UTCR 4.090

(1) As used in this rule:

(a) “Electronic Citation” means a violation complaint or a criminal citation

electronically filed in circuit court by a filing agency pursuant to ORS 153.770

or ORS 133.073.

(b) “Filing Agency” means a law enforcement agency or a parking enforcement

agency filing an electronic citation.

(c) “Trial Court Administrator” means the trial court administrator for the circuit

court in which the electronic citation is filed.

(2) Requests for authorization to use electronic citations must be submitted to the

Odyssey Change Control Workgroup (OCCW) for review. The OCCW must:

(a) Submit the results of its review to the State Court Administrator, and

(b) Obtain approval from the State Court Administrator before authorizing use of

electronic citations.

(3) The State Court Administrator may establish appropriate conditions and

procedures to be followed by a court and its partners in an electronic citation

program to assure that the process for electronic citations can be accommodated

by Oregon Judicial Department systems and computer technology.

(4) The transmission of information and images as provided in this rule must be tested

and meet completely the system requirements for electronically uploading

information and images into the Oregon Judicial Department’s automated

information systems. Testing shall be administered by Oregon Judicial

Department staff.

(5) A filing agency must satisfy all of the following requirements when filing an

electronic citation in circuit court:

(a) The filing agency must obtain from the trial court administrator written

approval before filing electronic citations.

(b) For a violation complaint, the electronic citation information must include all of

the information required by ORS 153.770(2)(a).

(c) For a criminal citation, the electronic citation information must include all of

the information required by ORS 133.073(2)(a).

(d) The electronic citation must contain a unique identification number for the law

enforcement or parking enforcement officer issuing the citation, the officer’s

name, the officer’s eSignature, and the identity of the agency employing the

officer.

(e) The filing agency must number the electronic citation using a number series

approved by the trial court administrator.

(f) The filing agency must assign to the citation a unique number that does not

duplicate the number on any electronic citation previously filed by the filing

agency.

(g) A criminal citation with a form of complaint must not be filed until after the

district attorney has conducted the review required by ORS 133.069(2).

(h) The filing agency must transmit to the circuit court an image of the electronic

citation for public inspection under ORS 153.770(2)(c) and

ORS 133.073(2)(c).

(i) If the circuit court in which the electronic citation is to be filed has a

Supplementary Local Rule (SLR) on electronic citations, the filing agency

must comply with all procedures and requirements in the SLR.

(6) Subject to the restrictions under ORS 133.066(4) and (5) regarding the types of

offenses that can be included in a citation, an electronic citation may contain up to

10 offenses on a single citation.

(7) An electronic citation is deemed filed at the time the information for the citation is

entered in the register of the court.

(8) A circuit court may scan uniform traffic citations filed in paper format, along with

any supporting documentation and correspondence, and reformat them to an

electronic record.

(9) Citations that are electronically filed or manually scanned, including those to which

additional information, judicial orders, judgments, and judicial signatures have

been added, are the original and legal court record.