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CJO 2026-021 — Adoption of Amendments to the Uniform Trial Court Rules — physical PDF page 24

CJO 2026-021 — Adoption of Amendments to the Uniform Trial Court Rules · physical PDF page 24 · 2026

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7. 18.040—FORM OF ORDER OR JUDGMENT  
  
Adopted a new rule regarding requirements for the form of a proposed 
order or judgment filed in an FED action.  See related items A.4–A.6. 
 
ACTION TAKEN 
No motion was made to change the committee’s preliminary 
recommendation of approval.  Accordingly, by committee convention, the 
October 24, 2025, preliminary recommendation became the committee’s 
final recommendation of approval. 
 
EXPLANATION 
See also the background explanation for related item A.4. 
 
The new rule imposes requirements for the form of a proposed order or 
judgment filed in an eviction action.  At the fall 2025 meeting, the proponent 
provided the following testimony: 
• Whether an eviction action is subject to ORS chapter 90 is ultimately a 
legal determination.  Plaintiffs sometimes mistakenly assert that an 
action is subject to ORS chapter 90 and defendants sometimes dispute 
the plaintiff’s assertion.  It is important that the court determine whether 
an action is in fact subject to ORS chapter 90. 
• Creating uniformity by requiring that all complaints filed in an eviction 
action are consistent with a forthcoming statewide OJD form will enable 
courts to more easily locate information about a case. 
• If multiple defendants are named in an action, the judgment must 
clearly describe the judgment rendered as to each defendant because 
different defendants may be eligible for the set aside or sealing of a 
judgment or court records at different times. 
 
The OJD Advisory Committee on Civil Justice’s Landlord Tenant Law 
Workgroup plans to work with OJD’s Statewide Forms Workgroup to 
develop a statewide form with the intent that it will be available by 
August 1, 2026. 
 
NEW RULE 
 
18.040 FORM OF ORDER OR JUDGMENT 
 
(1) Any proposed order or judgment submitted to the court must include a 
finding as to whether the action is subject to ORS chapter 90, in 
substantially the following form: 
 
“[  ] This action is subject to the Residential Landlord and Tenant 
Act.”

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Captured 2026-10-18T22:31:09.969140+00:00 · Chief Justice amendment order effective 2026-08-01; original amendment document, not consolidated rule text Only approved-change pages1-25 and out-of-cycle amendment pages94-101 are indexed. Disapproved proposals, deferred recommendations and administrative actions on pages26-93 and102-105 remain source context only. This packet is not consolidated rule text; dates differ by provision.

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