Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: April 24, 2009

Oregon Interest Rates: How Much Can They Charge?

By Laura Orr

…need to do some careful research in the ORS or talk to a lawyer, which we highly recommend (and there is a good reason I keep saying this!). When searching…

Published on: November 8, 2010

U.S. (federal) Government Documents: New Website and Search Tool

By Laura Orr

…Talk Blog. Read about federated searching at Wikipedia and here and here and here. (Thank you to Notabeneuh blog : GPO Launches MetaLib for the lead.)…

Published on: January 17, 2006

By Laura Orr

…1,100 pages, PDF. We’re going to ask if they can come up with alternative viewing and searching options. But it is still good to have the update….

Published on: July 21, 2010

What is a “Valid Signature” on an Oregon Initiative Petition?

By Laura Orr

…find some generic definitions of “valid signatures” by searching “the Internet” (e.g. Ballotpedia Valid Signatures), but for legally persuasive (and authoritative) information, you need to search the Oregon Constitution,…

Published on: May 19, 2021

Presidential Action on Access to Justice (Memorandum, 5/18/21)

By Laura Orr

…executive orders, proclamations, memorandums, etc. using free and fee-based legal and government databases and through searching in the wild, e.g. Duck Duck Go, among other search engines. Do not confuse…

Published on: July 28, 2023

How do I find Oregon court records?

By Lee Van Duzer

…docket searching. This allows you to search through the dockets for key terms. However, you might not be able to view the documents. You would need to get the case…

Published on: March 15, 2006

By Laura Orr

Centralized Archives, Searching for Public Papers: This is pretty amazing. Not that long ago if you were looking for the papers of say, Arthur Corbin, you’d would have…

Published on: February 12, 2006

By Laura Orr

…‘Search Across Computers’ feature will store copies of the user’s Word documents, PDFs, spreadsheets and other text-based documents on Google’s own servers, to enable searching from any one of the…

Published on: July 11, 2023

Guardianship of a Minor

By Amy Gregory

…It is important to note that when searching for guardianship, sometimes you have to look in the probate section, as is the case with Multnomah Court’s site where guardianship is…

Published on: January 31, 2007

Towing Complaint? Speak Out Now.

By Laura Orr

…springs eternal. They list some of the bills (click on the Factbox), but you can also find the whole list of towing bills by searching the Oregon Legislature’s web page….