- (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section or by court order, the Oregon State Bar may dispose of client papers and files that have not been claimed by a client of an affected licensee within six months after written notice to the client from the bar. The bar must dispose of the papers and files in a manner reasonably calculated to protect the confidentiality of the information contained in the papers and files.
- (2) The bar may dispose of an unclaimed original will as provided in ORS 112.815 and 112.820.
- (3) The bar shall maintain a log of all retained wills that is accessible to the public.
- (4) Upon receipt of satisfactory proof of identity, the bar shall release a will belonging to a client to the client or to a duly appointed personal representative or conservator of the client.
- (5) The bar may retain wills in digitized form, and a digitized copy, certified by the bar as a true copy of the digital document retained by the bar, shall be admissible in evidence to the same extent as the original.
[2015 c.6 §10; 2023 c.72 §31; 2025 c.32 §58]