Chapter 14 — Chapter 14

ORS 14.010 [Amended by 1975 c.628 §1; repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]

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ORS 14.020 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]

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ORS 14.030 Jurisdiction as affected by place where cause of action or suit arises. When the court has jurisdiction of the parties, it may exercise it in respect to any cause of action or suit wherever arising, except for the specific recovery of real property situated without this state, or for an injury thereto

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ORS 14.035 [1963 c.352 §1; 1975 c.628 §2; 1979 c.246 §2; repealed by 1979 c.246 §7]

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ORS 14.040 Actions and suits that are to be brought where subject is situated. Actions and suits for the following causes shall be commenced and tried in the county in which the subject of the action or suit, or some part thereof, is situated

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ORS 14.050 Actions that are to be brought where cause arose. Actions for the following causes shall be commenced and tried in the county where the cause, or some part thereof, arose

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ORS 14.060 Venue of suits against state departments and officials. Any suit against any department, official, officer, commissioner, commission or board of the state, as such, or in virtue of such status, other than a suit for the causes enumerated in ORS 14.040, may be brought in the county wherein the cause of suit, or some part thereof, arose

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ORS 14.070 [Amended by 1987 c.331 §1; 1995 c.637 §10; 1995 c.666 §10; 1999 c.738 §5; 2003 c.264 §5; repealed by 2003 c.289 §§8,8a]

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ORS 14.080 Venue for other actions; residence of corporations and partnerships. (1) All other actions shall be commenced in the county in which the defendants, or one of them, reside at the commencement of the action or in the county where the cause of action arose. A party resident of more than one county shall be deemed a resident of each such county. If none of the defendants reside in this state the action may be commenced in any county

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ORS 14.110 When place of trial may be changed. (1) The court or judge thereof may change the place of trial, on the motion of either party to an action or suit, when it appears from the affidavit or declaration under penalty of perjury in the form required by ORCP 1 E of such party that the motion is not made for the purpose of delay and

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ORS 14.120 Time of motion; to what county changed; number of changes. The motion for a change of the place of trial may be made and allowed any time after the commencement of the action or suit and before the beginning of trial, except that, if the change sought is pursuant to the provisions of ORS 14.110 (1)(a), the motion must be made before filing of the answer. If the motion is allowed, the change shall be made to the county where the action or suit ought to have been commenced, if it is for the cause mentioned in ORS 14.110 (1)(a), and in other cases to the most convenient county where the cause assigned as the reason for the change does not exist. Neither party shall be entitled to more than one change of the place of trial, except for causes not in existence when the first change was allowed. [Amended by 1963 c.339 §1]

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ORS 14.130 Notice to proper or more convenient court. When the place of trial has been changed as provided in ORS 14.110, the clerk shall promptly notify the clerk of the proper or more convenient court of the change. [Amended by 2017 c.252 §8]

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ORS 14.140 [Amended by 1963 c.339 §2; repealed by 2017 c.252 §10]

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ORS 14.150 [Repealed by 2017 c.252 §10]

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ORS 14.160 When change of venue complete. A change of venue is complete upon entry of an order changing the place of trial, and thereafter the action shall proceed as though it had been commenced in the proper or more convenient court. [Amended by 2017 c.252 §9]

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ORS 14.165 Transfer of proceeding against public body; effect of transfer on statute of limitations; adoption of rules by Court of Appeals; filing fees. (1) If an action or other proceeding against a public body is filed in circuit court and the circuit court does not have authority to decide the case, the circuit court shall

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ORS 14.170 [Amended by 1971 c.298 §1; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]

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ORS 14.175 Acts, policies or practices of public body capable of repetition and likely to evade judicial review. In any action in which a party alleges that an act, policy or practice of a public body, as defined in ORS 174.109, or of any officer, employee or agent of a public body, as defined in ORS 174.109, is unconstitutional or is otherwise contrary to law, the party may continue to prosecute the action and the court may issue a judgment on the validity of the challenged act, policy or practice even though the specific act, policy or practice giving rise to the action no longer has a practical effect on the party if the court determines that

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ORS 14.210 Disqualification of judge for cause; application of section; waiver. (1) A judge shall not act as such in a court of which the judge is a member in any of the following circumstances

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ORS 14.220 [Repealed by 1955 c.408 §2]

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ORS 14.230 [Repealed by 1955 c.408 §2]

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ORS 14.240 [Repealed by 1955 c.408 §2]

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ORS 14.250 Disqualification of judge; transfer of cause; making up issues. No judge of a circuit court shall sit to hear or try any suit, action, matter or proceeding when it is established, as provided in ORS 14.250 to 14.270, that any party or attorney believes that such party or attorney cannot have a fair and impartial trial or hearing before such judge. In such case the presiding judge for the judicial district shall forthwith transfer the cause, matter or proceeding to another judge of the court, or apply to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to send a judge to try it; or, if the convenience of witnesses or the ends of justice will not be interfered with by such course, and the action or suit is of such a character that a change of venue thereof may be ordered, the presiding judge may send the case for trial to the most convenient court; except that the issues in such cause may, upon the written stipulation of the attorneys in the cause agreeing thereto, be made up in the district of the judge to whom the cause has been assigned. [1955 c.408 §1(1); 1981 c.215 §5; 1987 c.338 §1; 1995 c.781 §28]

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ORS 14.260 Affidavit and motion for change of judge; time for making; limit of two changes of judge; procedure when judge denied assignment to docket; rules. (1) Any party to or any attorney appearing in any cause, matter or proceeding in a circuit court may establish the belief described in ORS 14.250 by motion supported by affidavit that the party or attorney believes that the party or attorney cannot have a fair and impartial trial or hearing before the judge, and that it is made in good faith and not for the purpose of delay. Except as provided in subsection (7) of this section, no specific grounds for the belief need be alleged. The motion shall be allowed unless the judge moved against, or the presiding judge for the judicial district, challenges the good faith of the affiant and sets forth the basis of the challenge. In the event of a challenge, a hearing shall be held before a disinterested judge. The burden of proof is on the challenging judge to establish that the motion was made in bad faith or for the purposes of delay

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ORS 14.270 Time of making motion for change of judge in certain circumstances; limit of two changes of judge. An affidavit and motion for change of judge to hear the motions and demurrers or to try the case shall be made at the time of the assignment of the case to a judge for trial or for hearing upon a motion or demurrer. Oral notice of the intention to file the motion and affidavit shall be sufficient compliance with this section providing that the motion and affidavit are filed not later than the close of the next judicial day. No motion to disqualify a judge to whom a case has been assigned for trial shall be made after the judge has ruled upon any petition, demurrer or motion other than a motion to extend time in the cause, matter or proceeding; except that when a presiding judge assigns to the presiding judge any cause, matter or proceeding in which the presiding judge has previously ruled upon any such petition, motion or demurrer, any party or attorney appearing in the cause, matter or proceeding may move to disqualify the judge after assignment of the case and prior to any ruling on any such petition, motion or demurrer heard after such assignment. No party or attorney shall be permitted to make more than two applications in any action or proceeding under this section. [1955 c.408 §1(3); 1959 c.667 §2; 1969 c.144 §1; 1981 c.215 §7; 1995 c.781 §30]

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ORS 14.275 Disqualification of appellate judge. A party or an attorney for a party in a cause before the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals may move to disqualify a judge of the Supreme Court or of the Court of Appeals for one or more of the grounds specified in ORS 14.210, or upon the ground that the judge’s participation in the cause would violate the Oregon Code of Judicial Conduct. [1999 c.659 §4]

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