Oregon Statutes - Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice

180.010 Office of Attorney General.
There is established the office of Attorney General of the State of Oregon.
180.020 Election; term of office.
The Attorney General shall be elected by the electors of this state at the regular general election in the same manner as other state officers...
180.030 Filing certificate of election or appointment.
Before entering upon the duties of office the Attorney General shall qualify by filing with the Secretary of State the certificate of election or of...
180.040 Governor to fill vacancy by appointment; term of appointee.
At any time when a vacancy may by any cause occur in the office of Attorney General, the Governor shall appoint a suitable person to...
180.050 Location of office.
The Attorney General shall keep and attend the office of Attorney General at the capital of the state. The state shall provide and furnish the...
180.060 Powers and duties of Attorney General.
(1) The Attorney General shall: (a) Appear for the state in the trial of all civil and criminal causes in the Supreme Court or the...
180.070 Power of Attorney General to conduct investigations and prosecutions; duties of district attorneys unaffected.
(1) The Attorney General may, when directed to do so by the Governor, take full charge of any investigation or prosecution of violation of law...
180.073 Subpoena authority in criminal investigation.
(1) In any criminal investigation conducted by the Attorney General, the Attorney General may execute in writing and serve a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum...
180.075 Disclosure of information obtained under subpoena.
Except as provided in this section, the Attorney General may not disclose any testimony or materials obtained under the provisions of ORS 180.073. The Attorney...
180.080 Attorney General to manage criminal proceedings in court or before grand jury at request of Governor.
When directed by the Governor, the Attorney General shall attend in person, or by one of the assistants of the Attorney General, any term of...
180.090 Investigations and special prosecutions; calling on other departments and officers for assistance; employing special investigators.
In making investigations of and conducting special prosecutions for violations or alleged violations of the criminal laws of the state, the Attorney General may call...
180.095 Consumer Protection and Education Revolving Account.
(1) There hereby is appropriated out of the General Fund in the State Treasury $250,000 for the purpose of providing funds to pay for personal...
180.097 [1971 c.85 §§8,9; 1977 c.445 §1; repealed by 1993 c.518 §4]
180.100 Legislative bills; preparation on request.
The Attorney General shall, upon request of any member of or of any person elected to either branch of the Legislative Assembly of the State...
180.110 Keeping copies of opinions and records of cases; biennial report; printing and binding opinions.
The Attorney General shall keep copies of all the opinions of the Attorney General and a record of all cases, in any of the courts...
180.120 Defending in criminal proceedings for Oregon State Police or member thereof; conducting prosecutions.
(1) The Attorney General shall: (a) Defend all criminal actions and proceedings in which the Department of State Police or any member thereof is concerned...
180.125 Intergovernmental road maintenance agreements.
If the Attorney General advises the Department of Transportation under ORS 180.060 about a matter related to an intergovernmental road maintenance agreement described in ORS...
180.130 Deputy Attorney General.
The Attorney General shall appoint a Deputy Attorney General, who shall qualify as required by law, and who may do and perform, in the absence...
180.140 Other assistants; salaries; representation of indigent clients.
(1) The Attorney General shall appoint the other assistants the Attorney General deems necessary to transact the business of the office, each to serve at...
180.150 Clerks.
Subject to any applicable provisions of the State Personnel Relations Law, the Attorney General shall employ the necessary clerical aid required for the discharge of...
180.160 Charges for services to public agencies; rules.
Subject to rules prescribed by the Attorney General, in rendering assistance to the respective officers, departments, boards and commissions of state government, and other public...
180.165 [1975 c.458 §9; repealed by 1989 c.633 §3]
180.170 Billing for services to public agencies.
The Department of Justice shall estimate in advance the expenses that it will incur during the biennium under ORS 180.160 and 180.340, and shall render...
180.180 Department of Justice Operating Account.
(1) The Department of Justice Operating Account is created. Moneys credited to the account are continuously appropriated for the purpose of paying expenses incurred by...
180.190 Department of Justice Current Expense Account; Department of Justice Portland Legal Office Petty Cash Account.
(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services is hereby authorized to draw a warrant in the amount of $50,000 payable to the Department of Justice...
180.200 Department of Justice Client Trust Account.
(1) The Department of Justice Client Trust Account is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. All moneys in the...
180.205 Tobacco Enforcement Fund.
(1) The Tobacco Enforcement Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. The Tobacco Enforcement Fund shall consist of: (a) Moneys deposited into...
180.210 Department of Justice; Attorney General head and chief law officer.
There hereby is constituted an executive department to be known as the Department of Justice. The Attorney General shall be the head of this department...
180.220 Powers and duties.
(1) The Department of Justice shall have: (a) General control and supervision of all civil actions and legal proceedings in which the State of Oregon...
180.225 Attorney General representing public bodies in antitrust proceedings.
In any proceeding under the antitrust laws of the United States in which the state or any public body within the state is interested, the...
180.230 Compensation not allowed state departments for attorney services.
No compensation shall be allowed to any person for services as an attorney or counselor to any department of the state government or to the...
180.235 Authority of agency to employ counsel; qualification and salary; status.
(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, whenever the Attorney General concludes that it is inappropriate and contrary to the public interest for...
180.240 Attorney General and Department of Justice to have powers and prerogatives of district attorneys.
The Attorney General and the Department of Justice shall have the same powers and prerogatives in each of the several counties of the state as...
180.250 [1983 c.481 §2; repealed by 1993 c.188 §15]
180.255 [1983 c.481 §3; repealed by 1993 c.188 §15]
180.260 Service of process by department employees.
(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...
180.265 Authority of department to delegate certain duties to employees of Department of Revenue.
The Department of Justice may delegate to officers and employees of the Department of Revenue the authority to undertake and complete certain filings and other...
180.267 Authority of Department of Justice to require fingerprints.
For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS 181.534, the Department of Justice may require the fingerprints of a...
180.310 [Subsections (1) and (2) enacted as 1957 c.105 §2 and 1957 c.424 §1; 1961 c.629 §1; repealed by 1975 c.458 §18]
180.320 Cooperation with division in enforcement; confidentiality of information furnished to division.
(1) All state agencies, district attorneys and all police officers of the state, county or any municipality or court thereof, shall cooperate with the Division...
180.330 District attorneys not relieved from duties relating to enforcement of support laws.
ORS 180.320 to 180.365 are not intended to relieve any district attorney from performing the duties, powers and functions of the district attorney under the...
180.340 Division of Child Support established; employment of personnel.
There is established the Division of Child Support of the Department of Justice to be maintained, operated and controlled under the supervision of the Attorney...
180.345 Child Support Program.
(1) The Department of Justice is responsible for the administration, supervision and operation of the program authorized by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act...
180.350 Investigators to have authority of peace officers.
Investigators employed by the Attorney General under ORS 180.320 to 180.365 shall have all the authority given by statute to peace officers of this state,...
180.360 Division exempt from payment of certain court fees; exemption.
Filing, recording or court fees may not be required from the Division of Child Support of the Department of Justice by any circuit court clerk...
180.365 Child Support Suspense Fund.
(1) The Child Support Suspense Fund is established in the State Treasury separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Child Support...
180.370 [1957 c.105 §6; repealed by 1997 c.704 §49]
180.380 Disclosure of information to authorized persons.
(1) In addition to its other duties, powers and functions, the Division of Child Support may disclose confidential information from the Federal Parent Locator Service...
180.400 Legislative findings.
The Legislative Assembly finds that violations of ORS 323.800 to 323.806 threaten the integrity of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, the fiscal soundness of the...
180.405 Definitions for ORS 180.400 to 180.455 and 323.106.
As used in ORS 180.400 to 180.455 and 323.106: (1) �Brand family� means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trademark and differentiated from...
180.410 Tobacco product manufacturer�s certification.
(1) Every tobacco product manufacturer whose cigarettes are sold in this state whether directly or through a distributor, retailer or similar intermediary shall execute and...
180.415 Contents of certification.
In the certification required by ORS 180.410 (1), a nonparticipating manufacturer shall further certify: (1) That the nonparticipating manufacturer is registered to do business in...
180.420 Document retention period.
A tobacco product manufacturer that certifies to the Attorney General as required by ORS 180.410 and 180.415 shall retain all invoices and documentation of sales...
180.425 Attorney General�s directory.
(1) The Attorney General shall develop and make available for public inspection a directory listing all tobacco product manufacturers that have provided current and accurate...
180.430 Nonparticipating manufacturer�s service agent.
(1)(a) Any nonresident or foreign nonparticipating manufacturer that has not registered to do business in the State of Oregon as a foreign corporation or business...
180.435 Distributor�s obligations; Attorney General�s and Department of Revenue�s sharing of information; nonparticipating manufacturer�s escrow requirements.
(1) Not later than 20 days after the end of each calendar quarter, and more frequently if so directed by the Attorney General, a distributor...
180.440 Prohibited conduct; penalty.
(1) A person may not: (a) Affix a stamp to a package or other container of cigarettes of a tobacco product manufacturer or brand family...
180.445 Attorney General�s rules for escrow deposits.
(1) To promote compliance with the provisions of ORS 180.410, 180.415, 180.420, 180.430, 180.435 and 180.440, the Attorney General may adopt rules requiring a nonparticipating...
180.450 Judicial review of Attorney General�s actions; Attorney General�s rulemaking authority; state�s civil remedies.
(1) A determination by the Attorney General to omit or remove from the directory developed under ORS 180.425 a brand family or tobacco product manufacturer...
180.455 Department of Revenue�s remedies.
(1) Upon a determination that a distributor has violated ORS 180.440, the Department of Revenue may revoke or suspend the license of the distributor in...
180.510 Functions of Department of Justice; personnel.
The Department of Justice shall carry out the functions of the Attorney General under this section and ORS 20.098, 83.710 to 83.750, 83.820 to 83.895,...
180.520 Duties of department; agency cooperation; Consumer Advisory Council created; membership; compensation and expenses.
(1) It shall be the duty of the Department of Justice to: (a) Coordinate consumer services carried on by state departments and agencies; (b) Further...
180.540 Review of consumer contracts for conformity with plain language standards.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a seller or extender of credit may submit to the Department of Justice any consumer...
180.545 Plain language standards; approval; fees.
(1) The agency to whom a consumer contract is submitted under ORS 180.540 shall review the contract to determine whether it complies with plain language...
180.550 Compliance statement.
A seller or extender of credit may state the following on a consumer contract determined by the reviewing agency to comply with the plain language...
180.555 Exemptions; effect of certification; admissibility.
(1) An agency need not review any consumer contract: (a) For which a federal or state statute, rule or regulation prescribes standards of readability applicable...
180.600 Definitions for ORS 180.600 to 180.630.
As used in ORS 180.600 to 180.630: (1) �Department� means the state Department of Justice. (2) �Organized crime� means any combination or conspiracy of two...
180.610 Investigation of organized criminal activity; powers and duties of department.
The Department of Justice shall: (1) Provide all administrative, clerical, investigative and legal assistance required by ORS 180.600 to 180.630. (2) Establish a coordinated system...
180.620 Investigators to have authority of peace officers.
All investigators employed pursuant to ORS 180.600 to 180.630 shall have all statutory powers and authority of peace officers and police officers of the State...
180.630 Acceptance of federal grant of funds; expenditure limitations.
Subject to the provisions of ORS 291.375, the Department of Justice may submit applications for federal grants and, when approved, accept and expend funds received...
180.640 Criminal Justice Revolving Account.
(1) There is hereby established an account in the General Fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Criminal Justice Revolving Account. The...
180.650 Establishment; rules; plan.
(1) As used in this section, �local law enforcement contact� means a local law enforcement officer that a school district wants to be notified when...
180.660 Funding; rules.
(1) The Department of Justice shall seek funds to establish and operate the School Safety Hotline. The department may accept gifts, grants and donations from...
180.700 Advisory committee; rules.
The Attorney General shall appoint an advisory committee composed at least of representatives from local supervisory authorities, batterers� intervention programs and domestic violence victims� advocacy...
180.710 Program reviews.
(1) A local supervisory authority, in consultation with a local domestic violence coordinating council recognized by this state or a county, may periodically review batterers�...

Last modified: August 7, 2008