Legal Resources: Oregon State & Local

Revised statutes of Oregon. Keyword-searchable and fully indexed.

Full text of 2015 Oregon Revised Statutes hosted by OregonLaws.org.

Access to Oregon bills & laws from 2007 to the present online. NEW for 2012: older volumes of the Oregon Revised Statutes are being scanned for online access. Look under "Selected Archives of the Oregon Revised Statutes"

Archived version of the Oregon State Legislature Bills and Laws website containing information on legislative measures dating back to 1995.

Includes laws passed in each session starting in 1841, prior to Oregon statehood.

Hosted by the Oregon State Archives, this site provides access to the Oregon Administrative Rules, also known as OARs. A rule is defined as any agency directive, standard, regulation, or statement of general applicability that implements, interprets, or prescribes law or policy, or describes the procedure or practice requirements of any agency.

Search current rules with advanced tools via LexisNexis; search across multiple state codes and regulation sets.

Collection of digitized voters' pamphlets -- Special elections (1913 to present), Primary elections (2004 to present)
General elections, Marion County (1904 to present). Pamphlets include text of measures, explanatory statements, and arguments for and against as well as biographical information on candidates running for office.

From Lewis & Clark Law Schools' Boley Library, a good outline for researching the history of a particular law in Oregon.

Researching state law and regulations? Review agency histories and record retention schedules here.

Includes 13 different compilations of past Oregon statutes,

The OJD is the umbrella under which you will find the State Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Tax Court, and Circuit Courts. Other courts are managed by other agencies (like tribal, local and federal courts.) Find out more here..

Created by Oregon public law librarians and their Access to Justice partners, the Oregon Legal Research gateway powered provides all Oregonians with access to legal information and legal research assistance.

Research portal for Oregon legal research provided by Lewis & Clark's Boley Law Library

Open 8 to 5 Monday to Friday except for legal holidays. Located on the 4th floor of the Multnomah County Courthouse in downtown Portland, the library holds the most complete collection of local, state and national legal resources in Oregon.

The State Law Library provides free access to Fastcase, NOLO, Appellate Court materials, and other research guides.