2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 1, Chapters 1 - 55
ORS Chapter 51
51.310 Schedule of fees; payment of fees to county treasurer.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 105.130, the justice of the peace shall collect, in advance except in criminal cases, and issue receipts for, the following fees:

(a) For the first appearance of the plaintiff, $40.

(b) For the first appearance of the defendant, $40.

(c) In the small claims department, for a plaintiff filing a claim, $28; and for a defendant requesting a hearing, $28.

(d) For transcript of judgment, $6.

(e) For transcript of judgment from the small claims department, $6.

(f) For certified copy of judgment, $6.

(g) For issuing writs of execution or writs of garnishment, $6 for each writ.

(h) For taking an affidavit of a private party, $1.

(i) For taking depositions, for each folio, 70 cents.

(j) For supplying to private parties copies of records and files, the same fees as provided or established for the county clerk under ORS 205.320.

(k) For each official certificate, $1.

(L) For taking and certifying for a private party an acknowledgment of proof of any instrument, $3.

(m) Costs in criminal cases, where there has been a conviction, or upon forfeiture of security, $5.

(2) Not later than the last day of the month immediately following the month in which fees set forth in subsection (1) of this section are collected, the justice of the peace shall pay all such fees, other than those for performing marriage ceremonies, over to the county treasurer of the county wherein the justice of the peace was elected or appointed, for crediting to the general fund of the county, and shall take the receipt of the treasurer therefor. [Amended by 1965 c.619 25; 1979 c.447 2; 1987 c.829 1; 1989 c.583 10; 1991 c.458 2; 1997 c.801 132; 1999 c.1051 245; 2003 c.687 1; 2011 c.595 52b]