(1) If a court notifies the Department of Transportation under this section that a judgment remains unsettled as described by ORS § 809.470, the department must initiate action to determine whether to suspend or revoke driving privileges under ORS § 809.415. A court shall immediately give the department notice of an unsettled judgment under this section if:

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(a) A judgment of the type described under ORS § 806.040 is rendered against a person by a court of this state;

(b) The person fails within 60 days to settle the judgment in the manner required under ORS § 809.470; and

(c) The judgment creditor or the judgment creditor’s attorney makes a written request for forwarding to the department a certificate stating the judgment has not been settled as described in ORS § 809.470.

(2) A court that has given the department notice of an unsettled judgment under this section shall immediately forward to the department a certificate stating that the judgment is appropriately settled and describing the judgment and parties sufficiently for identification if:

(a) The judgment is settled in the manner required under ORS § 809.470; and

(b) The judgment debtor or the judgment debtor’s attorney makes a written request for forwarding to the department a certificate stating the judgment has been settled as described in ORS § 809.470.

(3) The notice made to the department under this section shall be given by the clerk of the court or, if the court has no clerk, by the judge. [1983 c.338 § 391; 1985 c.16 § 208; 2003 c.402 § 21; 2021 c.630 § 91]