Washington County Circuit Court Filing Rules

A party seeking pretrial production of records through a subpoena duces tecum must first obtain an authorizing court order.

An exhibit list must be provided to the judge's staff at the beginning of trial under UTCR 6.080(3).

A motion to disqualify a judge must be served on every opposing party, and a copy must be delivered to chambers for the affected judge.

Subsequent filings in remedial or punitive contempt actions may be submitted electronically.

The Trials or Hearings Memorandum must be electronically filed by noon on the business day before the appearance.

Any trial memorandum must be received by the assigned trial judge by noon on the day before trial.

The Trials or Hearings Memorandum must be e-filed by noon on the business day before the appearance.

The court may deny a reset motion or set trial dates without consulting counsel if the declaration omits the required information.

For a criminal expedited filing, the filer may notify the court by email at wsh.criminal.rush.requests@ojd.state.or.us that the filing has been eFiled.

Email is preferred, and parties should not email the judge directly unless requested.

Email correspondence to Judge Guptill's Judicial Assistant and Judicial Clerk is preferred so that correspondence is received even when one staff member is unavailable or assisting elsewhere.

The plaintiff must pay the filing fee associated with a remedial or punitive contempt initiating instrument.

A bench copy of documents filed within one week of a scheduled civil motion hearing must be emailed or delivered to the motion judge's chambers at the same time as the originals are filed.

A courtesy copy of the Trials or Hearings Memorandum should be emailed to the judge's staff.

Courtesy copies of memoranda and UCJ worksheets should be emailed when appropriate and not restricted by confidentiality, with opposing counsel copied when appropriate.

A party receiving records in error must not review them and must immediately return them to the court in a sealed envelope with an explanatory letter copied to all opposing parties.

Electronic exhibits submitted for remote hearings must comply with the court-provided guidelines applicable to the hearing type.