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ORAP 5.20

REFERENCE TO EVIDENCE AND EXHIBITS; CITATION OF AUTHORITIES

activein force · 2026-09-03 – presentact-effective-date

(1) Briefs, when referring to the record, shall make appropriate reference to pages and

volumes of the transcript or narrative statement; or if an audio record, to the tape or recording

number and official cue or numerical counter number; or, if an exhibit, to its identification

number or letter. If the precise location on the audio record cannot be determined, the brief may

indicate between which cue numbers the evidence is to be found.

(2) In referring to any part of the record transmitted to the Administrator by optical

disk or by Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) in Portable Document Form (PDF), the brief

should cite the page number of the PDF file. In any judicial review in which the agency has

served a self-represented party with the record in paper form, a party citing to the record may

either:

(a) Include in the party’s brief parallel citations to the record in paper form; or

(b) On request of any self-represented party, provide in writing to that party

parallel citations to the record in paper form.

(3) The following abbreviations may be used:

"P Tr" for pretrial transcript;

"Tr" for transcript;

"Nar St" for narrative statement;

"ER" for Excerpt;

"App" for Appendix;

"AR Tape No. ___, Cue No. ___" for audio record;

"PAR" for pretrial audio record;

"PDF" for PDF of agency record filed by electronic means with the

Administrator;

"TCF" for trial court file;

"Rec" for record in judicial review proceedings only;

"Ex" for exhibit.

Other abbreviations may be used if explained.

(4) Guidelines for style and conventions in citation of authorities may be found in the

Oregon Appellate Courts Style Manual.[fn 1]

(5) Cases affirmed without opinion by the Court of Appeals should not be cited as

authority. Cases decided by nonprecedential memorandum opinion may only be cited as

provided in ORAP 10.30(1)(d).

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Source
courts.oregon.gov
Retrieved
2026-09-25
Edition
2026-09-25
Content hash
0b31b3a593a953ffb1bc9431771466ceebf5a2ec3174ff76c0fce850eeb594f2
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