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CJO 2026-021 — Adoption of Amendments to the Uniform Trial Court Rules — physical PDF page 2

CJO 2026-021 — Adoption of Amendments to the Uniform Trial Court Rules · physical PDF page 2 · 2026

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ATTACHMENT A 
TO CJO 26-021 
 
 
AMENDED UNIFORM TRIAL COURT RULES 
AND SUMMARY OF OTHER UTCR COMMITTEE ACTIONS 
(Effective August 1, 2026) 
I.
 INTRODUCTION 
The amended Uniform Trial Court Rules (UTCR) take effect on August 1, 2026, 
unless otherwise noted.  The amendments are the result of suggestions and 
comments received from the public, bench, bar, and interested agencies.  Unless 
otherwise noted, the proposed amendments were posted on the Oregon Judicial 
Department (OJD) website to invite public comment.  Additional information on the 
UTCR can be viewed at:  www.courts.oregon.gov/utcr. 
 
 
II. FUTURE MEETINGS 
The next meeting of the UTCR Committee is scheduled for Thursday, October 22, 
2026.  The committee will review proposed changes to the UTCR and the 
Supplementary Local Rules (SLR).  The committee will make recommendations to 
the Chief Justice on those proposals.  This is the only meeting in the next UTCR 
cycle at which the committee intends to accept proposals for UTCR changes that 
would take effect August 1, 2027.  Meeting dates for the following year will be 
scheduled at this meeting. 
 
 
III. BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF SPRING 2026 ACTIONS 
See Section IV for detailed explanations.  Related items are grouped together for 
the convenience of the reader where possible.  Thus, related items are not always 
listed in rule number order. 
 
A. APPROVED CHANGES 
 
These changes have been approved by the Chief Justice or the Supreme Court 
as appropriate.  They are effective on August 1, 2026, unless otherwise noted. 
 
1. 1.080—FORMAT AND LOCATION OF COURT RULES  
 Amended to clarify numbering requirements for Supplementary Local Rules 
(SLR).

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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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