Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 14 — Jurisdiction; Venue; Change of Judge
26 sections14.020 [Repealed by 1979 c.284 §199]
JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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.
14.035 [1963 c.352 §1; 1975 c.628 §2; 1979 c.246 §2; repealed by 1979 c.246 §7]
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: Actions for the recovery of real property, or an estate or interest therein, or for injuries to real property. Actions for the recovery of any personal property distrained for any cause. Suits…
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: For the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture imposed by statute, except that when it is imposed for an offense committed on a lake, river or other stream of water, situated in two or more counties, the action may be commenced and tried in…
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.
14.070 [Amended by 1987 c.331 §1; 1995 c.637 §10; 1995 c.666 §10; 1999 c.738 §5; 2003 c.264 §5; repealed by 2003 c.289 §§8,8a]
14.080 Venue for other actions; residence of corporations and partnerships
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…
14.110 When place of trial may be changed
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: That the action or suit has not been commenced in the proper county; …
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 coun…
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.
14.140 [Amended by 1963 c.339 §2; repealed by 2017 c.252 §10]
14.150 [Repealed by 2017 c.252 §10]
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. TRANSFER OF PROCEEDING AGAINST PUBLIC BODY
14.165 Transfer of proceeding against public body; effect of transfer on statute of limitations; adoption of rules by Court of Appeals; filing fees
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: Transfer the case to the court or tribunal authorized by law to decide the case if the circuit court determines that another court or tribunal is authorized by law to decide the case; Re…
14.170 [Amended by 1971 c.298 §1; repealed by 1981 s.s. c.3 §141]
MOOTNESS
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 chal…
14.210 Disqualification of judge for cause; application of section; waiver
A judge shall not act as such in a court of which the judge is a member in any of the following circumstances: The judge shall not act as judge if the judge is a party to or directly interested in the action, suit or proceeding, except that the judge shall not be disqualified from acting as such in a case in which the judge is added as a party after taking …
14.220 [Repealed by 1955 c.408 §2]
14.230 [Repealed by 1955 c.408 §2]
14.240 [Repealed by 1955 c.408 §2]
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…
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
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 purp…
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 aff…
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. _______________