Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.310 (2026)

Authorizing execution of judgment; detention of defendant

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      137.310 Authorizing execution of judgment; detention of defendant. (1) When a judgment has been pronounced, a certified copy of the entry thereof in the register shall be forthwith furnished by the clerk to the officer whose duty it is to execute the judgment; and no other warrant or authority is necessary to justify or require its execution.

      (2) The defendant may be arrested and detained in any county in the state by any peace officer and held for the authorities from the county to which the execution is directed. Time spent by the defendant in such detention shall be credited toward the term specified in the judgment. [Amended by 1961 c.358 §1; 1967 c.372 §4; 1985 c.540 §37]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1977–2001 · leading case: State v. DeCamp, 973 P.2d 922 (Or. Ct. App. 1999).
State v. DeCamp, 973 P.2d 922 (Or. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 3× “See ORS 137.310 to ORS 137.370. The significance of imposing sentences concurrently or consecutively is the effect on how the total term of confinement is computed.”
Jones v. Thompson, 968 P.2d 380 (Or. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “ORS 137.310 authorizes DOC to execute the sentence contained within a judgment entered by the trial court.”
Gage v. Maass, 759 P.2d 1049 (Or. 1988). · cites it 2× “” 2 By replication filed November 20, 1986, plaintiff alleged that his imprisonment and restraint were illegal because: “Petitioner has been, and continues to be denied credit for time served prior to delivery to the Oregon State Penitentiary Correctional Institution, in…”
State v. Isbell, 38 P.3d 272 (Or. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “" Similarly, ORS 137.310 provides that a judgment may be executed after it has been entered in the register.”
State v. Trice, 933 P.2d 345 (Or. Ct. App. 1997). “The available dispositions for a child found to be within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for committing an act that, if committed by an adult, would be a crime, include wardship of the court, diversion, probation, restitution, detention, fines, and community service or…”
State Ex Rel. O'Leary v. Jacobs, 669 P.2d 1128 (Or. 1983). “320(1), 2 is found in a set of code sections, ORS 137.310 to 137.370, concerned with execution of judgments.”
Brown v. Cupp, 572 P.2d 1065 (Or. Ct. App. 1977). “ORS 137.310, 137.320, 137.370, 137.390 and 137.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.310(1) — 1 case
State v. DeCamp, 973 P.2d 922 (Or. Ct. App. 1999). “See ORS 137.310 to ORS 137.370. The significance of imposing sentences concurrently or consecutively is the effect on how the total term of confinement is computed.”
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