Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 471.770 (2026)

Self-incrimination as a basis for refusing to testify or produce books

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471.770 Self-incrimination as a basis for refusing to testify or produce books. No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any books, papers or documents in any investigation or inquiry by or upon any hearing before the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission or any commissioner when ordered so to do by the commission or any of its authorized agents, upon the ground that the testimony, evidence, books, papers or documents required of the person may tend to incriminate the person or subject the person to penalty or forfeiture. No person shall be prosecuted, punished or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any act, transaction, matter or thing concerning which the person shall, under oath, have, by order of the commission, or a commissioner, or any of its authorized agents, testified to or produced documentary evidence of; but no person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for any perjury committed by the person in testimony. [Amended by 1953 c.101 §2; 2021 c.351 §152]

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Cited in 4 cases, 1984–1993 · leading case: 7455 Inc. v. Oregon Liquor Control Comm'n, 800 P.2d 781 (Or. 1990).

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7455 Inc. v. Oregon Liquor Control Comm'n, 800 P.2d 781 (Or. 1990). · cites it 15× “See ORS 471.770. 1 We conclude that a person must assert her right not to testify without a grant of immunity and then be ordered to testify before she is entitled to statutory immunity.”

State v. Soriano, 684 P.2d 1220 (Or. Ct. App. 1984). “830 (securities laws); ORS 471.770 (OLCC hearings); ORS 496.710 (wildlife laws); ORS 506.”

State v. Strance, 769 P.2d 793 (Or. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 9× “He filed a pre-trial motion to dismiss the state’s complaint on the ground that he was immune from prosecution under ORS 471.770. 1 The trial court granted defendant’s motion.”

State v. Gorham, 854 P.2d 971 (Or. Ct. App. 1993). “Strance, 95 Or App 488 , 769 P2d 793 (1989), in which we held that transactional immunity granted by ORS 471.770 is self-executing. However, the Supreme Court implicitly overruled that holding in 7455 Incorporated v.”

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