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Prepare a request to modify eligible unpaid criminal court obligations
Oregon Judicial Department · Shared Oregon or applicable federal route
Official court page explains requesting reduction, modification or waiver of eligible unpaid criminal/contempt financial obligations and prosecutor notice.
Where and how to proceed: prepare, file and follow up
Start here: Identify which unpaid amounts are potentially reduction-eligible and confirm the appeal-stage restrictions.
1. Is this for me?
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2. What should I prepare?
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3. Where and how do I submit?
Use the circuit court where the case occurred and provide prosecutor notice by the accepted service or first-class-mail route. Preserve the certificate and receipt.
- Identify which unpaid amounts are potentially reduction-eligible and confirm the appeal-stage restrictions.
- Read the current motion and UTCR 4.120; ask qualified help if the legal basis or balance type is unclear.
- Explain the relevant financial circumstances accurately, file in the case court and give the prosecutor required notice.
- Keep copies and follow any response, hearing or supplemental-judgment instructions.
Timing: The current rule applies after the notice-of-appeal time has expired when the case is not pending on appeal. It describes a response period measured from notice or filing, whichever is later; no case-specific date or extension is determined.
4. What will it cost?
The official motion and page state no filing fee. Relief is discretionary under applicable legal authority and is not debt forgiveness on submission.
5. What happens after I submit?
Read any response and hearing notice. The rule permits a hearing or decision without one; only the resulting court judgment changes the obligations.
6. What if something goes wrong?
Restitution awards and compensatory fines are excluded by UTCR 4.120. The page’s opening text and simplified response-period description conflict with its later limits/the current rule.
Language, disability and offline help
The page describes requesting an interpreter or ADA accommodation for a hearing; court forms must be submitted in English, with translations used as guides.
Choose your step and follow-up instructions
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Official source navigation reviewed on 2026-10-18. Confirm the correct court or agency, case stage, current accepted form, service rules and actual notice/event dates. No personal deadline, eligibility, legal violation, remedy or filing-readiness determination is made. The webpage initially mentions restitution, but its eligibility section and retained 2026 UTCR 4.120 exclude restitution awards and compensatory fines. Its simplified 28-day description also differs from the rule’s later-of-notice-or-filing formulation. Do not infer relief for excluded balances or calculate the response period from the webpage alone.
Sources for the added submission and follow-up details
Reviewed 2026-10-18. Read current publisher instructions before acting.
OJD Fine or Fee Reduction instructions
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OJD Motion to Modify Financial Obligations
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OJD Uniform Trial Court Rules effective August 2026
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Sources and review date
Guidance reviewed 2026-10-18. Read the current publisher instructions before acting.
OJD Fine or Fee Reduction instructions · official html response bytes
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OJD Motion to Modify Financial Obligations · official pdf response bytes
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OJD Uniform Trial Court Rules effective August 2026 · official pdf response bytes
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