Washington County Circuit Court Filing Fees and Waivers

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Civil cases

Applies to

Appeal of arbitration award

A party appealing an arbitrator's decision must pay the appropriate trial fee.

If an appeal is desired of an arbitrator’s decision, a party must file an appeal of the arbitration award within 20 days of the arbitrator’s decision and appropriate trial fee as required under UTCR 13.250 and ORS 36.425.

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Applies to

Judicial settlement conference

Each party must pay the Judicial Settlement Conference fee shown on the circuit court fee schedule at least 24 hours before the conference.

Each party is required to pay the fee indicated on the circuit court fee schedule by no later than 24 hours prior to the date of the Judicial Settlement Conference.

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Initiating instrument

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

Plaintiff must conventionally file initiating instruments for remedial or punitive contempt and pay the associated filing fee.

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Applies to

Settlement conference

All required court fees must be paid before the settlement conference begins.

(9) All required court fees shall be paid prior to commencement of the settlement conference.

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Jury trial request

Requesting a jury trial carries additional fees, and a party seeking a jury should ask the local court about the applicable fees and request forms.

There are additional fees for jury trials. Deciding whether to have your civil case heard before a judge or a jury is an important decision. If you decide to have a jury make the decision in your case, you should contact your local court to ask what fees you will have to pay and what forms you will have to fill out to request a jury.

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In Residential Forcible Entry and Detainer cases and actions to recover personal property taken or retained by a landlord that go to trial under ORS 105.137, the Defendant must file an Answer and pay the filing fee, unless deferred or waived, by 5:00 p.m. the day of the first appearance.

Summary: In specified residential Forcible Entry and Detainer and personal-property trials, the defendant must pay the filing fee by 5:00 p.m. on the first-appearance date unless the fee is deferred or waived.

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Judicial settlement conference fee waiver ?

Upon motion and good cause shown, the court may waive the fee required by this section.

Summary: The court may waive the Judicial Settlement Conference fee upon a showing of good cause and motion.