{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-1.040","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 1.040","heading":"Sittings of court to be public; when may be private.","body":"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.","path":["01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure","1. Courts of Record; Court Officers; Juries","Chapter 1 — Courts and Judicial Officers Generally"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors001.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:10Z","sha256":"0f51e64c66ecee740964b9a96485a4a52bb3fdf493df6cfb0725c107508c1fa5","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-1.030","next":"us-or/ors-1.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}