(1) Subject to the requirements of ORS § 221.344, enforcement proceedings on a judgment docketed by a municipal court may include:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 221.346

  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

(a) Writ of execution proceedings for personal property under ORS § 18.252 to 18.993.

(b) Proceedings in support of execution under ORS § 18.265, 18.268 and 18.270.

(c) Garnishment proceedings under ORS § 18.600 to 18.850.

(2) In addition to the enforcement proceedings specified in subsection (1) of this section, a docketed municipal court judgment may be enforced by the court that rendered the judgment through the issuance of a writ of execution on real property under ORS § 18.252 to 18.993. A writ of execution on real property may be issued by a municipal court only after a certified copy of the judgment or a lien record abstract for the judgment is recorded in the County Clerk Lien Record for the county in which the municipal court is located.

(3) ORS § 18.038, 18.042, 18.048 and 137.071 apply to judgments rendered in municipal courts.

(4) The provisions of this section apply to all judgments docketed in municipal courts, including judgments imposed in violation proceedings and other criminal proceedings. [1999 c.788 § 8; 2001 c.249 § 76; 2003 c.576 § 98]

 

[1989 c.839 § 35; repealed by 1993 c.735 § 15]

 

[1957 c.378 § 1; 1999 c.788 § 50; renumbered 221.353 in 1999]

 

[1959 c.502 1,2,3; 1965 c.626 § 1; 1971 c.633 § 7; 1973 c.653 § 1; 1987 c.766 § 1; 1999 c.788 § 51; 1999 c.1085 § 7; renumbered 221.354 in 1999]

 

[Amended by 1985 c.342 § 16; 1989 c.123 § 2; 1995 c.658 § 93; 1999 c.682 § 12; renumbered 221.359 in 1999]

 

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