Oregon Statutes 18.180 – Expiration of judgment remedies in circuit court
(1) Judgment remedies for a judgment expire upon full satisfaction of the money award portion of the judgment.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 18.180
- Action: means any proceeding commenced in a court in which the court may render a judgment. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- Child support award: means a money award or agency order that requires the payment of child support and that is entered under ORS § 25. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- Criminal action: has the meaning given in ORS § 131. 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
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Money award: means a judgment or portion of a judgment that requires the payment of money. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- 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.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
- Support arrearage lien: means a lien that attaches to real property under the provisions of ORS § 18. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- Support award: means a money award or agency order that requires the payment of child or spousal support. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
(2) If a judgment lien arises out of a support award under ORS § 18.150 (3) or 18.152 (3), a support arrearage lien attaching to real property under the judgment lien expires upon satisfaction of the unpaid installment that gave rise to the support arrearage lien.
(3) Except as provided in ORS § 18.180 to 18.190, judgment remedies for a judgment in a civil action expire 10 years after the entry of the judgment.
(4) Except as provided in this subsection, judgment remedies for a judgment in a criminal action expire 20 years after the entry of the judgment. Judgment remedies for a judgment in a criminal action that includes a money award for restitution expire 50 years after the entry of the judgment.
(5) Judgment remedies for the child support award portion of a judgment, and any lump sum support award for child support, expire 35 years after the entry of the judgment that first establishes the support obligation.
(6)(a) Except as provided by paragraph (b) of this subsection and ORS § 18.190, judgment remedies for any unpaid installment under the spousal support award portion of a judgment, including any installment arrearage lien arising under the judgment, expire 25 years after the entry of the judgment that first establishes the support obligation, or 10 years after an installment comes due under the judgment and is not paid, whichever is later.
(b) The judgment lien for the spousal support award portion of a judgment that is entered on or after January 1, 2004, including any installment arrearage lien arising under the judgment, expires 25 years after the entry of the judgment that first establishes the support obligation unless a certificate of extension is filed under ORS § 18.185.
(7)(a) If a money award in a judgment under ORS § 107.105 (1)(f) provides for a future payment of money, judgment remedies for the portion of the judgment providing for future payment expire 10 years after the date on which the future payment becomes due. At any time before the judgment remedies for a money award described in this subsection expire, judgment remedies for the portion of the judgment providing for a future payment may be extended as provided in ORS § 18.182.
(b) This subsection does not apply to support awards.
(8) This section does not apply to justice courts, municipal courts or county courts performing judicial functions. [2003 c.576 § 18; 2005 c.568 § 22; 2005 c.618 § 1; 2007 c.22 § 1; 2009 c.354 § 1; 2015 c.212 § 22]
See note under 18.048.
Section 2, chapter 354, Oregon Laws 2009, provides:
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the amendments to ORS § 18.180 by section 1 of this 2009 Act apply to all judgments, whether entered before, on or after the effective date of this 2009 Act [January 1, 2010].
(2) The amendments to ORS § 18.180 by section 1 of this 2009 Act do not operate to revive any judgment remedies that expired before the effective date of this 2009 Act under the provisions of ORS § 18.180 as in effect immediately before the effective date of this 2009 Act. [2009 c.354 § 2]