Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 169 § 169.180 — Assignment of city prisoners to public works
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 169 ·
Oregon Code § 169.180·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Assignment of city prisoners to public works.
All convicts sentenced by any court or legal
authority in any city, whether in default of the payment of a fine or committed
for a definite number of days to serve sentence in any local correctional
facility, during the period of the sentence shall, with the consent of the
proper city authorities and for the purposes of ORS 169.120 and 169.170 to
169.210, be under the absolute and exclusive control of the county court or
board of county commissioners of the county in which said city is located. Such
city convicts shall be delivered to the county court by any officer having
custody thereof in the same manner as county prisoners, and may be returned to
the officer from whom they are received in the same manner, and shall be
subject to the same rules and regulations as provided in ORS 169.170 for county
prisoners. [Amended by 1973 c.740 §18]
Plain English Explanation
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 169.180
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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