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OR Rev Stat § 1.198 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 1.198 - Exemptions from requirements of ORS 1.197.

(1) ORS 1.197 does not apply to liquidated and delinquent accounts that are: (a) Prohibited by state or federal law or regulation from assignment or collection; or (b) Subject to collection through an offset of federal tax refunds pursuant to an agreement entered into under ORS 1.196. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 1.197, a state court or a commission, department or division in the judicial branch of state government, acting in its sole discretion, may choose not to offer a liquidated and delinquent account to a private collection agency or to the Department of Revenue if the account: (a) Is secured by a consensual security interest in real or personal property; (b) Is based on that part of a judgment that requires payment of restitution or a payment to the Crime Victims’ Assistance section of the Criminal Justice Division of the Department of Justice; (c) Is in litigation, mediation or arbitration or is subject to a stay in bankruptcy proceedings; (d) Is owed by a local or state government or by the federal government; (e) Is owed by a debtor who is hospitalized in a state hospital as defined in ORS 162.135 or who receives public assistance as defined in ORS 411.010 or medical assistance as defined in ORS 414.025; (f) Consists of moneys for which a district attorney has assumed collection responsibility under ORS 8.680; (g) Consists of moneys owed by a person who is incarcerated; (h) Is an account that was previously offered to a private collection agency and was refused, or that was previously assigned to a private collection agency and the agency thereafter relinquished the account; (i) Is less than $100, including penalties; or (j) Would result in loss of federal funding if assigned. [2001 c.823 §14; 2009 c.791 §3; 2013 c.688 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 1.199 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 1.199 - Policies and procedures for exempting accounts from requirements of ORS 1.197 and for ceasing collection efforts.

(1) The State Court Administrator may establish policies and procedures for exempting accounts from the requirements of ORS 1.197. All policies establishing exemptions under this section must be documented and justified by the State Court Administrator. (2) The State Court Administrator may establish criteria and standards by which state courts and commissions, departments and divisions in the judicial branch of state government may cease to make collection efforts for specified types of accounts. [2001 c.823 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 1.200 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 1.200 - Effect of ORS 1.194 to 1.200 on authority of judge.

Nothing in ORS 1.194 to 1.200 limits or affects the ability of a judge of a state court to enforce, modify, set aside, suspend, delay, condition, schedule or take any other action authorized by law with respect to a debt or money obligation owed to this state. [2001 c.823 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 1.202 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 1.202 - Fee for establishing and administering account for judgment that includes monetary obligation; fee for judgment referred for collection.

(1) All circuit courts and appellate courts of this state, and all commissions, departments and divisions in the judicial branch of state government, shall add a fee of not more than $200 to any judgment that includes a monetary obligation that the court or judicial branch is charged with collecting. The fee shall cover the cost of establishing and administering an account for the debtor and shall be added without further notice to the debtor or further order of the court. The fee shall be added only if the court gives the defendant a period of time in which to pay the obligation after the financial obligation is imposed. Fees under this subsection shall be deposited in the General Fund. (2) All circuit courts and appellate courts of this state, and all commissions, departments and divisions in the judicial branch of state government, that use private collection agencies, the Department of Revenue or an offset of federal tax refunds pursuant to an agreement entered into under ORS 1.196 shall add a fee to any judgment referred for collection that includes a monetary obligation that the state court or the commission, department or division is charged with collecting. A fee to cover the costs of collecting judgments referred to the private collection agency, the Department of Revenue, the United States Financial Management Service or the Internal Revenue Service shall be added to the monetary obligation without further notice to the debtor or further order of the court. The fee may not exceed the actual costs of collecting the judgment. (3) The fees described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section may not be added to any order or judgment arising from the actions of a person who: (a) Was under 18 years of age at the time of the act or is subject to juvenile court probation; and (b) Was not waived to circuit court for prosecution as an adult under ORS 419C.340. (4) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may authorize or direct circuit courts and appellate courts of this state, and all commissions, departments and divisions in the judicial branch of state government, to waive or suspend the fees required to be added to judgments under this section. Except to the extent authorized by the Chief Justice, a court may not waive or suspend the fees required to be added to judgments under this section. [2001 c.823 §20; 2007 c.860 §32; 2009 c.484 §3; 2009 c.659 §§34,36; 2009 c.791 §4a; 2011 c.595 §§92,92a; 2021 c.215 §1; 2021 c.597 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 1.210 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 1.210 - Judicial officer defined.

A judicial officer is a person authorized to act as a judge in a court of justice.
OR Rev Stat § 1.220 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 1.220 - Judicial officer or partner acting as attorney.

(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 the judicial officer is an active member of the Oregon State Bar and is either a party to the action or proceeding or the judicial officer has a direct interest in the action or proceeding. (3) A judge of a county court or justice court who is an active member of the Oregon State Bar: (a) May act as an attorney in a court other than the court in which the judge presides; and (b) May not be engaged in the practice of law with an attorney who appears in the court in which the judge presides. (4) A judge pro tempore may not preside in an action or proceeding if an attorney who is engaged in the practice of law with the judge appears in the action or proceeding. [Amended by 2007 c.547 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 1.230 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 1.230 - Powers of a judge out of court.

A judge may exercise, out of court, all the powers expressly conferred upon a judge as distinguished from a court, and not otherwise.
OR Rev Stat § 1.240 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 1.240 - Powers of judicial officers.

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 orders of the judicial officer, as provided by statute. (3) To compel the attendance of persons to testify in a proceeding pending before the judicial officer in the cases and manner provided by statute. (4) To administer oaths in a proceeding pending before the judicial officer, and in all other cases where it may be necessary, in the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties of the judicial officer.
OR Rev Stat § 1.250 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 1.250 - Punishment for contempt.

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.
OR Rev Stat § 1.260 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 1.260 - Powers of judges of Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Oregon Tax Court and circuit courts; where powers may be exercised.

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 required to be proved or acknowledged. (b) The acknowledgment of satisfaction of a judgment in any court. (c) An affidavit or deposition to be used in any court of justice or other tribunal of this state. (2) To exercise any other power and perform any other duty conferred or imposed upon them by statute. [Amended by 1963 c.423 §1; 1969 c.198 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 1.270 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 1.270 - Powers of other judicial officers; where powers may be exercised.

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 statute.
OR Rev Stat § 1.290 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 1.290 - Leaves of absence.

(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 courts who does not hold the elective office of judge of any of those courts. (2) Upon receipt of the written application of any judge, the Supreme Court may grant the judge a leave of absence without salary for a period of not more than one year. The Supreme Court may grant a leave of absence only if the court is satisfied that the administration of justice in Oregon will be enhanced by granting the leave. Application for a leave of absence is considered a waiver of salary by the applicant for the period of time the applicant is absent under the leave granted by the court. (3) A leave of absence shall be granted by order of the Supreme Court. The order shall state the maximum period of time for which the leave is granted. Promptly after the granting of the leave, the State Court Administrator shall cause a certified copy of the order granting the leave to be sent to the Secretary of State and the Public Employees Retirement Board. (4) At the termination of leave of absence under this section, unless the judge sooner dies or resigns, a judge shall resume the duties of office and cause written notice of the resumption to be sent to the Supreme Court, the Secretary of State and the Public Employees Retirement Board. The resumption and sending notice thereof constitutes a termination of the leave whether or not the full maximum period of time granted has expired. (5) Absence on leave by a judge under this section does not create a vacancy in the office to which the judge was elected or appointed, nor is the judge subject to removal as a consequence thereof. (6) Absence on leave under this section by a judge who is a member of the Public Employees Retirement System under ORS chapter 238 does not break the continuity of the membership of the judge in the system. [1965 c.12 §1; 1969 c.198 §19; 1971 c.193 §8; 1991 c.815 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 1.305 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 1.305 - Commencement of judicial term of office.

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]
OR Rev Stat § 1.410 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 1.410 - Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability; term; Senate confirmation.

(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) Three persons appointed by the Governor who are not qualified under either paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection. (2) The term of a member is four years, but whenever a member ceases to meet the qualifications under which the member was appointed, membership shall end. Before the expiration of the term of a member, a successor shall be appointed to perform the functions of a member on the day next following expiration of the term of the member. In case of a vacancy for any cause, the appointing authority shall make an appointment to become immediately effective for a four-year term. (3) Appointments by the Governor are subject to confirmation by the Senate in the manner provided in ORS 171.562 and 171.565. [1967 c.294 §2; 1969 c.695 §16; 1971 c.511 §1; 1985 c.565 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 1.415 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 1.415 - Powers and duties of commission; rules.

(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 and compensate physicians, expert witnesses and special counsel. (c) By its chairperson or vice chairperson, take and preserve testimony and administer oaths to witnesses on any matter within its jurisdiction. (2) Upon majority vote of the members of the commission or upon request of a judge whose conduct is subject to a hearing under ORS 1.420 or a judge whose alleged disability is subject to a hearing under ORS 1.425, the chairperson or vice chairperson of the commission shall issue any processes necessary to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of any books, papers, records or documents as may be required. (3) The commission shall adopt rules of procedure governing proceedings under ORS 1.420 and 1.425. [1967 c.294 §10; 1987 c.520 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 1.420 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 1.420 - Investigation; hearings; consent to discipline; recommendation; temporary suspension.

(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 hold a hearing pursuant to subsection (3) of this section to inquire into the conduct of the judge. (b) The commission may request the Supreme Court to appoint three qualified persons to act as masters, to hold a hearing pursuant to subsection (3) of this section and maintain a record on the matter referred to them and to report to the commission on the conduct of the judge. (c) The commission may allow the judge to execute a consent to censure, suspension or removal. If a consent is entered into under this paragraph, the judge and the commission must enter into a written stipulation of facts. The consent and stipulation of facts shall be submitted by the commission to the Supreme Court. (2) If the commission receives a complaint that appears to indicate that a judge has a disability as defined in ORS 1.303, the commission may refer the complaint to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for appropriate proceedings under ORS 1.303. (3) When a hearing is held by the commission or by masters as authorized in subsection (1) of this section, the hearing shall be public and all the testimony and evidence given and received in the hearing shall be public records. The judge shall have the right to be present at such hearing, to be represented by counsel, to present testimony and evidence and to cross-examine witnesses. (4) If, after hearing or after considering the record and report of the masters, the commission finds that the conduct of the judge justifies censure, suspension or removal from office, the commission shall recommend to the Supreme Court the censure or suspension or removal of the judge. (5) The Supreme Court by order may temporarily suspend a judge whose conduct is the subject of proceedings under this section from exercising any judicial functions during the pendency of those proceedings. [1967 c.294 §7; 1971 c.511 §3; 1987 c.520 §5; 1997 c.720 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 1.430 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 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. (2) If the commission has agreed to allow the judge to submit a consent to censure, suspension or removal, the Supreme Court shall review the stipulation of facts and the disciplinary action to which the judge has consented. If the Supreme Court approves the consent, the court shall censure the judge or order the judge suspended or removed from office pursuant to the terms of the consent. If the Supreme Court rejects the consent and stipulation in full, the court shall remand the matter to the commission for a hearing under ORS 1.420. The hearing shall be conducted as though the consent and stipulation had never been entered into, and the stipulations made by the judge may not be considered as evidence by the commission in the hearing. If the Supreme Court accepts the stipulation of facts but rejects the disciplinary action agreed to by the judge and the commission, the court may remand the matter to the commission for such further fact-finding as the court may direct on the issue of the appropriate discipline for the conduct, and may request that the matter be briefed and argued before the court. The Supreme Court may thereafter censure the judge, or enter an order suspending or removing the judge, as the court finds appropriate under the law and the facts. (3) Upon an order for removal, the judge shall be removed from office and the salary of the judge shall cease and the office of the judge is vacant on the date of such order. (4) Upon an order of suspension, the judge shall be suspended from office for the period specified in the order and the salary of the judge shall cease, if so ordered, from the date of the order until the end of the specified period. Suspension does not create a vacancy in the office of judge during the period of suspension. [1967 c.294 §7; 1971 c.511 §3; 1997 c.720 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 1.440 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 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. (2) Documents filed and testimony given in proceedings under ORS 1.420 or 1.425 are privileged communications which may not be received in evidence in any judicial proceedings other than those directly connected with the administration of ORS 1.410 to 1.480 unless expressly or impliedly waived by the person tendering the document to or testifying in such proceedings or except in a criminal prosecution for perjury or false swearing before the commission. (3) Members of the commission, masters appointed pursuant to ORS 1.420 or 1.425 and staff of the commission shall not disclose or use any investigation, testimony or documents which are not public records as defined in ORS 1.410 to 1.480 for any purpose other than in connection with their official duties in the administration of ORS 1.410 to 1.480. The commission may, upon the request of a judge who has been the subject of a complaint and proceedings thereon that are not public records, state the disposition of the complaint and proceedings and the reasons for its decision when the commission finds that the complaint or proceedings have been publicized and fairness requires such comment. [1967 c.294 §8; 1981 c.354 §2; 1987 c.520 §6; 1997 c.720 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 1.450 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally|Section 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]