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Or. Rev. Stat. § 151.010 (2026)

Public defender services by county

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      151.010 Public defender services by county. (1) The governing body of a county, on behalf of the county, may contract with an attorney, group of attorneys or full-time not-for-profit public defender organization for the provision by the attorney, group of attorneys or organization of services as counsel for financially eligible persons in proceedings in which a court or magistrate has the power to appoint counsel to represent a financially eligible person and the county is required to pay compensation for that representation.

      (2) A court or magistrate may appoint an attorney who is, or an attorney member of a public defender organization that is, under a contract with a county as provided in this section to represent a financially eligible person in any proceeding in which the court or magistrate has the power to appoint counsel to represent a financially eligible person and the county is required to pay compensation for that representation. [1971 c.432 §1; 1973 c.836 §311; 1985 c.502 §11; 2001 c.962 §32]

 

      151.020 [1971 c.432 §2; repealed by 1985 c.502 §13]

 

      151.030 [1971 c.432 §3; repealed by 1985 c.502 §13]

 

      151.040 [1971 c.432 §4; 1983 c.740 §22; repealed by 1985 c.502 §13]

 

      151.050 [1971 c.432 §5; repealed by 1985 c.502 §13]

 

      151.060 [1971 c.432 §6; repealed by 1985 c.502 §13]

 

      151.070 [1971 c.432 §7; repealed by 1985 c.502 §13]

 

      151.080 [1971 c.432 §8; repealed by 1985 c.502 §13]

 

      151.090 [1971 c.432 §9; repealed by 1985 c.502 §13]

 

      151.150 [1981 s.s. c.3 §117; 1985 c.502 §9; renumbered 151.460]

 

      151.210 [Formerly 138.710; repealed by 2001 c.962 §114]

 

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1984–2010 · leading case: State v. Maletta, 781 P.2d 350 (Or. Ct. App. 1989).
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State v. Maletta, 781 P.2d 350 (Or. Ct. App. 1989). “280 or counsel who is under contract to provide services for the proceeding or appeal pursuant to ORS 151.010 or 151.460, the court or magistrate shall appoint as counsel: “(1) An attorney who, in the opinion of the court or magistrate, satisfies the standards of eligibility…”
State v. Garcias, 690 P.2d 497 (Or. 1984). “The State Court Administrator, on behalf of the state, and the governing body of a county having a county public defender as provided in ORS 151.010 to 151.090, on behalf of the county, may contract for the provision by the county public defender of services as counsel for…”
State v. Swanson, 240 P.3d 63 (Or. Ct. App. 2010). “ORS 151.010; ORS 156.520. Thus, in light of the substantial differences in procedure dictated by statute, submitting a violation to a jury in a criminal trial would remain unworkable, just as submitting an infraction to a jury under the prior statutory scheme was unworkable.”
State Ex Rel. Juv. Dep't v. Chapter, 681 P.2d 1171 (Or. Ct. App. 1984). “050, if other than counsel provided pursuant to ORS 151.010, shall, by order of the court and subject to the approval of the governing body of the county, be paid fair compensation for representation in the case by the county in which the proceeding is had.”
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