Finding Oregon Statutes and Administrative Rules

Oregon Revised Statutes

Citations to the Oregon Revised Statutes look like this:

ORS § 123.456

or

Or. Rev. Stat § 123.456

Here 123 would be the chapter and 456 would be the section in the revised statutes.

You can find the current edition of the Oregon Revised Statutes on the Oregon Legislature's website here:

https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/Pages/ORS.aspx

The statutes are organized by subject. This means if you are looking for laws dealing with a particular subject, looking at the table of contents of the whole ORS or a particular chapter is very useful.

Oregon Administrative Rules

Citations to the Oregon Administrative rules look like this:

OAR § 123.456.789

or

 Or. Admin. R. 123.456.789 (2015)

Here 123 is the chapter 456 is the division and 789 is the section. Each chapter represents rules filed by a single agency. The division designates various topics covered by the agency.

You can view the most current administrative rules on the Secretary of State's website here:

http://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/oregon_administrative_rules.aspx  

 Fastcase

You can search either the Oregon Revised Statutes or Oregon Administrative Rules using a free Fastcase account provided by the SOLL. Read about how to get a Fastcase account here:

http://stateoforegonlawlibrary.blogspot.com/2015/10/free-fastcase-access-for-all-oregonians.html

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