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2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure
Chapter 040 - Evidence Code
Section 40.385 - Rule 615. Exclusion of witnesses.
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OR Rev Stat § 40.385 (2025)
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At the request of a party the court may order witnesses excluded until the time of final argument, and it may make the order of its own motion. This rule does not authorize exclusion of:
(1) A party who is a natural person;
(2) An officer or employee of a party which is not a natural person designated as its representative by its attorney;
(3) A person whose presence is shown by a party to be essential to the presentation of the party’s cause; or
(4) The victim in a criminal case. [1981 c.892 §56; 1987 c.2 §5; 2003 c.14 §20]
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