{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-1.198","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 1.198","heading":"Exemptions from requirements of ORS 1.197.","body":"(1) ORS 1.197 does not apply to liquidated and delinquent accounts that are:\n      (a) Prohibited by state or federal law or regulation from assignment or collection; or\n      (b) Subject to collection through an offset of federal tax refunds pursuant to an agreement entered into under ORS 1.196.\n      (2) Notwithstanding ORS 1.197, a state court or a commission, department or division in the judicial branch of state government, acting in its sole discretion, may choose not to offer a liquidated and delinquent account to a private collection agency or to the Department of Revenue if the account:\n      (a) Is secured by a consensual security interest in real or personal property;\n      (b) Is based on that part of a judgment that requires payment of restitution or a payment to the Crime Victims’ Assistance section of the Criminal Justice Division of the Department of Justice;\n      (c) Is in litigation, mediation or arbitration or is subject to a stay in bankruptcy proceedings;\n      (d) Is owed by a local or state government or by the federal government;\n      (e) Is owed by a debtor who is hospitalized in a state hospital as defined in ORS 162.135 or who receives public assistance as defined in ORS 411.010 or medical assistance as defined in ORS 414.025;\n      (f) Consists of moneys for which a district attorney has assumed collection responsibility under ORS 8.680;\n      (g) Consists of moneys owed by a person who is incarcerated;\n      (h) Is an account that was previously offered to a private collection agency and was refused, or that was previously assigned to a private collection agency and the agency thereafter relinquished the account;\n      (i) Is less than $100, including penalties; or\n      (j) Would result in loss of federal funding if assigned.","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":"dd9ed95d6f6c92f838d3d207a4d95bb28c7dcbbefb23f8bd5e41fbc22c1e7f0b","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-1.197","next":"us-or/ors-1.199"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}