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Present Duties

The Office of Administrative Hearings was created by the Legislature in 1999 to provide an independent and impartial forum for citizens and businesses to dispute state agency actions against them. Sixty-five professional administrative law judges hold over 30,000 hearings a year for approximately 70 state agencies. By statute, all administrative law judges are required to be “impartial in the performance of [their] duties and shall remain fair in all hearings.” Oregon is the 22nd state in the nation with an independent central panel of administrative law judges.

 

Contact Information

Mailing Address: PO Box 14020, Salem 97309-4020
Telephone: 503-947-1918
Fax: 503-947-1920
General E-mail: OAH@emp.state.or.us
Contact: Karla Forsythe, Chief Administrative Law Judge
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Legal and Legislative Information

Statutory Authority: ORS 183.605
Economic Budget Analysis (pdf) - by Legislative Fiscal Office
Audit Reports - select agency from menu

Records, Publications and General Information

State Library Publications - a link to the Oregon State Library Catalog