The following persons are magistrates:
(1) Judges of the Supreme Court;
(2) Judges of the Court of Appeals;
(3) Judges of the circuit court;
(4) County judges and justices of the peace; and
(5) Municipal judges.
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 62 Or. App. 554 - State v. Plankinton (1983)
Most recently applied in 343 Or. App. 573 - State v. Russell (September 2025)
Amended by 1961 c.724 §27; 1969 c.198 §59; 1977 c.746 §1; 1995 c.658 §72
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The following persons are magistrates:
(1) Judges of the Supreme Court;
(2) Judges of the Court of Appeals;
(3) Judges of the circuit court;
(4) County judges and justices of the peace; and
(5) Municipal judges.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.