2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation
Chapter 783 - Liabilities and Offenses Connected With Shipping and Navigation; Shipbreaking; Ballast Water
Section 783.040 - Complaint; jurisdiction and venue.

Universal Citation:
OR Rev Stat § 783.040 (2025)
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Any person wishing to commence an action against a boat or vessel shall file the complaint against such boat or vessel by name with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the boat or vessel may lie or be. The complaint shall set forth the plaintiff’s demand in all its particulars, and on whose account the same accrued, and shall be verified by the plaintiff or some credible person for the plaintiff.
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