(1) All process authorized to be issued by any court or officer of the court runs in the name of the State of Oregon and must be signed by the officer issuing the process, and if the process is issued by a clerk of the court, the seal of office of the clerk must be affixed to the process. Summonses and subpoenas are not process.

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(2) A civil process may be served or executed on Sunday or any legal holiday. No limitation or prohibition stated in ORS § 1.060 applies to the service or execution of a civil process on a Sunday or legal holiday.

(3)(a) All papers requiring service, may be transmitted from any place by telegraph, facsimile or electronic mail.

(b) The facsimile or telegraphic copy, as defined in ORS § 165.840, of the order or paper transmitted may be served or executed by the officer or person to whom it is sent for that purpose and returned by the officer or person if any return is required in the same manner and with the same force and effect in all respects as if the copy were the original. The officer or person serving or executing the order or paper has the same authority and is subject to the same liabilities as if the copy were the original. The original, if an order, must be filed in the court from which it was issued and a certified copy of the order must be preserved in the office from which it was sent. The operator may use either the original or certified copy to transmit the order or paper.

(4) Proof of service or execution of process must be made as provided in ORS § 419B.833 or 419B.851. [2001 c.622 § 14; 2017 c.737 § 11]