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Section 18.005 - Definitions. - (1) "Action" means any proceeding commenced in a court in...
Section 18.015 - Statutory references to decrees and judgments. - (2) References in the statutes of this state to judgments...
Section 18.028 - Authority of Chief Justice. - (1) Authorize or require that specified requests for relief that...
Section 18.029 - Effect of chapter on use of judgment. - Note: See first note under 18.005.
Section 18.035 - Preparation of judgment document. - (2) In criminal actions and juvenile proceedings under ORS chapters...
Section 18.038 - Form of judgment document generally. - (2) The title of a judgment document must indicate whether...
Section 18.042 - Judgment in civil action that includes money award. - (2) The separate section required by subsection (1) of this...
Section 18.048 - Judgment in criminal action that contains money award. - (2) The separate money award section described by subsection (1)...
Section 18.052 - Duty of judge with respect to form of judgment document. - (2) A court administrator who signs a judgment under authority...
Section 18.058 - Duty of court administrator with respect to form of judgment document. - (2) If the title of a document filed with the...
Section 18.075 - Entry of judgments in circuit courts generally. - (2) Subject to ORS 18.058 (2), when a judge files...
Section 18.078 - Notice of entry of judgment in circuit court civil action. - (2) The notice required by this section must reflect: (a)...
Section 18.082 - Effect of entry of judgment. - (a) Becomes the exclusive statement of the court’s decision in...
Section 18.107 - Corrections to civil judgments. - (2) Unless a correction to a judgment affects a substantial...
Section 18.112 - Correction of designation of judgment as general judgment. - (a) Except by operation of ORS 18.082 (3), the judgment...
Section 18.150 - Judgment liens in circuit courts. - (a) The judgment is entered in the small claims department...
Section 18.152 - Establishing judgment liens in other counties. - (2) Except as provided in this section, a judgment recorded...
Section 18.158 - Judgment lien based on judgment for child support or spousal support entered in another state. - (2) If a judgment of another state described in subsection...
Section 18.162 - Judgment lien based on justice and municipal court judgments; satisfaction filing fee. - (2) The judgment lien of a judgment entered in a...
Section 18.165 - Priority of judgment lien over unrecorded conveyance. - (a) The grantee under the conveyance is a purchaser in...
Section 18.170 - Form for lien record abstract; rules. - ______________________________________________________________________________ LIEN RECORD ABSTRACT The undersigned states: A. Creditor/Prevailing Party...
Section 18.180 - Expiration of judgment remedies in circuit court. - (2) If a judgment lien arises out of a support...
Section 18.182 - Extension of judgment remedies. - (a) Judgment remedies for the judgment have not expired under...
Section 18.185 - Extension of judgment lien of spousal support award. - (a) The judgment lien for the spousal support award portion...
Section 18.190 - Spousal support awards in judgments entered before January 1, 2004. - (2) ORS 18.180 (6) does not operate to revive the...
Section 18.194 - Expiration and extension of judgment remedies for justice and municipal court judgments. - (2) Except as provided in this section, judgment remedies for...
Section 18.200 - Release of lien. - (2) A release of lien document may be filed with...
Section 18.202 - Reinstatement of lien. - (2) If the administrator, as defined in ORS 25.010, eliminated...
Section 18.205 - Assignment of judgment. - (a) Filed with the court administrator for the court in...
Section 18.225 - Satisfaction of money awards generally. - (2) When the money award portion of a judgment has...
Section 18.228 - Satisfaction of support awards payable to Department of Justice. - (2) Any satisfaction document for a support award described in...
Section 18.232 - Alternate method for satisfaction of support awards payable to Department of Justice. - (a) The judgment debtor provides a sworn affidavit indicating that...
Section 18.235 - Motion to satisfy money award. - (2) Motions under this section shall be filed in the...
Section 18.238 - Proceedings after discharge in bankruptcy. - (a) The debtor has been discharged from the payment of...
Section 18.242 - Contribution among judgment debtors; subrogation of surety. - Note: 18.242 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 18.245 - Jurisdictional requirements. - (1) The judgment document for the judgment must be plainly...
Section 18.252 - Execution. - (2) Any portion of a money award that by the...
Section 18.255 - Enforcement of judgment by circuit court for county where debtor resides. - (2) A judgment creditor who files a transcript of a...
Section 18.265 - Debtor examination. - (a) Proof of service of a notice of demand to...
Section 18.268 - Conduct of debtor examination; seizure of property. - (2) If it appears that the judgment debtor has any...
Section 18.270 - Written interrogatories. - (2) Within 20 days after receipt of the interrogatories, the...
Section 18.300 - Resident entitled to use federal exemptions or state exemptions in bankruptcy. - (2)(a) If a resident of this state uses any of...
Section 18.312 - Execution not to issue against property of deceased party; exception. - (2) This section does not prevent the issuance of execution...
Section 18.345 - Exempt personal property generally. - (a) Books, pictures and musical instruments to the value of...
Section 18.348 - Certain funds exempt when deposited in account; limitation. - (2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to...
Section 18.358 - Certain retirement plans exempt from execution; exceptions. - (a) "Beneficiary" means a person for whom retirement plan benefits...
Section 18.375 - Definitions. - (1) "Disposable earnings" means that part of the earnings of...
Section 18.385 - Wage exemption. - (2) The disposable earnings of an individual are exempt from...
Section 18.395 - Homestead exemption. - (a) Temporary removal or temporary absence with the intention to...
Section 18.398 - Denial of homestead exemption when judgment is for child support. - (a) To afford protection to the debtor and the debtor’s...
Section 18.412 - Notice of intent to discharge judgment lien against homestead. - (a) Identify the property and the judgment and state that...
Section 18.415 - Objections to discharge; hearing. - (2)(a) If the holder of a judgment admits the validity...
Section 18.422 - Release of judgment lien. - (2) The holder of any judgment described in ORS 18.412...
Section 18.600 - Definitions. - (1) "Account" means an account at a financial institution, including...
Section 18.605 - Debts subject to garnishment; when writ may be issued on debt. - (a) A judgment requiring the payment of money that has...
Section 18.607 - Form of writ; single writ for two or more debtors. - (2) A writ of garnishment must contain all of the...
Section 18.609 - Validity of writ after issuance. - (2) If the court administrator is issuing a writ of...
Section 18.610 - Court with authority over writ. - (a) The court in which the judgment to be enforced...
Section 18.618 - Property not subject to garnishment. - (A) Equitable interests, except to the extent allowed under ORS...
Section 18.620 - Setoff for certain amounts payable to underlying lienholders. - (a) Who is entitled to receive the amounts under the...
Section 18.625 - Duration of writ’s effect. - (2) Except as provided in ORS 18.618 (2), a writ...
Section 18.627 - Multiple writs. - (2) If a debtor earns wages from a garnishee during...
Section 18.635 - Who may issue writs. - (2) The court administrator may issue a writ pursuant to...
Section 18.638 - Writs issued by court administrators generally. - (2) The court administrator may not fill in or complete...
Section 18.640 - Grounds for denying issuance of writ. - (2) The court administrator shall refuse to issue a writ...
Section 18.645 - Writs issued by Division of Child Support or district attorney; rules. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 18.607, a writ of garnishment issued under...
Section 18.650 - Items required to be delivered to garnishee. - (a) The original writ of garnishment in substantially the form...
Section 18.652 - Manner of delivery; delivery fee. - (2) Personal delivery of a writ of garnishment may be...
Section 18.655 - Proper person to receive writ. - (a) If the property of the debtor is in the...
Section 18.658 - Documents to be delivered to debtor. - (a) A copy of the writ of garnishment. (b) The...
Section 18.665 - Duties generally. - (2) The duty of a garnishee to hold and deliver...
Section 18.668 - Immunity by payment to court administrator or delivery to sheriff. - (2) If the garnishee makes payment of garnished money to...
Section 18.670 - Exceptions to garnishee’s duties. - (2) The duty of a garnishee to hold or deliver...
Section 18.680 - Response required; time. - (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section,...
Section 18.682 - When response not required. - (1) The writ of garnishment is not delivered to the...
Section 18.685 - Contents of response; manner of making payment. - (1) If the garnishee discovers that a voluntary or involuntary...
Section 18.690 - Delivery of garnishee response. - (a) The original of the response to the garnishor; (b)...
Section 18.692 - Supplemental garnishee response. - (a) The garnishee discovers that a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy...
Section 18.700 - Manner of making challenge to garnishment. - (a) To assert that the amount specified in the writ...
Section 18.702 - Notice to garnishor and garnishee of challenge to garnishment. - (2) The court administrator shall provide the notice of a...
Section 18.705 - Duties of garnishor and creditor created by challenge to garnishment. - (2) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section,...
Section 18.708 - Duties of garnishee created by challenge to garnishment. - (2) Upon receiving notice of a challenge under ORS 18.702,...
Section 18.710 - Hearing on challenge to garnishment. - (2) Hearings on a challenge to a garnishment may be...
Section 18.712 - Allowance or denial of challenge. - (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section,...
Section 18.715 - Sanctions. - (2) The court shall order a creditor to return any...
Section 18.718 - Special procedures for writs issued for past due support. - (a) Challenge the enforcement of the past due support in...
Section 18.730 - Payment of money under writ; garnishor’s duty to hold payments. - (2) Except as provided in ORS 18.645 and 18.745, a...
Section 18.732 - Money owed to debtor that is due within 45 days. - (2) If the garnishee receives notice of a challenge to...
Section 18.735 - Payment of wages subject to garnishment. - (1) The garnishee must make an initial payment when the...
Section 18.736 - Processing fee. - (2) The fee provided for in this section may not...
Section 18.738 - Acceptance or rejection of payments by court administrator. - (2) The court administrator may return to the garnishee any...
Section 18.740 - Payments erroneously sent to court. - (2) The court administrator is not liable for interest on...
Section 18.742 - Crediting of payments against debt. - (2) If a garnishee makes payment to the court, the...
Section 18.750 - Application of ORS 18.750 to 18.760. - (2) The provisions of ORS 18.750 to 18.760 apply to:...
Section 18.752 - Garnishee duties. - (2) If the garnishee is not contacted by the sheriff...
Section 18.755 - Request for sale; sheriff’s fees. - (2) A sale of the property described in ORS 18.750...
Section 18.758 - Sheriff’s sale. - (a) Within 20 days after notice is sent to the...
Section 18.770 - Release of garnishment. - (a) The sheriff, if the garnishor has made a request...
Section 18.775 - Liability of garnishee. - (a) The amount required to satisfy the garnishment; or (b)...
Section 18.778 - Order to appear. - (2) At any time after a garnishor applies for an...
Section 18.780 - Pleadings; default judgment. - (2) Unless further time is allowed for good cause, not...
Section 18.784 - Certain financial institution deposits not subject to garnishment; garnishment account review. - (2) The provisions of this section apply only to payments...
Section 18.785 - Duties of financial institution; notice to account holder. - (a) Immediately calculate and establish the amount in the debtor’s...
Section 18.787 - Liability of financial institution. - (1) Delivery or refusal to deliver any funds that are...
Section 18.790 - Search fee; garnishment processing fee. - (a) A search fee of $10 must be paid to...
Section 18.792 - Safe deposit boxes. - (2) If a sheriff is instructed to seize and sell...
Section 18.800 - Special procedures for writs issued to enforce agency orders or warrants. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 18.690, a garnishee who receives a writ...
Section 18.810 - Use of writ for provisional process. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 18.730, if a writ of garnishment is...
Section 18.830 - Writ of garnishment form. - ______________________________________________________________________________ ________ COURT COUNTY OF ________ ______ ) Plaintiff, )...
Section 18.832 - Debt calculation form. - (2) A debt calculation form must be in substantially the...
Section 18.835 - Garnishee response form. - ______________________________________________________________________________ ________ COURT COUNTY OF ________ ______ ) Plaintiff, )...
Section 18.838 - Instructions to garnishee form. - ______________________________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS TO GARNISHEE Except as specifically provided in these...
Section 18.840 - Wage exemption calculation form. - ______________________________________________________________________________ WAGE EXEMPTION CALCULATION (to be filled out by employers...
Section 18.842 - Release of garnishment form. - ______________________________________________________________________________ ________ COURT COUNTY OF ________ ______ ) Plaintiff, )...
Section 18.845 - Notice of exemptions form; instructions for challenge to garnishment. - ______________________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF EXEMPT PROPERTY AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR CHALLENGE TO...
Section 18.847 - Notice to debtor of garnishment account review. - ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT Date:...
Section 18.850 - Challenge to garnishment form. - ______________________________________________________________________________ ________ COURT COUNTY OF ________ ______ ) CHALLENGE TO...
Section 18.854 - Notices of garnishment generally. - (a) A notice of garnishment; (b) A warrant, or a...
Section 18.855 - Notices of garnishment issued by state agencies. - (2) State agencies shall make such modifications as are necessary...
Section 18.857 - Notice of garnishment issued by county tax collector. - (2) At least 15 days before any county tax collector...
Section 18.860 - Function of writ. - (a) Levy on and sell real property of the judgment...
Section 18.862 - Form of writ. - (2) If a judgment requires that specific real or personal...
Section 18.865 - Court administrator to issue writ. - (2) A court administrator may rely on the information provided...
Section 18.867 - Issuance of writs for certain judgments awarding child support. - (2) The Department of Justice shall adopt an appropriate form...
Section 18.868 - Sheriff to whom writ is issued. - (2) If the writ of execution directs the sheriff to...
Section 18.872 - Return on writ of execution. - (2) The return on a writ of execution must reflect...
Section 18.875 - Instructions to sheriff. - (a) The names and addresses of the judgment creditor and...
Section 18.878 - Manner of levying on property. - (a) Filing a notice of levy with the court if...
Section 18.880 - Alternative procedure for levying on tangible personal property. - (2) The sheriff shall attach a notice to the property...
Section 18.882 - Criminal penalty for moving, using or damaging secured property. - (1) Moves the property without authorization from the sheriff; (2)...
Section 18.884 - Levying on intangible personal property. - (2) A judgment creditor may seek an ex parte order...
Section 18.886 - Creditor’s bond. - (a) The sheriff has identified a specific person other than...
Section 18.887 - Forcible entry for purpose of levying on personal property. - (2) A judgment creditor may at any time file an...
Section 18.888 - Notice of levy. - (2) If the sheriff has levied on intangible property, in...
Section 18.892 - Challenge to writ of execution. - (a) To claim such exemptions under a writ of execution...
Section 18.896 - Challenge to execution form. - (2) A challenge to execution form must be in substantially...
Section 18.898 - Hearing on challenge to execution. - (2) Hearings on a challenge to execution may be held...
Section 18.901 - Definition of residential property. - (1) Real property on which no more than four units...
Section 18.904 - Order required for sale of residential property; exceptions. - (2) This section does not apply to writs of execution...
Section 18.906 - Motion for order authorizing sale of residential property. - (a) Indicates the amount of the money award or money...
Section 18.908 - Notice of motion for order authorizing sale of residential property. - (a) Serve the judgment debtor in the manner provided by...
Section 18.912 - Hearing on motion for order authorizing sale of residential property. - (2) The court shall authorize sale of the property pursuant...
Section 18.918 - Person entitled to written notice of sale. - (a) The name of the judgment debtor; and (b) The...
Section 18.920 - Notice of sale of personal property. - (2) Before any execution sale of personal property, the sheriff...
Section 18.922 - Expedited sale of perishable personal property; expedited sale to prevent loss of value. - (a) The notices required by ORS 18.920 (2) must be...
Section 18.924 - Notice of sale of real property. - (a) Post notice of the sale on the website established...
Section 18.926 - Legal notices website; posting fee. - (2) An intergovernmental agreement entered into under this section may...
Section 18.930 - Conduct of sale generally; county fee. - (2) At least 10 days before the date first set...
Section 18.932 - Postponement of sale; rules. - (a) The sheriff is unable to conduct the sale at...
Section 18.936 - Bid by judgment creditor. - (a) Any unpaid sheriff’s fees for the execution sale; (b)...
Section 18.938 - Manner of payment. - (2) A sheriff shall accept a cashier’s check as payment...
Section 18.940 - Bill of sale for personal property. - (2) If the sheriff has secured property in the manner...
Section 18.942 - Sheriff’s certificate of sale for real property. - (2) A purchaser shall record in the County Clerk Lien...
Section 18.944 - Notice of completed sale. - (a) Securely attach to the main entrance of any dwelling...
Section 18.946 - Possession after sale; right to rents or value of use. - (a) The purchaser of real property at an execution sale...
Section 18.948 - Confirmation of sale of real property. - (2) If an objection to a sale is filed, the...
Section 18.950 - Delivery and distribution of proceeds; satisfaction document. - (2) A judgment creditor is entitled to recover from the...
Section 18.952 - Effect of sale on judgment debtor’s or mortgagor’s title; effect of redemption by judgment debtor or mortgagor. - (2) If a judgment debtor or mortgagor, or a successor...
Section 18.960 - Definitions. - (1) "Certificate holder" means a person who holds a certificate...
Section 18.962 - Property that may be redeemed. - (2) A manufactured dwelling, as defined by ORS 446.003, may...
Section 18.963 - Who may redeem. - (a) The judgment debtor; (b) A mortgagor whose interest in...
Section 18.964 - Time for redemption. - (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section,...
Section 18.965 - Notice to seller before end of redemption period. - ______________________________________________________________________________ WARNING: You should be careful about this kind of...
Section 18.966 - Redemption amount payable to purchaser. - (1) The amount paid by the purchaser at the execution...
Section 18.967 - Redemption amount payable to redemptioner. - (1) The amount paid by the redemptioner, with interest at...
Section 18.968 - Setoff for rents, income and profits realized by certificate holder; certificate holder’s lien for crops and amounts expended to prevent waste. - (2) If the real property sold at an execution sale...
Section 18.970 - Redemption notice. - (2) If the claimant is a lien claimant, the notice...
Section 18.971 - Objection to redemption notice. - (2) The filing of an objection under this section does...
Section 18.972 - Response to redemption notice. - (a) The notice requests an accounting under ORS 18.980; or...
Section 18.973 - Objection to response. - (2) The filing of an objection under this section does...
Section 18.975 - Payment of redemption amount. - (2) The sheriff shall issue to the claimant who makes...
Section 18.978 - Court proceedings on objections. - (2) The court shall schedule a hearing on an objection...
Section 18.980 - Accounting. - (a) The amount of any taxes the certificate holder has...
Section 18.981 - Manner of payment. - (2) A sheriff shall accept a cashier’s check as payment...
Section 18.985 - Sheriff’s deed. - (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the court may...
Section 18.986 - Manufactured dwellings and floating homes. - (2) A manufactured dwelling or floating home that is held...
Section 18.987 - Purchaser’s interest in land sale contract; leasehold interest in land with unexpired term of more than two years. - (2) The legal description required by ORS 18.875 (1)(e) in...
Section 18.988 - Seller’s right to receive payments under land sale contract. - (a) May not be sold pursuant to a writ of...
Section 18.989 - Equitable interests in property. - (a) An order or judgment specifically authorizes the sale of...
Section 18.995 - Owner not allowed to neglect foreclosed residential real property; local government to notify owner of violation; lien for unreimbursed costs. - (a) "Foreclosed residential real property" means residential property, as defined...
Section 18.999 - Recovery of amounts related to attempts to recover debt or enforce judgment. - (1) When a plaintiff receives moneys under a garnishment, attachment...