Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case State v. Montez (1990)
Most recently applied in 338 Or. App. 362 - State v. Pedersen (March 2025)
Amended by 1973 c.836 §183
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.
(1) The demurrer shall be entered either at the time of the arraignment or at such other time as may be allowed to the defendant for that purpose.
(2) The demurrer shall be in writing, signed by the defendant or the attorney of the defendant and filed. It shall distinctly specify the ground of objection to the accusatory instrument.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.