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CJO 2026-021 — Adoption of Amendments to the Uniform Trial Court Rules — physical PDF page 22

CJO 2026-021 — Adoption of Amendments to the Uniform Trial Court Rules · physical PDF page 22 · 2026

A-21 
5. 18.020—CAPTION  
  
Adopted a new rule regarding requirements for the caption of a complaint 
filed in a Forcible Entry and Detainer (FED) action.  See related items A.4 
and A.6–A.7. 
 
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 requires that the caption of a complaint filed in an “eviction 
action” must include the words “Subject to Residential and Landlord Tenant 
Act.”  It permits court staff to quickly identify the case type and enter it into 
OJD’s case management system. 
 
No public comments were received. 
 
NEW RULE 
 
18.020 CAPTION 
 
In the caption of a complaint filed in an eviction action, the plaintiff must 
indicate if the case is subject to ORS chapter 90 in substantially the 
following form: 
 
“[  ] 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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