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2017 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes
Chapter 132 - Grand Jury, Indictments and Other Accusatory Instruments
Section 132.430 - Finding against indictment; indorsement "not a true bill."

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OR Rev Stat § 132.430 (2017)
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(1) When a person has been held to answer a criminal charge and the indictment in relation thereto is not found "a true bill," it must be indorsed "not a true bill," which indorsement must be signed by the foreman and filed with the clerk of the court, in whose office it shall remain a public record. In the case of an indictment not found "a true bill" against a person not so held, the same, together with the minutes of the evidence in relation thereto, must be destroyed by the grand jury.

(2) When an indictment indorsed "not a true bill" has been filed with the clerk of the court, the effect thereof is to dismiss the charge; and the same cannot be again submitted to or inquired of by the grand jury unless the court so orders. [Amended by 1973 c.836 §54]

Note: The amendments to 132.430 by section 6, chapter 650, Oregon Laws 2017, become operative July 1, 2019. See section 18, chapter 650, Oregon Laws 2017. The text that is operative on and after July 1, 2019, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
(1) When a person has been held to answer a criminal charge and the indictment in relation thereto is not found "a true bill," the indictment must be indorsed "not a true bill," which indorsement must be signed by the foreman and filed with the clerk of the court, in whose office it shall remain a public record. In the case of an indictment not found "a true bill" against a person who has not been held to answer a criminal charge, the indictment must be destroyed by the grand jury.

(2) When an indictment indorsed "not a true bill" has been filed with the clerk of the court, the effect is to dismiss the charge, and the charge cannot be again submitted to or inquired of by the grand jury unless the court so orders.

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