Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure

Cited as ORCP · 76 active rules

Oregon's circuit courts follow these rules for every civil action, from filing a complaint through trial and post-judgment relief. Browse the full set below. Plain-English summaries, FAQs, and full rule text are provided for each rule.

Source: Oregon Legislative Assembly (published pursuant to ORS 1.750) · Prescribed by the Council on Court Procedures (ORS 1.735), subject to amendment, repeal, or supplementation by the Oregon Legislative Assembly · Current through June 1, 2026 · Official source

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Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure

Rule 1 Scope; Construction; Application; Rule; Citation
Rule 2 Form of Action
Rule 3 Commencement
Rule 4 Jurisdiction (Personal)
Rule 5 Jurisdiction (In Rem)
Rule 6 Jurisdiction (Without Service)
Rule 7 Summons
Rule 8 Process
Rule 9 Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Documents
Rule 10 Time
Rule 11 (Reserved for Expansion) Reserved
Rule 12 Pleadings Liberally Construed; Disregard of Error
Rule 13 Kinds of Pleadings Allowed; Former Pleadings Abolished
Rule 14 Motions
Rule 15 Time for Filing Pleadings or Motions
Rule 16 Form of Pleadings
Rule 17 Signing of Pleadings, Motions and Other Papers; Sanctions
Rule 18 Claims for Relief
Rule 19 Responsive Pleadings
Rule 20 Special Pleading Rules
Rule 21 Defenses and Objections; How Presented; By Pleading or Motion; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
Rule 22 Counterclaims, Cross-Claims, and Third-Party Claims
Rule 23 Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
Rule 24 Joinder of Claims
Rule 25 Effect of Proceeding After Motion or Amendment
Rule 26 Real Party in Interest; Capacity of Partnerships and Associations
Rule 27 Unemancipated Minors or Incapacitated Parties
Rule 28 Joinder of Parties
Rule 29 Joinder of Persons Needed for Just Adjudication
Rule 30 Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties
Rule 31 Interpleader
Rule 32 Class Actions
Rule 33 Intervention
Rule 34 Substitution of Parties
Rule 35 Abusive Litigants
Rule 36 General Provisions Governing Discovery
Rule 37 Perpetuation of Testimony or Evidence Before Action or Pending Appeal
Rule 38 Persons Who May Administer Oaths for Depositions; Foreign Depositions
Rule 39 Depositions on Oral Examination
Rule 40 Depositions Upon Written Questions
Rule 41 Effect of Errors and Irregularities in Depositions
Rule 42 (Reserved for Expansion) Reserved
Rule 43 Production of Documents and Things and Entering Property for Inspection and Other Purposes
Rule 44 Physical and Mental Examination of Persons; Reports of Examinations
Rule 45 Requests for Admission
Rule 46 Failure to Make Discovery; Sanctions
Rule 47 Summary Judgment
Rule 48 (Reserved for Expansion) Reserved
Rule 49 (Reserved for Expansion) Reserved
Rule 50 Jury Trial
Rule 51 Issues; Trial by Jury or by the Court
Rule 52 Postponement of Cases
Rule 53 Consolidation; Separate Trials
Rule 54 Dismissal of Actions; Offer to Allow Judgment
Rule 55 Subpoena
Rule 56 Trial by Jury
Rule 57 Jurors
Rule 58 Trial Procedure
Rule 59 Instructions to Jury and Deliberation
Rule 60 Motion for Directed Verdict
Rule 61 Verdicts, General and Special
Rule 62 Findings of Fact
Rule 63 Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict
Rule 64 New Trials
Rule 65 Referees
Rule 66 Submitted Controversy
Rule 67 Judgments
Rule 68 Pleading, Allowance, and Taxation of Attorney Fees and Costs and Disbursements
Rule 69 Default Orders and Judgments
Rule 70 Repealed Repealed
Rule 71 Relief from Judgment or Order
Rule 72 Stay of Proceedings to Enforce Judgment
Rule 73 Judgments By Confession
Rule 74 (Reserved for Expansion) Reserved
Rule 75 (Reserved for Expansion) Reserved
Rule 76 (Reserved for Expansion) Reserved
Rule 77 (Reserved for Expansion) Reserved
Rule 78 Order or Judgment for Specific Acts
Rule 79 Temporary Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions
Rule 80 Receivers
Rule 81 Definitions; Service; Adverse Claimants
Rule 82 Security; Bonds and Undertakings; Justification of Sureties
Rule 83 Provisional Process
Rule 84 Attachment
Rule 85 Claim and Delivery

Oregon's Rules of Civil Procedure run 1 through 85. Eight numbers are Reserved for Expansion, with no rule text on record: 11, 42, 48, 49, and 74 through 77. One number, Rule 70, is Repealed -- superseded by ORS chapter 18 in 2003 -- and its number was never reassigned. All nine are shown below for completeness, labeled with the source's own status.