Oregon Code § 21.010·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Appellate court filing fees.
(1) Except as provided in this section, the appellant in an appeal or the
petitioner in a judicial review in the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals
shall pay a filing fee of $391 in the manner prescribed by ORS 19.265. The
respondent in such case and any other person appearing in the appeal, upon
entering first appearance or filing first brief in the court, shall pay to the
State Court Administrator a filing fee of $391. The party entitled to costs and
disbursements on such appeal shall recover from the opponent the amount so
paid.
(2) Filing and
appearance fees may not be assessed in appeals from habeas corpus proceedings
under ORS 34.710, post-conviction relief proceedings under ORS 138.650,
juvenile court under ORS 419A.200, the involuntary commitment of persons
determined to be persons with mental illness under ORS 426.135 or persons
determined to have an intellectual disability under ORS 427.295 or orders of
the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision or on judicial review of
orders entered under ORS 161.315 to 161.351 by the Psychiatric Security Review
Board.
(3) Filing and
appearance fees shall be assessed in an appeal from an appeal to a circuit
court from a justice court or municipal court in an action alleging commission
of a state offense designated as a violation or an action alleging violation of
a city charter or ordinance, but not in an action alleging commission of a
state crime.
(4) Filing and
appearance fees shall only be assessed in an appeal in a contempt proceeding
seeking imposition of remedial sanctions under the provisions of ORS 33.055.
(5) The filing
and appearance fees established by this section apply to cases of original
jurisdiction in the Supreme Court. [Amended by 1963 c.556 §1; 1967 c.398 §3;
1969 c.198 §50; 1981 s.s. c.3 §§66,67; 1985 c.734 §15; 1987 c.852 §4; 1991
c.724 §17; 1993 c.33 §276; 1997 c.801 §27; 1999 c.1051 §118; 2003 c.737 §§1,3;
2005 c.702 §§1,2,3; 2005 c.843 §33; 2007 c.70 §7; 2007 c.860 §1; 2009 c.659 §§28,30;
2009 c.885 §§37e,37f; 2011 c.595 §66; 2011 c.658 §§28,29; 2011 c.708 §§17,18;
2013 c.360 §3; 2013 c.685 §§29,29a; 2014 c.76 §3; 2017 c.442 §14; 2017 c.663 §1]