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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 85A. Administrative Workers' Compensation System › §85A-317. Subpoenas - Depositions - Discovery.

A. An arbitrator may issue a subpoena for the attendance of a witness and for the production of records and other evidence at any hearing and may administer oaths. A subpoena shall be served in the manner for service of subpoenas in a civil action and, upon application and motion to the Commission by a party to the arbitration proceeding or the arbitrator, enforced in the manner for enforcement of subpoenas in a civil action. A witness may be allowed to appear telephonically or by any other available means that allows contemporaneous cross-examination.
B. In order to make the proceedings fair, expeditious, and cost-effective, on request of a party or witness in an arbitration proceeding, an arbitrator may permit a deposition of any witness to be taken for use as evidence at the hearing, including a witness who cannot be subpoenaed for or is unable to attend a hearing. The arbitrator shall determine the conditions under which the deposition is taken.
C. An arbitrator may permit such discovery as the arbitrator decides is appropriate in the circumstances, taking into account the needs of the parties to the arbitration proceeding and other affected persons and the desirability of making the proceeding fair, expeditious, and cost-effective.
D. If an arbitrator permits discovery under subsection C of this section, the arbitrator may order a party to the arbitration proceeding to comply with the arbitrator's discovery-related orders, issue subpoenas for the attendance of a witness and for the production of records and other evidence at a discovery proceeding, and take action against a noncomplying party to the extent a court could if the controversy were the subject of a civil action in this state.
E. An arbitrator may issue a protective order to prevent the disclosure of privileged information, confidential information, trade secrets, and other information protected from disclosure to the extent a court could if the controversy were the subject of a civil action in this state.
F. All laws compelling a person under subpoena to testify and all fees for attending a judicial proceeding, a deposition, or a discovery proceeding as a witness apply to an arbitration proceeding as if the controversy were the subject of a civil action in this state.
G. The Commission may enforce a subpoena or discovery-related order for the attendance of a witness within this state and for the production of records and other evidence issued by an arbitrator in connection with an arbitration proceeding in another state upon conditions determined by the Commission so as to make the arbitration proceeding fair, expeditious, and cost-effective.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 208, § 138, eff. Feb. 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 85A. Administrative Workers' Compensation System › §85A-318. Pre-award ruling.

If an arbitrator makes a pre-award ruling in favor of a party, the party may request the arbitrator to incorporate the ruling into an award under Section 319 of this title. A prevailing party may make an application and motion to the Commission for an expedited judgment to confirm the award under Section 322 of this title, in which case the Workers' Compensation Commission shall summarily decide the motion. The Commission shall issue a judgment to confirm the award unless the Commission vacates, modifies, or corrects the award under Section 323 or 324 of this title.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 208, § 139, eff. Feb. 1, 2014. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 476, § 50, emerg. eff. May 28, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 85A. Administrative Workers' Compensation System › §85A-319. Record of the award.

A. An arbitrator shall make a record of the award. The award may contain the evidence and conclusion upon which the award was based unless the agreement of the parties specifies the type of award to be issued. The record shall be signed or otherwise authenticated by any arbitrator who concurs with the award. The arbitrator or the arbitration organization shall give notice of the award, including a copy of the award, to each party to the arbitration proceeding.
B. An award shall be made within the time specified by the agreement to arbitrate or, if not specified therein, within the time ordered by the Commission. The Commission may extend or the parties to the arbitration proceeding may agree in a record to extend the time. The Commission or the parties may do so within or after the time specified or ordered. A party waives any objection that an award was not timely made unless the party gives notice of the objection to the arbitrator before receiving notice of the award.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 208, § 140, eff. Feb. 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 85A. Administrative Workers' Compensation System › §85A-320. Modification of awards.

A. On motion by a party to an arbitration proceeding, the arbitrator may modify or correct an award:
1. On a ground stated in paragraph 1 or 3 of subsection A of Section 324 of this title;
2. Because the arbitrator has not made a final and definite award upon a claim submitted by the parties to the arbitration proceeding; or
3. To clarify the award.
B. A motion under subsection A of this section shall be made and notice given to all parties within twenty (20) days after the award is issued to the parties.
C. A party to the arbitration proceeding shall give notice of any objection to the motion within ten (10) days after receipt of the motion.
D. If a motion to the Workers' Compensation Commission is pending under Section 323 or 324 of this title, the Commission may submit the claim to the arbitrator to consider whether to modify or correct the award:
1. On a ground stated in paragraph 1 or 3 of subsection A of Section 324 of this title;
2. Because the arbitrator has not made a final and definite award upon a claim submitted by the parties to the arbitration proceeding; or
3. To clarify the award.
E. An award modified or corrected under this section is subject to Sections 322, 323 and 324 of this title.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 208, § 141, eff. Feb. 1, 2014. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 476, § 51, emerg. eff. May 28, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 85A. Administrative Workers' Compensation System › §85A-321. Benefits - Attorney fees.

A. An arbitrator may award benefits set forth in Sections 45, 46, 47 and 51 of this title.
B. An arbitrator may award reasonable attorney fees and other reasonable expenses of arbitration if the arbitrator finds that a party was not acting in good faith throughout the arbitration.
C. As to all remedies other than those authorized by subsections A and B of this section, an arbitrator may order such remedies as the arbitrator considers just and appropriate under the circumstances of the arbitration proceeding. The fact that such a remedy could not or would not be granted by the Workers' Compensation Commission is not a ground for refusing to confirm an award under Section 322 of this title or for vacating an award under Section 323 of this title.
D. An arbitrator's expenses and fees, together with other expenses, shall be paid by the employer.
E. If an arbitrator awards relief under subsection A of this section, the arbitrator shall specify in the award the basis in fact justifying and the basis in law authorizing the award.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 208, § 142, eff. Feb. 1, 2014. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 476, § 52, emerg. eff. May 28, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 85A. Administrative Workers' Compensation System › §85A-322. Judgments confirming the award.

After a party to an arbitration proceeding receives notice of an award, the party may make an application and motion to the Workers' Compensation Commission for a judgment confirming the award at which time the Commission shall issue a confirming judgment unless the award is modified or corrected under Section 320 or 324 of this title or is vacated under Section 323 of this title.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 208, § 143, eff. Feb. 1, 2014. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 476, § 53, emerg. eff. May 28, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 85A. Administrative Workers' Compensation System › §85A-323. Vacation of awards.

A. On an application and motion to the court by a party to an arbitration proceeding, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall vacate an award made in the arbitration proceeding if:
1. The award was procured by corruption, fraud, or other undue means;
2. There was:
a.
evident partiality by an arbitrator appointed as a neutral arbitrator,
b.
corruption by an arbitrator, or
c.
misconduct by an arbitrator prejudicing the rights of a party to the arbitration proceeding;
3. An arbitrator refused to postpone the hearing upon showing of sufficient cause for postponement, refused to consider evidence material to the controversy, or otherwise conducted the hearing contrary to Section 315 of this title, so as to prejudice substantially the rights of a party to the arbitration proceeding;
4. An arbitrator exceeded his or her powers under this act;
5. The arbitration was conducted without proper notice of the initiation of an arbitration as required in Section 309 of this title so as to prejudice substantially the rights of a party to the arbitration proceeding; or
6. It is determined that an arbitrator did not disclose a conflict under Section 312 of this title.
B. An application and motion under this section shall be filed within thirty (30) days after the movant receives notice of the award or within thirty (30) days after the movant receives notice of a modified or corrected award, unless the movant alleges that the award was procured by corruption, fraud, or other undue means, in which case the motion shall be made within ninety (90) days after the ground is known or by the exercise of reasonable care would have been known by the movant.
C. If the Commission vacates an award it may order a rehearing. If the award is vacated on a ground stated in paragraph 1, 2 or 6 of subsection A of this section, the rehearing shall be before a new arbitrator. If the award is vacated on a ground stated in paragraph 3, 4 or 5 of subsection A of this section, the rehearing may be before the arbitrator who made the award or the arbitrator's successor. The arbitrator shall render the decision in the rehearing within the same time as that provided in subsection B of Section 319 of this title for an award.
D. If the Commission denies a motion to vacate an award, it shall confirm the award unless a motion to modify or correct the award is pending.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 208, § 144, eff. Feb. 1, 2014. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 476, § 54, emerg. eff. May 28, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 85A. Administrative Workers' Compensation System › §85A-324. Modification of awards by Commission.

A. On application and motion made within thirty (30) days after movant receives notice of the award or within thirty (30) days after the movant receives notice of a modified or corrected award, the Commission shall modify or correct the award if:
1. There was an evident mathematical miscalculation or an evident mistake in the description of a person, thing, or property referred to in the award;
2. The arbitrator has made an award on a claim not submitted to the arbitrator and the award may be corrected without affecting the merits of the decision upon the claims submitted; or
3. The award is imperfect in a matter of form not affecting the merits of the decision on the claims submitted.
B. If a motion made under subsection A of this section is granted, the Commission shall modify or correct and confirm the award as modified or corrected. Otherwise, unless a motion to vacate is pending, the Commission shall confirm the award.
C. A motion to modify or correct an award under this section may be joined with a motion to vacate the award.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 208, § 145, eff. Feb. 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 85A. Administrative Workers' Compensation System › §85A-325. Judgment entered by Commission.

A. On granting a motion to confirm or vacate an order, the Commission shall enter a judgment in conformity therewith. The judgment may be recorded, docketed and enforced as any other judgment in its jurisdiction.
B. On application of a prevailing party, the Commission may award reasonable attorney fees and other reasonable expenses of litigation incurred in the proceeding.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 208, § 146, eff. Feb. 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 85A. Administrative Workers' Compensation System › §85A-327. Appeals.

A party may appeal the following actions to the district court as provided in Section 328 of this title:
1. An order denying a motion to compel arbitration;
2. An order granting a motion to stay arbitration;
3. An order confirming or denying confirmation of an award;
4. An order modifying or correcting an award;
5. An order vacating an award without directing a rehearing; or
6. A final judgment entered under the Workers' Compensation Arbitration Act.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 208, § 148, eff. Feb. 1, 2014. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 476, § 55, emerg. eff. May 28, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 85A. Administrative Workers' Compensation System › §85A-328. Selection of court.

An application and motion under judicial review of a judgment or award entered by the Commission under this act shall be made in the district court in the county in which the agreement to arbitrate specifies the arbitration hearing is to be held or, if the hearing has been held, in the court in the county in which it was held. Otherwise, the motion may be made in the district court in the county in which an adverse party resides or has a place of business or, if no adverse party has a residence or place of business in this state, in the district court located either in Oklahoma City or Tulsa. All subsequent motions shall be made in the court hearing the initial motion unless the court otherwise directs.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 208, § 149, eff. Feb. 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 85A. Administrative Workers' Compensation System › §85A-401. Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims Revolving Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims to be designated the "Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims from all fees, penalties and fines imposed by the Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims or its Administrator. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims for the purpose of defraying necessary expenses of the Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims in performance of its duties. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 360, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 85A. Administrative Workers' Compensation System › §85A-401.1. Workers' Compensation Administrative Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims to be designated the "Workers' Compensation Administrative Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims from revenues apportioned pursuant to Section 122 of Title 85A of the Oklahoma Statutes. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims for the purpose of funding the operations of the Court, for administering the provisions of Titles 85 and 85A of the Oklahoma Statutes, and for any other purpose related to the Administrative Workers' Compensation Act that the Court deems appropriate. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Added by Laws 2015, c. 344, § 5, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.001 - State policy for courts.

The Legislative Assembly hereby declares that, as a matter of statewide concern, it is in the best interests of the people of this state that the judicial branch of state government, including the appellate, tax and circuit courts, be funded and operated at the state level. The Legislative Assembly finds that state funding and operation of the judicial branch can provide for best statewide allocation of governmental resources according to the actual needs of the people and of the judicial branch by establishing an accountable, equitably funded and uniformly administered system of justice for all the people of this state. [1981 s.s. c.3 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.003 - Chief Justice’s powers to appoint Chief Judge and presiding judges; terms; disapproval of appointment.

(1) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall appoint after conferring with and seeking the advice of the Supreme Court, and may remove at pleasure:
(a) The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals.
(b) The presiding judge for each judicial district.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the term of office of the Chief Judge or presiding judge is two years, commencing on January 1 of each even-numbered year. A judge is eligible for reappointment as Chief Judge or presiding judge.
(3) If there is a vacancy for any cause in the office of Chief Judge or presiding judge:
(a) When the vacancy occurs after January 1 of an even-numbered year and before July 1 of the following odd-numbered year, the Chief Justice shall make an appointment for a term expiring December 31 of that odd-numbered year.
(b) When the vacancy occurs after June 30 of an odd-numbered year and before January 1 of the following even-numbered year, the Chief Justice shall make an appointment for a term expiring December 31 of the odd-numbered year following that even-numbered year.
(c) The Chief Justice may designate a judge of the Court of Appeals to serve as acting Chief Judge until an appointment is made as provided in this section. The Chief Justice may designate any circuit court judge to serve as acting presiding judge until an appointment is made as provided in this section.
(4) Before appointing a Chief Judge or presiding judge the Chief Justice shall confer with and seek the advice of the judges of the courts concerned in respect to the appointment.
(5) The Chief Justice shall give written notice of the judge appointed as Chief Judge or presiding judge to each judge of the court concerned not later than 10 days before the effective date of the appointment. A majority of the judges of the courts concerned may disapprove the appointment by a written resolution signed by each judge disapproving the appointment and submitted to the Chief Justice before the effective date of the appointment. If the appointment is so disapproved, the Chief Justice shall appoint another judge as Chief Judge or presiding judge, and shall notify each judge of the courts concerned as provided in this subsection. If the courts concerned have five or more judges, a second appointment is subject to disapproval, as provided in this subsection, by a majority of the judges of the courts concerned. A third appointment is not subject to disapproval under this subsection. [1981 s.s. c.1 §4; 1995 c.658 §7; 1995 c.781 §3; 2013 c.155 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.004 - Supreme Court rules governing coordination of class actions.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law or the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure, the Supreme Court shall provide by rule the practice and procedure for coordination of class actions under ORCP 32 in convenient courts, including provision for giving notice and presenting evidence. [Formerly 13.370]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.005 - Credit card transactions for fees, security deposits, fines and other court-imposed obligations; rules.

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the presiding judge of any judicial district of this state may establish by rule a program to permit the use of credit card transactions as security deposits, fines, assessments, restitution or any other court-imposed monetary obligation arising out of an offense. The program may also provide for the use of credit card transactions to pay for filing fees, response fees, certification fees and any other fees charged by the court. Any rules adopted pursuant to this section may provide for recovery from the person using the credit card of an additional amount reasonably calculated to recover any charge to the court by a credit card company resulting from use of the credit card. [1983 c.763 §54; 1989 c.1008 §2; 1993 c.531 §2; 1995 c.781 §4; 1997 c.801 §112; 1999 c.1051 §234]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.006 - Supreme Court rules.

(1) The Supreme Court may prescribe by rule the form of written process, notices, motions and pleadings used or submitted in civil proceedings and criminal proceedings in the courts of this state. The rules shall be designed to prescribe standardized forms of those writings for use throughout the state. The forms so prescribed shall be consistent with applicable provisions of law and the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure. The form of written process, notices, motions and pleadings submitted to or used in the courts of this state shall comply with rules made under this section.
(2) The Supreme Court may prescribe by rule the manner of filing of pleadings and other papers submitted in civil proceedings with the courts of this state by means of a telephonic facsimile communication device. The manner so prescribed shall be consistent with applicable provisions of law and the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure. [1959 c.552 §3; 1973 c.630 §1; 1981 s.s. c.1 §19; 1989 c.295 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.007 - Judicial Department Revolving Account; uses; sources.

(1) There is established in the State Treasury an account to be known as the Judicial Department Revolving Account. Upon the written request of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall draw warrants in favor of the Supreme Court and charged against appropriations to the Supreme Court for court expenses. The warrants shall be deposited in the revolving account. The revolving account shall not exceed the aggregate sum of $1 million, including unreimbursed disbursements.
(2) Moneys in the revolving account may be used for the payment of court expenses for which appropriations are made to the Supreme Court and for which immediate cash payment is necessary or desirable. Moneys in the revolving account may be disbursed by checks issued by or under the authority of the Chief Justice.
(3) All claims for reimbursement of disbursements from the revolving account shall be approved by the Chief Justice or, as directed by the Chief Justice, the State Court Administrator, and by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. When claims have been approved, a warrant covering them shall be drawn in favor of the Supreme Court, charged against appropriations to the Supreme Court for court expenses, and used to reimburse the revolving account.
(4) This section does not authorize the drawing of a warrant against or the disbursement of any appropriation to the Supreme Court for court expenses in excess of the amount, or for a purpose other than, established by or pursuant to law therefor.
(5) As used in this section, "court expenses" includes expenses of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Oregon Tax Court and State Court Administrator and expenses of the circuit courts required to be paid by the state. [1983 c.737 §1; 1985 c.502 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.008 - Personnel plan, fiscal plan and property plan.

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall establish and maintain, consistent with applicable provisions of law:
(1) A personnel plan for officers, other than judges, and employees of the courts of this state who are state officers or employees, governing the appointment, promotion, classification, minimum qualifications, compensation, expenses, leave, transfer, layoff, removal, discipline and other incidents of employment of those officers and employees.
(2) A plan for budgeting, accounting and other fiscal management and control applicable to expenditures made and revenues received by the state in respect to the courts of this state.
(3) A plan for acquisition, use and disposition of supplies, materials, equipment and other property provided by the state for the use of the courts of this state. [1981 s.s. c.3 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.009 - Judicial Department Operating Account.

(1) The Judicial Department Operating Account is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the account shall be credited to the account. All moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the Judicial Department and may be used only to pay the operating expenses of the department.
(2) All moneys received by the department pursuant to ORS 151.216 (1)(i) shall be deposited in the Judicial Department Operating Account.
(3) The department may accept gifts, grants or contributions from any source, whether public or private, for deposit in the Judicial Department Operating Account. [2003 c.737 §83; 2021 c.202 §3; 2023 c.281 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.010 - Powers of courts in administration of court business and proceedings.

Every court of justice has power:
(1) To preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence.
(2) To enforce order in the proceedings before it, or before a person or body empowered to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority.
(3) To provide for the orderly conduct of proceedings before it or its officers.
(4) To compel obedience to its judgments, orders and process, and to the orders of a judge out of court, in an action, suit or proceeding pending therein.
(5) To control, in furtherance of justice, the conduct of its ministerial officers, and of all other persons in any manner connected with a judicial proceeding before it, in every matter appertaining thereto.
(6) To compel the attendance of persons to testify in an action, suit or proceeding pending therein, in the cases and manner provided by statute.
(7) To administer oaths in an action, suit or proceeding pending therein, and in all other cases where it may be necessary in the exercise of its powers or the performance of its duties. [Amended by 2003 c.576 §267]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.012 - State Court Technology Fund.

(1) The State Court Technology Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the State Court Technology Fund shall be credited to the fund.
(2) All fees received on and after July 1, 2013, for the use of the Oregon Judicial Case Information Network under ORS 1.002 (8) and for the use of other state court electronic applications and systems shall be deposited into the fund.
(3) The fund consists of the moneys deposited into the fund under subsection (2) of this section, the moneys deposited into the fund under ORS 21.006 and the moneys allocated to the fund under ORS 137.300.
(4) Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Judicial Department for the purposes of:
(a) Developing, maintaining and supporting state court electronic applications, services and systems and for providing access to and use of those applications, services and systems; and
(b) Providing electronic service and filing services. [2013 c.685 §46; 2014 c.76 §14; 2017 c.712 §6; 2021 c.199 §4; 2022 c.68 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.025 - Duty of court and court officers to require performance of duties relating to administration of justice; enforcement of duty by mandamus.

(1) Where a duty is imposed by law or the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure upon a court, or upon a judicial officer, clerk, bailiff, sheriff, constable or other officer, which requires or prohibits the performance of an act or series of acts in matters relating to the administration of justice in a court, it is the duty of the judicial officer or officers of the court, and each of them, to require the officer upon whom the duty is imposed to perform or refrain from performing the act or series of acts.
(2) Matters relating to the administration of justice include, but are not limited to, the selection and impaneling of juries, the conduct of trials, the entry and docketing of judgments and all other matters touching the conduct of proceedings in courts of this state.
(3) The duty imposed by subsection (1) of this section may be enforced by writ of mandamus. [1957 c.565 §1; 1979 c.284 §40]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.030 - Seal; form; custody; affixing.

(1) Each of the following courts, and no other, has a seal:
(a) The Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals.
(b) Each circuit court and the Oregon Tax Court.
(c) Each county court.
(2) The seals shall have the arms of the state engraved in the center, with the following inscription surrounding the same:
(a) For the Supreme Court, "Supreme Court, State of Oregon."
(b) For the Court of Appeals, "Court of Appeals, State of Oregon."
(c) For the circuit court, "Circuit Court, _____County, State of Oregon," inserting the name of the particular county.
(d) For the Oregon Tax Court, "Oregon Tax Court, State of Oregon."
(e) For the county court, "County Court, _____County, State of Oregon," inserting the name of the particular county.
(3) The clerk of the court shall keep the seal, and affix it to any process, transcript, certificate or other paper required by statute. [Amended by 1957 c.246 §1; 1961 c.533 §35; 1969 c.198 §16; 1991 c.790 §1; 1995 c.658 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.040 - Sittings of court to be public; when may be private.

The sittings of every court of justice are public, except that upon the agreement of the parties to a civil action, suit or proceeding, filed with the clerk or entered in the appropriate record, the court may direct the trial, or any other proceeding therein, to be private; upon such order being made, all persons shall be excluded, except the officers of the court, the parties, their witnesses and counsel. [Amended by 1985 c.540 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.050 - Time for decision on submitted questions; certificate of compliance with requirement; penalty for false certificate.

Any question submitted to any judge of any court of, or any justice of the peace in, any of the courts of this state, excepting the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals and the judges thereof, must be decided and the decision rendered within three months after submission, unless prevented by sickness or unavoidable casualty, or the time be extended by stipulation in writing signed by the counsel for the respective parties and filed with the judge before the expiration of said three months. This section is mandatory, and no officer shall sign or issue any warrant for the payment of the salary or any installment of the salary of any such judge or justice of the peace unless the voucher for such warrant shall contain or be accompanied by a certificate of such judge or justice of the peace that all matters submitted to the judge or justice of the peace for decision three months or more prior to the filing of said voucher have been decided as required herein; and, in case the time has been extended by stipulation in writing, or a decision has been prevented by sickness or unavoidable casualty, said certificate shall state the facts excusing the delay. The making and filing of a false certificate shall be just cause for complaint to the legislature and removal of said judge or justice of the peace. [Amended by 1969 c.198 §17]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.060 - Days for transaction of judicial business; exceptions.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the courts of justice may be held and judicial business transacted on any day.
(2) On any legal holiday in this state no court may be open or transact any judicial business for any purpose except:
(a) To give instructions to a jury then deliberating upon its verdict;
(b) To receive the verdict of a jury, or to discharge a jury in case of its inability to agree upon a verdict; or
(c) For the exercise of the powers of a magistrate in criminal actions or proceedings of a criminal nature.
(3) Except to the extent provided by the order, a court may not be open or transact judicial business for any purpose when the court is closed by an order of the Chief Justice. [Amended by 1971 c.240 §1; 1973 c.512 §1; 1981 s.s. c.3 §21; 2002 s.s.1 c.10 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.085 - Chief Justice to designate principal location for sitting of courts; alternative sites.

(1) Except to the extent otherwise specifically provided by law, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall designate the principal location for the sitting of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Oregon Tax Court and each circuit court. For each circuit court there shall be a principal location in each county in the judicial district.
(2) The Chief Justice may designate locations for the sitting of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Oregon Tax Court and each circuit court other than those designated under subsection (1) of this section. Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, locations designated under this subsection for a circuit court must be in the circuit court’s judicial district.
(3) The Chief Justice may designate locations in the state for the sitting of circuit courts in the event of an emergency. Locations designated under this subsection need not be in the circuit court’s judicial district. [1983 c.763 §2; 1995 c.658 §10; 2007 c.547 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.090 - Trial elsewhere than at usual location on agreement of parties.

Upon agreement of the parties to a civil action, suit or proceeding in a circuit or county court, filed with the clerk or entered in the register, the court may direct that the trial or any other proceeding therein be had elsewhere within the county than at a location otherwise designated by or pursuant to law for the sitting of the court. [Amended by 1983 c.763 §3; 1985 c.540 §19]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.110 - Adjournment when judge does not attend.

If no judge attend on the day appointed for holding a court, before 4 p.m., the court shall stand adjourned until the next day at 9 a.m. [Amended by 1959 c.638 §2; 2015 c.212 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.140 - Manner of addressing application or proceeding to court or judge.

An application or other proceeding addressed to a court shall be addressed to it by its style as given by statute; an application or other proceeding addressed to a judicial officer shall be addressed to the judicial officer by name, without any other title than the style of office.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.150 - Proceedings to be in English; foreign language translation; rules and procedures.

(1) Except as provided in this section, every writing in any action, suit or proceeding in a court of justice of this state, or before a judicial officer, shall be in English.
(2) A writing in an action, suit or proceeding in a court of justice of this state, or before a judicial officer, may be submitted in English and accompanied by a translation into a foreign language that is certified by the translator to be an accurate and true translation of the English writing. If the writing requires a signature, either the English or the foreign language writing may be signed.
(3) If a writing is submitted in English and accompanied by a translation under subsection (2) of this section, a copy of the writing and the translation must be provided to the other parties in the proceeding in the manner provided by the statutes and rules relating to service, notice and discovery of writings in civil and criminal proceedings in courts of justice of this state and before judicial officers.
(4) The State Court Administrator may establish policies and procedures governing the implementation of subsection (2) of this section.
(5) Subsection (1) of this section does not prohibit the use of common abbreviations. [Amended by 1995 c.273 §1; 2003 c.14 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.160 - Means to carry jurisdiction into effect; adoption of suitable process or mode of proceeding.

When jurisdiction is, by the Constitution or by statute, conferred on a court or judicial officer, all the means to carry it into effect are also given; and in the exercise of the jurisdiction, if the course of proceeding is not specifically pointed out by the procedural statutes, any suitable process or mode of proceeding may be adopted which may appear most conformable to the spirit of the procedural statutes.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.171 - Powers and duties of presiding judge for judicial district.

(1) A presiding judge appointed under ORS 1.003 is presiding judge for the circuit court of a judicial district established under ORS 3.012.
(2) The presiding judge, to facilitate exercise of administrative authority and supervision over the circuit court of the district and consistent with applicable provisions of law and the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure, may:
(a) Apportion and otherwise regulate the disposition of the judicial business of the circuit court of the judicial district; and
(b) Make rules, issue orders and take other action appropriate to that exercise.
(3) The presiding judge may assign actions and proceedings pending before a court to other judges of the judicial district for hearing and disposition. A judge who is assigned an action or proceeding under this subsection shall hear and dispose of the assigned action or proceeding unless the presiding judge withdraws the assignment for good cause shown.
(4) The presiding judge may delegate the exercise of any of the administrative powers of the presiding judge to another judge of the court or to the trial court administrator for the judicial district. [1995 c.781 §1; 1997 c.801 §146; 2009 c.484 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.175 - Docket priorities.

Any time a court of this state is directed by a provision of Oregon Revised Statutes to accord priority on its docket for a particular action or proceeding, and the priority to be accorded is unclear in light of other provisions of Oregon Revised Statutes, the court may accord such priorities as are consistent with:
(1) Specific statutory time limits; and
(2) The court’s efficient administration of its caseload, giving due consideration to the interests sought to be furthered by according docket priorities to certain actions or proceedings before the court. [1989 c.322 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.176 - Capital improvements to county courthouses; plan; report.

(1) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall develop a biennial plan for capital improvements to county courthouses. The plan shall prioritize the need for capital improvements in the counties and establish budgets for capital improvement projects. The list of projects and costs of those projects shall be submitted to the Legislative Assembly with the Judicial Department’s request for an allocation from the Criminal Fine Account for the purpose of funding the State Court Facilities and Security Account established under ORS 1.178.
(2) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall prepare a biennial report to the Legislative Assembly that reflects the original budget of projects funded in whole or part with amounts from the State Court Facilities and Security Account, any revisions to those budgets, and the amounts from the account actually expended on those projects. [2011 c.689 §2; 2011 c.597 §312]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.177 - State plan for security, emergency preparedness and business continuity for court facilities; Chief Judicial Marshal; deputy judicial marshals.

(1) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may adopt state standards, and a state plan, for:
(a) State court security, emergency preparedness and business continuity for facilities used by the judges or staff of a court operating under the Judicial Department or the staff of the office of the State Court Administrator; and
(b) The physical security of the judges or staff of a court operating under the Judicial Department or the staff of the office of the State Court Administrator.
(2)(a) The Chief Justice may appoint a Chief Judicial Marshal and other deputy judicial marshals charged with:
(A) Implementing a state plan adopted under subsection (1) of this section;
(B) Ensuring the physical security and safety of judges of a court operating under the Judicial Department;
(C) Ensuring the physical security and safety of the staff of a court operating under the Judicial Department, the staff of the office of the State Court Administrator and the public in and around court facilities as defined in ORS 166.360; and
(D) Ensuring the security of the real and personal property owned, controlled, occupied or used by the Judicial Department.
(b) Persons appointed as judicial marshals under this section are subject to the personnel rules and policies established by the Chief Justice under ORS 1.002.
(c) When appointed and duly sworn by the Chief Justice, judicial marshals appointed under this section who are trained pursuant to ORS 181A.540 have the authority given to peace officers of this state for the purposes of carrying out the duties of their employment.
(d) The Chief Justice may define the duties of judicial marshals appointed under this section.
(e) Judicial marshals granted the authority of a peace officer under this section who detain any person in accordance with the marshal’s duties retain the authority until the law enforcement agency having general jurisdiction over the area in which the person is detained assumes responsibility for the person.
(3) Except as provided in this subsection, a plan adopted under this section and all documents related to development of the plan are confidential and need not be disclosed under the provisions of ORS 192.311 to 192.478. The Chief Justice may authorize the disclosure of all or part of a plan prepared under this section if the Chief Justice determines that the interest of the public would be served by the disclosure and that the disclosure will not impair the integrity of the plan. Records of expenditures for a plan adopted under this section and records of equipment purchased under the plan are not confidential under the provisions of this subsection, and are subject to disclosure as public records under the provisions of ORS 192.311 to 192.478. [2005 c.804 §3; 2012 c.88 §1; 2012 c.107 §104; 2013 c.154 §1; 2021 c.173 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.178 - State Court Facilities and Security Account.

(1) The State Court Facilities and Security Account is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. The account consists of moneys allocated to the account under the provisions of ORS 137.300. Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the State Court Administrator for the purposes described in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) Expenditures by the State Court Administrator from the State Court Facilities and Security Account shall be made only for the following purposes:
(a) Developing or implementing the plan for state court security, emergency preparedness, business continuity and physical security adopted under ORS 1.177.
(b) Statewide training on state court security.
(c) Distributions to court facilities security accounts maintained under ORS 1.182.
(d) Capital improvements for courthouses and other state court facilities. [2005 c.804 §4; 2011 c.597 §61; 2012 c.107 §76; 2013 c.154 §§2,3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.185 - County to provide courtrooms, offices and jury rooms.

(1) The county in which a circuit court is located or holds court shall:
(a) Provide suitable and sufficient courtrooms, offices and jury rooms for the court, the judges, other officers and employees of the court and juries in attendance upon the court, and provide maintenance and utilities for those courtrooms, offices and jury rooms.
(b) Pay expenses of the court in the county other than those expenses required by law to be paid by the state.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (1) of this section, all supplies, materials, equipment and other property necessary for the operation of the circuit courts shall be provided by the state under ORS 1.187. [Formerly 1.165]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.187 - State to provide supplies and personal property for courts.

Except as provided in ORS 1.185 (1) and subject to applicable provisions of a plan established by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the state shall provide the supplies, materials, equipment and other personal property necessary for the operation of the circuit courts. The cost of property provided by the state shall be paid by the state from funds available for the purpose. [Formerly 1.167]