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Or. Rev. Stat. § 646.170 (2026)

Requiring defendant to testify

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      646.170 Requiring defendant to testify. Any defendant in an action brought under the provisions of ORS 646.140 to 646.160 may be required to testify under the provisions of ORCP 65 or by deposition. In addition, the books and records of any such defendant may be brought into court and introduced, by reference, into evidence. No information so obtained may be used against the defendant as a basis for a criminal prosecution under ORS 646.990 (1). [Amended by 1979 c.284 §184; 1981 c.898 §52]

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Cited in 2 cases, 1984–1993 · leading case: State v. Soriano, 684 P.2d 1220 (Or. Ct. App. 1984).
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State v. Soriano, 684 P.2d 1220 (Or. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “ORS 646.170, which provides that “[n]o information so obtained may be used against the defendant as a basis for a criminal prosecution under ORS 646.”
State v. Graf, 853 P.2d 277 (Or. 1993). “549(2), which provides: ‘[N]o person who testifies or produces evidence in accordance with subsection (1) of this section shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture concerning any matter about which he testified or produced evidence,’ is a transactional…”
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