If, when a cause of action accrues against any person, the person is out of the state and service cannot be made within the state or the person is concealed therein, such action may be commenced within the applicable period of limitation in this chapter after the return of the person into the state, or after the termination of the concealment of the person; and if, after a cause of action has accrued against a person, the person shall depart from and reside out of this state, or if the person is concealed therein, the time of the absence or concealment of the person shall not be deemed or taken as any part of the time limited for the commencement of such action.
ORS 12.150
Known as the Uniform Conflict of Laws-Limitations Act
The act spans §§ 12–12 (52 sections).
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Thoenes v. Tatro (1974)
Most recently applied in Beaston v. Nickelson (September 2025)
Amended by 1973 c.206 §1; 1987 c.158 §4
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