Oregon § 1.040 Sittings of court to be public; when may be private

Oregon Statutes

§ 1.040 — Sittings of court to be public; when may be private

Oregon § 1.040

Vol.1

Title 1Courts of Record; Court Officers; Juries

Ch. 1Courts and Judicial Officers Generally

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Or. Rev. Stat. § 1.040 (2026).

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The sittings of every court of justice are public, except that upon the agreement of the parties to a civil action, suit or proceeding, filed with the clerk or entered in the appropriate record, the court may direct the trial, or any other proceeding therein, to be private; upon such order being made, all persons shall be excluded, except the officers of the court, the parties, their witnesses and counsel.

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The sittings of every court of justice are public, except that upon the agreement of the parties to a civil action, suit or proceeding, filed with the clerk or entered in the appropriate record, the court may direct the trial, or any other proceeding therein, to be private; upon such order being made, all persons shall be excluded, except the officers of the court, the parties, their witnesses and counsel.