Oregon Statutes 18.205 – Assignment of judgment
(1) A judgment creditor may assign all or part of the creditor’s rights under a judgment. An assignment of judgment document must be signed by the judgment creditor, by the judgment creditor’s agent or by an attorney who represents the judgment creditor. Signature by the judgment creditor’s agent is not subject to the requirement of ORS § 9.320 that a party that is not a natural person appear by an attorney in all cases. The signature must be acknowledged by a notary public. The document may be:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 18.205
- 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
- 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
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(a) Filed with the court administrator for the court in which the judgment was entered, and upon such filing shall be entered in the register and in the judgment lien record; or
(b) Recorded in any County Clerk Lien Record in which the judgment was recorded under ORS § 18.152.
(2) Upon filing or recording under this section, an assignment of judgment document operates to assign the judgment creditor’s rights under the judgment to the extent reflected in the document.
(3) If this or another state is assigned or subrogated to the support rights of a person under ORS § 412.024, 418.032 or 419B.406 or similar statutes of another state, an assignment of judgment document bearing the signature of the Administrator of the Division of Child Support of the Department of Justice or the authorized representative of the administrator may be filed or recorded in the same manner as an assignment of judgment document under subsection (1) of this section and shall have the same effect as an assignment of judgment document signed by the judgment creditor.
(4) This section does not apply to justice courts, municipal courts or county courts performing judicial functions. [2003 c.576 § 24; 2007 c.339 § 7; 2011 c.226 § 1; 2015 c.7 § 2; 2021 c.597 § 39]
[Repealed by 1979 c.284 § 199]
[Repealed by 1979 c.284 § 199]
SATISFACTION OF MONEY AWARDS