Oregon Statutes 293.227 – Definitions for ORS 293.227 to 293.233
As used in ORS § 293.227 to 293.233, unless the context requires otherwise:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 293.227
- Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
- judicial department: means the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Oregon Tax Court, the circuit courts and all administrative divisions of those courts, whether denominated as boards, commissions, committees or departments or by any other designation. See Oregon Statutes 174.113
- legislative department: means the Legislative Assembly, the committees of the Legislative Assembly and all administrative divisions of the Legislative Assembly and its committees, whether denominated as boards, commissions or departments or by any other designation. See Oregon Statutes 174.114
(1) ‘Payment’ means a voluntary amount of money paid by a debtor to a state agency or an involuntary amount of money paid by a debtor through offset or garnishment.
(2) ‘State agency’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 293.226, except that it does not include the judicial department as defined in ORS § 174.113, the legislative department as defined in ORS § 174.114 or entities described in ORS § 293.226 (7)(b). [1999 c.1092 § 1; 2001 c.104 § 101; 2019 c.278 § 15]
293.227 to 293.233 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS Chapter 293 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.