Oregon Statutes 18.038 – Form of judgment document generally
(1) A judgment document must be plainly titled as a judgment.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 18.038
- Action: means any proceeding commenced in a court in which the court may render a judgment. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- Court administrator: means a trial court administrator in a circuit court that has a trial court administrator and the clerk of the court in all other courts. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- General judgment: means the judgment entered by a court that decides all requests for relief in the action except:
(a) A request for relief previously decided by a limited judgment; and
(b) A request for relief that may be decided by a supplemental judgment. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- Judgment: means the concluding decision of a court on one or more requests for relief in one or more actions, as reflected in a judgment document. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- Judgment document: means a writing in the form provided by ORS § 18. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- Supplemental judgment: means a judgment that may be rendered after a general judgment pursuant to a legal authority. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
(2) The title of a judgment document must indicate whether the judgment is a limited judgment, a general judgment or a supplemental judgment. This subsection does not apply to:
(a) Justice courts, municipal courts and county courts performing judicial functions.
(b) Judgments in criminal actions.
(c) Judgments in juvenile proceedings under ORS chapters 419A, 419B and 419C.
(3) A judgment document must be separate from any other document in the action. The judgment document may have attached affidavits, certificates, motions, stipulations and exhibits as necessary or proper in support of the judgment.
(4) A judgment document must include:
(a) The name of the court rendering the judgment and the file number or other identifier used by the court for the action or actions decided by the judgment;
(b) The names of any parties in whose favor the judgment is given and the names of any parties against whom the judgment is given; and
(c) The signature of the judge rendering the judgment, or the signature of the court administrator if the court administrator is authorized by law to sign the judgment document, and the date the judgment document is signed.
(5) This section does not apply to any foreign judgment filed with a court under ORS § 24.115 or 110.605 to 110.611. [2003 c.576 § 4; 2005 c.568 § 38; 2015 c.298 § 81]
[Repealed by 1981 c.898 § 53]