Oregon Code § 421.005·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless
the context requires otherwise:
(1) Department
means the Department of Corrections.
(2) Department
of Corrections institutions means those Department of Corrections facilities
used for the incarceration of persons sentenced to the custody of the
Department of Corrections, and includes the satellites, camps or branches of
those facilities.
(3) Director
means the Director of the Department of Corrections.
(4) Discharge
means any lawful release from a state correctional institution pursuant to the
expiration of a judicial sentence or other incarcerative sanction.
(5) Release
authority means an entity having authority to grant release in a particular
case. [Amended by 1959 c.687 §6; 1965 c.616 §47; 1969 c.502 §8; 1971 c.212 §1;
1983 c.505 §7; 1987 c.320 §7; 1989 c.790 §55]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 421.005
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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