Oregon Law
Law as of Jan 1, 2026
Chapter contents
84.001Short title 84.004Definitions for ORS 84.001 to 84.061 84.007Scope 84.010Prospective application 84.013Use of electronic records and electronic signatures; variation by agreement 84.014Consent for conducting transaction with governmental agency 84.016Construction and application 84.019Legal recognition of electronic records, electronic signatures and electronic contracts 84.022Provision of information in writing; presentation of records 84.025Attribution and effect of electronic record and electronic signature 84.028Effect of change or error 84.031Notarization and acknowledgment 84.034Retention of electronic records; originals 84.037Admissibility in evidence 84.040Automated transaction 84.043Time and place of sending and receipt 84.046Transferable records 84.049Creation and retention of electronic records by governmental agency; conversion of records into electronic records 84.052Acceptance and distribution of electronic records by governmental agencies 84.055Interoperability 84.058Severability clause 84.061Federal electronic signatures law partially superseded 84.063Rules 84.064State Chief Information Officer duties; rules 84.067State Archivist duties 84.070Consumer transactions; treatment of oral communications; consent to use of electronic records 84.072Conditions under which public body may send notice by electronic mail

Chapter 84 — Electronic Transactions

ORS 84.049 Creation and retention of electronic records by governmental agency; conversion of records into electronic records

(1)

A governmental agency of this state shall determine whether, and the extent to which, the governmental agency will create and retain electronic records or convert written records or records that exist in other forms into electronic records.

(2)

A person with authority to create or retain custody of a record on behalf of a governmental agency may approve the conversion of the record into an electronic record in accordance with policies the governmental agency adopts.

Official sources · 2Tap to view provenance and version history

Online copy of the published ORS edition

Provenance

Version history

Earlier statutory text is available in an ingested published ORS edition.