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2025 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.

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OR Rev Stat § 45.135 (2025)
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(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.

(3) As used in this section, "attorney" includes an associate licensee of the Oregon State Bar practicing law in the licensee’s approved scope of practice. [1999 c.942 §1; 2023 c.72 §35; 2025 c.32 §71]

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