Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 471 § 471.770 — Self-incrimination as a basis for refusing to testify or produce books
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 471 ·
Oregon Code § 471.770·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Self-incrimination as a basis for refusing to testify or produce books.
No person shall be excused from
testifying or from producing any books, papers or documents in any
investigation or inquiry by or upon any hearing before the Oregon Liquor and
Cannabis Commission or any commissioner when ordered so to do by the commission
or any of its authorized agents, upon the ground that the testimony, evidence,
books, papers or documents required of the person may tend to incriminate the
person or subject the person to penalty or forfeiture. No person shall be
prosecuted, punished or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on
account of any act, transaction, matter or thing concerning which the person
shall, under oath, have, by order of the commission, or a commissioner, or any
of its authorized agents, testified to or produced documentary evidence of; but
no person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for any
perjury committed by the person in testimony. [Amended by 1953 c.101 §2; 2021
c.351 §152]
Plain English Explanation
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 471.770
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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