Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 291 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Division 133 - MARRIAGES (INMATE)
Section 291-133-0010 - Definitions

(1) Applicant: For the purposes of these rules, "applicant" refers to an inmate incarcerated in a Department of Corrections facility who submits a Request for Inmate Marriage or Domestic Partnership Solemnization Ceremony form.

(2) Death Row Status: An inmate who has received a sentence of death and is assigned to Death Row Housing.

(3) Department of Corrections Facility: Any institution, facility, or staff office, including the grounds, operated by the Department of Corrections.

(4) Domestic Partner: An individual joined in a domestic partnership.

(5) Domestic Partnership: A civil contract entered into in person between two individuals of the same sex who are at least 18 years of age, who are otherwise capable and at least one of whom is a resident of Oregon, which has been filed with the County Clerk and entered in the domestic partnership registry.

(6) Immediate Family Member: As defined in the DOC rule for Visiting, OAR 291-127-0210.

(7) Inmate: Any person under the supervision of the Department of Corrections who is not on parole, post prison supervision, or probation status.

(8) Solemnization Ceremony: A ceremony to celebrate the establishment of a domestic partnership.