Administrator and staff not to engage in private practice of law. The State Court Administrator and employees of the administrator shall not engage in the private practice of law. [Amended by 1953 c.382 §4; 1971 c.193 §6; 1981 s.s. c.1 §18]
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ORS 8.170 Status of court officers and employees. Officers and employees of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Oregon Tax Court, and employees of the State Court Administrator, who are appointed under a personnel plan established by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court are state officers or employees in the exempt service and not subject to ORS chapter 240. However, such personnel shall have the right to be dismissed only for just cause after hearing and appeal. [1983 c.763 §27]
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ORS 8.172 [1995 c.658 §146; repealed by 2001 c.823 §24 (1.204 enacted in lieu of 8.172)]
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TRIAL COURT ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF
ORS 8.185 Trial court administrator for judicial district. Unless otherwise ordered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, there shall be a trial court administrator for each judicial district described in ORS 3.012. The Chief Justice may order that one trial court administrator serve for two or more adjoining judicial districts. [1981 s.s. c.3 §8; 1995 c.658 §17; 1997 c.801 §115]
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ORS 8.195 Appointment of trial court administrators; removal. (1) Subject to applicable provisions of a personnel plan established by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, a person to serve as trial court administrator for
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(a) One judicial district shall be appointed by the presiding judge for the judicial district, with the approval of a majority of the circuit court judges in the district. (b) The circuit court in a judicial district shall be appointed by the presiding judge for the judicial dist…
ORS 8.205 [1981 s.s. c.3 §10; 1995 c.658 §19; repealed by 1997 c.801 §131]
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ORS 8.210 [Repealed by 1973 c.781 §4]
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ORS 8.215 [1981 s.s. c.3 §11; 1995 c.658 §20a; 1995 c.781 §19; repealed by 1997 c.801 §131]
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ORS 8.220 [Repealed by 1973 c.781 §4]
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ORS 8.225 Duties of trial court administrator; delegation; transcript coordinator. (1) The trial court administrator for a judicial district has the duties, powers and functions prescribed by law or by rules of the circuit courts in the district
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(2) A trial court administrator shall, for each court served by the officer: (a) Keep the seal of the court, and affix it in all cases required by law. (b) Record the proceedings of the court. (c) Maintain the records, files, books and other documents pertaining to the court. (d)…
ORS 8.235 Trial court administrators as state employees. Trial court administrators appointed under ORS 8.195 and other nonjudicial officers and employees of the circuit courts who are appointed under a personnel plan established by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court are state officers or employees in the exempt service and not subject to ORS chapter 240. However, such personnel shall retain the right to be dismissed only for just cause after hearing and appeal. [1981 s.s. c.3 §13; 1997 c.801 §118]
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ORS 8.245 Trial court administrators and other personnel not to engage in private practice of law. Trial court administrators appointed under ORS 8.195 and other nonjudicial officers and employees of the circuit courts who are appointed under a personnel plan established by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall not engage in the private practice of law. [1981 s.s. c.3 §15; 1997 c.801 §119]
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ORS 8.255 Agreement between state and county to provide services with county employees; payment to county; supervision of employees. (1) The State Court Administrator, on behalf of the state, and the governing body of a county, on behalf of the county, may enter into an agreement whereby services required to be provided by the state for the circuit court for the county are provided by employees of the county, instead of by state officers and employees, and the expenses of the county in providing those services are paid to the county by the state from funds available for the purpose
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(2) County employees providing services under an agreement shall be under the supervision and control of the trial court administrator appointed under ORS 8.195. County employees providing services under an agreement are not thereby state employees. County employees providing ser…
ORS 8.260 [1953 c.34 §6; repealed by 1959 c.552 §16]
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COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
ORS 8.270 Collective bargaining rights of court administrators and staff. All officers and employees of the courts of this state who are referred to in ORS 8.170 and 8.235 are subject to collective bargaining to the extent provided in ORS 243.650 to 243.809, and ORS 8.170 and 8.235 shall not be construed to reduce or eliminate any collective bargaining rights those officers and employees may have under ORS 243.650 to 243.809. [1983 c.763 §27a]
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ORS 8.310 [Amended by 1965 c.369 §1; 1967 c.229 §1; 1971 c.565 §2; 1981 c.126 §2; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
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ORS 8.320 [Amended by 1971 c.565 §3; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
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ORS 8.330 [Repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
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REPORTERS AND REPORTS
ORS 8.340 Reporter’s duties. (1) It is the duty of each official reporter of the circuit court, justice court or municipal court to attend the court for which the reporter is appointed at such times as the judge or justice of the peace may direct
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(2) A circuit court reporter shall be appointed under a personnel plan established by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Reporters for a justice or municipal court are not subject to this subsection. (3) A reporter is an officer of the court in which the reporter serves and …
ORS 8.350 Transcript of testimony. When a report of the proceedings, or any part thereof, has been made in any case as provided in ORS 8.340, if the court or either party to the suit or action or the party’s attorney requests transcription of the notes or audio records into longhand, the official reporter shall cause full and accurate typewritten transcripts to be made of the testimony or other proceedings, which shall, when certified to as provided in ORS 8.360, be filed with the clerk of the court where the cause was tried or heard, for the use of the court or parties. [Amended by 1955 c.497 §3; 1985 c.496 §10; 1985 c.540 §43; 2009 c.11 §3]
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ORS 8.360 Certified report as prima facie correct; reading as deposition; proceedings where reporter has ceased to be official reporter. (1) The report of the official reporter, when transcribed and certified to as being a correct transcript of the notes or audio records of the testimony, exceptions taken, charge of the judge, and other proceedings in the matter, shall be prima facie a correct statement thereof, and may thereafter be read in evidence as the deposition of a witness
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(2) When the official reporter in any cause has ceased to be the official reporter of that court, any transcript made from the notes or audio records by the former official reporter, or made by a competent person under direction of the court, and duly certified to by the maker, u…
ORS 8.370 [Amended by 1953 c.566 §2; repealed by 1959 c.445 §1]
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ORS 8.372 [Formerly part of 8.381; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
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ORS 8.375 [Formerly part of 8.381; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
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ORS 8.377 [Formerly part of 8.381; 1981 c.759 §9; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
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ORS 8.379 [Formerly part of 8.381; 1971 c.144 §1; 1971 c.390 §1; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
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ORS 8.380 [Amended by 1953 c.550 §22; 1957 c.666 §1; 1957 c.713 §15; 1959 c.509 §1; repealed by 1961 c.447 §1]
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ORS 8.381 [1961 c.447 §3; 1965 c.369 §2; 1967 c.532 §6; 1967 c.533 §16; parts renumbered 8.372, 8.375, 8.377, 8.379, 8.383, 8.385 and 8.387]
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ORS 8.383 [Formerly part of 8.381; 1981 c.759 §10; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
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ORS 8.385 [Formerly part of 8.381; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
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ORS 8.387 [Formerly part of 8.381; 1971 c.777 §6; 1975 c.430 §1; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
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ORS 8.390 [Amended by 1953 c.550 §22; 1961 c.447 §2; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
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ORS 8.395 [1967 c.273 §1; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
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ORS 8.400 [Amended by 1953 c.550 §22; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
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ORS 8.410 [Repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
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CERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTERS