Oregon Statutes 51.310 – Schedule of fees; payment of fees to county treasurer
(1) Except as provided in ORS § 105.130, the justice of the peace shall collect, in advance except in criminal cases, and issue receipts for, the following fees:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 51.310
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
(a) For the first appearance of the plaintiff, $90.
(b) For the first appearance of the defendant, $90.
(c) In the small claims department, for a plaintiff filing a claim, $37; and for a defendant requesting a hearing, $37.
(d) For transcript of judgment, $9.
(e) For transcript of judgment from the small claims department, $9.
(f) For certified copy of judgment, $9.
(g) For issuing writs of execution or writs of garnishment, $20 for each writ.
(h) For issuing notices of restitution as provided in ORS § 105.151, $10 for each notice.
(i) For filing a motion described in ORS § 21.200 in an action not in the small claims department, $30.
(j) For supplying to private parties copies of records and files, the same fees as provided or established for the county clerk under ORS § 205.320.
(k) For each official certificate, $10.
(L) For taking and certifying for a private party an acknowledgment of proof of any instrument, $10.
(m) Costs in criminal cases, where there has been a conviction, or upon forfeiture of security, $5.
(2) Not later than the last day of the month immediately following the month in which fees set forth in subsection (1) of this section are collected, the justice of the peace shall pay all such fees, other than those for performing marriage ceremonies, over to the county treasurer of the county wherein the justice of the peace was elected or appointed, for crediting to the general fund of the county, and shall take the receipt of the treasurer therefor. [Amended by 1965 c.619 § 25; 1979 c.447 § 2; 1987 c.829 § 1; 1989 c.583 § 10; 1991 c.458 § 2; 1997 c.801 § 132; 1999 c.1051 § 245; 2003 c.687 § 1; 2011 c.595 § 52b; 2015 c.623 1,2]