Chapter 21 - Fees Generally
- 21.010 Filing and appearance fees on appeal.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the appellant in an appeal or the petitioner in a judicial review in the Supreme...
- 21.020 Fees for seal, copies of records and other services.
(1) The State Court Administrator shall collect a fee of $1 for affixing the seal of the court to a document. (2) The Chief Justice...
- 21.030 [Repealed by 1967 c.398 §10]
- 21.040 Filing fees in cases of original jurisdiction.
In cases of original jurisdiction in the Supreme Court, the plaintiff or moving party shall pay $39 and the defendant or respondent shall pay $22...
- 21.050 [Amended by 1969 c.198 §52; 1971 c.193 §26; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.1 §25]
- 21.060 [1981 s.s. c.3 §81; 1983 c.308 §1; 1985 c.496 §16; 1995 c.658 §23; 1997 c.801 §§49,49a; 1997 c.872 §1; renumbered 21.325 in 1997]
- 21.070 [1981 s.s. c.3 §82; 1983 c.763 §40; renumbered 21.335 in 1997]
- 21.110 Filing and appearance fees in circuit court.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, at the time of filing in the circuit court of any civil action, suit or proceeding, including...
- 21.111 Filing and appearance fees in certain domestic relations cases.
(1) In the proceedings specified in subsection (2) of this section, the clerk of the circuit court shall collect the sum of $99 as a...
- 21.112 Additional fee for conciliation, mediation and other services and programs in certain domestic relations cases.
(1) The clerk of the court shall collect at the time a proceeding described in subsection (4) of this section is filed a fee in...
- 21.114 Filing and appearance fees in adoption and change of name proceedings; trial or hearing fee.
(1) In a court having jurisdiction, the clerk of the court shall charge and collect: (a) In an adoption proceeding, a first appearance fee of...
- 21.115 [Formerly 21.210; 1965 c.619 §9; renumbered 21.375]
- 21.120 [Amended by 1959 c.453 §1; 1963 c.519 §6; 1965 c.619 §10; 1967 c.111 §2; 1971 c.621 §2; 1981 c.571 §1; 1981 s.s. c.3 §71; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
- 21.125 Chief Justice authorized to impose fees on motions.
(1) In any action, suit or proceeding subject to a fee under ORS 21.110, or in any civil appeal or petition subject to a fee...
- 21.130 [Amended by 1959 c.678 §1; 1963 c.519 §7; 1965 c.619 §11; 1967 c.111 §3; 1971 c.61 §1; 1979 c.631 §1; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
- 21.140 [Amended by 1961 c.563 §1; 1963 c.519 §8; 1965 c.619 §12; renumbered 21.350]
- 21.150 [Amended by 1963 c.519 §9; repealed by 1965 c.619 §39]
- 21.210 [Amended by 1955 c.458 §2; renumbered 21.115 and then 21.375]
- 21.220 [Amended by 1963 c.519 §10; repealed by 1965 c.619 §39]
- 21.230 [Amended by 1963 c.519 §11; repealed by 1965 c.619 §39]
- 21.240 [Amended by 1959 c.563 §3; 1963 c.519 §12; repealed by 1965 c.619 §39]
- 21.250 [Amended by 1963 c.519 §13; repealed by 1965 c.619 §39]
- 21.260 [Amended by 1959 c.563 §4; 1963 c.519 §14; repealed by 1965 c.619 §39]
- 21.270 Trial fees.
(1) In any civil action, suit or proceeding in the circuit court, other than a protective proceeding under ORS chapter 125 or a probate, adoption...
- 21.275 Hearing fees.
(1) In any civil action, suit or proceeding in the circuit court, other than a protective proceeding under ORS chapter 125 or a probate, adoption...
- 21.280 [1959 c.563 §1; 1963 c.519 §16; repealed by 1965 c.619 §39]
- 21.310 Probate filing fees and trial fee.
(1) Except as provided in ORS 114.515, in a court having probate jurisdiction, the clerk of the court shall charge and collect the following fees...
- 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 Miscellaneous circuit court fees.
In the circuit court there shall be charged and collected in advance by the clerk of the court the following fees for the following purposes...
- 21.330 [Amended by 1961 c.563 §2; 1963 c.519 §18; repealed by 1965 c.619 §39]
- 21.335 Disposition of circuit court fees.
Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all fees collected by the clerk of a circuit court shall be deposited in the General Fund available...
- 21.340 [Amended by 1963 c.519 §19; repealed by 1965 c.619 §39]
- 21.350 Law library fees.
(1) In counties containing more than 400,000 inhabitants, according to the latest federal decennial census, or when directed as provided in ORS 9.840, the clerk...
- 21.360 [Amended by 1955 c.458 §4; renumbered 21.315]
- 21.361 Fees for forms provided by courts; exception.
(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...
- 21.363 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...
- 21.370 [Amended by 1963 c.519 §20; repealed by 1965 c.619 §39]
- 21.375 [Formerly 21.210 and then 21.115; 1971 c.621 §7; 1975 c.607 §8; 1979 c.833 §8; 1981 c.883 §30; 1981 c.898 §23; 1981 s.s. c.3 §83; 1985 c.496 §17; 1995 c.559 §56; 1997 c.872 §3; renumbered 5.125 in 1997]
- 21.380 [Amended by 1963 c.519 §21; repealed by 1965 c.619 §39]
- 21.385 [Formerly 46.223; repealed by 1999 c.59 §12]
- 21.410 Sheriff and process server fees for services in civil actions, suits and proceedings.
(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...
- 21.420 Itemized statement of charges.
The return on any summons, process, subpoena or other paper served by a sheriff shall be accompanied by a subjoined itemized statement of the charges...
- 21.460 [Amended by 1961 c.446 §1; 1975 c.607 §10; 1979 c.833 §10; 1981 s.s. c.3 §§84,85; repealed by 1985 c.496 §32]
- 21.470 Transcript fees; rules.
(1) A reporter appointed under ORS 8.340 (2) may not charge more than $2.50 per page for the original transcript, or more than 25 cents...
- 21.480 Legal aid and mediation program fees in circuit courts.
(1) In all counties wherein legal representation is provided for the poor without fee by a nonprofit legal aid program operating under the Legal Services...
- 21.485 [1977 c.112 §2; 1981 c.664 §2; 1983 c.114 §2; 1985 c.342 §6; 1989 c.385 §2; repealed by 1995 c.658 §127]
- 21.490 [1977 c.112 §3; 1983 c.763 §39; repealed by 1997 c.801 §77]
- 21.510 Referee fees.
The fees of referees shall be fixed by the court, but the parties may agree in writing upon any other rate of compensation and thereupon...
- 21.520 [1979 c.429 §1; renumbered 205.245]
- 21.530 [1979 c.429 §2; renumbered 205.255]
- 21.560 [Repealed by 1983 c.763 §24]
- 21.570 [Amended by 1965 c.619 §17; 1967 c.398 §6; repealed by 1983 c.763 §24]
- 21.580 Exemption of state, county and city from certain fees.
None of the fees prescribed in ORS 21.325 for services in the circuit court shall be collected from the state or from the county in...
- 21.590 [Repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
- 21.600 [Amended by 1965 c.619 §19; 1967 c.398 §7; repealed by 1985 c.496 §32]
- 21.605 [1969 c.288 §1; 1973 c.67 §1; 1977 c.416 §2; 1981 s.s. c.3 §88; 1983 c.673 §24; 1985 c.342 §24; 1985 c.496 §24; 1995 c.273 §11; 1995 c.658 §25; 1999 c.367 §4; 1999 c.657 §7a; 2003 c.518 §5; 2003 c.576 §178; 2003 c.737 §85; 2007 c.129 §19; repealed by 2007 c.493 §§18,18a]
- 21.607 [1995 c.273 §12; 1997 c.801 §129; 1999 c.367 §17; 2003 c.576 §179; 2007 c.493 §9; renumbered 21.700 in 2007]
- 21.610 [Amended by 1963 c.519 §22; repealed by 1965 c.619 §39]
- 21.615 Payment of certain fees in appeal to circuit court in any criminal action other than for state crime.
(1) In an appeal to a circuit court from a justice court or municipal court in an action for commission of a state violation or...
- 21.620 [Amended by 1963 c.519 §23; 1965 c.619 §20; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
- 21.630 [Repealed by 1955 c.458 §5]
- 21.640 [Repealed by 1955 c.458 §5]
- 21.650 [Repealed by 1955 c.458 §5]
- 21.660 Advance payment of, or security for, fees for services in court proceedings.
Except as provided in ORS 20.140, and except the fees for which advance payment or a deposit is otherwise required by law, every officer, witness,...
- 21.670 Duty of officer receiving fees to give receipted cost bill.
An officer receiving fees for any official services must, upon demand, give the party paying the same a receipted bill thereof, specifying the items of...
- 21.680 Definitions for ORS 21.680 to 21.698.
As used in ORS 21.680 to 21.698: (1) “Applicant” means a person who applies for waiver or deferral of fees or court costs under ORS...
- 21.682 Authority to waive or defer fees and court costs; delegation.
(1) A judge may waive or defer all or part of the fees and court costs payable to the court by a party in a...
- 21.685 Application for waiver or deferral of fees or court costs.
Upon request of a party, a court administrator shall provide a party with an application for waiver or deferral of fees or court costs. The...
- 21.690 Waived fees; recovery.
(1) If the fees and court costs of a person have been waived under ORS 21.680 to 21.698 and the person prevails in the action...
- 21.692 Judgment for deferred fees and court costs.
(1) In courts other than justice courts and county courts, fees and court costs deferred under ORS 21.680 to 21.698 constitute a monetary obligation of...
- 21.695 Waiver or deferral of costs of transcript on appeal.
(1) In a civil action or proceeding, the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals may waive in whole or in part, defer in whole...
- 21.698 Confidentiality of information related to waiver or deferral.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, information supplied by a person filing an application for waiver or deferral of fees or...
- 21.700 Interest on judgments for deferred fees and costs; satisfaction; compromise prohibited.
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 82.010, judgments resulting from the deferral of fees and court costs under the provisions of ORS 21.680 to 21.698 bear no interest....
- 21.710 [Repealed by 1997 c.249 §15]
- 21.720 [Repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
- 21.730 Per diem and mileage for private persons performing services required by law or in execution of process.
All private persons performing services required by law or in the execution of legal process, when no express provision is made for their compensation shall...
- 21.990 Penalties.
Any officer refusing or neglecting to comply with ORS 21.670 shall be liable to the party demanding the receipt for a penalty of $25. _______________
