Oregon Statutes 646.836 – Confidential status of investigative material; permitted disclosures; use of information in other proceedings; return of investigative material
(1) While in the possession of the Attorney General any documentary material, answers to interrogatories and transcripts of oral testimony shall be held in confidence and not disclosed to any person except:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 646.836
- Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(a) The person providing such material or answers;
(b) The representative or attorney of the person providing the material or answers;
(c) Persons employed by the Attorney General;
(d) Officials of the United States or any state who are authorized to enforce federal or state antitrust laws, provided that prior to such disclosure the Attorney General shall obtain the written agreement of such officials to abide by the confidentiality restriction of this section; and
(e) Other persons authorized in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) Any such material or answers may be used in any investigation conducted pursuant to ORS § 646.705 to 646.826 or in any case or proceeding before a court or administrative agency, or may be disclosed to any committee or subcommittee of the Legislative Assembly in such manner and for such purposes as the Attorney General deems appropriate.
(3) Upon completion of a case brought under this section, the Attorney General shall return any such documents, answers and transcripts which have not passed into the control of the court through the introduction thereof into the records, to the person who provided such documents, answers or testimony upon the person’s request in writing. If no case in which such material may be used has been commenced within a reasonable time after completion of the examination or analysis of all documentary material, but in no event later than four years after production thereof, the Attorney General shall, upon written request of the person who produced such material, return all documents, answers and transcripts to the person who provided them. [1977 c.729 § 6; 1987 c.500 § 1]
[Repealed by 1971 c.744 § 27]
[2001 c.924 § 5; renumbered 646A.080 in 2007]
[2003 c.803 § 1; 2007 c.475 § 2; renumbered 646A.060 in 2007]
[2003 c.803 § 2; 2007 c.475 § 3; renumbered 646A.062 in 2007]
[1985 c.538 § 1(1), (3); 2001 c.924 § 20; renumbered 646A.070 in 2007]
[1985 c.538 1(2),2; renumbered 646A.072 in 2007]
[1989 c.458 § 1; renumbered 646A.140 in 2007]
[1989 c.458 § 2; renumbered 646A.142 in 2007]
[1969 c.395 § 1; 1985 c.251 § 2; renumbered 815.410]
[1989 c.1013 § 1; renumbered 646A.240 in 2007]
[1989 c.1013 § 2; renumbered 646A.242 in 2007]
[1989 c.1013 § 3; renumbered 646A.244 in 2007]
[Formerly 646.890; renumbered 646A.085 in 2007]
[1973 c.456 § 2; renumbered 646A.350 in 2007]
[1993 c.700 § 1; renumbered 646A.095 in 2007]
[1989 c.621 § 3; renumbered 646A.360 in 2007]
[1991 c.593 § 1; 1993 c.87 § 1; renumbered 646A.325 in 2007]
[1981 c.807 § 1; 1985 c.751 § 1 (1), (2) and (3); renumbered 646.930]
[1991 c.593 § 2; 1993 c.87 § 2; 1995 c.618 § 105; renumbered 646A.327 in 2007]
[1999 c.669 1,2; 2003 c.486 § 1; 2003 c.655 § 83; 2007 c.382 § 2; renumbered 646A.090 in 2007]
[1993 c.225 1 to 8; renumbered 646A.097 in 2007]
[1999 c.875 § 5; 2001 c.404 § 1; renumbered 646A.362 in 2007]
[1977 c.429 § 10; renumbered 646.935]
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