{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-45.135","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 45.135","heading":"Who may not report deposition in civil action.","body":"(1) A deposition in a civil action may not be stenographically reported by:\n      (a) A party in the action;\n      (b) A person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action;\n      (c) An attorney for a party in the action;\n      (d) An attorney for a person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action;\n      (e) An employee of a party in the action;\n      (f) An employee of an attorney for a party in the action;\n      (g) An employee of a person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action;\n      (h) An employee of an attorney for a person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action; or\n      (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.\n      (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.\n      (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.","path":["01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure","4. Evidence and Witnesses","Chapter 45 — Testimony Generally"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors045.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:10Z","sha256":"f4c883f26f527a4eb6215908e4b8f74c506629bebcc7f0c01aee57a71748205a","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-45.132","next":"us-or/ors-45.138"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}