Title 6, Justice Courts
5 chapters · 157 sections in this title.
ORS 54.010 Trial jury defined
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A trial jury is a body of persons, six in number in the justice courts, sworn to try and determine a question of fact and drawn according to the mode provided for in this chapter.
ORS 54.020 Jury not selected from jury list
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When a jury has been demanded by a party to an action in the justice court, and neither party requires that the jury be drawn from the jury list, the justice must make an order in writing, directed to the sheriff of the county, or to any constable of the district or to any marsha…
ORS 54.030 Service and return of order; persons to be summoned
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The officer serving the order for a jury must do so impartially by selecting only such persons as the officer knows, or has good reason to believe, are qualified according to law to serve as jurors in the court to which they are summoned and in the particular action for which the…
ORS 54.040 Insufficient number of jurors; summoning others; challenges
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If a sufficient number of jurors does not appear at the time and place required, or if any of those appearing are peremptorily challenged, or upon a challenge for cause are found disqualified, the justice must order the proper officer to summon a sufficient number of other qualif…
ORS 54.050 Qualifications of jurors
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A person competent to act as a juror in a justice court, in addition to the qualifications prescribed in ORS 10.030, must be an inhabitant of the district in which the court is being held at the time the person is summoned, and must have been an inhabitant of that district for th…
ORS 54.060 Making of jury lists
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(1) The justice of the peace in each district shall, in January of each year, or in case of an omission or neglect so to do then as soon as possible thereafter, make a jury list for the district. (2) A preliminary jury list shall be made by selecting names of inhabitants of the d…
ORS 54.070 Number of names on list; certifying and filing list
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The jury list shall: (1) Contain the names of at least 50 persons, if there are that number of persons in the district who are qualified as provided in ORS 54.050. (2) Contain the first name, the surname and the place of residence of each person named therein. (3) Be certified by…
ORS 54.090 Justice not in office or present when list was made must procure and file copy thereof
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A justice of the peace not in office or attendance when a jury list is made must procure, and file in the office of the justice of the peace, a certified copy thereof.
ORS 54.100 Drawing jury list; jury box; depositing ballots
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Unless juries are drawn and selected from the jury list of the district by means of electronic equipment, the justice of the peace shall keep in the office of the justice a jury box. After the jury list is filed, the justice shall destroy all ballots remaining in the box and shal…
ORS 54.110 Selection of jury from jury list
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When a jury is demanded in a justice court, instead of being selected by the officers, as provided in ORS 54.020 to 54.040, the jury must be drawn and selected from the jury list of the district, if either party requires it.
ORS 54.120 Manner of drawing jury panel; making and signing list of names for panel
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When a jury is to be selected from the jury list of the district, the justice shall draw from the box in the presence of the parties, or select by means of electronic equipment, 12 ballots or names, or any greater number, if necessary, until the names of 12 persons, who are deeme…
ORS 54.130 Names drawn which are not entered on list of panel
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If it appears to the justice that a person whose name is drawn is dead or resides out of the district, the ballot must be destroyed or the name deleted. If it appears to the justice, or the justice has good reason to believe, that a person whose name is drawn is temporarily absen…
ORS 54.140 Selection of jury by striking names from the panel
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When the drawing is completed, from the 12 names drawn the parties must select a jury by each striking from the list three names, alternately, commencing with the defendant. The remaining six must be summoned as jurors in the action.
ORS 54.150 Order for jury selected from jury list; manner of summoning and forming jury; challenges
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The names of the six jurors so selected must be inserted in the order to summon a jury, and thereafter the proceedings in the summoning and formation of the jury must be conducted in the manner provided in ORS 54.020 to 54.040; but neither party is entitled to a peremptory challe…
ORS 54.160 Punishment of jurors
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A person duly summoned to attend a justice court as a juror may be punished by the justice of the peace as provided for contempt of court if: (1) The person fails to attend the justice court as required or fails to give a valid excuse for not attending; (2) The person fails to gi…