UTCR 6.080: MARKING EXHIBITS

(1) Before the commencement of the trial, parties must mark all exhibits in the following manner:

(a) Plaintiff’s exhibits must be marked consecutively from 1 through 99.

(b) Defendant’s exhibits must be marked consecutively from 101 through 199.

(c) On request, the court must assign additional blocks of numbers.

(d) In cases involving multiple parties or large numbers of exhibits, the parties shall agree on the assignment of the numbers. If the parties cannot reach agreement, or if for any reason the numbering system cannot accommodate the parties, then the court may direct the parties to use any other numbering system not inconsistent with the intent of this section.

(2) Upon request, the trial court administrator shall provide a party with appropriate stamps, labels or tags for exhibit marking.

(3) The parties must submit to the court a list of premarked exhibits as ordered by the assigned judge.

(4) Exhibits not available at the commencement of trial, exhibits not reasonably anticipated to be used and exhibits intended for impeachment purposes need not be premarked.

(5) At the time of trial or hearing involving a covered offense, a party introducing an exhibit that contains biological evidence must provide the court in writing with the name, agency, mailing address, and telephone number for the custodian responsible for each exhibit that contains biological evidence. The attorney also must indicate whether the biological evidence was collected by the defense. For a trial, this information must be submitted with the list of premarked exhibits required under subsection (3) of this rule.

(6) For purposes of this rule, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Biological Evidence” has the meaning given in ORS 133.705.

(b) “Covered Offense” has the meaning given in ORS 133.705.

(c) “Custodian” has the meaning given in ORS 133.705. 1988 Commentary: Subsection (4) cannot and does not change discovery rules as established for criminal cases by statute.