ORS 25.085: Service on obligee; methods.

(1)(a) In any proceeding under ORS 25.080, legal documents may be served upon an obligee by regular first class mail to the address at which the obligee receives public assistance or an address provided by the obligee or, if authorized by the obligee, by electronic mail or other electronic delivery method as described by the administrator by rule. (b) When service is made as authorized by this subsection, the person who served the documents may provide proof of service by noting the following on the computerized case record: (A) A description of the documents served; (B) The name of the person who served the documents; (C) The date that the person served the documents; (D) The method of service used; and (E) As applicable, the address or electronic mail address to which the documents were sent. (c) If the documents are returned as undeliverable as addressed, that fact must be noted on the computerized case record. If no new address for service by regular first class mail can be obtained, service must be made by certified mail, return receipt requested, by personal service upon the obligee, or by any other mail service with delivery confirmation. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or ORS chapter 110, service that is required to be made to an obligee may instead be made to a public child support agency of another state by regular first class mail or, if authorized by the child support agency, by electronic mail or other electronic delivery method as described by the administrator by rule, if: (a) The child support agency of the other state referred the case for action in this state; (b) The action requiring service was taken in this state as a consequence of the interstate referral; and (c) The obligee is present in and receiving child support services from the other state. (3) The appropriate child support agency of the state shall make any service upon the obligee that is required by this section. [1993 c.596 §17; 1995 c.608 §26; 1997 c.249 §16; 1999 c.87 §1; 2003 c.572 §4; 2011 c.318 §8; 2019 c.13 §9; 2025 c.99 §13]