Title 18 · ORS Chapter 18

and 187.020;

Citation: ORS 187.010

Section: 187.010

187.010 and 187.020;

�� (b) The judgment creditor has actual notice, record notice or inquiry notice of a conveyance of the debtor�s interest to a grantee when the judgment is entered or recorded in the county;

�� (c) The conveyance by the debtor is a fulfillment deed entitled to priority over the judgment under ORS 93.645; or

�� (d) The conveyance is a mortgage, trust deed or other security instrument given by the debtor to secure financing for the purchase by the debtor of the real property described in the conveyance.

�� (2) For the purpose of subsection (1)(a) of this section, a memorandum of conveyance must contain the date of the instrument being memorialized, the names of the parties, a legal description of the real property involved and a description of the nature of the interest created. The memorandum must be signed by the person from whom the interest is intended to pass, and be acknowledged or proved in the manner provided for the acknowledgment or proof of deeds.

�� (3) As used in this section:

�� (a) �Conveyance� means a deed, a land sale contract, an assignment of all or any portion of a seller�s or purchaser�s interest in a land sale contract or any other agreement affecting the title of real property within this state, including a trust deed, a mortgage, an assignment for security purposes or an assignment solely of proceeds, given by a purchaser or seller under a land sale contract or given by a person with title to the real property.

�� (b) �Grantee� means:

�� (A) The person deemed to be the mortgagee under a trust deed pursuant to ORS 86.715; and

�� (B) Any other person to whom the interest that is the subject of a conveyance is intended to pass. [Formerly 18.370; 2005 c.568 �21; 2007 c.166 �1]

�� 18.170 Form for lien record abstract; rules. (1) Unless otherwise prescribed by law, a person recording a lien record abstract shall use substantially the following form:

______________________________________________________________________________

LIEN RECORD ABSTRACT

The undersigned states:

A.� Creditor/Prevailing Party Information:

�� __� 1.�� The creditor/prevailing party is:

�� _____________________

�� and the address of the creditor is:

�� _____________________

�� under judgment, order or petition

�� entered on _____ (date) in

�� the _____ Court for

�� _____ (County) of _____ (State)

�� under Case No. _____.

�� __� 2.�� The creditor�s attorney�s name is

�� _____________________

�� Attorney�s Address is:

�� _____________________

�� Attorney�s Phone No. is: ______

B.� Debtor/Losing Party Information:

�� __� 1.�� The debtor/losing party is:

�� _____________________

�� __� 2.�� Debtor�s address (if known):

�� _____________________

�� __� 3.�� The final four digits of the debtor�s

�� Taxpayer Identification No.,

�� or the final four digits of

�� the debtor�s Social Security No.

�� (if known):

�� _____________________

�� __� 4.�� The final four digits of the debtor�s

�� driver license no. and state of

�� issuance for the license (if known):

�� _____________________

�� __� 5.�� Name of debtor�s attorney

�� (if known):

�� _____________________

C.� Judgment Information:

�� __� 1.�� The amount of the judgment is:

�� _____________________

�� __� 2.�� The amount of the costs is:

�� _____________________

�� __� 3.�� The amount of attorney fees, if any

�� is: _____________________

D.� The Real or Personal Property to Be

�� Affected

�� (Check appropriate box):

�� __� All real property of the debtor/losing

�� party, now or hereafter acquired,

�� in ________ County as provided

�� under ORS 18.152

�� __� The following described real or

�� personal property of debtor (legal

�� description as set forth or on

�� attached Exhibit):

�� _____________________

�� IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the

�� undersigned person or persons have

�� executed this�� abstract this ___ day

�� of ______, 2___.

____________�� ____________

State of Oregon�� )

�� )�� ss.

County of _____�� )

�� The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ___ day of ___, 2___, by ____________.

__________________

Notary Public for Oregon

My commission expires: _________

State of Oregon�� )

�� )�� ss.

County of _____�� )

�� The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ___ day of ___, 2___, by ____________ and by ____________ of ____________, a corporation on behalf of the corporation.

__________________

Notary Public for Oregon

My commission expires: _________

______________________________________________________________________________

�� (2) A lien record abstract that is the result of a judgment for unpaid child or spousal support entered in another state shall be on the form prescribed by rules adopted by the Department of Justice in lieu of the form required by subsection (1) of this section. [Formerly 18.325; 2009 c.230 �2; 2015 c.197 �3]

EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF JUDGMENT REMEDIES

�� 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.

�� (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]

�� Note: See note under 18.048.

�� Note: Section 2, chapter 354, Oregon Laws 2009, provides:

�� Sec. 2. (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]

�� 18.182 Extension of judgment remedies. (1) Judgment remedies for a judgment may be extended by filing a certificate of extension in the court that entered the judgment. The court administrator shall enter the certificate in the register of the court and in the judgment lien record. Except as provided in ORS 18.180 to 18.190, a judgment creditor may file a certificate of extension only if:

�� (a) Judgment remedies for the judgment have not expired under ORS 18.180; and

�� (b) A full satisfaction document for the money award portion of the judgment has not been filed.

�� (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, if the judgment debtor has been discharged from debt under federal bankruptcy laws, a certificate of extension may not be filed except as provided in this subsection. Judgments are presumed to have not been discharged in bankruptcy until the judgment debtor establishes that the judgment has been discharged. If the judgment debtor is discharged from a debt, a certificate of extension may be filed if:

�� (a) The debtor owned real property and the judgment lien attached to that property before the filing of the bankruptcy petition;

�� (b) The judgment lien was not avoided by action of the bankruptcy court;

�� (c) The judgment lien has not been discharged under ORS 18.238; and

�� (d) The certificate of extension includes a legal description of the real property and a statement that the extension affects only the lien on the real property described in the certificate.

�� (3) A certificate of extension must be signed by the judgment creditor, or by an attorney who represents the judgment creditor.

�� (4) Subject to ORS 18.190, if a certificate of extension is filed after the date on which the judgment remedies for the judgment expire under ORS 18.180, the certificate has no effect.

�� (5) The judgment remedies for a judgment that are extended under the provisions of this section expire 10 years after the certificate of extension is filed. Judgment remedies for a judgment may be extended only once under the provisions of this section.

�� (6) A certified copy of a certificate of extension, or a lien record abstract for the certificate, may be recorded in any county in which the judgment was recorded under ORS 18.152, with the effect provided by ORS 18.152 (4).

�� (7) Except as provided in ORS 18.185 and 18.190, the judgment remedies for the support award portion of a judgment, and any lump sum money award for unpaid child support installments, may not be extended under this section.

�� (8) The judgment remedies for a judgment in a criminal action may not be extended under this section.

�� (9) This section does not apply to justice courts, municipal courts or county courts performing judicial functions. [2003 c.576 �19; 2007 c.339 �5; 2015 c.212 �23]

�� 18.185 Extension of judgment lien of spousal support award. (1) If a judgment that is entered on or after January 1, 2004, includes a spousal support award, a judgment creditor may file a certificate of extension under ORS 18.182 at any time more than 15 years after the entry of the judgment that first establishes the support obligation and before the judgment lien for the spousal support award portion of a judgment expires under ORS 18.180 (6)(b). If a certificate of extension is filed under this subsection:

�� (a) The judgment lien for the spousal support award portion of the judgment expires 10 years after the certificate of extension is filed; and

�� (b) Any installment arrearage lien that arises under the judgment, whether before or after the filing of the certificate, expires 10 years after the installment comes due and is not paid or when the judgment lien for the spousal support award portion of the judgment expires under paragraph (a) of this subsection, whichever is first.

�� (2) Notwithstanding ORS 18.182 (5), certificates of extension under ORS 18.182 may continue to be filed in the manner provided by subsection (1) of this section and with like effect for as long as the judgment lien for the spousal support award portion of a judgment has not expired and any installments remain to be paid under the judgment. [2003 c.576 �20]

�� 18.190 Spousal support awards in judgments entered before January 1, 2004. (1) The judgment lien for the spousal support award portion of a judgment that is entered before January 1, 2004, including any installment arrearage liens that arise under the judgment, expires 10 years after the entry of the judgment that first establishes the support obligation unless a certificate of extension is filed under ORS 18.182, or the judgment was renewed in the manner provided by the statutes in effect immediately before January 1, 2004, within 10 years after the judgment was entered.

�� (2) ORS 18.180 (6) does not operate to revive the judgment lien of any judgment that expired before January 1, 2004, under the statutes in effect immediately before January 1, 2004.

�� (3) This section and ORS 18.180 (6) do not limit the time during which judgment remedies are available for any judgment entered before January 1, 2004, and those judgments may continue to be enforced for the time provided by the law in effect immediately before January 1, 2004, subject to any requirement for renewal of those judgments. [2003 c.576 �21]

�� 18.192 [2003 c.576 �22; repealed by 2015 c.212 �20]

�� 18.194 Expiration and extension of judgment remedies for justice and municipal court judgments. (1) Judgment remedies for a judgment in justice and municipal courts expire upon full satisfaction of the money award portion of the judgment.

�� (2) Except as provided in this section, judgment remedies for a judgment in a civil action in a justice or municipal court expire 10 years after the entry of the judgment.

�� (3) Except as provided in this subsection, judgment remedies for a judgment in a criminal action in a justice or municipal court expire 20 years after the entry of the judgment. Judgment remedies for a judgment in a criminal action in a justice or municipal court that includes a money award for restitution expire 50 years after the entry of the judgment.

�� (4) Judgment remedies for a judgment in justice or municipal court may be extended by filing a certificate of extension in the court that entered the judgment. The clerk shall enter the certificate in the docket of the court. A judgment creditor may file a certificate of extension only if:

�� (a) Judgment remedies for the judgment have not expired; and

�� (b) A full satisfaction document for the money award portion of the judgment has not been filed.

�� (5) Notwithstanding subsection (4) of this section, if the judgment debtor has been discharged from debt under federal bankruptcy laws, a certificate of extension may not be filed except as provided in this subsection. Judgments are presumed to have not been discharged in bankruptcy until the judgment debtor establishes that the judgment has been discharged. If the judgment debtor is discharged from a debt, a certificate of extension may be filed if:

�� (a) The debtor owned real property and the judgment lien attached to that property before the filing of the bankruptcy petition;

�� (b) The judgment lien was not avoided by action of the bankruptcy court;

�� (c) The judgment lien has not been discharged under ORS 18.238; and

�� (d) The certificate of extension includes a legal description of the real property and a statement that the extension affects only the lien on the real property described in the certificate.

�� (6) If a certificate of extension is filed under this section after the date on which the judgment remedies for the judgment expire, the certificate has no effect.

�� (7) The judgment remedies for a judgment that are extended under the provisions of this section expire 10 years after the certificate of extension is filed. Judgment remedies for a judgment may be extended only once under the provisions of this section.

�� (8) A certified copy of a certificate of extension, or a lien record abstract for the certificate, may be recorded in any county in which the judgment was transcribed or recorded as provided in ORS 52.635 or 221.351, with the effect provided by ORS 18.152 (4).

�� (9) The judgment remedies for a judgment in a criminal action may not be extended under this section. [Formerly 18.365; 2005 c.618 �4]

�� Note: Section 1, chapter 395, Oregon Laws 2025, provides:

�� Sec. 1. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 18.194, judgment remedies for a judgment of conviction entered in a municipal court or justice court for violating, prior to July 1, 2015, a city or county ordinance or state statute prohibiting the possession of less than one ounce of marijuana, that have not yet expired under the provisions of ORS 18.194, expire on the effective date of this 2025 Act [September 26, 2025].

�� (2) If the judgment remedies for monetary obligations in a judgment of conviction have expired under subsection (1) of this section, a person shall be considered to have completed, fully complied with and performed the sentence of the court with respect to those monetary obligations for purposes of ORS 137.225 or