Title 21 · ORS Chapter 21

21.270; 2017 c.663 �17; 2019 c.605 �17] ����� 21.230 [Amended by 1963 c.519 �11; repealed by 1965 c.619 �39] (Fees for Documents and Forms) ����� 21.235 Document fee. (1) A circuit court s

Citation: ORS 21.270

Section: 21.270

21.270; 2017 c.663 �17; 2019 c.605 �17]

����� 21.230 [Amended by 1963 c.519 �11; repealed by 1965 c.619 �39]

(Fees for Documents and Forms)

����� 21.235 Document fee. (1) A circuit court shall collect a fee of $18 for:

����� (a) Making or entering a transcript of a judgment.

����� (b) Preparing a certified copy of a satisfaction document under ORS 18.225 (5).

����� (c) Issuing notices of restitution as provided in ORS 105.151.

����� (d) Any other service that is statutorily made subject to the fee established in this section.

����� (2) A circuit court shall collect a fee of $47 for issuing a writ of execution or a writ of garnishment. [2011 c.595 �70; 2013 c.685 ��40,40a; 2014 c.76 �12; 2017 c.663 �20; 2019 c.605 �20]

����� 21.240 [Amended by 1959 c.563 �3; 1963 c.519 �12; repealed by 1965 c.619 �39]

����� 21.245 Form fees. (1) The State Court Administrator may prescribe and charge a reasonable price, covering the costs of labor and material, for any forms provided by the courts of this state. The sums so collected shall be paid over to the State Treasurer and credited to the Court Forms Revolving Fund.

����� (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, no charge shall be made for forms made available under the provisions of ORS 107.700 to 107.735 or 124.005 to 124.040 or ORS 163.760 to 163.777. [Formerly 21.361; 2013 c.687 �11]

����� 21.250 [Amended by 1963 c.519 �13; repealed by 1965 c.619 �39]

����� 21.255 Court Forms Revolving Fund. There is established in the General Fund of the State Treasury the Court Forms Revolving Fund. Moneys in the revolving fund are continuously appropriated to the Judicial Department for the purpose of paying the costs of labor and materials incurred by the courts of this state in providing forms as provided in ORS 21.245. [Formerly 21.363]

(Fees for Other Services)

����� 21.258 Fees for other court services. (1) A circuit court may collect such fees as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may establish or authorize for any service the court may be required or authorized to perform and for which no fee is provided by law.

����� (2) A fee may not be established under this section for location or inspection of court records. [2011 c.595 �72]

(Fees Not Collectible From Public Bodies)

����� 21.259 Fees not collectible from public bodies. The fees prescribed in ORS 21.235, and the fees established or authorized by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court under ORS 21.258, may not be collected from the state, from the county in which the court is located or from a city in the county in which the court is located. [2012 c.48 �11]

����� 21.260 [Amended by 1959 c.563 �4; 1963 c.519 �14; repealed by 1965 c.619 �39]

����� 21.270 [Amended by 1963 c.519 �15; 1965 c.619 �13; 1971 c.621 �4; 1975 c.607 �4; 1979 c.833 �5; 1981 s.s. c.3 ��72,73; 1983 c.763 �21; 1985 c.496 �2; 1995 c.664 �70; 1997 c.801 �51; 2003 c.737 ��19,21; 2005 c.702 ��21,22,23; 2011 c.595 �79; renumbered 21.225 in 2011]

����� 21.275 [1985 c.496 �4; 1995 c.664 �71; 1997 c.801 �52; 2003 c.737 ��23,24; 2005 c.702 ��25,26,27; 2007 c.129 �15; repealed by 2011 c.595 �78]

����� 21.280 [1959 c.563 �1; 1963 c.519 �16; repealed by 1965 c.619 �39]

����� 21.285 [Formerly 21.615; repealed by 2025 c.268 �35]

SHERIFF AND PROCESS SERVER FEES

����� 21.300 Sheriff and process server fees. (1) The sheriff of a county shall collect the following fees in civil actions, suits and proceedings for each case delivered to the office of the sheriff:

����� (a) $45 for serving a summons, a subpoena, a citation, an order, a notice, including notice of seizure and sale of personal or real property, a notice of restitution and notice of seizure under writ of attachment or execution or a similar document, including small claims or writ of execution, directed to not more than two parties at the same address. If service is requested for more than two parties at the same address, the fee is $25 for each party at the same address. The fee authorized by this paragraph shall not be charged to the state in civil actions, suits and proceedings where one party is a person who has been appointed counsel at state expense.

����� (b) For seizure and sale of personal or real property, enforcement of writ of execution of judgment of restitution, or other enforcement or seizure under writ of attachment or execution, or other process or proceeding, $80, and, in addition, such sums as may be reasonable and necessary for the costs of standing by in anticipation of securing custody of the property, the expense of securing each keeper or custodian of property, the expense of inventory of property and the expense incurred in advertising required by law in the sale of the property.

����� (c) For making a sheriff�s deed, certificate of redemption or conveyance of real property sold on any process, $50, to be paid by, or for, the grantee.

����� (d) For making a copy of any process, order, notice or other instrument in writing, when necessary to complete the service thereof, for each folio, $3; but no charge shall be made for copy of complaint or other document not actually made by the sheriff.

����� (2) Persons other than a sheriff serving process and other documents may charge any fee agreed to between the server and the person requesting service.

����� (3) The county may retain fees collected for service by the sheriff if the party to be served cannot be found.

����� (4) A sheriff may not collect mileage or commission for service of any document or process but in any service involving travel in excess of 75 miles round trip a sheriff may bill and collect an additional fee not to exceed $45. Mileage shall be measured from the location at which the service is made to the circuit court in that county.

����� (5) Amounts paid for service of process and other documents may be recovered as costs and disbursements to the extent provided by ORS 20.115.

����� (6) A sheriff may not collect a fee under this section for serving a foreign restraining order or an order that only grants relief under ORS 107.095 (1)(c).

����� (7) As used in this section:

����� (a) �Folio� means 100 words, counting two figures as one word. Any portion of a folio, when the whole paper contains less than a folio, or when such portion is an excess over the last folio, shall be deemed a folio.

����� (b) �Foreign restraining order� means a restraining order that is a foreign judgment as defined by ORS 24.105. [Formerly 21.410; 2017 c.390 �1]

����� 21.310 [Amended by 1955 c.458 �3; 1965 c.619 �14; 1971 c.621 �5; 1973 c.506 �1; 1975 c.607 �5; 1979 c.833 �6; 1981 s.s. c.3 �74; 1985 c.496 �5; 1995 c.664 �72; 1997 c.801 �28; 2003 c.737 ��26,27; 2005 c.702 ��29,30,31; 2007 c.129 �16; repealed by 2011 c.595 �20]

����� 21.313 [1959 c.452 �2; 1967 c.111 �4; repealed by 1969 c.591 �305]

����� 21.315 [Formerly 21.360; repealed by 1965 c.619 �39]

����� 21.320 [Amended by 1963 c.519 �17; 1965 c.619 �15; 1967 c.534 �10; 1971 c.621 �6; 1975 c.607 �6; 1979 c.833 �7; 1981 s.s. c.3 ��75,76; 1985 c.496 �7; 1997 c.801 �29; renumbered 21.114 in 1997]

����� 21.325 [Formerly 21.060; 1999 c.649 �43; 2001 c.596 �42; 2003 c.737 ��29,30a,30c; 2005 c.702 ��33,34,35; 2007 c.860 �10; repealed by 2011 c.595 �69]

����� 21.330 [Amended by 1961 c.563 �2; 1963 c.519 �18; repealed by 1965 c.619 �39]

����� 21.335 [Formerly 21.070; repealed by 2011 c.595 �114]

����� 21.340 [Amended by 1963 c.519 �19; repealed by 1965 c.619 �39]

TRANSCRIPT FEES

����� 21.345 Transcript fees. (1)(a) A transcriber may not charge more than $4.25 per page for preparation of a transcript.

����� (b) The Judicial Department may periodically increase the maximum fee a transcriber may charge to account for changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region (All Items), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, since the last time the fee was increased. If the Judicial Department increases the fee under this paragraph, the adjusted maximum fee shall be rounded to the nearest quarter dollar, but the unrounded amount shall be used to calculate subsequent adjustments. The increased fee becomes effective on July 1 following the election to increase the fee and applies to transcripts ordered on or after July 1 following the election to increase the fee.

����� (c) A transcriber may not charge a fee in addition to the fee established under this subsection for:

����� (A) An electronic copy required to be served on a party;

����� (B) A paper copy required to be served on an unrepresented party under ORS 19.370 (4)(a) or (b); or

����� (C) A paper copy required to be filed with the trial court under ORS 19.370 (4)(d).

����� (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a reporter employed by one of the parties may charge fees as agreed to between the reporter and all of the parties to the proceeding for preparing transcripts on appeal. The reporter and the parties must agree to the fees to be charged before the commencement of the proceeding to be recorded. A share of any fees agreed upon shall be charged to parties joining the proceeding after the commencement of the proceeding.

����� (3) A reporter employed by one of the parties may not charge a public body, as defined by ORS