Oregon Code § 241.025·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Positions subject to civil service; exceptions.
All appointees to positions in the
public service of the county are subject to civil service, except the
following:
(1) Any officer
chosen by popular election, or appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the death,
resignation or removal of any officer chosen by popular election.
(2) Any official
reporter, bailiff or crier, subject to appointment by any court or judge or
justice thereof.
(3) Any person
employed to perform manual labor, skilled or unskilled, in the construction,
maintenance and repair of county property; provided, that electrical workers,
members of road and bridge crews and laborers permanently employed shall be
subject to civil service unless otherwise provided in ORS 241.016 to 241.990.
(4) Any special
deputy sheriff or deputy constable appointed to act without compensation from
the county.
(5) Any member of
the county civil service commission.
(6) Any deputy
district attorney.
(7) Any doctor,
nurse, intern or superintendent or other executive officer, employed by, in or
at the county hospital, county poor farm, or any home maintained by the county
for the detention or care of juveniles.
(8) The
roadmaster of the county.
(9) Any
temporary, part-time or seasonal employee.
(10) Any person
holding a position subject to the jurisdiction of the commission created by ORS
242.706.
(11) Any chief
examiner appointed under ORS 242.716.
(12) Any
assistants to a board of county commissioners.
(13) Any
undersheriff, deputy undersheriff or administrative aide to a sheriff. [Formerly
241.010; 1961 c.135 §1; 1963 c.331 §9; 1981 c.48 §6]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 241.025
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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