ORS 135.775
Agreement on Detainers


The Agreement on Detainers is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:

The contracting states solemnly agree that:
The party states find that charges outstanding against a prisoner, detainers based on untried indictments, informations or complaints, and difficulties in securing speedy trial of persons already incarcerated in other jurisdictions, produce uncertainties which obstruct programs of prisoner treatment and rehabilitation. Accordingly, it is the policy of the party states and the purpose of this agreement to encourage the expeditious and orderly disposition of such charges and determination of the proper status of any and all detainers based on untried indictments, informations or complaints. The party states also find that proceedings with reference to such charges and detainers, when emanating from another jurisdiction, cannot properly be had in the absence of cooperative procedures. It is the further purpose of this agreement to provide such cooperative procedures.
As used in this agreement:

(a)

“State” shall mean a state of the United States; the United States of America; a territory or possession of the United States; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

(b)

“Sending state” shall mean a state in which a prisoner is incarcerated at the time that the prisoner initiates a request for final disposition pursuant to Article III of this agreement or at the time that a request for custody or availability is initiated pursuant to Article IV of this agreement.

(c)

“Receiving state” shall mean the state in which trial is to be had on an indictment, information or complaint pursuant to Article III or Article IV of this agreement.

(d)

“Department of Corrections institution” of this state shall mean any institution operated by the Department of Corrections.

(a)

Whenever a person has entered upon a term of imprisonment in a penal or correctional institution of a party state, and whenever during the continuance of the term of imprisonment there is pending in any other party state any untried indictment, information or complaint on the basis of which a detainer has been lodged against the prisoner, the prisoner shall be brought to trial within 180 days after the prisoner shall have caused to be delivered to the prosecuting officer and the appropriate court of the prosecuting officer’s jurisdiction written notice of the place of imprisonment and the request of the prisoner for a final disposition to be made of the indictment, information or complaint: Provided, that for good cause shown in open court, the prisoner or the counsel of the prisoner being present, the court having jurisdiction of the matter may grant any necessary or reasonable continuance. The request of the prisoner shall be accompanied by a certificate of the appropriate official having custody of the prisoner, stating the term of commitment under which the prisoner is being held, the time already served, the time remaining to be served on the sentence, the amount of good time earned, the time of parole eligibility of the prisoner, and any decisions of the state parole agency relating to the prisoner.

(b)

The written notice and request for final disposition referred to in paragraph (a) of this Article shall be given or sent by the prisoner to the warden or other official having custody of the prisoner, who shall promptly forward it together with the certificate to the prosecuting official and court by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested.

(c)

The warden or other official having custody of the prisoner shall promptly inform the prisoner of the source and contents of any detainer lodged against the prisoner and shall also inform the prisoner of the right to make a request for final disposition of the indictment, information or complaint on which the detainer is based.

(d)

Any request for final disposition made by a prisoner pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Article shall operate as a request for final disposition of all untried indictments, informations or complaints on the basis of which detainers have been lodged against the prisoner from the state to whose prosecuting official the request for final disposition is specifically directed. The warden or other official having custody of the prisoner shall forthwith notify all appropriate prosecuting officers and courts in the several jurisdictions within the state to which the prisoner’s request for final disposition is being sent of the proceeding being initiated by the prisoner. Any notification sent pursuant to this paragraph shall be accompanied by copies of the prisoner’s written notice, request and the certificate. If trial is not had on any indictment, information or complaint contemplated hereby prior to the return of the prisoner to the original place of imprisonment, such indictment, information or complaint shall not be of any further force or effect, and the court shall enter an order dismissing the same with prejudice.

(e)

Any request for final disposition made by a prisoner pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Article shall also be deemed to be a waiver of extradition with respect to any charge or proceeding contemplated thereby or included therein by reason of paragraph (d) of this Article, and a waiver of extradition to the receiving state to serve any sentence there imposed upon the prisoner, after completion of the term of imprisonment in the sending state. The request for final disposition shall also constitute a consent by the prisoner to the production of the body of the prisoner in any court where the presence of the prisoner may be required in order to effectuate the purposes of this agreement and a further consent voluntarily to be returned to the original place of imprisonment in accordance with the provisions of this agreement. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the imposition of a concurrent sentence if otherwise permitted by law.

(f)

Escape from custody by the prisoner subsequent to the execution of the request for final disposition referred to in paragraph (a) of this Article shall void the request.

(a)

The appropriate officer of the jurisdiction in which an untried indictment, information or complaint is pending shall be entitled to have a prisoner against whom the officer has lodged a detainer and who is serving a term of imprisonment in any party state made available in accordance with paragraph (a) of Article V of this agreement upon presentation of a written request for temporary custody or availability to the appropriate authorities of the state in which the prisoner is incarcerated: Provided, that the court having jurisdiction of such indictment, information or complaint shall have duly approved, recorded and transmitted the request; And provided further, that there shall be a period of 30 days after receipt by the appropriate authorities before the request be honored, within which period the governor of the sending state may disapprove the request for temporary custody or availability, either upon the own motion of the governor or upon motion of the prisoner.

(b)

Upon receipt of the officer’s written request as provided in paragraph (a) of this Article, the appropriate authorities having the prisoner in custody shall furnish the officer with a certificate stating the term of commitment under which the prisoner is being held, the time already served, the time remaining to be served on the sentence, the amount of good time earned, the time of parole eligibility of the prisoner and any decisions of the state parole agency relating to the prisoner. Such authorities simultaneously shall furnish all other officers and appropriate courts in the receiving state who have lodged detainers against the prisoner with similar certificates and with notices informing them of the request for custody or availability and of the reasons therefor.

(c)

In respect of any proceeding made possible by this Article, trial shall be commenced within 120 days of the arrival of the prisoner in the receiving state, but for good cause shown in open court, the prisoner or the counsel of the prisoner being present, the court having jurisdiction of the matter may grant any necessary or reasonable continuance.

(d)

Nothing contained in this Article shall be construed to deprive any prisoner of any right which the prisoner may have to contest the legality of the delivery of the prisoner as provided in paragraph (a) of this Article, but such delivery may not be opposed or denied on the ground that the executive authority of the sending state has not affirmatively consented to or ordered such delivery.

(e)

If trial is not had on any indictment, information or complaint contemplated hereby prior to the prisoner’s being returned to the original place of imprisonment pursuant to paragraph (e) of Article V of this agreement, such indictment, information or complaint shall not be of any further force or effect, and the court shall enter an order dismissing the same with prejudice.

(a)

In response to a request made under Article III or Article IV of this agreement, the appropriate authority in a sending state shall offer to deliver temporary custody of such prisoner to the appropriate authority in the state where such indictment, information or complaint is pending against such person in order that speedy and efficient prosecution may be had. If the request for final disposition is made by the prisoner, the offer of temporary custody shall accompany the written notice provided for in Article III of this agreement. In the case of a federal prisoner, the appropriate authority in the receiving state shall be entitled to temporary custody as provided by this agreement or to the prisoner’s presence in federal custody at the place for trial, whichever custodial arrangement may be approved by the custodian.

(b)

The officer or other representative of a state accepting an offer of temporary custody shall present the following upon demand:

(1)

Proper identification and evidence of authority to act for the state into whose temporary custody the prisoner is to be given.

(2)

A duly certified copy of the indictment, information or complaint on the basis of which the detainer has been lodged and on the basis of which the request for temporary custody of the prisoner has been made.

(c)

If the appropriate authority shall refuse or fail to accept temporary custody of such prisoner, or in the event that an action on the indictment, information or complaint on the basis of which the detainer has been lodged is not brought to trial within the period provided in Article III or Article IV of this agreement, the appropriate court of the jurisdiction where the indictment, information or complaint has been pending shall enter an order dismissing the same with prejudice, and any detainer based thereon shall cease to be of any force or effect.

(d)

The temporary custody referred to in this agreement shall be only for the purpose of permitting prosecution on the charge or charges contained in one or more untried indictments, informations or complaints which form the basis of the detainer or detainers or for prosecution on any other charge or charges arising out of the same transaction. Except for attendance of the prisoner at court and while being transported to or from any place at which the presence of the prisoner may be required, the prisoner shall be held in a suitable jail or other facility regularly used for persons awaiting prosecution.

(e)

At the earliest practicable time consonant with the purposes of this agreement, the prisoner shall be returned to the sending state.

(f)

During the continuance of temporary custody or while the prisoner is otherwise being made available for trial as required by this agreement, time being served on the sentence shall continue to run but good time shall be earned by the prisoner only if, and to the extent that, the law and practice of the jurisdiction which imposed the sentence may allow.

(g)

For all purposes other than that for which temporary custody as provided in this agreement is exercised, the prisoner shall be deemed to remain in the custody of and subject to the jurisdiction of the sending state and any escape from temporary custody may be dealt with in the same manner as an escape from the original place of imprisonment or in any other manner permitted by law.

(h)

From the time that a party state receives custody of a prisoner pursuant to this agreement until such prisoner is returned to the territory and custody of the sending state, the state in which the one or more untried indictments, informations or complaints are pending or in which trial is being had shall be responsible for the prisoner and shall also pay all costs of transporting, caring for, keeping and returning the prisoner. The provisions of this paragraph shall govern unless the states concerned shall have entered into a supplementary agreement providing for a different allocation of costs and responsibilities as between or among themselves. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed to alter or affect any internal relationship among the departments, agencies and officers of and in the government of a party state, or between a party state and its subdivisions, as to the payment of costs, or responsibilities therefor.

(a)

In determining the duration and expiration dates of the time periods provided in Articles III and IV of this agreement, the running of such time periods shall be tolled whenever and for as long as the prisoner is unable to stand trial, as determined by the court having jurisdiction of the matter.

(b)

No provision of this agreement, and no remedy made available by this agreement, shall apply to any person who is adjudged to be a person with mental illness.
Each state party to this agreement shall designate an officer who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this agreement, and who shall provide within and without the state, information necessary to the effective operation of this agreement.
This agreement shall enter into full force and effect as to a party state when such state has enacted the agreement into law. A state party to this agreement may withdraw herefrom by enacting a statute repealing the agreement. However, the withdrawal of any state shall not affect the status of any proceedings already initiated by prisoners or by state officers at the time such withdrawal takes effect, nor shall it affect their rights in respect thereof.
This agreement shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate its purposes. The provisions of this agreement shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this agreement is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this agreement and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this agreement shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state party to this agreement, the agreement shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.

[Formerly 134.605; 1987 c.320 §20a; 2013 c.360 §5]

Source: Section 135.775 — Agreement on Detainers, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors135.­html.

Notes of Decisions

In general

Nothing in this section indicates an intent by the legislature to change the rule that concurrent sentences may be provided only when they may be served in the same institution. State v. Stewart, 6 Or App 264, 487 P2d 889 (1971)

The Board of Parole did not act illegally in imposing upon the prisoner a condition that he sign a waiver of extradition before being granted parole to authorities of another state. Bailleaux v. Cupp, 535 F2d 543 (1976)

Where defendant refused to cooperate with prison officials of sending state in providing requisite information for certificate of inmate status, such information was important ingredient of receiving state’s decision whether to prosecute prisoner and prisoner was not denied right to speedy trial under Interstate Agreement on Detainers. State v. DeMotte, 42 Or App 413, 600 P2d 923 (1979)

Where no detainer based upon untried indictment, information or complaint had been filed against defendant, Interstate Agreement on Detainers did not become operative and state was not bound by its provisions, so there could be no denial of right to speedy trial under this section. State v. Coffman, 59 Or App 18, 650 P2d 144 (1982)

Defendant, who was convicted but fled state before sentencing and was arrested, convicted and sentenced for crimes committed in California, cannot be returned to Oregon under Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD) for sentencing proceeding because defendant was tried in Oregon prior to fleeing and IAD applies only to pending untried charges. State v. Sills, 260 Or App 384, 317 P3d 307 (2013), Sup Ct review denied

Article III

Article III does not apply if: 1) detaining authority is not party to agreement; 2) defendant has not entered upon “term of imprisonment” when he writes demand letter; or 3) demand letter does not contain information required by this article. State v. Cox, 12 Or App 215, 505 P2d 360 (1973), Sup Ct review denied

Defendant’s rights under Interstate Compact on Detainers are triggered only by lodging of detainer, and thus defendant’s right under this section to speedy trial was not violated where defendant incarcerated in foreign state signed and forwarded forms requesting trial eleven months before Oregon detainers were lodged against him. State v. Hibdon, 36 Or App 97, 583 P2d 597 (1978)

Where defendant requested trial under this section, he did not acquiesce in trial after expiration of statutory period by failing to object to trial date at arraignment. State v. Arwood, 46 Or App 653, 612 P2d 763 (1980)

Under the Interstate Agreement, notice and request must be sent by prisoner to custodian, not to prosecutor and, therefore, defendant’s attempts to initiate speedy trial proceedings by directly contacting Clackamas County District Attorney were ineffective to start running of 180-day period. State v. Smith, 64 Or App 588, 669 P2d 368 (1983)

Section did not apply to Washington inmate who requested that he be brought to trial within 180 days on charges pending in Oregon because he was paroled before end of that period; several jail terms, served in different jurisdictions, do not constitute a single term of imprisonment for purposes of Interstate Agreement on Detainers. State v. Foster, 107 Or App 481, 812 P2d 440 (1991)

180-day period for bringing prisoner to trial does not commence until prisoner’s request for final disposition of charges has actually been delivered to court and prosecuting officer. State v. Burss, 316 Or 1, 848 P2d 596 (1993)

Where 180-day period for bringing prisoner to trial has expired, remedy lies with court in receiving state. Freeman v. Hand, 158 Or App 489, 974 P2d 788 (1999), Sup Ct review denied

Where defendant is aware that interstate detainer has been lodged and defendant knowingly fails to file trial demand, defendant is precluded from asserting that subsequent period of delay violates speedy trial right under [former] ORS 135.747. State v. Ayers, 203 Or App 683, 126 P3d 1241 (2006), modified 207 Or App 668, 143 P3d 251 (2006), Sup Ct review denied

Article IV

Where first indictment was quashed only six days before defendant’s speedy trial period would expire, court did not err in granting state 30-day continuance to resubmit case to grand jury. State v. King, 84 Or App 165, 733 P2d 472 (1987), Sup Ct review denied, aff’d King v. Brown, 8 F3d 1403 (9th Cir. 1993)

Where defendant moved for continuance and to suppress evidence, to which state appealed, time limitation under Article IV was tolled without state requesting continuance. State v. Bernson, 106 Or App 252, 807 P2d 309 (1991), Sup Ct review denied

Article V

This section permits receiving state to retain custody of defendant to bring new charges arising out of same incident as charge in indictment under which defendant was transferred to Oregon. State v. King, 84 Or App 165, 733 P2d 472 (1987), Sup Ct review denied, aff’d on other grounds, King v. Brown, 8 F3d 1403 (9th Cir. 1993)

Article VI

Section (b) applies only to persons presently in sending state. State v. King, 84 Or App 165, 733 P2d 472 (1987), Sup Ct review denied, aff’d on other grounds, King v. Brown, 8 F3d 1403 (9th Cir. 1993)

Attorney General Opinions

A delayed sentence as an indictment not finally disposed of within Article III(a); purpose of Agreement under Article I, liberally construed under Article IX, as requiring imposition of sentence to aid rehabilitation, (1971) Vol 35, p 811

135.010
Time and place
135.020
Scope of proceedings
135.030
When presence of defendant is required
135.035
Bringing in defendant not yet arrested or held to answer
135.037
Omnibus hearing
135.040
Right to counsel
135.045
Court appointment of counsel
135.050
Eligibility for court-appointed counsel
135.055
Compensation and expenses of appointed counsel
135.060
Informing defendant as to use of name in accusatory instrument
135.065
Name used in further proceedings
135.067
Effect of failure to provide true name of defendant on certain types of release
135.070
Informing defendant as to charge, right to counsel, use of statement and preliminary hearing
135.073
Statement by defendant when not advised of rights
135.075
Obtaining counsel
135.085
Subpoenaing witnesses
135.090
Examination of adverse witnesses
135.095
Right of defendant to make or waive making a statement
135.100
Statement of defendant
135.105
Use of statement before grand jury or on trial
135.115
Waiver of right to make statement
135.125
Examination of defendant’s witnesses
135.135
Exclusion of witnesses during examination of others
135.139
Notice of availability of testing for HIV and other communicable diseases to person charged with crime
135.145
Testimony of witnesses
135.155
Retention of record and statements by magistrate
135.165
Counsel for complainant
135.173
Oregon Evidence Code to apply in preliminary hearings
135.175
Discharge
135.185
Holding defendant to answer
135.195
Commitment
135.205
Indorsement in certain cases
135.215
Direction to sheriff
135.225
Forwarding of papers by magistrate
135.230
Definitions for ORS 135.230 to 135.290
135.233
Standing pretrial release orders
135.235
Release assistance officers
135.240
Releasable offenses
135.242
Security release for certain methamphetamine offenses
135.245
Release decision
135.246
Release conditions related to medical use of cannabis
135.247
Order prohibiting contact with victim of sex crime or domestic violence
135.250
General conditions of release agreement
135.253
Waiver of appearance at trial as release condition prohibited
135.255
Release agreement
135.260
Conditional release
135.265
Security release
135.270
Taking of security
135.275
Seizure of security by law enforcement agency
135.280
Arrest warrant
135.285
Modification of release decision
135.290
Punishment by contempt of court
135.295
Application of ORS 135.230 to 135.290 to certain traffic offenses
135.305
Types of answer
135.315
Types of pleading
135.325
Pleading a judgment
135.335
Pleading by defendant
135.345
Legal effect of plea of no contest
135.355
Presentation of plea
135.360
Special provisions relating to presentation of plea of guilty or no contest
135.365
Withdrawal of plea of guilty or no contest
135.370
Not guilty plea as denial of allegations of accusatory instrument
135.375
Pleading to offenses in other counties
135.380
Time of entering plea
135.385
Defendant to be advised by court
135.390
Determining voluntariness of plea
135.395
Determining accuracy of plea
135.405
Plea discussions and plea agreements
135.407
Plea agreement must contain defendant’s criminal history classification
135.415
Criteria to be considered in plea discussions and plea agreements
135.418
Prohibited plea agreement provisions
135.425
Responsibilities of defense counsel
135.432
Judge involvement in plea discussions
135.435
Discussion and agreement not admissible
135.445
Withdrawn plea or statement not admissible
135.455
Notice prior to trial of intention to rely on alibi evidence
135.465
Defect in accusatory instrument as affecting acquittal on merits
135.470
Motion to dismiss accusatory instrument on grounds of former jeopardy
135.510
Grounds for motion to set aside the indictment
135.520
Time of making motion
135.530
Effect of allowance of motion
135.540
Effect of resubmission of case
135.560
Order to set aside is no bar to future prosecution
135.610
Demurrer
135.630
Grounds of demurrer
135.640
When objections that are grounds for demurrer may be taken
135.650
Hearing of objections specified by demurrer
135.660
Judgment on demurrer
135.670
Allowance of demurrer
135.680
Procedure if resubmission of case not allowed
135.690
Resubmission of case
135.700
Disallowance of demurrer
135.703
Crimes subject to being compromised
135.705
Satisfaction of injured person
135.707
Discharge as bar to prosecution
135.709
Exclusiveness of procedure
135.711
Facts constituting crime or subcategory of crime required
135.713
Necessity of stating presumptions of law and matters judicially noticed
135.715
Effect of nonprejudicial defects in form of accusatory instrument
135.717
Time of crime
135.720
Place of crime in certain cases
135.725
Person injured or intended to be injured
135.727
Description of animal
135.730
Judgments
135.733
Defamation
135.735
Forgery
135.737
Perjury
135.740
Construction of words and phrases used
135.743
Fictitious or erroneous name
135.745
Delay in finding an indictment or filing an information
135.746
Time period within which trial must commence
135.748
Periods of time excluded from time limits
135.750
Where there is reason for delay
135.752
When trial not commenced within time limit
135.753
Effect of dismissal
135.755
Dismissal on motion of court or district attorney
135.757
Nolle prosequi
135.760
Notice requesting early trial on pending charge
135.763
Trial within 90 days of notice unless continuance granted
135.765
Dismissal of criminal proceeding not brought to trial within allowed time
135.767
Presence of prisoner at proceedings
135.770
Release of prisoner prohibited
135.773
District attorney to furnish certain documents
135.775
Agreement on Detainers
135.777
Definition for ORS 135.775
135.779
Enforcement of ORS 135.775 by public agencies
135.783
Effect of escape from custody in another state
135.785
Surrender of custody under ORS 135.775
135.787
Administrator of agreement
135.789
Notice of request for temporary custody
135.791
Request for final disposition of detainer from prisoner in another state
135.793
Procedure where untried instrument pending against prisoner in another state
135.805
Applicability
135.815
Disclosure to defendant
135.825
Other disclosure to defense
135.835
Disclosure to the state
135.845
Time of disclosure
135.855
Material and information not subject to discovery
135.857
Disclosure to victim
135.865
Effect of failure to comply with discovery requirements
135.873
Protective orders
135.881
Definitions for ORS 135.881 to 135.901
135.886
Requirements for diversion
135.891
Conditions of diversion agreement
135.893
Diversion conditions related to medical use of cannabis
135.896
Stay of criminal proceedings during period of agreement
135.898
Diversion agreement involving servicemember charged with domestic violence
135.901
Effect of compliance or noncompliance with agreement
135.925
Bad check diversion program
135.941
Early disposition programs
135.942
Purposes of program
135.943
Provisions of program
135.948
Availability to probationers
135.949
Other programs authorized
135.951
Authorization
135.953
How mediation may be used
135.955
Notifying victims and person charged with crime of mediation opportunities
135.957
Application of ORS 36.220 to 36.238 to mediation of criminal offenses
135.959
Authority to contract with dispute resolution programs
135.970
Information required when victim contacted by defense
135.973
Medication use by specialty court entrant
135.980
Rehabilitative programs directory
135.983
Court inquiry into defendant’s immigration status prohibited
135.985
Procedure when defendant is servicemember
135.990
Penalties
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