§ 40.010 Rule 100. Short title

This part of Oregon law simply gives a name to a group of rules. All the laws listed here, from ORS 40.010 to 40.585 and ORS 41.415, are officially called the Oregon Evidence Code.

Think of this as a title or label. It does not create any new rights or requirements on its own. Instead, it tells judges, lawyers, and anyone looking up the law that these specific sections belong together as one set of rules about evidence in court cases.

Knowing this name is helpful because when someone refers to "the Oregon Evidence Code," they mean this exact collection of laws. These are the rules that control what evidence can be used in Oregon courts, like what witnesses can testify about, what documents can be shown to a jury, and how facts get proven during a trial.