Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure (ORCP)
2023 Edition

ORCP were amended or repealed by the Legislative Assembly during its 2024 regular session. See the table of ORCP amended or repealed during the 2024 regular session: 2024 A&R Tables.

New sections of law were enacted by the Legislative Assembly during its 2024 regular session and pertain to or are likely to be compiled in the ORCP. See sections in the following 2024 Oregon Laws chapters: 2024 Session Laws 0100.

The Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure govern civil proceedings in Oregon circuit courts. The Council on Court Procedures (CCP) drafted a comprehensive set of civil trial court rules and submitted these rules to the 1979 Legislative Assembly, which adopted the ORCP effective January 1, 1980. The CCP promulgates, amends and repeals rules as needed and formally reports to the Legislature at the beginning of each odd-year regular session. The CCP’s changes take effect on the January 1 following adjournment of that session unless the Legislative Assembly provides an earlier effective date. The Legislative Assembly may amend, repeal or supplement any of the rules.

Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure (ORCP)

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Expand : Rule 01 - Scope; Construction; Application; Rule; Citation ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 02 - Form of Action ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 03 - Commencement ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 04 - Jurisdiction (Personal) ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 05 - (In Rem) ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 06 - (Without Service) ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 07 - Summons ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 08 - Process ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 09 - Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Documents ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 10 - Time ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 11 - (Reserved For Expansion) ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 12 - Pleadings Liberally Construed; Disregard Of Error ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 13 - Kinds of Pleadings Allowed; Former Pleadings Abolished ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 14 - Motions ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 15 - Time for Filing Pleadings or Motions ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 16 - Form of Pleadings ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 17 - Signing Of Pleadings, Motions and Other Papers; Sanctions ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 18 - Claims for Relief ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 19 - Responsive Pleadings ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 20 - Special Pleading Rules ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 21 - Defenses and Objections; How Presented; By Pleading or Motion; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 22 - Counterclaims, Cross-Claims, and Third Party Claims ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 23 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 24 - Joinder of Claims ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 25 - Effect of Proceeding after Motion or Amendment ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 26 - Real Party in Interest; Capacity of Partnerships and Associations ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 27 - Unemancipated Minors or Incapacitated Parties ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 28 - Joinder of Parties ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 29 - Joinder of Persons Needed For Just Adjudication ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 30 - Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 31 - Interpleader ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 32 - Class Actions ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 33 - Intervention ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 34 - Substitution of Parties ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 35 - (Reserved For Expansion) ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 36 - General Provisions Governing Discovery ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 37 - Perpetuation of Testimony or Evidence Before Action Or Pending Appeal ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 38 - Persons Who May Administer Oaths for Depositions; Foreign Depositions ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 39 - Depositions on Oral Examination ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 40 - Depositions Upon Written Questions ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 41 - Effect of Errors and Irregularities in Depositions ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 42 - (Reserved For Expansion) ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 43 - Production of Documents and Things and Entering Property for Inspection and Other Purposes ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 44 - Physical and Mental Examination of Persons; Reports of Examinations ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 45 - Requests for Admission ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 46 - Failure to Make Discovery; Sanctions ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 47 - Summary Judgment ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 48 - (Reserved For Expansion) ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 49 - (Reserved For Expansion) ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 50 - Jury Trial ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 51 - Issues; Trial by Jury or by the Court ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 52 - Postponement of Cases ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 53 - Consolidation; Separate Trials ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 54 - Dismissal of Actions; Offer to Allow Judgment ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 55 - Subpoena ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 56 - Trial by Jury ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 57 - Jurors ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 58 - Trial Procedure ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 59 - Instructions to Jury and Deliberation ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 60 - Motion for Directed Verdict ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 61 - Verdicts, General and Special ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 62 - Findings of Fact ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 63 - Judgment Notwithstanding The Verdict ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 64 - New Trials ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 65 - Referees ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 66 - Submitted Controversy ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 67 - Judgments ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 68 - Pleading, Allowance, and Taxation of Attorney Fees and Costs and Disbursements ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 69 - Default Orders and Judgments ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 71 - Relief from Judgment or Order ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 72 - Stay of Proceedings to Enforce Judgment ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 73 - Judgments by Confession ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 74-77 - (Reserved for Expansion) ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 78 - Order or Judgment for Specific Acts ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 79 - Temporary Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 80 - Receivers ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 81 - Definitions; Service; Adverse Claimants ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 82 - Security; Bonds and Undertakings; Justification of Sureties ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 83 - Provisional Process ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 84 - Attachment ‎(1)
Expand : Rule 85 - Claim and Delivery ‎(1)

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