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2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 01 - Courts, Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure
Chapter 052 - Civil Actions; Small Claims
CIVIL ACTIONS
- Section 52.010 - Actions commenced and prosecuted, and judgments enforced, as in circuit court; prevailing party entitled to disbursements.
- Section 52.020 - Mode of proceeding and rules of evidence.
- Section 52.030 - Court rules and procedures.
- Section 52.035 - Dismissal of civil cases for want of prosecution.
- Section 52.040 - Contempt in justice court.
- Section 52.050 [Repealed by 1999 c.605 §8]
- Section 52.060 - Persons entitled to act as attorneys in justice court.
- Section 52.110 - Service; form, contents and requisites of summons.
- Section 52.120 - Persons authorized to serve summons; compensation; manner of service.
- Section 52.130 - Appointment of persons to serve process or order.
- Section 52.140 [Amended by 1953 c.479 §4; 1977 c.877 §13; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
- Section 52.150 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
- Section 52.160 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
- Section 52.170 - Security for disbursements.
- Section 52.180 - Form of undertaking; qualifications and justification of sureties; deposit in lieu of undertaking.
- Section 52.210 - Plaintiff entitled to attachment as in circuit court.
- Section 52.220 - Attachment proceedings conducted as in circuit court.
- Section 52.230 [Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53]
- Section 52.240 [Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53]
- Section 52.250 - Attachment of real property prohibited.
- Section 52.260 [Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53]
- Section 52.310 - Pleadings governed by rules applicable to pleadings in circuit court.
- Section 52.320 - Counterclaim exceeding jurisdiction; transfer to circuit court; time allowed plaintiff to plead; costs; effect of failure to tender costs.
- Section 52.410 - Trial fee.
- Section 52.420 - Trial fee payable in advance; effect of failure to pay; recovery of fee as disbursement.
- Section 52.430 - State or county exempted from prepaying trial fee; recovery of trial fee.
- Section 52.440 - Accounting for and disposition of trial fee.
- Section 52.510 - Postponement of trial.
- Section 52.520 - Depositions of witnesses as condition to postponement.
- Section 52.530 - Change of place of trial.
- Section 52.540 - Payment of disbursements for change of venue; subpoenaed witnesses.
- Section 52.550 - When change of venue deemed complete.
- Section 52.560 - Jurisdiction to cease when title to real property in question; further proceedings in circuit court.
- Section 52.570 - Right to jury trial.
- Section 52.580 - Judgment.
- Section 52.590 - Judgment may not determine or affect title to real property.
- Section 52.600 - Enforcement of justice court judgments generally.
- Section 52.610 - Enforcement of judgment given by other justice.
- Section 52.620 - Filing transcript of judgment in another county; issuance of execution.
- Section 52.630 [Amended by 1965 c.619 §27; 1971 c.621 §11; 1975 c.607 §13; 1979 c.833 §14; 1981 c.835 §4; 1983 c.696 §6; 1987 c.586 §20; 1995 c.273 §15; repealed by 1999 c.788 §3 (52.635 enacted in lieu of 52.630)]
- Section 52.635 - Liens based on justice court judgment.
- Section 52.640 - Setoff of judgment; application and notice.
- Section 52.650 - Right of appeal precludes setoff; procedure to set off judgment of another court.
- Section 52.660 - Enforcement of setoff judgment stayed.
- Section 52.670 - Setoff of mutual judgments.
- Section 52.680 - Setoff of judgments in different amounts; disallowance of setoff.
- Section 52.690 [Repealed by 1999 c.788 §5]
- Section 52.700 - Return on execution; to whom directed; duty of officer to execute writ.
- Section 52.710 - Renewal of execution; indorsement and entry of renewal.
- Section 52.750 - Small claims department; jurisdiction.
- Section 52.755 - Commencement of action.
- Section 52.760 - Contents of claim.
- Section 52.765 - Verification and prosecution of claim.
- Section 52.770 - Notice of claim; content; service.
- Section 52.775 - Explanation to plaintiff of how notice may be served.
- Section 52.780 - Admission or denial of claim; request for jury trial.
- Section 52.785 - Time and place of hearing; procedure if right to jury trial asserted; fees.
- Section 52.790 - Additional time for appearances; default and dismissal.
- Section 52.795 - Formal pleadings unnecessary; issuance of attachment, garnishment or execution; costs of execution taxable.
- Section 52.800 - Appearance by parties and attorneys; witnesses.
- Section 52.805 - Counterclaim; procedure; fee; transfer of jurisdiction.
- Section 52.810 - Payment of judgment.
- Section 52.815 - Conclusiveness of judgment; when appeal may be taken.
- Section 52.820 - Notice of appeal; proceedings in circuit court.
- Section 52.825 - Enforcement of judgment when no appeal is taken; fees.
- Section 52.830 - Separate docket for small claims department.
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