Oregon Statutes 18.225 – Satisfaction of money awards generally
(1) A satisfaction document may be for full or partial satisfaction of a money award. The title of the document must indicate whether the money award has been partially or fully satisfied. A satisfaction document must be signed by the judgment creditor or by an attorney who represents the judgment creditor. The signature of the judgment creditor or attorney signing a satisfaction document must be witnessed by a notary public or accompanied by a declaration under penalty of perjury as described in ORCP 1 E.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 18.225
- 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
- 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
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Support award: means a money award or agency order that requires the payment of child or spousal support. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
(2) When the money award portion of a judgment has been fully satisfied, the judgment creditor must:
(a) File a satisfaction document for the full amount of the money award portion of the judgment in the county in which the judgment was entered; and
(b) Deliver to the judgment debtor a satisfaction document for the full amount of the money award portion of the judgment for every county in which the judgment has been recorded under ORS § 18.152.
(3) Upon request by a judgment debtor or any person with an interest in real property subject to a judgment lien, a judgment creditor must provide to the judgment debtor a satisfaction document for all amounts credited against a money award as of the date that the satisfaction document is signed.
(4) A satisfaction document may be filed with the court administrator at any time after entry of a judgment. The court administrator may not charge a fee for filing a satisfaction document. The court administrator shall note in the register and in the judgment lien record that the satisfaction document has been filed, and shall note if the document indicates that the money award has been fully satisfied.
(5) Upon payment of all required fees, the court administrator shall issue a certified copy of any satisfaction document filed with the court administrator and entered in the court register. The certified copy may be recorded in any County Clerk Lien Record in which the judgment was recorded under ORS § 18.152.
(6) A satisfaction document for a support award that is paid to the Department of Justice may be filed with the court administrator only as provided in ORS § 18.228.
(7) This section does not apply to justice courts, municipal courts or county courts performing judicial functions. [2003 c.576 § 25; 2007 c.339 § 8; 2021 c.411 § 1]