If the jury finds a verdict which is not a general verdict, the court may, with proper instructions as to the law, direct the jury to reconsider it; and the verdict cannot be received until it is given in some form from which it can be clearly understood that the intent of the jury is to render a general verdict.
ORS 136.485
Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 136–136 (149 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Acosta (2021)
Most recently applied in Richards v. Brown (December 2025)
Formerly 136.700
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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.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.