Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 171.285 (2026)

Legislative Counsel certificate

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      171.285 Legislative Counsel certificate. (1) When any edition of the statutes, or part or supplement designed to replace parts of or to supplement a previous edition and to bring such edition up to date, is published by the Legislative Counsel Committee, the Legislative Counsel shall cause to be printed in the edition, part or supplement a certificate that the Legislative Counsel has compared each section in such edition, part or supplement with the original section in the enrolled bill or, if the enrolled bill is stored in a computer or similar device, with any printout or other output readable by sight, shown to reflect the enrolled bill accurately, and that, with the exception of the changes in form permitted by ORS 173.160 and other changes specifically authorized by law, the sections in the published edition, part or supplement are correctly copied.

      (2) Any edition, part or supplement certified as provided in subsection (1) of this section shall constitute prima facie evidence of the law in all courts and proceedings, and any section in such edition, part or supplement may be amended or repealed by amending or repealing such section of the edition, part or supplement without reference to the legislative Act from which it was derived. No compilation of the statute laws of Oregon not bearing such certificate, or a similar certificate of the Reviser of Statutes, shall be admissible as evidence of the law in any court or proceeding. [Formerly 173.170; 1983 c.740 §37]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1983–2003 · leading case: In Re the Marriage of O'Donnell-Lamont, 67 P.3d 939 (Or. Ct. App. 2003).
In Re the Marriage of O'Donnell-Lamont, 67 P.3d 939 (Or. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “[1] We first discovered that the parenthetical phrase was not part of the original statute when grandparents drew our attention to that fact in their petition for reconsideration.”
Zidell Marine Corp. v. West Painting, Inc., 894 P.2d 481 (Or. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “When, as here, it appears that the law as the legislature adopted it differs in substance from the law as codified, we must follow the legislature's version." The legislative history of House Bill 2666 shows that the legislature intended that the writ of continuing garnishment…”
Mitchell v. Bd. of Educ., 669 P.2d 356 (Or. Ct. App. 1983). “However, changes must be limited so that they do “not alter the sense, meaning, effect or substance of any Act.”
State v. Rothman, 687 P.2d 798 (Or. Ct. App. 1984). “The statutes certified by Legislative Counsel after revision are prima facie evidence of the law, ORS 171.285(2), but they are not conclusive evidence.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 171.285(2) — 4 cases
In Re the Marriage of O'Donnell-Lamont, 67 P.3d 939 (Or. Ct. App. 2003). “[1] We first discovered that the parenthetical phrase was not part of the original statute when grandparents drew our attention to that fact in their petition for reconsideration.”
Zidell Marine Corp. v. West Painting, Inc., 894 P.2d 481 (Or. Ct. App. 1995). “When, as here, it appears that the law as the legislature adopted it differs in substance from the law as codified, we must follow the legislature's version." The legislative history of House Bill 2666 shows that the legislature intended that the writ of continuing garnishment…”
Mitchell v. Bd. of Educ., 669 P.2d 356 (Or. Ct. App. 1983). “However, changes must be limited so that they do “not alter the sense, meaning, effect or substance of any Act.”
State v. Rothman, 687 P.2d 798 (Or. Ct. App. 1984). “The statutes certified by Legislative Counsel after revision are prima facie evidence of the law, ORS 171.285(2), but they are not conclusive evidence.”
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