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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.725 - Legislative findings.

The Legislative Assembly finds that:
(1) Oregon laws relating to civil procedure designed for the benefit of litigants which meet the needs of the court system and the bar are necessary to assure prompt and efficient administration of justice in the courts of the state.
(2) No coordinated system of continuing review of the Oregon laws relating to civil procedure now exists.
(3) Development of a system of continuing review of the Oregon laws relating to civil procedure requires the creation of a Council on Court Procedures.
(4) A Council on Court Procedures will be able to review the Oregon laws relating to civil procedure and coordinate and study proposals concerning the Oregon laws relating to civil procedure advanced by all interested persons. [1977 c.890 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.735 - Rules of procedure; limitation on scope and substance; submission of rules to members of bar and Legislative Assembly.

(1) The Council on Court Procedures shall promulgate rules governing pleading, practice and procedure, including rules governing form and service of summons and process and personal and in rem jurisdiction, in all civil proceedings in all courts of the state which shall not abridge, enlarge or modify the substantive rights of any litigant. The rules authorized by this section do not include rules of evidence and rules of appellate procedure. The rules thus adopted and any amendments which may be adopted from time to time, together with a list of statutory sections superseded thereby, shall be submitted to the Legislative Assembly at the beginning of each odd-numbered year regular session and shall go into effect on January 1 following the close of that session unless the Legislative Assembly shall provide an earlier effective date. The Legislative Assembly may, by statute, amend, repeal or supplement any of the rules.
(2) A promulgation, amendment or repeal of a rule by the council is invalid and does not become effective unless the exact language of the proposed promulgation, amendment or repeal is published or distributed to all members of the bar at least 30 days before the meeting at which the council plans to take final action on the promulgation, amendment or repeal. If the language of the proposed promulgation, amendment or repeal is changed by the council after consideration of the language at the meeting, the council must publish or distribute notification of the change to all members of the bar within 60 days after the meeting. All changes made to proposed promulgations, amendments or repeals of rules pursuant to the provisions of this subsection must be clearly identified when the promulgation, amendment or repeal is submitted to the Legislative Assembly under subsection (1) of this section. [1977 c.890 §3; 1979 c.284 §1; 1983 c.751 §6; 1993 c.772 §2; 2003 c.110 §1; 2011 c.545 §27]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.740 - Employment of staff; public hearings.

In the exercise of its power under ORS 1.735, the council:
(1) May employ or contract with any person or persons, as the council considers necessary, to assist the council; and
(2) Shall endeavor to hold at least one public hearing in each of the congressional districts of the state during the period between odd-numbered year regular sessions of the Legislative Assembly. [1977 c.890 §4; 1993 c.772 §3; 2011 c.545 §69]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.745 - Laws on civil pleading, practice and procedure deemed rules of court until changed.

All provisions of law relating to pleading, practice and procedure, including provisions relating to form and service of summons and process and personal and in rem jurisdiction, in all civil proceedings in courts of this state are deemed to be rules of court and remain in effect as such until and except to the extent they are modified, superseded or repealed by rules which become effective under ORS 1.735. [1977 c.890 §5; 1979 c.284 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.750 - Legislative Counsel to publish rules.

The Legislative Counsel shall cause the rules which have become effective under ORS 1.735, as they may be amended, repealed or supplemented by the Legislative Assembly, to be arranged, indexed, printed, published and annotated in the Oregon Revised Statutes. [1977 c.890 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.755 - Gifts, grants and donations; Council on Court Procedures Account.

(1) The Council on Court Procedures is authorized to accept gifts, grants and donations from any source for expenditure to carry out the duties, functions and powers of the council.
(2) The Council on Court Procedures Account is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. All moneys received by the council, other than appropriations from the General Fund, shall be deposited into the account and are continuously appropriated to the council to carry out the duties, functions and powers of the council. [1995 c.61 §3; reenacted by 1997 c.196 §3; 2001 c.716 §20]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.760 - Legislative advisory committee.

(1) The Council on Court Procedures shall elect five persons from among its members to serve as a legislative advisory committee. Two members of the committee shall be judges. Two members shall be members of the Oregon State Bar who are not judges. One member shall be the public member designated under ORS 1.730 (1)(e). The committee shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson of the committee.
(2) Upon the request of the chairperson of a legislative committee considering legislation that proposes changes to the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure, the legislative advisory committee established under this section shall provide technical analysis and advice to the legislative committee. Analysis and advice shall be by a majority vote of the legislative advisory committee. The committee shall consult with and consider comments from the full Council on Court Procedures to the extent possible. Analysis and advice under this subsection must be provided within 10 days after the request from the chairperson of a legislative committee.
(3) The legislative advisory committee established under this section may vote to take a position on behalf of the Council on Court Procedures on proposed legislation. If the legislative advisory committee has voted to take a position on behalf of the council, the committee shall so indicate to the legislative committee.
(4) Members of the legislative advisory committee established under this section may meet by telephone and may vote by telephone. Meetings of the committee are not subject to ORS 192.610 to 192.705.
(5) Members of the legislative advisory committee established under this section may appear before legislative committees for the purpose of testifying on legislation that proposes changes to the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure. [1995 c.455 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.810 - Judicial conference; membership; officers.

There hereby is created and established a Judicial Conference of the State of Oregon. The conference shall consist of all the judges of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Oregon Tax Court and the circuit courts and all senior judges certified under ORS 1.300. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be chairperson of the conference and shall have power to invite any persons not members of the conference to attend the meetings of the conference and consult with it in the performance of its duties. The State Court Administrator shall act as executive secretary of the conference. [1955 c.470 §1; 1959 c.552 §12; 1963 c.423 §2; 1965 c.494 §13; 1969 c.198 §29; 1971 c.95 §1; 1983 c.465 §1; 1995 c.658 §5; 2013 c.155 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.820 - Function of conference.

The conference may make a continuous survey and study of the organization, jurisdiction, procedure, practice and methods of administration and operation of the various courts within the state. [1955 c.470 §2; 1965 c.494 §14; 1995 c.273 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.830 - Meetings.

The Judicial Conference of the State of Oregon shall meet annually or at such other times as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court directs. [1955 c.470 §3; 1965 c.494 §15; 2013 c.155 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.840 - Annual report.

The conference shall report annually to the Governor with respect to such matters, including recommendations for legislation, as it may wish to bring to the attention of the Governor or of the legislature. [1955 c.470 §4; 1959 c.552 §13; 1965 c.494 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.851 - Local criminal justice advisory councils.

(1) The presiding judge of each judicial district shall establish a local criminal justice advisory council, unless one already exists, in each county in the judicial district. Membership of the council shall include, but is not limited to, representatives of the following:
(a) The presiding judge;
(b) The district attorney;
(c) The local correctional administrator;
(d) Public defense service providers;
(e) The county bar association;
(f) Local law enforcement; and
(g) State law enforcement.
(2) In addition to the persons listed in subsection (1) of this section, the judge may invite the participation of any other persons involved in the criminal justice system whose participation would be of benefit.
(3) The local criminal justice advisory council shall meet regularly to consider and address methods of coordinating court, public defense and related services and resources in the most efficient and cost-effective manner that complies with the constitutional and statutory mandates and responsibilities of all participants.
(4) To assist the council in these efforts, council participants shall provide the council with proposed budget information and caseload and workload projections. [1993 c.481 §1; 2001 c.962 §100]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.855 - State Court Administrator to establish registry of justice and municipal courts.

(1) The State Court Administrator shall establish a registry of municipal courts and justice courts of this state. The registry shall include all information required to be provided by counties and cities to the State Court Administrator under this section.
(2) Upon creation of a justice court, the county in which the justice court is established shall give notice to the State Court Administrator of the boundaries of the justice court district. The county shall also provide to the State Court Administrator the name of each justice of the peace, the term of each justice of the peace and the mailing address for the justice court. Upon modification or dissolution of a justice court district, the county shall promptly notify the State Court Administrator of the modification or dissolution.
(3) Upon creation of a municipal court, the city establishing the municipal court shall give notice to the State Court Administrator that the court has been created. The city shall also provide to the State Court Administrator the name of each municipal judge elected or appointed to the court, the term of each municipal judge elected or appointed and the mailing address for the municipal court. Upon ceasing to operate a municipal court, the city shall promptly notify the State Court Administrator that the municipal court is no longer in operation. [2001 c.761 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 001 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally › Section 1.860 - Reports relating to municipal courts and justice courts.

(1) Once every two years, the League of Oregon Cities and the Association of Oregon Counties shall report to the Legislative Fiscal Officer information identified by the Legislative Fiscal Officer relating to the caseload, revenues and expenditures of municipal courts and justice courts. Before establishing the list of information to be provided, the Legislative Fiscal Officer shall consult with the League of Oregon Cities and the Association of Oregon Counties. The Legislative Fiscal Officer may not request information that requires additional data gathering by municipal courts, justice courts, cities and counties. The reported information shall be based on the fiscal year used by each municipal court and justice court.
(2) The reports required by this section must be made not later than October 1 of each even-numbered year. The Legislative Fiscal Officer may specify the manner in which the reports are made. The Legislative Fiscal Officer shall provide a summary of the information provided under this section to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means upon the convening of the next odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly. Copies of the summary shall be provided to the League of Oregon Cities and the Association of Oregon Counties. [2012 c.107 §86]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 002 - Supreme Court; Court of Appeals › Section 2.020 - Qualifications of judges.

(1) The judges of the Supreme Court shall be citizens of the United States, and shall have resided in this state at least three years next preceding their election or appointment.
(2) All persons elected judges of the Supreme Court must, at time of their election, have been admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Oregon.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 002 - Supreme Court; Court of Appeals › Section 2.040 - Position number of judges.

The positions of the members of the Supreme Court shall be designated by the numbers 1 to 7, following the designation made by section 1, chapter 241, Laws of Oregon 1929, and each incumbent shall be designated by the same position number as the judge whom the incumbent succeeds in office.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 002 - Supreme Court; Court of Appeals › Section 2.045 - Chief Justice.

(1) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be a judge of the court selected by vote of a majority of the judges of the court. The judges of the court shall endeavor to select a judge who is well qualified to act as the administrative head of the judicial department of government in this state.
(2) The Chief Justice may be removed from the office of Chief Justice by vote of a majority of the judges of the court when the Chief Justice fails to perform adequately the functions of the office.
(3) The term of office of the Chief Justice is six years, commencing on the date of selection. The term of office of the Chief Justice is not interrupted by expiration of the term of the Chief Justice as a judge of the court if the judge is elected judge of the court for a succeeding term. A judge may be selected as Chief Justice for successive terms of the office of Chief Justice.
(4) If there is a vacancy for any cause in the office of Chief Justice, a successor Chief Justice shall be selected by vote of a majority of the judges of the court.
(5) The Chief Justice may designate another judge of the court to perform the functions of the office of Chief Justice when the Chief Justice is temporarily unable to perform those functions. [1959 c.384 §2 (enacted in lieu of 2.050); 1981 s.s. c.1 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 002 - Supreme Court; Court of Appeals › Section 2.100 - Quorum.

Subject to ORS 2.111, the presence of a majority of all the judges of the Supreme Court is necessary for the transaction of any business, except that less than a majority of the judges may meet and adjourn from day to day, or for the term, with the same effect as if all the judges were present. [Amended by 1959 c.44 §6; 2003 c.14 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 002 - Supreme Court; Court of Appeals › Section 2.111 - Departments of court; sitting in departments or en banc; participation in decision of matter.

(1) In hearing and determining causes, the Supreme Court may sit all together or in departments.
(2) A department shall consist of not less than three nor more than five judges. For convenience of administration, each department may be numbered. The Chief Justice shall from time to time designate the number of departments and make assignments of the judges among the departments. The Chief Justice may sit in one or more of the departments and when so sitting may preside. The Chief Justice shall designate a judge to preside in each department.
(3) The majority of any department shall consist of regularly elected and qualified judges of the Supreme Court.
(4) The Chief Justice shall apportion the business to the departments. Each department shall have power to hear and determine causes and all questions which may arise therein, subject to subsection (5) of this section. The presence of three judges is necessary to transact business in any department, except such as may be done in chambers by any judge. The concurrence of three judges is necessary to pronounce a judgment.
(5) The Chief Justice or a majority of the regularly elected and qualified judges of the Supreme Court at any time may refer a cause to be considered en banc. When sitting en banc, the court may include not more than two judges pro tempore of the Supreme Court. When the court sits en banc, the concurrence of a majority of the judges participating is necessary to pronounce a judgment, but if the judges participating are equally divided in their views as to the judgment to be given, the decision being reviewed shall be affirmed.
(6) The Chief Justice may rule on motions and issue orders in procedural matters in the Supreme Court.
(7) A judge or judge pro tempore of the Supreme Court may participate in the decision of the matter without resubmission of the cause even though the judge is not present for oral argument on the matter.
(8) A judge or judge pro tempore of the Supreme Court may participate in the decision of a matter without resubmission of the cause in the following circumstances:
(a) The judge was appointed or elected to the Supreme Court after submission of the cause.
(b) The judge is participating in the decision of a cause that was submitted to a department, and the judge is participating in lieu of a judge of the department who died, became disabled, was disqualified or was otherwise unable to participate in the decision of a cause submitted to the department.
(c) The judge is considering a cause en banc, but the judge was not part of the department that originally considered the cause. [1959 c.44 §5 (enacted in lieu of 2.110); 1995 c.273 §24; 1999 c.659 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 002 - Supreme Court; Court of Appeals › Section 2.141 - Filing of court decisions.

The judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals shall cause their decisions to be prepared, in such number and manner as they may determine, and delivered to the State Court Administrator. The administrator shall file a copy of each decision in the office of the administrator and cause other copies to be distributed as determined by the Supreme Court. [1953 c.345 §1; 1965 c.233 §2; 1967 c.398 §1; 1971 c.193 §9; 1971 c.348 §2; 1971 c.526 §1; 1973 c.781 §1; 1975 c.69 §4; 1979 c.876 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 002 - Supreme Court; Court of Appeals › Section 2.150 - Publication and distribution of court decisions and other official documents.

(1) The Supreme Court shall arrange for the publication and distribution of bound volumes of reports of decisions of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, of bound volumes of reports of decisions of the Oregon Tax Court determined to be of general public interest under ORS 305.450, of unbound copies of those decisions to be used as advance sheets and press summaries, rules and other official judicial department publications. The bound volumes of reports or advance sheets shall contain additional material as the Supreme Court may direct.
(2) The bound volumes of reports or advance sheets or both may be printed and bound, as the Supreme Court shall determine, by:
(a) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services in the same manner as other state printing; or
(b) A private printer pursuant to a contract entered into by the Supreme Court with the printer and not subject to ORS 282.020.
(3) The bound volumes of reports or advance sheets or both may be distributed, as the Supreme Court shall determine, by:
(a) The State Court Administrator; or
(b) A private distributor pursuant to a contract entered into by the Supreme Court with the distributor.
(4) The bound volumes of reports and advance sheets shall be distributed without charge as determined by the Supreme Court or sold by the distributor. Except as otherwise provided in a contract entered into under subsection (3)(b) of this section, the State Court Administrator shall determine sale prices and all moneys collected or received from sales shall be paid into the Court Publications Account established by ORS 2.165.
(5) In addition to bound volumes of reports or advance sheets under the provisions of this section, the Supreme Court may make any of the decisions of courts or other court publications available in electronic format. Access to the electronic publications may be without charge or subject to such charge as may be established by the Supreme Court. All moneys collected or received from sales shall be paid into the Court Publications Account established by ORS 2.165. [Amended by 1961 c.103 §1; 1973 c.781 §2; 1975 c.69 §5; 1979 c.876 §2; 1982 s.s.1 c.7 §1; 1987 c.328 §1; 1993 c.98 §10; 1995 c.79 §2; 1997 c.801 §111]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 002 - Supreme Court; Court of Appeals › Section 2.165 - Court Publications Account.

There is established in the General Fund an account to be known as the Court Publications Account. All moneys in the account are appropriated continuously to the Supreme Court for the purpose of paying expenses incurred by the court under ORS 2.150 and for the purpose of paying all or part of the expenses of providing electronic access to State of Oregon Law Library materials and other official Judicial Department publications. Disbursements of moneys from the account shall be approved by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or, as directed by the Chief Justice, the State Court Administrator. [1982 s.s.1 c.7 §3; 2001 c.779 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 002 - Supreme Court; Court of Appeals › Section 2.510 - Court of Appeals.

As part of the judicial branch of state government, there is created a court of justice to be known as the Court of Appeals. [1969 c.198 §1; 1969 c.591 §262a; 1971 c.567 §1; 1971 c.734 §33; 1975 c.611 §22; 1977 c.158 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 002 - Supreme Court; Court of Appeals › Section 2.516 - Jurisdiction of all appeals exclusive; exceptions.

Except where original jurisdiction is conferred on the Supreme Court by the Oregon Constitution or by statute and except as provided in ORS 19.405 and 138.255, the Court of Appeals shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all appeals. [1977 c.158 §2; 1981 c.550 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 002 - Supreme Court; Court of Appeals › Section 2.520 - Procedure for review of decisions of Court of Appeals.

Any party aggrieved by a decision of the Court of Appeals may petition the Supreme Court for review within 35 days after the date of the decision, in such manner as provided by rules of the Supreme Court. [1969 c.198 §2; 1973 c.516 §1; 1983 c.774 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 002 - Supreme Court; Court of Appeals › Section 2.540 - Number of judges of Court of Appeals; qualifications; term.

(1) The Court of Appeals shall consist of 13 judges.
(2) A judge of the Court of Appeals shall be an elector of the county of the residence of the judge and be admitted to the practice of law in this state.
(3) Each judge of the Court of Appeals shall hold office for a term of six years and until a successor is elected and qualified. [1969 c.198 §4; 1973 c.377 §1; 1977 c.451 §1; 2012 c.87 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 002 - Supreme Court; Court of Appeals › Section 2.550 - Chief Judge.

(1) The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals shall be a judge of the court appointed as provided in ORS 1.003.
(2) The Chief Judge may designate another judge of the court to perform the functions of the office of Chief Judge when the Chief Judge is temporarily unable to perform those functions.
(3) The Chief Judge, to facilitate exercise of administrative authority and supervision over the court and consistent with applicable provisions of law, may make rules, issue orders and take other action appropriate to that exercise. [1969 c.198 §5; 1981 s.s. c.1 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 002 - Supreme Court; Court of Appeals › Section 2.560 - Rules; where court sits; appellate settlement program; fees.

(1) The Court of Appeals shall sit primarily in Salem, but also may sit in other locations designated under ORS 1.085 (2).
(2) The Court of Appeals may make and enforce all rules necessary for the prompt and orderly dispatch of the business of the court, and the remanding of causes to the lower courts, and not inconsistent with applicable rules made or orders issued by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals.
(3) The Court of Appeals shall establish an appellate settlement program and adopt and enforce all rules necessary for the prompt and orderly dispatch of the business of the program.
(4) Rules adopted by the Court of Appeals under subsection (3) of this section shall establish fees payable for services provided under the program. [1969 c.198 §7; 1971 c.193 §7; 1973 c.484 §2; 1981 s.s. c.1 §20; 1983 c.763 §4; 1997 c.801 §87; 2011 c.595 §85; 2012 c.48 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 002 - Supreme Court; Court of Appeals › Section 2.590 - Expenses for judges when away from state capital.

When a judge of the Court of Appeals holds court or performs any other official function away from the state capital, hotel bills and traveling expenses necessarily incurred by the judge in the performance of that duty shall be paid by the state. Such expenses are to be paid upon the certificate of the judge to the truth of an itemized statement of the expenses in the manner provided by law. [1969 c.198 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 002 - Supreme Court; Court of Appeals › Section 2.700 - Liability of persons providing dispute resolution services.

In any program established by the Oregon appellate courts to promote settlement of cases that have been filed with that court, persons assigned to a case through the program to assist and facilitate in working toward a settlement for the case are immune from civil liability for or resulting from any act or omission done or made while engaged in efforts to assist or facilitate a settlement, unless the act or omission was made or done in bad faith, with malicious intent or in a manner exhibiting a willful, wanton disregard of the rights, safety or property of another. [1995 c.678 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 003 - Circuit Courts Generally › Section 3.011

[1961 c.724 §1; 1963 c.491 §1; 1965 c.510 §1; 1965 c.618 §1; 1967 c.532 §1; 1967 c.533 §1; 1969 c.370 §1; 1971 c.640 §1; 1971 c.777 §1; 1973 c.572 §1; 1975 c.629 §1; 1977 c.386 §1; 1979 c.568 §14; 1981 c.215 §2; 1981 c.759 §1; 1985 c.65 §1; 1985 c.274 §1; 1985 c.311 §1; 1987 c.359 §1; 1989 c.1021 §1; 1991 c.298 §1; 1995 c.658 §§6,142,143a,144; repealed by 1997 c.801 §1 (3.012 enacted in lieu of 3.011)]
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, JUDGES
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 003 - Circuit Courts Generally › Section 3.012 - Judicial districts.

(1) The judicial districts, the counties constituting the judicial districts and the number of circuit court judges for each judicial district are as follows:
(a) The first judicial district consists of Jackson County and has 10 judges.
(b) The second judicial district consists of Lane County and has 15 judges.
(c) The third judicial district consists of Marion County and has 15 judges.
(d) The fourth judicial district consists of Multnomah County and has 38 judges.
(e) The fifth judicial district consists of Clackamas County and has 11 judges.
(f) The sixth judicial district consists of the counties of Morrow and Umatilla and has five judges.
(g) The seventh judicial district consists of the counties of Gilliam, Hood River, Sherman, Wasco and Wheeler and has four judges.
(h) The eighth judicial district consists of Baker County and has one judge.
(i) The ninth judicial district consists of Malheur County and has two judges.
(j) The tenth judicial district consists of the counties of Union and Wallowa and has two judges.
(k) The eleventh judicial district consists of Deschutes County and has nine judges.
(L) The twelfth judicial district consists of Polk County and has three judges.
(m) The thirteenth judicial district consists of Klamath County and has five judges.
(n) The fourteenth judicial district consists of Josephine County and has five judges.
(o) The fifteenth judicial district consists of the counties of Coos and Curry and has six judges.
(p) The sixteenth judicial district consists of Douglas County and has five judges.
(q) The seventeenth judicial district consists of Lincoln County and has three judges.
(r) The eighteenth judicial district consists of Clatsop County and has three judges.
(s) The nineteenth judicial district consists of Columbia County and has three judges.
(t) The twentieth judicial district consists of Washington County and has 15 judges.
(u) The twenty-first judicial district consists of Benton County and has three judges.
(v) The twenty-second judicial district consists of the counties of Crook and Jefferson and has three judges.
(w) The twenty-third judicial district consists of Linn County and has five judges.
(x) The twenty-fourth judicial district consists of the counties of Grant and Harney and has one judge.
(y) The twenty-fifth judicial district consists of Yamhill County and has four judges.
(z) The twenty-sixth judicial district consists of Lake County and has one judge.
(aa) The twenty-seventh judicial district consists of Tillamook County and has two judges.
(2) The Secretary of State shall designate position numbers equal to the number of judges in each of the judicial districts established by this section. The positions shall reflect any qualifications established by ORS 3.041. [1997 c.801 §2 (enacted in lieu of 3.011); 1997 c.801 §2a; 2001 c.779 §1; 2001 c.823 §1; 2005 c.800 §1; 2017 c.631 §1; 2019 c.643 §18a; 2021 c.678 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 003 - Circuit Courts Generally › Section 3.014 - Special provisions for fourth judicial district (Multnomah County).

(1) One of the judges of the fourth judicial district shall hold court in the City of Gresham, Multnomah County, as directed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court but in no event less than one day a week. All proceedings resulting from alleged state misdemeanor traffic offenses, traffic violations or other misdemeanors or violations occurring east of 122nd Avenue extended to the north and south boundaries of Multnomah County shall be conducted in the court in Gresham unless the accused at first appearance in each action requests trial in Portland.
(2) A proceeding to be conducted in Gresham as provided in subsection (1) of this section shall, unless good cause is shown, be transferred without further order of the court to a court facility in Portland for all purposes if:
(a) The accused person is in the custody of a county sheriff or the Department of Corrections at the time set for any proceeding;
(b) The accused person is, during the pendency of the case, charged in Multnomah County with any felony; or
(c) A circuit court in the fourth judicial district issues a bench warrant or a warrant of arrest against the accused for any criminal action pending before the court.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, upon motion of any party, the proceeding shall, unless good cause is shown, be returned to the court in Gresham if the accused person is not in custody and all warrants issued by a circuit court in the fourth judicial district for the accused have been vacated or executed.
(4) Multnomah County shall provide facilities in the City of Gresham for a court judge to hold court as described under subsection (1) of this section. [Formerly 46.010; 2005 c.275 §1; 2021 c.77 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 003 - Circuit Courts Generally › Section 3.016 - Special provisions for sixth judicial district (Morrow and Umatilla Counties).

In the sixth judicial district, the judges of the district shall hold court in Pendleton, Hermiston, Milton-Freewater and Heppner as required by caseload. [1995 c.658 §6c; 2005 c.800 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 003 - Circuit Courts Generally › Section 3.030 - Election of circuit judges.

Each circuit judge shall hold office for the term for which the circuit judge was elected; and at the general election or, if applicable, at the election specified in ORS 249.088 next prior to the expiration of the term of office there shall be elected a circuit judge to succeed the circuit judge. [Amended by 1991 c.719 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 003 - Circuit Courts Generally › Section 3.041 - Qualifications of circuit judges; residence.

(1) Each judge of the circuit court shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this state.
(2) Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4) of this section, each judge of the circuit court shall be a resident of or have principal office in the judicial district for which the judge is elected or appointed or in a judicial district adjacent to the judicial district for which the judge is elected or appointed.
(3) In the seventh judicial district, two of the judges of the circuit court shall be residents of or have principal offices in Wasco County, Sherman County, Gilliam County or Wheeler County and two shall be residents of or have principal offices in Hood River County, Sherman County, Gilliam County or Wheeler County.
(4) In the fifteenth judicial district, four of the judges of the circuit court shall be residents of or have principal offices in Coos County and two shall be residents of or have principal offices in Curry County.
(5) The residence within this state required by subsection (1) of this section shall have been maintained for at least three years, and the residence or principal office required by subsections (2) to (4) of this section shall have been maintained for at least one year, immediately prior to appointment or becoming a candidate for election to the office of circuit court judge. [1961 c.724 §2; 1963 c.491 §6; 1965 c.510 §2; 1965 c.618 §4; 1967 c.532 §3; 1967 c.533 §7; 1971 c.777 §2; 1973 c.572 §2; 1977 c.386 §4; 1979 c.568 §15; 1981 c.759 §8; 1985 c.65 §2; 1985 c.311 §3; 1995 c.79 §3; 1995 c.658 §6a; 1997 c.801 §6; 2001 c.779 §2; 2019 c.426 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 003 - Circuit Courts Generally › Section 3.060 - Salary of judges; expenses.

Each of the judges of the circuit court shall receive such salary as is provided by law. When any judicial district is composed of more than one county a judge thereof is entitled to reimbursement for hotel bills and traveling expenses necessarily incurred by the judge in the performance of duties outside the county of residence. When any circuit judge holds court in any county outside of the judicial district for which the circuit judge was elected or appointed, hotel bills and traveling expenses necessarily incurred by the judge in the performance of that duty shall be paid by the state. Such hotel bills and traveling expenses are to be paid by the state upon the certificate of the judge to the truth of an itemized statement of such hotel bills and traveling expenses. The certificate of expenses is a sufficient voucher upon which the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall review the claim as required by ORS 293.295 and draw its warrant upon the State Treasurer for the amount thereof in favor of such circuit judge. [Amended by 1953 c.516 §3; 1955 c.531 §1; 1957 c.646 §1; 1959 c.552 §14; 1961 c.702 §2; 1965 c.171 §1; 1965 c.619 §1; 1967 c.38 §1; 1967 c.111 §1; 1969 c.365 §1; 1971 c.95 §2; 1971 c.642 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 003 - Circuit Courts Generally › Section 3.070 - Powers of judges in chambers; filing and entering of decisions not signed in open court.

Any judge of a circuit court in any judicial district may, in chambers, grant and sign defaults, judgments, interlocutory orders and provisional remedies, make findings and decide motions, demurrers and other like matters relating to any judicial business coming before the judge from any judicial district in which the judge has presided in such matters. The judge may hear, in chambers, contested motions, demurrers and other similar matters pending within the judicial district, at any location designated under ORS 1.085. Upon stipulation of counsel, the judge may try and determine any issue in equity or in law where a jury has been waived and hear and decide motions, demurrers and other like matters, in chambers, at any location in the state where the judge may happen to be, relating to any judicial business coming before the judge from any judicial district in which the judge has presided in such matters. The judge may exercise these powers as fully and effectively as though the motions, demurrers, matters or issues were granted, ordered, decided, heard and determined in open court in the county where they may be pending. If signed other than in open court, all such orders, findings and judgments issued, granted or rendered, other than orders not required to be filed and entered with the clerk before becoming effective, shall be transmitted by the judge to the clerk of the court within the county where the matters are pending. They shall be filed and entered upon receipt thereof and shall become effective from the date of entry in the register. [Amended by 1983 c.763 §5; 1991 c.111 §1; 2003 c.576 §269; 2007 c.547 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 003 - Circuit Courts Generally › Section 3.075 - Powers of judges to act in joint or separate session; testing process.

If two or more persons are sitting as judges of the circuit court in a judicial district:
(1) Any two or more of them may act in joint session for the trial or determination of any cause, matter or proceeding before the court in the judicial district, including jury cases. If the judges acting in joint session are equally divided in opinion, the opinion of the presiding judge prevails; otherwise the decision of the majority prevails.
(2) Each of them may proceed separately with and try, simultaneously in the judicial district, all causes, matters and proceedings brought before the court.
(3) Process may be tested in the name of any of them. [1959 c.552 §9; 1995 c.781 §6; 2015 c.212 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 003 - Circuit Courts Generally › Section 3.130 - Transfer of judicial jurisdiction of certain county courts to circuit courts.

(1) All judicial jurisdiction, authority, powers, functions and duties of the county courts and the judges thereof, except the jurisdiction, authority, powers, functions and duties exercisable in the transaction of county business, are transferred to the circuit courts and the judges thereof:
(a) In Baker, Clackamas, Columbia, Coos, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Marion and Tillamook Counties.
(b) In any county for which a county charter providing for such transfer is adopted under ORS 203.710 to 203.770, to the extent that the judicial jurisdiction, authority, powers, functions and duties were not previously transferred as provided by law.
(2) All matters, causes and proceedings relating to judicial jurisdiction, authority, powers, functions and duties transferred to the circuit courts and the judges thereof under this section, and pending in a county court on the effective date of the transfer, are transferred to the circuit court for the county. [Amended by 1955 c.677 §4; 1957 c.275 §1; 1957 c.713 §6; 1961 c.724 §4; 1963 c.512 §1; 1965 c.247 §1; 1965 c.510 §3; 1965 c.618 §5; 1967 c.268 §1; 1967 c.533 §8; 1967 c.534 §9; 1969 c.286 §1; 1969 c.591 §264]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 003 - Circuit Courts Generally › Section 3.132 - Concurrent jurisdiction with justice and municipal courts.

In addition to other cases over which they have jurisdiction, circuit courts shall have the same criminal and quasi-criminal jurisdiction as justice courts and shall have concurrent jurisdiction with municipal courts of all violations of the charter and ordinances of any city wholly or in part within their respective judicial districts committed or triable within the counties in the judicial district. [Formerly 46.040]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 003 - Circuit Courts Generally › Section 3.134 - Application of state statutes to municipal ordinance.

When an offense defined by municipal ordinance is tried in circuit court, it shall be subject to the same statutes and procedures that govern the trial and appeal of a like offense defined by a statute of this state. [Formerly 46.047]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 003 - Circuit Courts Generally › Section 3.136 - Jurisdiction over violations of Portland charter and ordinances; disposition of moneys; hearings officers.

(1) The circuit court for a county within the boundaries of which there is situated the largest part of a city having a population of more than 300,000 shall have all judicial jurisdiction, authority, powers, functions and duties of the municipal court of each such city and the judges thereof with respect to all violations of the charter and ordinances of each such city.
(2) All fees, fines, security deposit forfeitures and other moneys collected and received by a circuit court in matters, causes and proceedings with respect to all violations over which such circuit court is granted judicial jurisdiction by subsection (1) of this section shall be collected, handled and disposed of by the clerk of such circuit court as otherwise provided by law for moneys collected and received by such circuit court.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section does not preclude the city from employing one or more quasi-judicial hearings officers empowered to hold hearings concerning violations of the charter, ordinances, rules and regulations of the city, to adopt rules and regulations relating to the conduct of the hearings process and to impose civil penalties and grant other relief as may be necessary to enforce and obtain compliance with the charter, ordinances, rules and regulations of the city. The jurisdiction and authority of a hearings officer shall not include any traffic or parking offense. The city may enforce any order of a hearings officer by a civil action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction. [Formerly 46.045; 1999 c.1051 §235]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 003 - Circuit Courts Generally › Section 3.185 - Habeas corpus hearings by Circuit Court for Marion County.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 1.040, a judge of the Circuit Court for Marion County when hearing matters relating to writs of habeas corpus as provided in ORS 34.310 to 34.730 may direct that the court be held or continued at any location designated under ORS 1.085 and under such conditions as may be ordered.
(2) When a court is held at a location directed as provided by subsection (1) of this section, every person held or required to appear at the court shall appear at the location so directed. [1975 c.236 §1; 1983 c.763 §6; 2007 c.547 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure › Chapter 003 - Circuit Courts Generally › Section 3.220 - Rules; procedure when judges disagree.

(1) A circuit court may make and enforce all rules necessary for the prompt and orderly dispatch of the business of the court and not inconsistent with applicable provisions of law, the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure or rules made or orders issued by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or the presiding judge for the judicial district. If a majority of the judges of the court in a judicial district having two or more circuit court judges do not agree in respect to the making of rules under this subsection, the decision of the presiding judge shall control.
(2)(a) A certified copy of a rule referred to in subsection (1) of this section made or in effect before January 1, 1984, shall be filed in the office of the State Court Administrator not later than January 1, 1984. If a copy of a rule is not so filed, the rule is void.
(b) A certified copy of a rule referred to in subsection (1) of this section made or amended on or after January 1, 1984, shall be filed in the office of the State Court Administrator. No rule or amendment shall be effective unless so filed, and no rule or amendment so filed shall become effective before the 30th day after the date of filing.
(c) The State Court Administrator shall maintain the copies of all rules filed pursuant to this subsection, and shall keep a record of the date of filing thereof. The administrator shall, upon request, supply copies of the rules, and may charge a reasonable fee for such copies in order to recover the cost of compilation, copying and distribution of the rules. [Subsection (2) of 1955 part derived from 1953 c.52 §§6,7; 1957 c.713 §9; 1961 c.724 §9; 1967 c.531 §2; 1973 c.484 §3; 1981 c.215 §4; 1981 s.s. c.1 §9; 1983 c.763 §31; 1995 c.781 §7]