Hearsay is not admissible except as provided in ORS 40.450 to 40.475 or as otherwise provided by law.
ORS 40.455
Known as the Oregon Evidence Code
The act spans §§ 40–40 (98 sections).
Applied in 45 court decisions — leading case State v. Middleton (1983)
Most recently applied in State v. Bowman (January 2025)
1981 c.892 §63
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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.