Oregon § 40.273 Rule 509-2. Non-English-speaking person-interpreter privilege

Oregon Statutes

§ 40.273 — Rule 509-2. Non-English-speaking person-interpreter privilege

Oregon § 40.273

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Title 4Evidence and Witnesses

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Or. Rev. Stat. § 40.273 (2026).

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(1)As used in this section:

(a)“Interpreter” means a person who translates conversations or other communications for a non-English-speaking person or translates the statements of a non-English-speaking person.

(b)“Non-English-speaking person” means a person who, by reason of place of birth or culture, speaks a language other than English and does not speak English with adequate ability to communicate in the proceedings.

(2)A non-English-speaking person has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent an interpreter from disclosing any communications to which the non-English-speaking person was a party that were made while the interpreter was providing interpretation services for the non-English-speaking person. The privilege created by this section extends only to those communicati

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(1) As used in this section:
(a) “Interpreter” means a person who translates conversations or other communications for a non-English-speaking person or translates the statements of a non-English-speaking person.
(b) “Non-English-speaking person” means a person who, by reason of place of birth or culture, speaks a language other than English and does not speak English with adequate ability to communicate in the proceedings.
(2) A non-English-speaking person has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent an interpreter from disclosing any communications to which the non-English-speaking person was a party that were made while the interpreter was providing interpretation services for the non-English-speaking person. The privilege created by this section extends only to those communications between a non-English-speaking person and another, and translated by the interpreter, that would otherwise be privileged under ORS 40.225 to 40.295.