Oregon Statutes 137.146 – Priorities for application of payments on criminal judgments entered in circuit courts
(1) There are five levels of priority for application of payments on criminal judgments entered in circuit courts, with Level I obligations having the highest priority and Level V obligations having the lowest priority. All payments on a criminal judgment entered in a circuit court shall be applied first against the unpaid obligations in the level with highest priority until those obligations have been paid in full, and shall then be applied against the obligations in the level with the next highest level of priority, until all obligations under the judgment have been paid in full.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 137.146
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- public body: means state government bodies, local government bodies and special government bodies. See Oregon Statutes 174.109
(2) Except as provided in ORS § 137.149, if there is more than one person or public body to whom an obligation is payable under a level, a circuit court shall divide each payment based on each person’s or public body’s proportionate share of the total amount of obligations in that level. [Formerly 137.289; 2022 c.57 § 3]