Oregon circuit courts
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Oregon's circuit courts are general jurisdiction trial courts of the U.S. state of Oregon. These courts hear civil and criminal court cases.
The state has 27 circuit court districts, most of which correspond to the boundaries of Oregon's 36 counties. The sixth, seventh, tenth, fifteenth, twenty-second and twenty-fourth districts cover two or more counties while the rest cover just one county each.
The courts are operated by the Oregon Judicial Department (OJD). As of January 2007, the courts had 173 judges. The majority of appeals from the circuit courts go to the Oregon Court of Appeals. Some limited cases go directly to the Oregon Supreme Court if appealed from the trial court level.[1]
In 2010, Chief Justice Paul J. De Muniz issued an order creating the statewide Oregon Complex Litigation Court within the circuit courts.[2]
The OJD has no jurisdiction over other local courts in Oregon, which include county courts,[3] justice courts,[4][5] and municipal courts.[1][6]
In 1998, the state combined its state district courts into the Oregon circuit courts.[7]
Circuits
[edit]- First Judicial District – Jackson
- Second Judicial District – Lane
- Third Judicial District – Marion
- Fourth Judicial District – Multnomah. Multnomah County Court. The chief prosecutor is the Multnomah County District Attorney.
- Fifth Judicial District – Clackamas
- Sixth Judicial District – Umatilla, Morrow
- Seventh Judicial District – Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, Wasco, Hood River
- Eighth Judicial District – Baker
- Ninth Judicial District – Malheur
- Tenth Judicial District – Wallowa, Union
- Eleventh Judicial District – Deschutes
- Twelfth Judicial District – Polk
- Thirteenth Judicial District – Klamath
- Fourteenth Judicial District – Josephine
- Fifteenth Judicial District – Coos, Curry
- Sixteenth Judicial District – Douglas
- Seventeenth Judicial District – Lincoln
- Eighteenth Judicial District – Clatsop
- Nineteenth Judicial District – Columbia
- Twentieth Judicial District – Washington
- Twenty-first Judicial District – Benton
- Twenty-second Judicial District – Crook, Jefferson
- Twenty-third Judicial District – Linn
- Twenty-fourth Judicial District – Harney, Grant
- Twenty-fifth Judicial District – Yamhill
- Twenty-sixth Judicial District – Lake
- Twenty-seventh Judicial District – Tillamook
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b An Introduction to the Courts of Oregon Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, Oregon Judicial Department, Accessed on August 25, 2007.
- ^ "Oregon Judicial Department : Complex Litigation : Oregon State Courts : State of Oregon". www.courts.oregon.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ^ County Courts from the Oregon Blue Book
- ^ Justice Courts from the Oregon Blue Book
- ^ Oregon Justices of the Peace Association
- ^ Municipal Courts from the Oregon Blue Book
- ^ Oregon Blue Book: Oregon Circuit Courts. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.
External links
[edit]- Circuit courts page hosted by the Oregon Judicial Department