ORS 180.260: Service of process by department employees.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) Notwithstanding ORCP 7 E or any other law, employees and officers of the Department of Justice other than attorneys may serve summons, process and other notice, including all child support actions initiated by the Division of Child Support or to which the division is a party, in litigation and other proceedings in which the state is interested. An employee or officer may not serve process or other notice in any case or proceeding in which the employee or officer has a personal interest or in which it reasonably may be anticipated that the employee or officer will be a material witness. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the authority granted by subsection (1) of this section may be exercised only in, and within reasonable proximity of, the regular business offices of the Department of Justice, or in situations in which the immediate service of process is necessary to protect the legal interests of the state. (3) The restriction in subsection (2) of this section does not apply to investigators employed by or contracting with the Division of Child Support. [1989 c.323 §2; 2011 c.318 §7]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 137-087-0000: Purpose and Implementation — implements
- OAR 137-087-0000: Purpose and Implementation — authority
- OAR 137-087-0005: Definitions — implements
- OAR 137-087-0005: Definitions — authority
- OAR 137-087-0010: Integration With Total Community Response to Domestic Violence — implements
- OAR 137-087-0010: Integration With Total Community Response to Domestic Violence — authority
- OAR 137-087-0015: Interface Standards — Victims and Current Partners — implements
- OAR 137-087-0015: Interface Standards — Victims and Current Partners — authority
- OAR 137-087-0020: Confidentiality of Victim and Partner Information — implements
- OAR 137-087-0020: Confidentiality of Victim and Partner Information — authority
- OAR 137-087-0025: Interface Standards — Victim Advocacy Programs — implements
- OAR 137-087-0025: Interface Standards — Victim Advocacy Programs — authority
- OAR 137-087-0030: Interface Standards — Criminal Justice System — implements
- OAR 137-087-0030: Interface Standards — Criminal Justice System — authority
- OAR 137-087-0035: Interface Standards — Other BIPs — implements
- OAR 137-087-0035: Interface Standards — Other BIPs — authority
- OAR 137-087-0040: Interface Standards — Social Service Interfaces — implements
- OAR 137-087-0040: Interface Standards — Social Service Interfaces — authority
- OAR 137-087-0045: Intervention Strategies — implements
- OAR 137-087-0045: Intervention Strategies — authority
- OAR 137-087-0050: Intervention Curriculum — implements
- OAR 137-087-0050: Intervention Curriculum — authority
- OAR 137-087-0055: Culturally Informed Interventions — implements
- OAR 137-087-0055: Culturally Informed Interventions — authority
- OAR 137-087-0060: Admission Policies and Procedures — implements
- OAR 137-087-0060: Admission Policies and Procedures — authority
- OAR 137-087-0065: BIP Program Format — implements
- OAR 137-087-0065: BIP Program Format — authority
- OAR 137-087-0070: Policies and Procedures as to Termination or Release — implements
- OAR 137-087-0070: Policies and Procedures as to Termination or Release — authority
- OAR 137-087-0075: Post-Release Services — implements
- OAR 137-087-0075: Post-Release Services — authority
- OAR 137-087-0080: Personnel Standards — implements
- OAR 137-087-0080: Personnel Standards — authority
- OAR 137-087-0085: Research Programs — implements
- OAR 137-087-0085: Research Programs — authority
- OAR 137-087-0090: Demonstration Projects (see definition in Section 1) — implements
- OAR 137-087-0090: Demonstration Projects (see definition in Section 1) — authority
- OAR 137-087-0095: Program Review — implements
- OAR 137-087-0095: Program Review — authority
- OAR 137-087-0100: BIP Advisory Committee — implements
- OAR 137-087-0100: BIP Advisory Committee — authority
This rule cites
- ORCP 7 E — resolved
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