Section 151.485 – Financial eligibility; determination; financial statement; termination of appointed counsel.
(1) For purposes of determining the financial eligibility for appointed counsel of persons with a constitutional or statutory right to counsel in matters before the state courts and whose counsel is authorized to be paid by the public defense services executive director under ORS 151.219, a person is financially eligible for appointed counsel if the […]
Section 151.487 – Ability to pay; effect.
(1) If in determining that a person is financially eligible for appointed counsel under ORS 151.485, the court finds that the person has financial resources that enable the person to pay in full or in part the administrative costs of determining the eligibility of the person and the costs of the legal and other services […]
Section 151.489 – Personnel to verify financial eligibility.
For the purpose of aiding courts in making determinations of financial eligibility for appointed counsel at state expense under ORS 151.485 and 151.487, the State Court Administrator may locate eligibility verification and screening personnel or otherwise arrange for such services in the state trial and appellate courts or other locations and shall prescribe the policies […]
Section 151.491 – Authority of person verifying financial eligibility.
(1) State courts or authorized designees who conduct the verification of the financial statement submitted by a person seeking or having appointed counsel payable at state expense under ORS 151.216 and 151.219 may require the person to execute and deliver any written requests or authorizations as may be necessary under applicable law to provide the […]
Section 151.010 – Public defender services by county.
(1) The governing body of a county, on behalf of the county, may contract with an attorney, group of attorneys or full-time not-for-profit public defender organization for the provision by the attorney, group of attorneys or organization of services as counsel for financially eligible persons in proceedings in which a court or magistrate has the […]
Section 151.150
[1981 s.s. c.3 §117; 1985 c.502 §9; renumbered 151.460]