Section 1.198 - Exemptions from requirements of ORS 1.197(1) ORS 1.197 does not apply to liquidated and delinquent accounts that are: (a) Prohibited by state or federal law or regulation from assignment or collection; or(b) Subject to collection through an offset of federal tax refunds pursuant to an agreement entered into under ORS 1.196.(2) Notwithstanding ORS 1.197, a state court or a commission, department or division in the judicial branch of state government, acting in its sole discretion, may choose not to offer a liquidated and delinquent account to a private collection agency or to the Department of Revenue if the account: (a) Is secured by a consensual security interest in real or personal property;(b) Is based on that part of a judgment that requires payment of restitution or a payment to the Crime Victims' Assistance section of the Criminal Justice Division of the Department of Justice;(c) Is in litigation, mediation or arbitration or is subject to a stay in bankruptcy proceedings;(d) Is owed by a local or state government or by the federal government;(e) Is owed by a debtor who is hospitalized in a state hospital as defined in ORS 162.135 or who receives public assistance as defined in ORS 411.010 or medical assistance as defined in ORS 414.025;(f) Consists of moneys for which a district attorney has assumed collection responsibility under ORS 8.680;(g) Consists of moneys owed by a person who is incarcerated;(h) Is an account that was previously offered to a private collection agency and was refused, or that was previously assigned to a private collection agency and the agency thereafter relinquished the account;(i) Is less than $100, including penalties; or(j) Would result in loss of federal funding if assigned.Amended by 2013 Ch. 688,§ 3, eff. 7/29/2013, op. 1/1/2014.2001 c.823 §14; 2009 c. 791, § 3