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Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure (2007)

 

OREGON RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

 

OREGON RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

 

SCOPE; CONSTRUCTION; APPLICATION; RULE; CITATION

 

1 A            Scope

1 B            Construction

1 C            Application

1 D            “Rule” defined and local rules

1 E             Use of declaration under penalty of perjury in lieu of affidavit; “declaration” defined

1 F             Citation

 

FORM OF ACTION

 

2                One form of action

 

COMMENCEMENT

 

3                Commencement of action

 

JURISDICTION

 

(Personal)

 

4                Personal jurisdiction

4 A            Local presence or status

4 B            Special jurisdiction statutes

4 C            Local act or omission

4 D            Local injury; foreign act

4 E             Local services, goods, or contracts

4 F             Local property

4 G            Director or officer of a domestic corporation

4 H            Taxes or assessments

4 I              Insurance or insurers

4 J              Securities

4 K            Certain marital and domestic relations actions

4 L             Other actions

4 M            Personal representative

4 N            Joinder of claims in the same action

4 O            Defendant defined

 

(In Rem)

 

5                Jurisdiction in rem

 

(Without Service)

 

6                Personal jurisdiction without service of summons

 

SUMMONS

 

7 A            Definitions

7 B            Issuance

7 C(1)        Contents

7 C(1)        (a) Title

7 C(1)        (b) Direction to defendant

7 C(1)        (c) Subscription; post office address

7 C(2)        Time for response

7 C(3)        Notice to party served

7 C(3)        (a) In general

7 C(3)        (b) Service for counterclaim

7 C(3)        (c) Service on persons liable for attorney fees

7 D            Manner of service

7 D(1)        Notice required

7 D(2)        Service methods

7 D(2)        (a) Personal service

7 D(2)        (b) Substituted service

7 D(2)        (c) Office service

7 D(2)        (d) Service by mail

7 D(2)        (d)(i) Generally

7 D(2)        (d)(ii) Calculation of time

7 D(3)        Particular defendants

7 D(3)        (a) Individuals

7 D(3)        (a)(i) Generally

7 D(3)        (a)(ii) Minors

7 D(3)        (a)(iii) Incapacitated persons

7 D(3)        (a)(iv) Tenant of a mail agent

7 D(3)        (b) Corporations and limited partnerships

7 D(3)        (b)(i) Primary service method

7 D(3)        (b)(ii) Alternatives

7 D(3)        (c) State

7 D(3)        (d) Public bodies

7 D(3)        (e) General partnerships

7 D(3)        (f) Other unincorporated association subject to suit under a common name

7 D(3)        (g) Vessel owners and charterers

7 D(4)        Particular actions involving motor vehicles

7 D(4)        (a) Actions arising out of use of roads, highways, streets, or premises open to the public; service by mail

7 D(4)        (b) Notification of change of address

7 D(5)        Service in foreign country

7 D(6)        Court order for service; service by publication

7 D(6)        (a) Court order for service by other method

7 D(6)        (b) Contents of published summons

7 D(6)        (c) Where published

7 D(6)        (d) Mailing summons and complaint

7 D(6)        (e) Unknown heirs or persons

7 D(6)        (f) Defending before or after judgment

7 D(6)        (g) Defendant who cannot be served

7 E             By whom served; compensation

7 F             Return; proof of service

7 F(1)        Return of summons

7 F(2)        Proof of service

7 F(2)        (a) Service other than publication

7 F(2)        (a)(i) Certificate of service when summons not served by sheriff or deputy

7 F(2)        (a)(ii) Certificate of service by sheriff or deputy

7 F(2)        (b) Publication

7 F(2)        (c) Making and certifying affidavit

7 F(2)        (d) Form of certificate, affidavit or declaration

7 F(3)        Written admission

7 F(4)        Failure to make proof; validity of service

7 G            Disregard of error; actual notice

 

PROCESS

 

8 A            Process

8 B            Where county is a party

8 C            Service or execution

8 D            Proof of service or execution

 

SERVICE AND FILING OF PLEADINGS AND OTHER PAPERS

 

9 A            Service; when required

9 B            Service; how made

9 C            Filing; proof of service

9 D            When filing not required

9 E             Filing with the court defined

9 F             Service by telephonic facsimile communication device

9 G            Service by e-mail

 

TIME

 

10 A          Computation

10 B          Unaffected by expiration of term

10 C          Additional time after service by mail

 

11              (Reserved for Expansion)

 

PLEADINGS LIBERALLY CONSTRUED; DISREGARD OF ERROR

 

12 A          Liberal construction

12 B          Disregard of error or defect not affecting substantial right

 

KINDS OF PLEADINGS ALLOWED; FORMER PLEADINGS ABOLISHED

 

13 A          Pleadings

13 B          Pleadings allowed

13 C          Pleadings abolished

 

MOTIONS

 

14 A          Motions; in writing; grounds

14 B          Form

 

TIME FOR FILING PLEADINGS OR MOTIONS

 

15 A          Time for filing motions and pleadings

15 B          Pleading after motion

15 C          Responding to amended pleading

15 D          Enlarging time to plead or do other act

 

FORM OF PLEADINGS

 

16 A          Captions; names of parties

16 B          Concise and direct statement; paragraphs; separate statement of claims or defenses

16 C          Consistency in pleading alternative statements

16 D          Adoption by reference

 

SIGNING OF PLEADINGS, MOTIONS AND OTHER PAPERS; SANCTIONS

 

17 A          Signing by party or attorney; certificate

17 B          Pleadings, motions and other papers not signed

17 C          Certifications to court

17 D          Sanctions

17 E           Rule not applicable to discovery

 

CLAIMS FOR RELIEF

 

18              Claims for relief

 

RESPONSIVE PLEADINGS

 

19 A          Defenses; form of denials

19 B          Affirmative defenses

19 C          Effect of failure to deny

 

SPECIAL PLEADING RULES

 

20 A          Conditions precedent

20 B          Judgment or other determination of court or officer; how pleaded

20 C          Private statute; how pleaded

20 D          Corporate existence of city or county and of ordinances or comprehensive plans generally; how pleaded

20 E           Libel or slander action

20 F           Official document or act

20 G          Recitals and negative pregnants

20 H          Fictitious parties

20 I            Designation of unknown heirs in actions relating to property

20 J            Designation of unknown persons

 

DEFENSES AND OBJECTIONS; HOW PRESENTED; BY PLEADING OR MOTION; MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS

 

21 A          How presented

21 B          Motion for judgment on the pleadings

21 C          Preliminary hearings

21 D          Motion to make more definite and certain

21 E           Motion to strike

21 F           Consolidation of defenses in motion

21 G          Waiver or preservation of certain defenses

 

COUNTERCLAIMS, CROSS-CLAIMS, AND THIRD PARTY CLAIMS

 

22 A          Counterclaims

22 B          Cross-claim against codefendant

22 C          Third party practice

22 D          Joinder of additional parties

22 E           Separate trial

 

AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTAL PLEADINGS

 

23 A          Amendments

23 B          Amendments to conform to the evidence

23 C          Relation back of amendments

23 D          How amendment made

23 E           Supplemental pleadings

 

JOINDER OF CLAIMS

 

24 A          Permissive joinder

24 B          Forcible entry and detainer and rental due

24 C          Separate statement

 

EFFECT OF PROCEEDING AFTER MOTION OR AMENDMENT

 

25 A          Amendment or pleading over after motion; non-waiver of defenses or objections

25 B          Amendment of pleading; objections to amended pleading not waived

25 C          Denial of motion; non-waiver by filing responsive pleading

 

REAL PARTY IN INTEREST; CAPACITY OF PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

 

26 A          Real party in interest

26 B          Partnerships and associations

 

MINOR OR INCAPACITATED PARTIES

 

27 A          Appearance of minor parties by guardian or conservator

27 B          Appearance of incapacitated person by conservator or guardian

 

JOINDER OF PARTIES

 

28 A          Permissive joinder as plaintiffs or defendants

28 B          Separate trials

 

JOINDER OF PERSONS NEEDED FOR JUST ADJUDICATION

 

29 A          Persons to be joined if feasible

29 B          Determination by court whenever joinder not feasible

29 C          Exception of class actions

 

MISJOINDER AND NONJOINDER OF PARTIES

 

30              Misjoinder and nonjoinder of parties

 

INTERPLEADER

 

31 A          Parties

31 B          Procedure

31 C          Attorney fees

 

CLASS ACTIONS

 

32 A          Requirement for class action

32 B          Class action maintainable

32 C          Determination by order whether class action to be maintained

32 D          Dismissal or compromise of class actions; court approval required; when notice required

32 E           Court authority over conduct of class actions

32 F           Notice and exclusion

32 G          Commencement or maintenance of class actions regarding particular issues; subclasses

32 H          Notice and demand required prior to commencement of action for damages

32 I            Limitation on maintenance of class actions for damages

32 J            Application of sections H and I of this rule to actions for equitable relief; amendment of complaints for equitable relief to request damages permitted

32 K          Limitation on maintenance of class actions for recovery of certain statutory penalties

32 L           Coordination of pending class actions sharing common question of law or fact

32 M          Form of judgment

32 N          Attorney fees, costs, disbursements, and litigation expenses

32 O          Statute of limitations

 

INTERVENTION

 

33 A          Definition

33 B          Intervention of right

33 C          Permissive intervention

33 D          Procedure

 

SUBSTITUTION OF PARTIES

 

34 A          Nonabatement of action by death, disability, or transfer

34 B          Death of a party; continued proceedings

34 C          Disability of a party; continued proceedings

34 D          Death of a party; surviving parties

34 E           Transfer of interest

34 F           Public officers; death or separation from office

34 G          Procedure

35              (Reserved for Expansion)

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISCOVERY

 

36 A          Discovery methods

36 B          Scope of discovery

36 B(1)      In general

36 B(2)      Insurance agreements or policies

36 B(3)      Trial preparation materials

36 C          Court order limiting extent of disclosure

 

PERPETUATION OF TESTIMONY OR EVIDENCE BEFORE ACTION OR PENDING APPEAL

 

37 A          Before action

37 A(1)      Petition

37 A(2)      Notice and service

37 A(3)      Order and examination

37 B          Pending appeal

37 C          Perpetuation by action

37 D          Filing of depositions

 

PERSONS WHO MAY ADMINISTER OATHS FOR DEPOSITIONS; FOREIGN DEPOSITIONS

 

38 A          Within Oregon

38 B          Outside the state

38 C          Foreign depositions

 

DEPOSITIONS UPON ORAL EXAMINATION

 

39 A          When deposition may be taken

39 B          Order for deposition or production of prisoner

39 C          Notice of examination

39 C(1)      General requirements

39 C(2)      Special notice

39 C(3)      Shorter or longer time

39 C(4)      Non-stenographic recording

39 C(5)      Production of documents and things

39 C(6)      Deposition of organization

39 C(7)      Deposition by telephone

39 D          Examination; record; oath; objections

39 D(1)      Examination; cross-examination; oath

39 D(2)      Record of examination

39 D(3)      Objections

39 D(4)      Written questions as alternative

39 E           Motion for court assistance; expenses

39 E(1)      Motion for court assistance

39 E(2)      Allowance of expenses

39 F           Submission to witness; changes; statement

39 F(1)      Necessity of submission to witness for examination

39 F(2)      Procedure after examination

39 F(3)      No request for examination

39 G          Certification; filing; exhibits; copies

39 G(1)      Certification

39 G(2)      Filing

39 G(3)      Exhibits

39 G(4)      Copies

39 H          Payment of expenses upon failure to appear

39 H(1)      Failure of party to attend

39 H(2)      Failure of witness to attend

39 I            Perpetuation of testimony after commencement of action

 

DEPOSITIONS UPON WRITTEN QUESTIONS

 

40 A          Serving questions; notice

40 B          Officer to take responses and prepare record

 

EFFECT OF ERRORS AND IRREGULARITIES IN DEPOSITIONS

 

41 A          As to notice

41 B          As to disqualification of officer

41 C          As to taking of deposition

41 D          As to completion and return of deposition

42              (Reserved for Expansion)

 

PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND THINGS AND ENTRY UPON LAND FOR INSPECTION AND OTHER PURPOSES

 

43 A          Scope

43 B          Procedure

43 C          Writing called for need not be offered

43 D          Persons not parties

 

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EXAMINATION OF PERSONS; REPORTS OF EXAMINATIONS

 

44 A          Order for examination

44 B          Report of examining physician or psychologist

44 C          Reports of examinations; claims for damages for injuries

44 D          Report; effect of failure to comply

44 D(1)      Preparation of written report

44 D(2)      Failure to comply or make report or request report

44 E           Access to individually identifiable health information

 

REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION

 

45 A          Request for admission

45 B          Response

45 C          Motion to determine sufficiency

45 D          Effect of admission

45 E           Form of response

45 F           Number

 

FAILURE TO MAKE DISCOVERY; SANCTIONS

 

46 A          Motion for order compelling discovery

46 A(1)      Appropriate court

46 A(1)      (a) Parties

46 A(1)      (b) Non-parties

46 A(2)      Motion

46 A(3)      Evasive or incomplete answer

46 A(4)      Award of expenses of motion

46 B          Failure to comply with order

46 B(1)      Sanctions by court in the county where the deponent is located

46 B(2)      Sanctions by court in which action is pending

46 B(3)      Payment of expenses

46 C          Expenses on failure to admit

46 D          Failure of party to attend at own deposition or respond to request for inspection or to inform of question regarding the existence of coverage of liability insurance policy

 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT

 

47 A          For claimant

47 B          For defending party

47 C          Motion and proceedings thereon

47 D          Form of affidavits and declarations; defense required

47 E           Affidavit or declaration of attorney when expert opinion required

47 F           When affidavits or declarations are unavailable

47 G          Affidavits or declarations made in bad faith

47 H          Multiple parties or claims; limited judgment

48              (Reserved for Expansion)

49              (Reserved for Expansion)

 

JURY TRIAL

 

50              Jury trial of right

 

ISSUES; TRIAL BY JURY OR BY THE COURT

 

51 A          Issues

51 B          Issues of law; how tried

51 C          Issues of fact; how tried

51 D          Advisory jury and jury trial by consent

 

POSTPONEMENT OF CASES