Oregon Statutes 18.182 – Extension of judgment remedies
(1) Judgment remedies for a judgment may be extended by filing a certificate of extension in the court that entered the judgment. The court administrator shall enter the certificate in the register of the court and in the judgment lien record. Except as provided in ORS § 18.180 to 18.190, a judgment creditor may file a certificate of extension only if:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 18.182
- Action: means any proceeding commenced in a court in which the court may render a judgment. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- Court administrator: means a trial court administrator in a circuit court that has a trial court administrator and the clerk of the court in all other courts. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- Criminal action: has the meaning given in ORS § 131. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- Judgment: means the concluding decision of a court on one or more requests for relief in one or more actions, as reflected in a judgment document. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Money award: means a judgment or portion of a judgment that requires the payment of money. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Support award: means a money award or agency order that requires the payment of child or spousal support. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
(a) Judgment remedies for the judgment have not expired under ORS § 18.180; and
(b) A full satisfaction document for the money award portion of the judgment has not been filed.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, if the judgment debtor has been discharged from debt under federal bankruptcy laws, a certificate of extension may not be filed except as provided in this subsection. Judgments are presumed to have not been discharged in bankruptcy until the judgment debtor establishes that the judgment has been discharged. If the judgment debtor is discharged from a debt, a certificate of extension may be filed if:
(a) The debtor owned real property and the judgment lien attached to that property before the filing of the bankruptcy petition;
(b) The judgment lien was not avoided by action of the bankruptcy court;
(c) The judgment lien has not been discharged under ORS § 18.238; and
(d) The certificate of extension includes a legal description of the real property and a statement that the extension affects only the lien on the real property described in the certificate.
(3) A certificate of extension must be signed by the judgment creditor, or by an attorney who represents the judgment creditor.
(4) Subject to ORS § 18.190, if a certificate of extension is filed after the date on which the judgment remedies for the judgment expire under ORS § 18.180, the certificate has no effect.
(5) The judgment remedies for a judgment that are extended under the provisions of this section expire 10 years after the certificate of extension is filed. Judgment remedies for a judgment may be extended only once under the provisions of this section.
(6) A certified copy of a certificate of extension, or a lien record abstract for the certificate, may be recorded in any county in which the judgment was recorded under ORS § 18.152, with the effect provided by ORS § 18.152 (4).
(7) Except as provided in ORS § 18.185 and 18.190, the judgment remedies for the support award portion of a judgment, and any lump sum money award for unpaid child support installments, may not be extended under this section.
(8) The judgment remedies for a judgment in a criminal action may not be extended under this section.
(9) This section does not apply to justice courts, municipal courts or county courts performing judicial functions. [2003 c.576 § 19; 2007 c.339 § 5; 2015 c.212 § 23]