ORS 153.800
Violations Bureau established by court

  • uniform fine schedule

(1)

Any court of this state may establish a Violations Bureau and designate the clerk or deputy clerk of the court or any other appropriate person to act as a violations clerk for the Violations Bureau. The violations clerk shall serve under the direction and control of the court appointing the clerk.

(2)

A violations clerk may exercise authority over any violation. A justice or municipal court establishing a Violations Bureau shall by order specify the violations that are subject to the authority of the violations clerk.

(3)

Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, the violations clerk shall accept:

(a)

Written appearance, waiver of trial, plea of no contest and payment of fine, costs and assessments for violations that are subject to the authority of the violations clerk; or

(b)

Payment of presumptive fine amounts for violations that are subject to the authority of the violations clerk.

(4)

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(a)

Courts other than circuit courts shall establish schedules, within the limits prescribed by law, of the amounts of penalties to be imposed for first, second and subsequent violations, designating each violation specifically or by class. The order of the court establishing the schedules shall be prominently posted in the place where penalties established under the schedule are paid.

(b)

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall establish a uniform fine schedule for violations prosecuted in circuit courts. The schedule must specify the violations that are subject to the authority of the violations clerk.

(c)

All amounts must be paid to, receipted by and accounted for by the violations clerk in the same manner as other payments on money judgments are received by the court.

(5)

Any person charged with a violation within the authority of the violations clerk may:

(a)

Upon signing an appearance, plea of no contest and waiver of trial, pay the clerk the penalty established for the violation charged, including any costs and assessments authorized by law.

(b)

Pay the clerk the presumptive fine amount established for the violation. Payment of the presumptive fine amount under this paragraph constitutes consent to forfeiture of the presumptive fine amount and disposition of the violation by the clerk as provided by the rules of the court. Payment of the presumptive fine amount under this paragraph is not consent to forfeiture of the presumptive fine amount if the payment is accompanied by a plea of not guilty or a request for hearing.

(6)

A person who has been found guilty of, or who has signed a plea of no contest to, one or more previous offenses in the preceding 12 months within the jurisdiction of the court may not appear before the violations clerk unless the court, by general order applying to certain specified offenses, permits such appearance.

(7)

A circuit court may use a Central Violations Bureau established under ORS 153.806 (Central Violations Bureau) in addition to establishing and operating a Violations Bureau under this section, and may delegate to the State Court Administrator the authority to designate appropriate persons to act as violations clerks for the Central Violations Bureau. [1995 c.292 §1; 1997 c.801 §149; 1999 c.59 §30; 1999 c.1051 §130; 2011 c.597 §149; 2012 c.89 §8; 2019 c.60 §5]

Source: Section 153.800 — Violations Bureau established by court; uniform fine schedule, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors153.­html.

153.005
Definitions
153.008
Violations described
153.012
Violation categories
153.015
Unclassified and specific fine violations
153.018
Maximum fines
153.019
Presumptive fines
153.020
Presumptive fines
153.021
Minimum fines
153.022
Authority of agency to specify rule violation as particular level of violation
153.025
Authority of political subdivision to specify ordinance violation as particular level of violation
153.030
Applicability
153.033
Rules of procedure
153.036
Venue
153.039
Stop and detention for violation
153.042
Citations generally
153.043
Citations for Class E violations
153.045
Citation
153.048
Complaint
153.051
Summons
153.054
Service and filing
153.058
Initiation of violation proceeding by private party
153.061
Appearance by defendant
153.062
Class E violation proceedings
153.064
Warrant for arrest upon failure to appear
153.070
When trial required
153.073
Time and place
153.076
Conduct of trial
153.080
Testimony by affidavit or declaration
153.083
Role of peace officer
153.090
Provisions of judgment
153.096
Suspension of fine in certain cases
153.099
Entry
153.102
Entry
153.105
Relief from default judgment
153.108
Effect of judgment
153.111
Distribution of abstracts of convictions
153.121
Appeal
153.530
Designation of speed in complaint and summons charging violation of basic speed rule or speed limit
153.535
Delivery of summons for certain traffic offenses
153.624
Costs for obtaining driving records
153.633
Distribution to state
153.640
Disposition of fines for traffic offenses
153.645
Disposition of fines for traffic offenses
153.650
Disposition of fines for traffic offenses
153.655
Disposition of fines for mass transit district ordinance violations
153.657
Disposition of fines for violations of homeschooled student requirements
153.660
Use of amounts paid to county treasurer
153.675
Disposition of amounts payable to state and local governments
153.680
Costs
153.770
Electronic filing of citation for offenses subject to written uniform citation
153.772
Suspension of driving privileges for failure to appear
153.800
Violations Bureau established by court
153.806
Central Violations Bureau
153.820
Special procedures for parking violations in Multnomah County
153.990
Penalty for false certification
153.992
Penalty for failure to appear
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