{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-40.385","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 40.385","heading":"Rule 615. Exclusion of witnesses.","body":"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:\n      (1) A party who is a natural person;\n      (2) An officer or employee of a party which is not a natural person designated as its representative by its attorney;\n      (3) A person whose presence is shown by a party to be essential to the presentation of the party’s cause; or\n      (4) The victim in a criminal case. [1981 c.892 §56; 1987 c.2 §5; 2003 c.14 §20]\nOPINIONS AND EXPERT TESTIMONY","path":["01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure","4. Evidence and Witnesses","Chapter 40 — Evidence Code"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors040.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:10Z","sha256":"8dc37fd0180aaa3fce541513aa724602a1bd3bd2706c3a851c756018b6f21723","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-40.380","next":"us-or/ors-40.405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}