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Chapter 45 — Testimony Generally
TESTIMONY GENERALLY
MODES OF TAKING TESTIMONY
45.010 Modes of testimony
45.020 Affidavit described
45.040 Oral examination described
AFFIDAVITS AND DECLARATIONS IN SUPPORT OF PROVISIONAL REMEDIES
45.130 Production of affiant or declarant for cross-examination
(Taking of Deposition)
45.132 Definition for ORS 45.135, 45.138 and 45.142
45.135 Who may not report deposition in civil action
45.138 Duties of person recording or reporting deposition
45.142 Recording or reporting services provided under contract; required disclosures; objection to reporter
(Use of Deposition)
45.250 Use of deposition
45.260 Introduction, or exclusion, of part of deposition
45.270 Use of deposition in same or other proceedings
45.272 Definitions for ORS 45.272 to 45.297
45.275 Appointment of interpreter for non-English-speaking party, witness or victim; substitution; payment of costs
45.285 Appointment of interpreter for party, witness or victim with disability; provision of assistive communication device
45.288 Appointment of certified interpreter required; exceptions; disqualifications; code of professional responsibility
45.291 Certification program; establishment by State Court Administrator; rules
45.292 Certification required for use of title or designation “certified court interpreter” or “court certified interpreter”
45.294 Court Interpreter and Shorthand Reporter Certification Account; sources; uses
45.400 Remote location testimony; when authorized; notice; payment of costs
45.900 Penalty for violation of ORS 45.135 or 45.138
45.010 Modes of testimony. The testimony of a witness is taken by six modes:
(4) Remote location examination under ORS 45.400.
(5) Examination before a grand jury by means of simultaneous television transmission under ORS 132.320.
(6) Declaration under penalty of perjury, as described in ORCP 1 E, or unsworn declaration under ORS 194.800 to 194.835, if the declarant is physically outside the boundaries of the United States. [Amended by 1993 c.425 §2; 1995 c.126 §3; 2003 c.194 §2; 2013 c.218 §11; 2017 c.240 §2]
45.020 Affidavit described. An affidavit is a written declaration under oath, made without notice to the adverse party.
45.030 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.040 Oral examination described. An oral examination is an examination in the presence of the jury or tribunal which is to decide the fact, or act upon it, the testimony being heard by the jury or tribunal from the mouth of the witness.
45.050 [Amended by 1961 c.461 §1; 1979 c.284 §82; repealed by 1981 c.898 §53]
45.110 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.120 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.125 [Formerly 45.180; repealed by 1977 c.404 §2 (194.500 to 194.580 enacted in lieu of 45.125)]
45.130 Production of affiant or declarant for cross-examination. Whenever a provisional remedy has been allowed upon affidavit, a declaration under penalty of perjury as described in ORCP 1 E or an unsworn declaration under ORS 194.800 to 194.835, if the declarant is physically outside the boundaries of the United States, the party against whom it is allowed may serve upon the party by whom it was obtained a notice, requiring the affiant or declarant to be produced for cross-examination before a named officer authorized to administer oaths. Thereupon the party to whom the remedy was allowed shall lose the benefit of the affidavit or declaration and all proceedings founded thereon, unless within eight days, or such other time as the court or judge may direct, upon a previous notice to the adversary of at least three days, the party produces the affiant or declarant for examination before the officer mentioned in the notice, or some other of like authority, provided for in the order of the court or judge. Upon production, the affiant or declarant may be examined by either party, but a party is not obliged to make this production of an affiant or a declarant except within the county where the provisional remedy was allowed. [Amended by 2003 c.194 §3; 2013 c.218 §12]
45.132 Definition for ORS 45.135, 45.138 and 45.142. As used in ORS 45.135, 45.138 and 45.142, “deposition” means the taking of testimony for discovery, the taking of testimony for perpetuation of the testimony and the taking of testimony in arbitration proceedings. [1999 c.942 §5]
45.135 Who may not report deposition in civil action. (1) A deposition in a civil action may not be stenographically reported by:
(c) An attorney for a party in the action;
(d) An attorney for a person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action;
(e) An employee of a party in the action;
(f) An employee of an attorney for a party in the action;
(g) An employee of a person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action;
(h) An employee of an attorney for a person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action; or
(i) A person related, by affinity or consanguinity within the third degree, to a party in the action or to a person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action.
(2) Any deposition recorded or reported by a person in violation of this section may not be introduced in evidence or used for any other purpose in a civil action. [1999 c.942 §1]
45.138 Duties of person recording or reporting deposition. (1) A person recording or reporting a deposition is personally responsible for the accurate and complete recording or reporting of the deposition. No person who employs or otherwise engages a person to record or report a deposition may modify or attempt to modify the record or report of the deposition, except to the extent allowed for the correction of errors in the record or report.
45.140 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.142 Recording or reporting services provided under contract; required disclosures; objection to reporter. (1) Before recording or reporting a deposition, the person recording or reporting the deposition must disclose if the person has a contract to provide reporting services for depositions on a full-time or part-time basis for any of the following persons:
(5) This section does not apply to a person who records or reports depositions for a public body, as defined in ORS 30.260, or for a federal agency or any instrumentality of the federal government. [1999 c.942 §4]
45.150 [Repealed by 1955 c.611 §13]
45.151 [1955 c.611 §1; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.160 [Repealed by 1955 c.611 §13]
45.161 [1955 c.611 §2; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.170 [Repealed by 1955 c.611 §13]
45.171 [1955 c.611 §3; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.180 [Renumbered 45.125]
45.181 [1955 c.611 §5; repealed by 1977 c.358 §12]
45.185 [1959 c.354 §1; 1977 c.358 §6; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.190 [1955 c.611 §6; 1977 c.358 §7; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.200 [1955 c.611 §7; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.210 [Repealed by 1955 c.611 §13]
45.220 [Repealed by 1955 c.611 §13]
45.230 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.240 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.250 Use of deposition. (1) At the trial or upon the hearing of a motion or an interlocutory proceeding, any part or all of a deposition, so far as admissible under the rules of evidence, may be used against any party who was present or represented at the taking of the deposition or who had due notice thereof, in accordance with any of the following provisions of this subsection:
45.260 Introduction, or exclusion, of part of deposition. If only part of a deposition is offered in evidence by a party, an adverse party may require the party to introduce all of it which is relevant to the part introduced and any party may introduce any other parts, so far as admissible under the rules of evidence. When any portion of a deposition is excluded from a case, so much of the adverse examination as relates thereto is excluded also. [1955 c.611 §10]
45.270 Use of deposition in same or other proceedings. Substitution of parties shall not affect the right to use the depositions previously taken; and when an action, suit or proceeding has been dismissed and another action, suit or proceeding involving the same subject matter is afterward brought between the same parties or their representatives or successors in interest, any deposition lawfully taken and duly filed in the former action, suit or proceeding may be used in the latter as if originally taken therefor, and is then to be deemed the evidence of the party reading it. [1955 c.611 §11]
45.272 Definitions for ORS 45.272 to 45.297. As used in ORS 45.272 to 45.297:
(1) “Adjudicatory proceeding” means:
(2) “Agency” has that meaning given in ORS 183.310.
(3) “Critical stage of the proceeding” has the meaning given that term in ORS 147.500.
(4) “Victim” has the meaning given that term in ORS 147.500. [1999 c.1041 §3; 2015 c.155 §1]
45.273 Policy. (1) It is declared to be the policy of this state to secure the constitutional rights and other rights of persons who are unable to readily understand or communicate in the English language because of a non-English-speaking cultural background or a disability, and who as a result cannot be fully protected in administrative and court proceedings unless qualified interpreters are available to provide assistance.
45.275 Appointment of interpreter for non-English-speaking party, witness or victim; substitution; payment of costs. (1)(a) The court shall appoint a qualified interpreter in a civil or criminal proceeding, and a hearing officer or the designee of a hearing officer shall appoint a qualified interpreter in an adjudicatory proceeding, whenever it is necessary:
(c) By the state in a proceeding in a circuit court. Amounts payable by the state are not payable from the Public Defense Services Account established by ORS 151.225 or from moneys appropriated to the Public Defense Services Commission. Fees of an interpreter necessary for the purpose of communication between appointed counsel and a client or witness in a criminal case are payable from the Public Defense Services Account or from moneys appropriated to the Public Defense Services Commission.
(7) A court, a hearing officer or the designee of a hearing officer shall require any person serving as an interpreter for the court or agency to state the person’s name on the record and whether the person is certified under ORS 45.291. If the person is certified under ORS 45.291, the interpreter need not make the oath or affirmation required by ORS 40.325 or submit the interpreter’s qualifications on the record. If the person is not certified under ORS 45.291, the interpreter must make the oath or affirmation required by ORS 40.325 and submit the interpreter’s qualifications on the record.
45.280 [1955 c.611 §12; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.285 Appointment of interpreter for party, witness or victim with disability; provision of assistive communication device. (1) For the purposes of this section:
45.288 Appointment of certified interpreter required; exceptions; disqualifications; code of professional responsibility. (1) For the purposes of this section:
(b) “Non-English-speaking person” has the meaning given that term in ORS 45.275.
(c) “Person with a disability” has the meaning given that term in ORS 45.285.
(d) “Qualified interpreter” means a person who meets the requirements of ORS 45.285 for an interpreter for a person with a disability, or a person who meets the requirements of ORS 45.275 for an interpreter for a non-English-speaking person.
(2) Except as provided by this section, whenever a court is required to appoint an interpreter for any person in a proceeding before the court, or whenever a hearing officer is required to appoint an interpreter in an adjudicatory proceeding, the court, hearing officer or the designee of the hearing officer shall appoint a qualified interpreter who has been certified under ORS 45.291. If no certified interpreter is available, able or willing to serve, the court, hearing officer or the designee of the hearing officer shall appoint a qualified interpreter. Upon request of a party, victim or witness, the court, hearing officer or designee of the hearing officer, in the discretion of the court, hearing officer or the designee of the hearing officer, may appoint a qualified interpreter to act as an interpreter in lieu of a certified interpreter in any case or adjudicatory proceeding.
(4) The court, hearing officer or the designee of the hearing officer may not appoint any person under ORS 45.272 to 45.297, 132.090 or 419C.285 if:
45.291 Certification program; establishment by State Court Administrator; rules. (1) Subject to the availability of funding, the State Court Administrator shall establish a program for the certification of court interpreters. The program shall be established by rules adopted pursuant to ORS 1.002 and shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for:
45.292 Certification required for use of title or designation “certified court interpreter” or “court certified interpreter.” (1) Except as provided in this section, a person may not assume or use the title or designation “certified court interpreter” or “court certified interpreter,” or any other title, designation, words, letters, abbreviation, sign or device tending to indicate that the person is certified for the purposes of providing interpreter services under ORS 45.272 to 45.297.
(a) Is certified under the program established under ORS 45.291;
(c) Is certified as an interpreter in another state that has a certification program that is equivalent to the program established under ORS 45.291. [1999 c.1041 §8]
45.294 Court Interpreter and Shorthand Reporter Certification Account; sources; uses. (1) The Court Interpreter and Shorthand Reporter Certification Account is established as an account in the General Fund of the State Treasury. All moneys received by the State Court Administrator from fees imposed under ORS 8.445 and 45.291 shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the account. All moneys in the account are appropriated continuously to the State Court Administrator to carry out the provisions of ORS 8.415 to 8.455 and 45.291.
(2) The State Court Administrator may apply for and receive funds or grants from federal, state and private sources to be credited to the Court Interpreter and Shorthand Reporter Certification Account and used for the purposes specified in ORS 8.415 to 8.455 and 45.291. [1993 c.687 §4; 1995 c.386 §7]
45.297 Authority to enter into service contracts. The State Court Administrator may enter into service contracts and may establish uniform policies and procedures, subject to the approval of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, governing the appointment, provision and payment of interpreters in proceedings before the circuit courts of the state, including the provision of interpreter services utilizing telecommunications methods. [1993 c.687 §5]
45.310 [Repealed by 1955 c.611 §13]
45.320 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.325 [1955 c.611 §4; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.330 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.340 [Amended by 1959 c.96 §1; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.350 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.360 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.370 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.380 [Repealed by 1955 c.611 §13]
45.400 Remote location testimony; when authorized; notice; payment of costs. (1) A party to any civil proceeding or any proceeding under ORS chapter 419B may move that the party or any witness for the moving party may give remote location testimony.
45.410 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.420 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.430 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.440 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.450 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.460 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.470 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
45.510 [Repealed by 1981 c.892 §98]
45.520 [Repealed by 1981 c.892 §98]
45.530 [Repealed by 1981 c.892 §98]
45.540 [Repealed by 1981 c.892 §98]
45.550 [Repealed by 1981 c.892 §98]
45.560 [Repealed by 1981 c.892 §98]
45.570 [Repealed by 1981 c.892 §98]
45.580 [Repealed by 1981 c.892 §98]
45.590 [Repealed by 1981 c.892 §98]
45.600 [Repealed by 1981 c.892 §98]
45.610 [Repealed by 1981 c.892 §98]
45.620 [Repealed by 1981 c.892 §98]
45.630 [Repealed by 1981 c.892 §98]
45.900 Penalty for violation of ORS 45.135 or 45.138. Violation of ORS 45.135 or 45.138 is a Class B violation. [1999 c.942 §3; 1999 c.1051 §322d; 2011 c.597 §152]
45.910 [1959 c.523 §§1,2,3; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]