Oregon · Public Records Law

The Oregon Public Records Law, with its conditional and unconditional exemptions built in

AccessPoint manages Public Records Law requests under ORS 192.311–192.478 — the 5-business-day acknowledgment and 15-business-day completion clock, the conditional and unconditional exemptions, and Public Records Advocate mediation — pre-configured for Oregon and running inside your own Microsoft 365 tenant.

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Oregon at a glance

Response standard
Acknowledge within 5 business days, then complete the request — or provide a written estimate — within 10 more business days (15 business days in all)
Enforcement
Petition to the Attorney General (state bodies) or district attorney (local bodies) for a 7-day order, Public Records Advocate mediation, or a circuit-court action
Exemptions
ORS 192.345 conditional exemptions (a public-interest balancing test) and ORS 192.355 unconditional exemptions, with mandatory segregation
Charges
Actual-cost fees; a written estimate is required above $25; a public-interest fee waiver is available
Oversight
Oregon Attorney General or district attorney, the Public Records Advocate, and Oregon circuit courts
Languages
English

Built for Oregon

One platform for the whole access-and-privacy mandate, pre-configured for this regime and running in your own Microsoft 365 tenant.

Public Records Law request lifecycle

Intake to release under ORS 192.311–192.478 — the 5-day acknowledgment, the 15-business-day completion or estimate, and inspection or copies — all on Microsoft 365.

Conditional vs. unconditional exemptions

ORS 192.345 exemptions are conditional, tested against the public interest; ORS 192.355 exemptions are unconditional. AccessPoint tags each record to the right exemption and test.

The 5-plus-10 day clock

Acknowledge within 5 business days, then complete or estimate within 10 more. AccessPoint computes both checkpoints and reminds before either passes.

Redaction by exemption

Apply the ORS 192.345 and 192.355 exemptions on an audit-trailed redaction record, with mandatory segregation of the exempt material.

Oregon charges

Actual-cost fees, the written estimate required above $25, and the public-interest fee waiver — computed and disclosed automatically.

In your own tenant

Every request and record stays inside your own Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant — no third-party cloud, no cross-border transfers, and no per-user fees.

Two kinds of exemption

Oregon splits its exemptions into conditional and unconditional — and only one gets a public-interest test.

Oregon's Public Records Law doesn't treat every exemption the same way. ORS 192.345 lists conditional exemptions — records that may be withheld only after weighing the public interest in disclosure against the interest in confidentiality. ORS 192.355 lists unconditional exemptions — records withheld outright, no balancing required. Getting the distinction right determines whether a record needs a documented public-interest analysis or a straightforward withholding. And if a request stalls, Oregon offers something few states do: free mediation through the Public Records Advocate, before anyone has to petition the Attorney General or go to circuit court.

Conditional (ORS 192.345) Withheld only if the public interest in confidentiality outweighs disclosure.
Unconditional (ORS 192.355) Withheld outright, no balancing test required.
Public Records Advocate mediation Free mediation before a petition to the Attorney General or a circuit-court suit.

Configured out of the box

Installing the us-or-prl jurisdiction pack seeds your tenant with everything this regime needs — a starting point you can adjust, not a lock-in.

Pack content last reviewed: 2026-09-03

Related guide: FOI Workflow Quick Check
  • The Oregon Public Records Law (ORS 192.311–192.478) as the legal-authority and citation spine
  • The Oregon state-holiday calendar and the 5-business-day acknowledgment plus 15-business-day completion/estimate due-date rules
  • The ORS 192.345 conditional and ORS 192.355 unconditional exemptions, mapped for the public-interest test and colour-coded for redaction
  • Mandatory segregation of exempt material, applied on the redaction record
  • Oregon charges — actual-cost fees, the required written estimate above $25, and the public-interest fee waiver
  • The Attorney General / district attorney petition workflow, with the 7-day order tracked
  • The Public Records Advocate mediation path and circuit-court escalation, with attorney-fee tracking
  • Oregon correspondence templates with statutory wording
A jurisdiction pack's detail panel in AccessPoint settings, showing the pack description, version, what's new, and the checklist of items it imports: legal authorities, calendars, request statuses, request types, extension reasons, requestor categories and consultation types Click to enlarge
What a pack looks like in Settings (the Ontario municipal pack shown): the description, the version and what changed in it, and every item it imports with its statutory basis. Anything you have customized is never overwritten on update.

Oregon Questions

When must an Oregon public body respond?
Within 5 business days it must acknowledge the request, and within 10 more business days — 15 in all — it must complete the request or provide a written estimate of the time and cost to do so. AccessPoint computes both checkpoints and drafts the estimate.

What makes Oregon different — two kinds of exemption?
Yes. ORS 192.345 conditional exemptions apply only if the public interest in confidentiality outweighs the interest in disclosure — a documented balancing test. ORS 192.355 unconditional exemptions apply without that test. AccessPoint tags each record to the right category and, for conditional exemptions, prompts for the balancing analysis.

How is a denial resolved before court?
A requester can petition the Attorney General (for state bodies) or the district attorney (for local bodies) for a 7-day order, or use free mediation through the Public Records Advocate. Only after that does a circuit-court suit — with attorney fees for a prevailing requester — come into play.

Where does data reside?
Entirely within your own Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant. Requests, documents, and audit history never leave your control — no third-party cloud, no vendor access, and no cross-border data transfers.

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Flat annual pricing, published in full. Every feature in every size — access requests, privacy impact assessments, breach response, complaints, video & audio redaction, and AI Assist. No per-user or per-module fees.

  • Under 500 employees$2,990/yr
  • 500–2,000 employees$7,990/yr
  • Over 2,000 employees$14,990/yr

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