A. RECEIVER DEFINED; APPLICABILITY
(1) A receiver is a person appointed by a circuit court, or judge thereof, to take charge of property during the pendency of a civil action or upon a judgment or order therein, and to manage and dispose of it as the court may direct.
(2) The provisions of the Oregon Receivership Code control over conflicting provisions of this rule with respect to receiverships governed by the Oregon Receivership Code.
B. WHEN APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER AUTHORIZED Subject to the requirements of Rule 82A.(2), a receiver may be appointed by a circuit court in the following cases:
(1) Provisionally to protect property. Provisionally, before judgment, on the application of any party, when such party's right to the property, which is the subject of the action, and which is in the possession of an adverse party, is probable, and the property or its rents or profits are in danger of being lost or materially injured or impaired.
(2) To effectuate judgment. After judgment to carry the same into effect.
(3) To dispose of property, to preserve during appeal or when execution unsatisfied. To dispose of the property according to the judgment, or to preserve it during the pendency of an appeal or when an execution has been returned unsatisfied and the debtor refuses to apply the property in satisfaction of the judgment.
(4) Creditor's action. In an action brought by a creditor to set aside a transfer, mortgage, or conveyance of property on the ground of fraud or to subject property or a fund to the payment of a debt.
(5) Attaching creditor. At the instance of an attaching creditor when the property attached is of a perishable nature or is otherwise in danger of waste, impairment, or destruction or where the debtor has absconded or abandoned the property and it is necessary to conserve or protect it, or to dispose of it immediately.
(6) Protect, preserve, or restrain property subject to execution. At the instance of a judgment creditor either before or after the issuance of an execution to preserve, protect, or prevent the transfer of property liable to execution and sale thereunder.
(7) Corporations and associations; when provided by statute. In cases provided by statute, when a corporation or cooperative association has been dissolved, or is insolvent, or in imminent danger of insolvency, or has forfeited its corporate rights.
(8) Corporations and associations; to protect property or interest of stockholders or creditors. When a corporation or cooperative association has been dissolved or is insolvent or in imminent danger of insolvency and it is necessary to protect the property of the corporation or cooperative association, or to conserve or protect the interests of the stockholders or creditors.
C. APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVERS; NOTICE No receiver shall be appointed without notice to the adverse party at least five days before the time specified for the hearing, unless a different period is fixed by order of the court.
D. FORM OF ORDER APPOINTING RECEIVERS Every order or judgment appointing a receiver:
(1) Shall contain a reasonable description of the property included in the receivership;
(2) Shall fix the time within which the receiver shall file a report setting forth (a) the property of the debtor in greater detail, (b) the interests in and claims against it, and (c) its income-producing capacity and recommendations as to the best method of realizing its value for the benefit of those entitled;
(3) Shall, when a general receiver is appointed to liquidate and wind up affairs, set a time within which creditors and claimants shall file their claims or be barred; and
(4) May require periodic reports from the receiver.
E. NOTICE TO PERSONS INTERESTED IN RECEIVERSHIP A general receiver appointed to liquidate and wind up affairs shall under the direction of the court, give notice to the creditors of the corporation, of the partnership or association, or of the individual, in such manner as the court may direct, requiring such creditors to file their claims, duly verified, with the receiver, the receiver's attorney, or the clerk of the court, within such time as the court directs.
(1) Required notice. Creditors filing claims with the receiver, all persons making contracts with the receiver, all persons having known claims against the receiver, all persons actually or constructively known to be claiming any interest in receivership property, and all persons against whom the receiver asserts claims shall receive notice of any proposed action by the court affecting their rights.
(2) Request for special notice. At any time after a receiver is appointed, any person interested in the receivership as a party, creditor, or otherwise, may serve upon the receiver (or upon the attorney for such receiver) and file with the clerk a written request stating that such person desires special notice of any and all of the following named steps in the administration of the receivership:
(a) Filing of motions for sales, leases, or mortgages of any property in the receivership;
(b) Filing of accounts;
(c) Filing of motions for removal or discharge of the receiver; and
(d) Such other matters as are officially requested and approved by the court. A request shall state the post-office address of the person, or such person's attorney.
(3) Form and service of notices. Any notice required by this section shall be served in the manner provided in Rule 9, at least five days before the hearing on any of the matters above described, unless a different period is fixed by order of the court.
G. TERMINATION OF RECEIVERSHIPS A receivership may be terminated only upon motion served with at least 10 days' notice upon all parties who have appeared in the proceeding. The court may require that a final account and report be filed and served, and may provide for the filing of written objections to such account within a specified time. At the hearing on the motion to terminate, the court shall hear all objections to the final account and shall take such evidence as is appropriate, and shall make such orders as are just concerning the termination of the receivership, including all necessary orders on the fees and costs of the receivership.
[CCP 12/13/80, §§ C, F amended by 1981 c.898; §§ 9a, 10; § F(3) amended by CCP 12/10/88 and 1/6/89; § A amended by 2017 c.358 § 43 eff. 1/1/2018]
A receiver is a person a circuit court puts in charge of property caught up in a lawsuit, with power to manage or dispose of it as the court directs. Rule 80 spells out when a court may appoint one — most often to protect property before judgment when a party’s right to it is probable and the property’s at risk of loss or damage, but also to carry out a judgment, to preserve property during an appeal or after an unsatisfied execution, or when a corporation or association is dissolved or insolvent. Where a receivership’s governed by the Oregon Receivership Code, that code controls over anything in Rule 80 that conflicts with it.
Because a receiver takes property out of someone’s hands, Rule 80 requires at least five days’ notice to the adverse party before the appointment hearing, unless the court sets a different period. Before the court can appoint a receiver on any of these grounds, Rule 82 requires that security first be posted to cover the costs, damages, and attorney fees a wrongful act by the receiver might cause. Once a receiver’s appointed, anyone with a stake in the receivership — a creditor, a party, or otherwise — can request special notice of key steps, such as a motion to sell, lease, or mortgage receivership property, the filing of accounts, or a motion to remove the receiver.
The order appointing a receiver must describe the property, set a deadline for the receiver’s first report on the property and the claims against it, and — when the receiver is winding up an insolvent estate — set a deadline for creditors to file their claims. Ending a receivership takes its own motion, with at least ten days’ notice to every party who’s appeared, a final accounting, a chance to object to it, and a hearing before the court closes the receivership out and settles its fees and costs.