Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 137 § 137.320 — Delivery of defendant when committed to Department of Corrections; credit on
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 137 ·
Oregon Code § 137.320·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Delivery of defendant when committed to Department of Corrections; credit on
sentence.
(1)
Except as provided in ORS 137.124, when a judgment includes commitment to the
legal and physical custody of the Department of Corrections, the sheriff shall
deliver the defendant, together with a copy of the entry of judgment and a
statement signed by the sheriff of the number of days the defendant was
imprisoned prior to delivery, to the superintendent of the Department of
Corrections institution to which the defendant is initially assigned pursuant
to ORS 137.124. If at the time of entry of a judgment, the defendant was
serving a term of incarceration at the direction of the supervisory authority
of a county upon conviction of a prior felony, the sheriff shall also deliver
to the Department of Corrections a copy of the prior entry of judgment committing
the defendant to the supervisory authority of the county of conviction and a
statement of the number of days the defendant has remaining to be served on the
term or incarceration imposed in the prior judgment.
(2) If the
defendant is surrendered to another legal authority prior to delivery to an
institution of the Department of Corrections, the sheriff shall forward to the
Department of Corrections copies of the entry of all pertinent judgments, a
statement of the number of days the defendant was imprisoned prior to
surrender, a statement of the number of days the defendant has remaining to be
served on any term of incarceration the defendant was serving at the direction
of the supervisory authority of a county upon conviction of a prior felony and
an identification of the authority to whom the prisoner was surrendered.
(3) Upon receipt
of the information described in subsection (1) or (2) of this section, the
Department of Corrections shall establish a case file and compute the defendants
sentence in accordance with the provisions of ORS 137.370.
(4) When the
judgment is imprisonment in the county jail or a fine and that the defendant be
imprisoned until it is paid, the judgment shall be executed by the sheriff of
the county. The sheriff shall compute the time the defendant was imprisoned
after arrest and prior to the commencement of the term specified in the
judgment. Such time shall be credited toward the term of the sentence. [Amended
by 1955 c.660 §14; 1967 c.232 §1; 1967 c.585 §5; 1971 c.619 §1; 1973 c.631 §1;
1981 c.424 §1; 1987 c.320 §34; 1995 c.423 §29; 2014 c.31 §2]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 137.320
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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