Autofill Legal Oregon Civil Actions Forms For Free

If you use the Claim and Notice form in Supporting Documents below, you will need one complete original to file with the Court. Upon payment of the $37 filing fee, two copies will be made and certified for service.

Under Oregon law, the majority of civil actions must be filed within two years, including claims related to personal injury, defamation, fraud, and medical malpractice. There is a six-year statute of limitations for injury to personal property, trespassing, contracts, and debt collection.

After a money judgment has been docketed in the circuit court judgment docket by the clerk, a certified copy of the judgment or a lien record abstract may be filed by the judgment creditor in the County Clerk Lien Records in any other county in which the defendant owns real property.

Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure (ORCP) Rule 7D(6) allows a court to order alternative methods of service if service cannot be made by any other method specified by rule or statute. Service may be made by any method or combination of methods most reasonably calculated to advise the recipient of the action.

When you open a new case, you will enter data about the filing party and attorney, e-file case initiating documents, and pay the filing fee or apply for in forma pauper status. During this process, you are to include a Civil Cover Sheet and may also submit a completed summons(es) for issuance by the Clerk's Office.

If you are unrepresented (you don't have an attorney) you may file documents through the mail, in person, or through our electronic filing system. OJD offers several interactive forms for unrepresented parties in small claims and family law cases.