ORS 18.038: Form of judgment document generally.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) A judgment document must be plainly titled as a judgment. (2) The title of a judgment document must indicate whether the judgment is a limited judgment, a general judgment or a supplemental judgment. This subsection does not apply to: (a) Justice courts, municipal courts and county courts performing judicial functions. (b) Judgments in criminal actions. (c) Judgments in juvenile proceedings under ORS chapters 419A, 419B and 419C. (3) A judgment document must be separate from any other document in the action. The judgment document may have attached affidavits, certificates, motions, stipulations and exhibits as necessary or proper in support of the judgment. (4) A judgment document must include: (a) The name of the court rendering the judgment and the file number or other identifier used by the court for the action or actions decided by the judgment; (b) The names of any parties in whose favor the judgment is given and the names of any parties against whom the judgment is given; and (c) The signature of the judge rendering the judgment, or the signature of the court administrator if the court administrator is authorized by law to sign the judgment document, and the date the judgment document is signed. (5) This section does not apply to any foreign judgment filed with a court under ORS 24.115 or 110.605 to 110.611. [2003 c.576 §4; 2005 c.568 §38; 2015 c.298 §81]
Administrative rules citing this section
This rule cites
- ORS 24.115 — resolved
- 110.605 — resolved
- 110.611 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 18.005: Definitions.
- ORS 18.035: Preparation of judgment document.
- ORS 18.048: Judgment in criminal action that contains money award.
- ORS 18.052: Duty of judge with respect to form of judgment document.
- ORS 18.058: Duty of court administrator with respect to form of judgment document.
- ORS 18.245: Jurisdictional requirements.
- ORS 20.077: Determination of prevailing party; cases in which more than one claim made; prevailing party on appeal.
- ORS 24.290: Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment; post-judgment enforcement.
- ORS 52.600: Enforcement of justice court judgments generally.
- ORS 137.071: Requirements for judgment documents.
- ORS 221.346: Enforcement of judgments of municipal court.
- ORS 646.632: Enjoining unlawful trade practices; assurance of voluntary compliance; attorney fees.
- OAR 291-100-0005: Authority, Purpose and Policy
- OAR 291-100-0027: Computing Sentences under ORS 137.320
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