(1) A deposition in a civil action may not be stenographically reported by:\n(a) A party in the action;\n(b) A person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action;\n(c) An attorney for a party in the action;\n(d) An attorney for a person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action;\n(e) An employee of a party in the action;\n(f) An employee of an attorney for a party in the action;\n(g) An employee of a person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action;\n(h) An employee of an attorney for a person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action; or\n(i) A person related, by affinity or consanguinity within the third degree, to a party in the action or to a person with a financial interest in the outcome of the action.\n(2) Any deposition recorded or reported by a person in violation of this section may not be introduced in evidence or used for any other purpose in a civil action.\n(3) As used in this section, 'attorney' includes an associate member of the Oregon State Bar practicing law in the member’s approved scope of practice. [1999 c.942 §1; 2023 c.72 §35]
Oregon Legal Code