SLR 6-2.015: Return of Documents to a Party ................................................................................... 2.1

(1) In addition to the authority to decline to receive or file a document under ORCP 9 E and UTCR 2.010, in certain limited situations, a document may be returned to the party who submitted it, without being filed by the court. Those situations include: (a) A document with an existing case number and case caption from another jurisdiction, unless submitted for filing pursuant to an order signed by a judge allowing a change of venue or authorizing the filing on some other basis; (b) A document which requires court action, but the court action cannot be taken without the filing of statutorily required preceding documents; (c) A document with a case caption from a jurisdiction not recognized by the Oregon Constitution or established by the Oregon Legislature, or a judgment order, or other document purportedly issued by a nonexistent court; (d) A petition submitted for filing under ORS 813.210 more than thirty (30) days after the first appearance on the summons where there is no finding of good cause by the court to permit the late filing; (e) A document submitted for filing by telephonic facsimile transmission (FAX); or, (f) A written notice of appeal and request for trial de novo of an arbitration award submitted for filing beyond the time permitted by law. (g) A document without sufficient identifying information to determine in which case it should be filed or entered. (2) In small claims and summary dissolution cases, documents which do not comply with ORS, ORCP, UTCR, and SLR may, at the discretion of the Presiding Judge, be returned to the filing party. (3) A pleading document which begins an action, and which is submitted for filing in this court and given an appropriate Umatilla or Morrow County Circuit Court case number, Umatilla & Morrow Counties will not be returned to a filing party even though the document may have a caption for another circuit court and was submitted for filing in error by the filing party.