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OR Rev Stat § 45.135 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 045 - Testimony Generally|Section 45.135 - Who may not report deposition in civil action.

(1) A deposition in a civil action may not be stenographically reported by: (a) A party in the action; (b) A person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action; (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]
OR Rev Stat § 45.138 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 045 - Testimony Generally|Section 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. (2) Any person employed or otherwise engaged to record or report a deposition must provide equal services, and charge equal fee rates, to all parties and attorneys in the proceeding. A person employed or otherwise engaged to record or report a deposition must distribute copies of the record or report at the same time to all parties and attorneys who are entitled to receive a copy. In addition, a person employed or otherwise engaged to record or report a deposition must: (a) Disclose the fee rates of the person for services, transcripts and copies to the attorneys identified in the proceeding and to any party who is not represented by an attorney and who is identified in the proceeding; or (b) Provide a complete, individual accounting of all appearance fees, transcript fees and any other fees charged for services rendered in the proceeding. [1999 c.942 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 45.142 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 045 - Testimony Generally|Section 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: (a) A party in the action; (b) A person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action; (c) An attorney for a party in the action; or (d) An attorney for a person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action. (2) If the person recording or reporting a deposition has a contract to provide reporting services for depositions on a full-time or part-time basis for any of the persons specified in subsection (1) of this section, any party to the action may object to the person employed for the purpose of recording or reporting the deposition. Upon objection, the parties shall attempt to agree upon a different person who shall record or report the deposition. If the parties cannot reach agreement, any of the parties may move the court to appoint an independent person who shall record or report the deposition. (3) A party that objects to a person employed for the purpose of recording or reporting a deposition in the manner provided by this section is not subject to any penalty or sanction for making the objection and is not required to pay any fee of the person objected to. (4) This section does not apply to contracts for reporting services for a single deposition, case or incident. (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]
OR Rev Stat § 45.180 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 045 - Testimony Generally|Section 45.180

[Renumbered 45.125]
OR Rev Stat § 45.250 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 045 - Testimony Generally|Section 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: (a) Any deposition may be used by any party for the purpose of contradicting or impeaching the testimony of a deponent as a witness. (b) The deposition of a party, or of anyone who at the time of taking the deposition was an officer, director or managing agent of a public or private corporation, partnership or association that is a party, may be used by an adverse party for any purpose. (2) 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 for any purpose, if the party was present or represented at the taking of the deposition or had due notice thereof, and if the court finds that: (a) The witness is dead; (b) The witness is unable to attend or testify because of age, sickness, infirmity or imprisonment; (c) The party offering the deposition has been unable to procure the attendance of the witness by subpoena; (d) Upon application and notice, such exceptional circumstances exist as to make it desirable, in the interest of justice and with due regard to the importance of presenting the testimony of witnesses orally in open court, to allow the deposition to be used; or (e) The deposition was taken in the same proceeding pursuant to ORCP 39 I. (3) For the purpose of subsection (2)(c) of this section, the failure of a party to serve a witness at the time of deposition with a subpoena that requires the appearance of the witness at trial or other hearing does not constitute sufficient grounds to deny the use of the deposition of that witness at the trial or other hearing without further showing of a lack of diligence on the part of the party offering the deposition. [1955 c.611 §§8,9; 1979 c.284 §83; 1987 c.275 §1; 1989 c.980 §4; 2001 c.234 §1; 2007 c.71 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 45.260 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 045 - Testimony Generally|Section 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]
OR Rev Stat § 45.270 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 045 - Testimony Generally|Section 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]
OR Rev Stat § 45.272 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 045 - Testimony Generally|Section 45.272 - Definitions for ORS 45.272 to 45.297.

As used in ORS 45.272 to 45.297: (1) "Adjudicatory proceeding" means: (a) Any contested case hearing conducted under ORS chapter 183; or (b) Any hearing conducted by an agency in which the individual legal rights, duties or privileges of specific parties are determined if that determination is subject to judicial review by a circuit court or by the Court of Appeals. (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]
OR Rev Stat § 45.273 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 045 - Testimony Generally|Section 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. (2) It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly in passing ORS 45.272 to 45.297 to provide a procedure for the qualification and use of court interpreters. Nothing in ORS 45.272 to 45.297 abridges the rights or obligations of parties under other laws or court rules. [1993 c.687 §1; 1999 c.1041 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 45.288 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 045 - Testimony Generally|Section 45.288 - Appointment of certified interpreter required; exceptions; disqualifications; code of professional responsibility.

(1) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Hearing officer" includes an administrative law judge. (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. (3) The requirements of this section apply to appointments of interpreters for persons with disabilities and for non-English-speaking persons. (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: (a) The person has a conflict of interest with any of the parties, victims or witnesses in the proceeding; (b) The person is unable to understand the judge, hearing officer, party, victim or witness, or cannot be understood by the judge, hearing officer, party, victim or witness; or (c) The person is unable to work cooperatively with the judge of the court, the hearing officer, the person in need of an interpreter or the counsel for that person. (5) The Supreme Court shall adopt a code of professional responsibility for interpreters. The code is binding on all interpreters who provide interpreter services in the courts or in adjudicatory proceedings before agencies. [1993 c.687 §2; 1999 c.1041 §6; 2001 c.242 §2; 2001 c.243 §2; 2003 c.75 §81; 2007 c.70 §14; 2015 c.155 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 45.291 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 045 - Testimony Generally|Section 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: (a) Prescribing the form and content of applications for certification; (b) Prescribing and collecting reasonable fees for the application, examination, certification and renewal of certification for court interpreters; (c) Establishing categories of certificates based on the nature of the interpreter services to be provided, including categories for interpreters for persons with disabilities, as defined in ORS 45.285, and for interpreters for non-English-speaking persons, as defined in ORS 45.275; (d) Establishing minimum competency requirements for court interpreters in the various categories of certification; (e) Establishing teaching programs designed to educate court interpreters in ethical, substantive and procedural legal issues; (f) Prescribing the form of and administering examinations for the purpose of testing court interpreters for competency and ethics; (g) Establishing grounds for renewal, suspension or cancellation of certificates; (h) Establishing a process for receiving comments and input into the policy and procedures of the certification program; (i) Establishing a process for receiving comments and input on compliance with ORS 45.272 to 45.297; (j) Establishing a process for receiving comments and input on compliance with the code of professional responsibility adopted under ORS 45.288; and (k) Establishing a process by which an adversely affected interpreter may seek review of any decision made by the State Court Administrator on renewal, suspension or cancellation of a certificate. (2) An interpreter may be certified in Oregon by the State Court Administrator upon satisfactory proof that the interpreter is certified in good standing by the federal courts or by a state having a certification program that is equivalent to the program established under this section. [1993 c.687 §3; 2001 c.242 §3; 2007 c.70 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 45.292 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 045 - Testimony Generally|Section 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. (2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to any person who: (a) Is certified under the program established under ORS 45.291; (b) Is certified as an interpreter by the federal courts; or (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]
OR Rev Stat § 45.294 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 045 - Testimony Generally|Section 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]
OR Rev Stat § 45.297 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 045 - Testimony Generally|Section 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]
OR Rev Stat § 45.900 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 045 - Testimony Generally|Section 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]
OR Rev Stat § 46.010 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 046 - Small Claims Department of Circuit Court|Section 46.010

[Amended by 1961 c.724 §16; 1965 c.510 §13; 1965 c.568 §1; 1967 c.575 §1; 1971 c.633 §4; 1973 c.645 §1; 1977 c.387 §1; 1981 c.759 §11; 1995 c.658 §36; renumbered 3.014 in 1997]
OR Rev Stat § 46.040 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 046 - Small Claims Department of Circuit Court|Section 46.040

[Amended by 1963 c.513 §2; 1971 c.743 §311; 1973 c.645 §2; 1983 c.673 §1; 1995 c.16 §1; 1995 c.658 §38; renumbered 3.132 in 1997]
OR Rev Stat § 46.045 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 046 - Small Claims Department of Circuit Court|Section 46.045

[1971 c.633 §2; 1985 c.750 §1; 1995 c.658 §39; renumbered 3.136 in 1997]
OR Rev Stat § 46.047 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 046 - Small Claims Department of Circuit Court|Section 46.047

[1975 c.611 §15; 1995 c.658 §40; renumbered 3.134 in 1997]
OR Rev Stat § 46.221 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 046 - Small Claims Department of Circuit Court|Section 46.221

[1953 c.393 §1; 1965 c.510 §18; 1965 c.619 §22; 1971 c.621 §8; 1973 c.381 §2; 1975 c.88 §6; 1975 c.327 §6; 1975 c.607 §11; 1977 c.875 §1; 1979 c.833 §12; 1981 c.898 §40; 1981 s.s. c.3 §92; 1981 s.s. c.3 §93; 1983 c.763 §41; 1985 c.342 §25; 1985 c.496 §8; 1987 c.725 §5; 1989 c.718 §17; 1991 c.538 §5; 1991 c.790 §5; 1995 c.273 §25; 1995 c.664 §79; 1997 c.801 §§30,30a; renumbered 46.570 in 1997]
OR Rev Stat § 46.223 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 046 - Small Claims Department of Circuit Court|Section 46.223

[1985 c.342 §29; 1995 c.658 §42; renumbered 21.385 in 1997]
OR Rev Stat § 46.415 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 046 - Small Claims Department of Circuit Court|Section 46.415 - Circuit judges to sit in department; procedure.

(1) The judges of a circuit court shall sit as judges of the small claims department. (2) No formal pleadings other than the claim shall be necessary. (3) The hearing and disposition of all cases shall be informal, the sole object being to dispense justice promptly and economically between the litigants. The parties shall have the privilege of offering evidence and testimony of witnesses at the hearing. The judge may informally consult witnesses or otherwise investigate the controversy and give judgment or make such orders as the judge deems to be right, just and equitable for the disposition of the controversy. (4) No attorney at law or person other than the plaintiff and defendant and their witnesses shall appear on behalf of any party in litigation in the small claims department without the consent of the judge of the court. (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 9.320, a party that is not a natural person, the state or any city, county, district or other political subdivision or public corporation in this state, without appearance by attorney, may appear as a party to any action in the small claims department and in any supplementary proceeding in aid of execution after entry of a small claims judgment. (6) Assigned claims may be prosecuted by an assignee in small claims department to the same extent they may be prosecuted in any other state court. (7) When spouses are both parties to a case, one spouse may appear on behalf of both spouses in mediation or litigation in the small claims department: (a) With the written consent of the other spouse; or (b) If the appearing spouse declares under penalty of perjury that the other spouse consents. [1971 c.760 §3; 1973 c.484 §6; 1981 s.s. c.1 §22; 1987 c.811 §1; 1993 c.282 §2; 1995 c.658 §44; 1997 c.808 §§6,7; 2015 c.7 §3; 2017 c.268 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 46.441 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure|Chapter 046 - Small Claims Department of Circuit Court|Section 46.441 - Explanation to plaintiff of how notice may be served.

The small claims department of a circuit court shall provide to each plaintiff who files a claim with the department a written explanation of how notice may be served in actions in the department. [1977 c.875 §9; 1995 c.658 §46]