Chapter 20 - Attorney Fees; Costs and Disbursements
- 20.010 [Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53]
- 20.015 [1983 c.527 §3; repealed by 2001 c.417 §5]
- 20.020 [Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53]
- 20.030 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
- 20.040 [Amended by 1979 c.284 §59; repealed by 1981 c.898 §53]
- 20.050 [Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53]
- 20.055 [1967 c.359 §703a; repealed by 1981 c.898 §53]
- 20.060 [Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53]
- 20.070 [Amended by 1977 c.544 §1; repealed by 1981 c.898 §53]
- 20.075 Factors to be considered by court in awarding attorney fees; limitation on appellate review of attorney fee award.
(1) A court shall consider the following factors in determining whether to award attorney fees in any case in which an award of attorney fees...
- 20.077 Determination of prevailing party; cases in which more than one claim made; prevailing party on appeal.
(1) In any action or suit in which one or more claims are asserted for which an award of attorney fees is either authorized or...
- 20.080 Attorney fees for certain tort claims of $5,500 or less.
(1) In any action for damages for an injury or wrong to the person or property, or both, of another where the amount pleaded is...
- 20.082 Attorney fees for contract claims of $5,500 or less.
(1) As used in this section, “contract” includes: (a) Express contracts; (b) Implied contracts; and (c) Instruments or documents evidencing a debt. (2) Except as...
- 20.083 Attorney fees under void or unenforceable contract.
A prevailing party in a civil action relating to an express or implied contract is entitled to an award of attorney fees that is authorized...
- 20.085 Costs and attorney fees in inverse condemnation proceedings.
In a proceeding brought under section 18, Article I or section 4, Article XI of the Oregon Constitution by an owner of property or by...
- 20.090 [Amended by 1963 c.247 §1; 1973 c.553 §1; 1981 c.897 §3; repealed by 1997 c.182 §7]
- 20.094 Attorney fees in actions or suits in which discharge in bankruptcy asserted.
In any action or suit on a debt in which the defendant asserts a discharge in bankruptcy as a defense, the court shall award a...
- 20.095 [1953 c.213 §1; repealed by 1965 c.611 §18]
- 20.096 Reciprocity of attorney fees and costs in proceedings to enforce contract.
(1) In any action or suit in which a claim is made based on a contract, where such contract specifically provides that attorney fees and...
- 20.097 Attorney fees and costs where defendant prevails in certain proceedings to enforce contract.
(1) In any action or suit on a contract by an assignee of any right under that contract, the maker of that contract and the...
- 20.098 Attorney fees and compensation of expert witnesses in certain proceedings for breach of warranty.
(1) In any action for damages for breach of an express or implied warranty in a sale of consumer goods or services where the amount...
- 20.100 [Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53]
- 20.105 Attorney fees where party disobeys court order or asserts claim, defense or ground for appeal without objectively reasonable basis.
(1) In any civil action, suit or other proceeding in a circuit court or the Oregon Tax Court, or in any civil appeal to or...
- 20.107 Attorney and expert witness fees and other costs on claim of unlawful discrimination; defense.
(1) In any civil judicial proceeding, including judicial review of an administrative proceeding based on a claim of unlawful discrimination, the court shall award to...
- 20.110 [Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53]
- 20.115 Service expenses recoverable as costs and disbursements.
(1) A person who is otherwise entitled to recover costs and disbursements may recover the following amounts as part of costs and disbursements: (a) An...
- 20.120 Costs on review of decision of officer, tribunal, or court of inferior jurisdiction.
When the decision of an officer, tribunal, or court of inferior jurisdiction is brought before a court for review, such review shall, for all the...
- 20.125 Assessment of costs and attorney fees against attorney causing mistrial.
In the case of a mistrial in a civil or criminal action, if the court determines that the mistrial was caused by the deliberate misconduct...
- 20.130 Proceeding to which state or public corporation is party.
In all actions or suits prosecuted or defended in the name and for the use of the state, or any county or other public corporation...
- 20.140 State and certain public corporations not required to advance costs; payment of costs recovered.
When the state or any county, city or school district in this state, or an officer, employee or agent thereof appearing in a representative or...
- 20.150 Recovery of costs and disbursements when party represented by another.
In an action, suit or proceeding prosecuted or defended by an executor, administrator, trustee of an express trust or person expressly authorized by statute to...
- 20.160 Liability of attorney of nonresident or foreign corporation plaintiff; security for costs.
The attorney of a plaintiff who resides out of the state or is a foreign corporation, against whom costs are adjudged in favor of a...
- 20.170 Qualification of and exception to security; deposit in lieu of undertaking.
The sureties in the undertaking described in ORS 20.160 shall possess the qualifications of sureties in an undertaking for bail on arrest. The sufficiency of...
- 20.180 Effect of tender as to costs.
When in any action or suit for the recovery of money or damages only, the defendant shall allege in answer that before the commencement thereof...
- 20.190 Prevailing party fees.
(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) to (5) of this section, a prevailing party in a civil action or proceeding who has a right...
- 20.210 [Amended by 1959 c.638 §7; 1979 c.284 §60; repealed by 1981 c.898 §53]
- 20.220 Appeal on attorney fees and costs; effect of reversal or modification.
(1) An appeal may be taken from a judgment under ORCP 68 C(4) allowing or denying attorney fees or costs and disbursements on questions of...
- 20.230 [Repealed by 1981 c.898 §53]
- 20.310 Costs and disbursements in Supreme Court or Court of Appeals.
(1) In any appeal to the Court of Appeals or review by the Supreme Court, the court shall allow costs and disbursements to the prevailing...
- 20.320 Statement of costs and disbursements; objections.
Costs or disbursements shall not be allowed in the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals to a party unless the party serves on the adverse...
- 20.330 Costs and disbursements in cases of original jurisdiction.
Litigants shall recover their costs and disbursements in cases of original jurisdiction in the Supreme Court, the same as provided in cases on appeal. CONTINGENT...
- 20.340 Contingent fee agreement.
(1) In any civil action arising out of bodily injury, death or property damage, including claims for emotional injury or distress, loss of care, comfort,...
