Magistrates authorized to issue search warrants may, upon application of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, or any public officer, agent or employee of the director acting in the course of official duties, issue an inspection warrant whenever an inspection or investigation of any place of employment is required or authorized by any state or local statute, ordinance or regulation relating to occupational safety or health. The inspection warrant is an order authorizing the safety or health inspection or investigation to be conducted at a designated place of employment.
ORS 654.202
Known as the Oregon Safe Employment Act
The act spans §§ 654–654 (138 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Nelson v. Lane County (1987)
Most recently applied in Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Division v. Ostlie (September 1995)
1971 c.405 §1; 1973 c.833 §25; 1977 c.804 §41
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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.