Oregon Revised Statutes
The following county officers shall be elected at the primary election or general election, as provided in ORS 249.088: A sheriff. A county clerk. A county assessor. A county treasurer. A county commissioner to succeed any commissioner whose term of office expires the following January. In any county where there is a vacancy from any cause in the offic…
Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the term of office of each officer mentioned in ORS 204.005 is four years. When two or more county commissioners are elected for one county at a general election and one of them is elected to fill a vacancy, as provided in ORS 204.005 (1)(f), one of them shall hold office for two years and the others fou…
In each county that has a board of county commissioners, each office of county commissioner shall be designated by number as Position No. 1, Position No. 2 or Position No. 3. After September 2, 1963, in every county having a board of county commissioners, or when a board of county commissioners is established in any county, the county clerk shall assign a p…
A person is not eligible to serve in any office listed in ORS 204.005 unless the person is a citizen of the United States and an elector under the Oregon Constitution. A person is not eligible to serve in any elective office listed in ORS 204.005 unless the person meets the requirements of subsection (1) of this section and in addition is a resident of the …
In all proceedings for the nomination or election of candidates for or to the office of county commissioner in each county having a board of county commissioners, every petition for nomination, declaration of candidacy, certificate of nomination or election, ballot or other document used in connection with the nomination or election shall state the position …
The term of office of each officer elected pursuant to ORS 204.005 commences on the first Monday of January next following election to office. Before entering upon any elective office listed in ORS 204.005, the person who has received a certificate of election must qualify by filing with the county clerk of the county in which the person is elected the pers…
Whenever because of illness or injury an elected county judge is incapacitated and unable to perform the duties of office, and such facts are made to appear by the affidavit of one or more physicians, licensed to practice in this state, filed in the office of the Secretary of State, the Governor shall appoint some competent and qualified person county judge …
Before entering upon the performance of the duties of county judge pro tem, the appointee shall subscribe and file in the office of the county clerk the same oath of office required of an elected county judge.
A county judge pro tem shall receive from the county compensation for services at the same rate and in the same manner as the elected county judge.
COMPENSATION OF COUNTY OFFICERS, DEPUTIES AND OTHER EMPLOYEES
Each county governing body shall appoint a county compensation board. A county compensation board shall consist of from three to five members, who are knowledgeable in personnel and compensation management. The county compensation board shall annually recommend a compensation schedule for the county elective officers mentioned in ORS 204.005. The county co…
Except as otherwise provided by law, the governing body of each county shall fix the compensation of its own members and of every other county officer, deputy and employee when the compensation of such individuals is paid from county funds. Any commission, fees or other moneys received by a county officer, deputy or employee for services rendered in the cou…
It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly that no provision of ORS 204.112, 204.116, 204.126 or 204.601 shall supersede any provision of the county civil service law, and when any conflict arises between any provision of ORS 204.112, 204.116, 204.126 or 204.601 and any provision of the county civil service law, then the county civil service law shall prev…
The compensation of any elective county officer shall remain in effect unless changed with the approval of the county budget committee or tax supervising and conservation commission. Before any change in the compensation of an elective county officer is effective, it must be submitted to and approved by the county budget committee or tax supervising and con…
DEPUTIES AND OTHER EMPLOYEES
The county court or board of county commissioners of each county shall fix the number of deputies and employees of county officers whose compensation is to be paid from county funds. All such deputies and employees shall be appointed by such county officer, and shall hold office during the pleasure of the appointing officer.
A sheriff’s deputies shall be appointed by the sheriff in writing and continue during the pleasure of the sheriff. The sheriff of any county may appoint deputies in the county for the purpose only, and with authority only, to receive and serve summons and civil process in any suit or action. A certified copy of the appointment of a deputy sheriff shall be fi…
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