Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 221 § 221.352 — Municipal court case record

Municipal court case record. (1) The case record of a municipal court consists of the docket as provided in subsection (2) of this section and the case file as provided in subsection (3) of this section. (2) A municipal court of this state that registers under ORS 221.344 shall maintain a docket. The docket is a record wherein the clerk or court administrator of the municipal court shall enter every action, suit or proceeding commenced in the court. The clerk or court administrator shall note in the docket the following: (a) The title of every action or proceeding commenced in the court, with the names of the parties thereto and the time of commencement thereof. (b) The date of the filing of any pleading or other document. (c) The date of making, filing and entry of any order, judgment, ruling or other direction of the court in or concerning such action, suit or proceeding. (d) An order allowing a provisional remedy, and the date of issuing and returning the summons or other process. (e) The time when each party appears, or a party’s failure to do so. (f) Every postponement of a trial or proceeding, upon whose application and to what time. (g) The demand for a jury, if any, and by whom made. (h) The order for a jury and the time appointed for trial. (i) The return of an order for a jury, the names of the persons impaneled and sworn as a jury and the names of all witnesses sworn and at whose request. (j) The verdict of the jury and when given or, if the jury disagrees and is discharged without giving a verdict, a statement of such disagreement and discharge. (k) The judgment of the court and when signed. (L) The date of filing of the notice of appeal, any undertaking and any justification of the sureties. (m) Satisfaction of the judgment or any part thereof. (n) A memorandum of all orders relating to security release. (o) All other information that may be material or specially required by any statute, court order or rule. (3)(a) The case file consists of every document filed with or by the clerk of the court or court administrator, in any action, suit or proceeding in the court or before the judge. (b) The case file also includes any audio recording or stenographic or other reporting of any municipal court proceeding made pursuant to ORS 221.358, if all parties agree that the recording or other reporting is the official record of the proceeding and the recording or other reporting has been filed with the court. (4) A municipal court may maintain its docket or case files, or both, in electronic form. [1999 c.788 §10; 1999 c.1051 §322a; 2025 c.268 §52]