ORCP Rule History

In the left-hand column below, you will find a history of all of the Council's rule promulgations since its inception in 1977.

In the center column, you will find documents that contain a history of the changes promulgated by the Council on Court Procedures for each rule that the Council has amended up to and including the 2023-2025 biennium, as well as staff comments through the 2019-2021 biennium (later comments coming soon). If a rule is not listed, it has not been amended by the Council since its initial promulgation. These materials are provided as a research tool for the reader, and the Council on Court Procedures does not guarantee their accuracy. The minutes and work product of the Council constitute the official legislative history of the Council.

In the right-hand column, you will find a history of changes made to the ORCP by the Oregon Legislature through 2023. This information is provided as a research tool for the reader, and the Council on Court Procedures does not guarantee its accuracy. For purposes of citing legislative history, please visit the Legislature's website. We give special thanks to Lewis & Clark Law School student Connor Grosshanten for his work in researching and compiling this information during the summer of 2023.

If you have any issues with the PDF files, please e-mail Shari Nilsson.

Wheeler County Courthouse
Photo Credit: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives

COUNCIL PROMULGATIONS
1977-2025

1977-1979	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/80
1979-1981	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/82
1981-1983	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/84
1983-1985	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/86
1985-1987	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/88
1987-1989	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/90
1989-1991	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/92
1991-1993	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/94
1993-1995	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/96
1995-1997	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/98
1997-1999	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/00
1999-2001	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/02
2001-2003	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/04
2003-2005	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/06
2005-2007	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/08
2007-2009	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/10
2009-2011	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/12
2011-2013	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/14
2013-2015	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/16
2015-2017	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/18
2017-2019	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/20
2019-2021	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/22
2021-2023	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/24
2023-2025	Promulgated Rules Effective 1/1/26

COUNCIL AMENDMENTS
1981-2025

ORCP 1	Scope; Construction; Application; Rule; Citation
ORCP 4	Jurisdiction (Personal)
ORCP 7	Summons
ORCP 8	Process
ORCP 9	Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers
ORCP 10	Time
ORCP 14	Motions
ORCP 15	Time for Filing Pleadings or Motions
ORCP 16	Form of Pleadings
ORCP 17	Signing of Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Sanctions
ORCP 18	Claims for Relief
ORCP 19	Responsive Pleadings
ORCP 21	Defenses and Objections; How Presented; By Pleading or Motion; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
ORCP 22	Counterclaims, Cross-Claims, and Third Party Claims
ORCP 23	Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
ORCP 26	Real Party in Interest; Capacity of Partnerships and Associations
ORCP 27	Minor or Incapacitated Persons
ORCP 31	Interpleader
ORCP 32	Class Actions
ORCP 34	Substitution of Parties
ORCP 35	Abusive Litigants (Promulgated 2024)
ORCP 36	General Provisions Governing Discovery
ORCP 38	Persons Who May Administer Oaths for Depositions; Foreign Depositions
ORCP 39	Depositions Upon Oral Examination
ORCP 40	Depositions Upon Written Questions
ORCP 43	Production of Documents and Things and Entry Upon Land for Inspection and Other Purposes
ORCP 44	Physical and Mental Examination of Persons; Reports of Examination
ORCP 45	Requests for Admission
ORCP 46	Failure to Make Discovery; Sanctions
ORCP 47	Summary Judgment
ORCP 52	Postponement of Cases
ORCP 54	Dismissal of Actions; Compromise
ORCP 55	Subpoena
ORCP 57	Jurors
ORCP 58	Trial Procedure
ORCP 59	Instructions to Jury and Deliberation
ORCP 60	Motion for Directed Verdict
ORCP 62	Findings of Fact
ORCP 63	Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict
ORCP 64	New Trials
ORCP 65	Referees
ORCP 67	Judgments
ORCP 68	Allowance and Taxation of Attorney Fees and Costs and Disbursements
ORCP 69	Default Orders and Judgments
ORCP 70	Form and Entry of Judgment
ORCP 71	Relief from Judgment or Order
ORCP 72	Stay of Proceedings to Enforce Judgment
ORCP 73	Judgments by Confession
ORCP 78	Order or Judgment for Specific Acts
ORCP 80	Receivers
ORCP 83	Provisional Process

LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS, 1979-2023
(for a complete list, click here)

ORCP 1	Scope; Construction; Application; Rule; Citation
ORCP 4	Jurisdiction (Personal)
ORCP 7	Summons
ORCP 9	Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers
ORCP 10	Time
ORCP 13	Kinds of Pleadings Allowed; Former Pleadings Abolished
ORCP 14	Motions
ORCP 15	Time for Filing Pleadings and Motions
ORCP 17	Signing of Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Sanctions
ORCP 18	Claims for Relief
ORCP 21	Defenses and Objections: How Presented; By Pleading or Motion; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
ORCP 22	Counterclaims, Cross-Claims, and Third-Party Claims
ORCP 24	Joinder of Claims
ORCP 27	Minor or Incapacitated Persons
ORCP 29	Joinder of Persons Needed for Just Adjudication
ORCP 31	Interpleader
ORCP 32	Class Actions
ORCP 33	Intervention
ORCP 34	Substitution of Parties
ORCP 36	General Provisions Governing Discovery
ORCP 38	Persons Who May Administer Oaths for Depositions; Foreign Depositions
ORCP 39	Depositions Upon Oral Examination
ORCP 43	Production of Documents and Things and Entry Upon Land for Inspection and Other Purposes
ORCP 44	Physical and Mental Examination of Persons; Reports of Examination
ORCP 45	Requests for Admission
ORCP 46	Failure to Make Discovery; Sanctions
ORCP 47	Summary Judgment
ORCP 52	Postponement of Cases
ORCP 54	Dismissal of Actions; Compromise
ORCP 55	Subpoena
ORCP 56	Trial by Jury
ORCP 57	Jurors
ORCP 59	Instructions to Jury and Deliberation
ORCP 63	Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict
ORCP 64	New Trials
ORCP 65	Referees
ORCP 67	Judgments
ORCP 68	Allowance and Taxation of Attorney Fees and Costs and Disbursements
ORCP 69	Default Orders and Judgments
ORCP 70	Form and Entry of Judgment
ORCP 71	Relief from Judgment or Order
ORCP 72	Stay of Proceedings to Enforce Judgment
ORCP 78	Order or Judgment for Specific Acts
ORCP 79	Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunctions
ORCP 80	Receivers
ORCP 81	Definitions; Service; Adverse Claimants
ORCP 82	Security; Bonds and Undertakings; Justification of Sureties
ORCP 83	Provisional Process
ORCP 84	Attachment
ORCP 85	Claim and Delivery

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