The following persons shall be exempt from militia service:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 396.115

  • United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(1) Persons exempt from militia service by the laws of the United States.

(2) Regular or duly ordained ministers of religion, or duly elected church officials regularly conducting church services, or those recognized by their church as devoting the major portion of their time to the practice of religion.

(3) Students preparing for the ministry in accredited theological or divinity schools.

(4) Persons whose religious tenets or conscientious scruples forbid them to bear arms. [1961 c.454 § 18]