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2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure
Chapter 031 - Tort Actions
Section 31.370 - Presumption of absence of negligence if defendant conducts criminal records check through Department of State Police.
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OR Rev Stat § 31.370 (2025)
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(1) In a claim for negligence based on the defendant’s failure to conduct an adequate criminal records check of a person, there is a rebuttable presumption that the defendant was not negligent if the defendant conducted the criminal records check through the Department of State Police.
(2) A criminal records check conducted through the Law Enforcement Data System meets the requirements of this section. [2019 c.424 §2]
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