Title 1, Courts of Record; Court Officers; Juries

A judicial officer is a person authorized to act as a judge in a court of justice.

(1) Before entering upon the duties of a judge of the Supreme Court, whether upon election or appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court or upon appointment as a senior judge or a judge pro tempore, a person must take and subscribe, and submit to the Secretary of State, an oath …

(1) Except as provided in this section, a judicial officer appointed or elected to a full-time position may not act as an attorney in an action or proceeding. (2) A judicial officer appointed or elected to a full-time position may act as an attorney in an action or proceeding if …

A judge may exercise, out of court, all the powers expressly conferred upon a judge as distinguished from a court, and not otherwise.

Every judicial officer has power: (1) To preserve and enforce order in the immediate presence of the judicial officer, and in the proceedings before the judicial officer, when the judicial officer is performing a duty imposed by statute. (2) To compel obedience to the lawful orde…

For the effectual exercise of the powers specified in ORS 1.240, a judicial officer may punish for contempt, in the cases and manner provided by statute.

The judges of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Oregon Tax Court and the circuit courts have power in any part of the state: (1) To take and certify: (a) The proof and acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property, or any other written instrument authorized or requir…

Every other judicial officer may, within the county, city, district or precinct in which the judicial officer is chosen: (1) Exercise the powers mentioned in ORS 1.260 (1). (2) Exercise any other power and perform any other duty conferred or imposed upon the judicial officer by s…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise, “judge” means any judge of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Oregon Tax Court or any circuit court, but does not include any person appointed by the Supreme Court as judge pro tempore of any of those c…

(1) A judge who retires from the circuit court, Oregon Tax Court, Court of Appeals or Supreme Court, except a judge retired under the provisions of ORS 1.310, may be designated a senior judge of the State of Oregon by the Supreme Court and, if so designated, shall be so certified…

(1) As used in this section and ORS 1.425: (a) “Judge” means a judge of any court of this state. (b) “Subject judge” means a judge whose alleged disability is involved in proceedings under this section or ORS 1.425. (c) “Disability” means a physical or mental condition of a judge…

The term of office of a judge of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Oregon Tax Court, or of any circuit court shall begin on the first Monday in January following the election of the judge. [1979 c.451 §7] INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF JUDGES

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Chief Justice” means the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon, except that, if the Chief Justice is the subject judge, then the term “Chief Justice” means the one of the remaining judges of the Supreme Court who has served the longest per…

(1) There is created the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability consisting of: (a) Three judges appointed by the Supreme Court; (b) Three persons appointed by the Board of Governors of the Oregon State Bar from among persons admitted to practice law in this state; and (c) …

(1) The Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability may: (a) Subject to the State Personnel Relations Law, appoint such subordinates and employees as the commission considers necessary to carry out the duties and powers vested in the commission. (b) Request the assistance of an…

(1) Upon complaint from any person concerning the conduct of a judge or upon request of the Supreme Court, and after such investigation as the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability considers necessary, the commission may do any of the following: (a) The commission may hol…

(1) Upon complaint from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court as provided in ORS 1.303, and after such investigation as the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability considers necessary, the commission may: (a) Proceed as provided in ORS 1.420; or (b) If the investigation un…

(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. (2) If the co…

(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 …

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 proce…

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 jud…

(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 s…

(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…

(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. (2) A majority of the commission constitutes a quorum for the tra…

(1) The Supreme Court shall adopt one or more forms for the following purposes: (a) A form of uniform violation citation for the purposes of ORS 153.045; (b) A form of uniform criminal citation without complaint for the purposes of ORS 133.068; (c) A form of uniform criminal cita…

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, em…

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 circu…

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…

(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 qualifi…

(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…

(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 determ…

(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. (2) A judge assigned as provided in ORS 1.615 outside the county in which the judge regularly serves shall receive reimbursement for hote…

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 pro…

(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 …

(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…

(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…

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 appoi…

The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) Oregon laws relating to civil procedure designed for the benefit of litigants which meet the needs of the court system and the bar are necessary to assure prompt and efficient administration of justice in the courts of the state. (2) No co…

(1) There is created a Council on Court Procedures consisting of: (a) One judge of the Supreme Court, chosen by the Supreme Court. (b) One judge of the Court of Appeals, chosen by the Court of Appeals. (c) Eight judges of the circuit court, chosen by the Executive Committee of th…

(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 abrid…

In the exercise of its power under ORS 1.735, the council: (1) May employ or contract with any person or persons, as the council considers necessary, to assist the council; and (2) Shall endeavor to hold at least one public hearing in each of the congressional districts of the st…

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…

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]

(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. (2) The Council on Court Procedures Account is established separate and distinct from the General …

(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 publi…

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 …

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]

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]

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]

(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: (a) T…