45.135 Who may not report deposition in civil action
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45.135 Who may not report deposition in civil action.
(1)A deposition in a civil action may not be stenographically reported by:
(a)A party in the action;
(b)A person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action;
(c)An attorney for a party in the action;
(d)An attorney for a person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action;
(e)An employee of a party in the action;
(f)An employee of an attorney for a party in the action;
(g)An employee of a person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action;
(h)An employee of an attorney for a person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action; or
(i)A person related, by affinity or consanguinity within the third degree, to a party in the action or to a person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action.
(2)Any deposition recorded or reported by a person in violation of this section may not be introduced in evidence or used for any other purpose in a civil action.
(3)As used in this section, “attorney” includes an associate licensee of the Oregon State Bar practicing law in the licensee’s approved scope of practice. [1999 c.942 §1; 2023 c.72 §35; 2025 c.32 §71]