Oregon Foreign Judgment Enrollment
Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 24 Enforcement and Recognition of Foreign Judgments
Definitions for ORS 24.105 to 24.175.
In ORS 24.105 to 24.125, 24.135 and 24.155 to 24.175 "foreign judgment"
means any judgment, decree or order of a court of the United States or
of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state.
Chap. 24, §24.105, [1979 c.577 s.1]
Filing of foreign judgment; effect.
(1) A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance
with the Act of Congress or the statutes of this state may be filed in
the office of the clerk of any circuit court of any county of this state.
The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment
of the circuit court.
(2) A certified copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance
with the Act of Congress or the statutes of this state shall be recorded
in the County Clerk Lien Record of any county other than the county in
which the judgment is originally docketed, in order to become a lien upon
the real property of the judgment debtor in that county as provided in
ORS 18.320 and 18.350.
(3) A judgment so filed has the same effect and is subject to the
same procedures, defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating or staying
as a judgment of the circuit court in which the foreign judgment is filed,
and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner. Chap. 24, §24.115
Notice of filing of judgment; delay in enforcement.
(1) At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment,
the judgment creditor or the creditor's lawyer shall make and file with
the clerk of the court an affidavit setting forth the names and last-known
post-office addresses of the judgment debtor and the judgment creditor,
together with a separate statement containing the information required
to be contained in a judgment under ORCP 70 A (2)(a).
(2) Promptly after filing the foreign judgment and the affidavit,
the judgment creditor must mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment
to the judgment debtor. The notice shall include the name and post-office
address of the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor's lawyer, if
any, in this state. The judgment creditor must file with the court proof
of mailing the notice.
(3) No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign judgment
filed pursuant to ORS 24.105 to 24.125, 24.135 and 24.155 to 24.175, except
a judgment, decree or order of a court of the United States, shall issue
until five days after the date the judgment, affidavit and separate statement
required in subsection (1) of this section are filed. Chap. 24, §24.125
Certification of filing in single court; filing of certified copy
or lien record abstract for other counties.
At the time of filing of any foreign judgment as provided in ORS
24.115, the judgment creditor shall certify that the judgment
creditor is filing such judgment in only one court in Oregon. Thereafter,
a certified copy of the judgment or a lien record abstract may be recorded
in the County Clerk Lien Record of any other county in this state as provided
in ORS 18.320 and 18.350. Chap. 24, §24.129
Grounds for staying enforcement of judgment; security for satisfaction
of judgment.
(1) If the judgment debtor shows the court of any county
that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or
that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement
of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal
expires, or the stay of execution expires or is vacated, upon proof that
the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of
the judgment required by the state in which it was rendered.
(2) If the judgment debtor shows the court of any county any ground
upon which enforcement of a judgment of any court of any county of this
state would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign
judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same security for
satisfaction of the judgment which is required in this state. Chap. 24,
§24.135
Interest and costs.
When a registered foreign judgment becomes a final judgment of
this state, the court shall include as part of the judgment interest payable
on the foreign judgment under the law of the state in which it was rendered, and the cost of
obtaining the authenticated copy of the original judgment. The court shall
include as part of its judgment court costs incidental to the proceeding
in accordance with the law of this state and the costs of recording documents
as permitted by statute. Chap. 24, §24.140
Satisfaction of judgment; filing.
Satisfaction, either partial or complete, of the original judgment
or of a judgment entered thereupon in any other state shall operate to
the same extent as satisfaction of the judgment in this state, except as
to costs authorized by ORS 24.140. When such judgment in this
state has been satisfied, including costs authorized by ORS 24.140, it
shall be the responsibility of the judgment creditor to provide an executed
satisfaction to this judgment debtor. The judgment debtor may file the
satisfaction in the records of the court in which the judgment was originally
filed in this state, and may record the satisfaction in every county in
this state in which a certified copy of the judgment or a lien record abstract
has been recorded. Chap. 24, §24.150
Optional procedure.
The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce
the judgment instead of proceeding under ORS 24.105 to 24.125, 24.135 and
24.155 to 24.175 remains unimpaired. Chap. 24, §24.155
Construction of ORS 24.105 to 24.175.
ORS 24.105 to 24.125, 24.135 and 24.155 to 24.175 shall be interpreted
and construed in order to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform
the law of those states which enact it. Chap. 24, §24.165
Short title.
ORS 24.105 to 24.125, 24.135 and 24.155 to 24.175 may be cited
as the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. Chap. 24, §24.175
