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Or. Rev. Stat. § 169.030 (2026)

Construction, maintenance and use of local correctional facilities by county and city; renting suitable structure; provision of facilities by another county or city

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      169.030 Construction, maintenance and use of local correctional facilities by county and city; renting suitable structure; provision of facilities by another county or city. (1) Every county and city in this state shall provide, keep and maintain within or without the county or city, as the case may be, a local correctional facility for the reception and confinement of prisoners committed thereto. The local correctional facility shall be constructed of fireproof materials and should have fire exits in sufficient number and suitably located for the removal of prisoners.

      (2) Any county, or incorporated city may rent or lease any structure answering the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, either in connection with or separately from any other county or city building.

      (3) Any county and any incorporated city may, by agreement, provide, maintain, and use for their separate requirements, such a local correctional facility as is required by this section.

      (4) Any county or incorporated city may, by agreement with any other county or incorporated city, provide for one such county or city to furnish local correctional facility accommodations for the imprisonment of prisoners of the other such county or city. Pursuant to such agreement, an Oregon county or city may secure the use of jail accommodations outside the state, but only in a county that adjoins the Oregon county or the county in which the Oregon city is located.

      (5) The jail accommodations provided by or furnished to a county under this section shall be considered to be jail accommodations of the county for purposes of ORS 135.215, 137.167 and 137.330. [Amended by 1963 c.236 §2; 1973 c.740 §10; 1987 c.550 §1]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1964–1964 · leading case: State v. Gilmore, 388 P.2d 451 (Or. 1964).
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State v. Gilmore, 388 P.2d 451 (Or. 1964). “Such an agreement is authorized by ORS 169.030. The “Agreed Narrative Statement” recites: “The transfer of municipal court prisoners to serve sentences in the county jail was effected by an agreement between the City of Medford and the County of Jackson, which agreement was -not…”
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