The Washington County Circuit Court has posted informational videos about court procedures for evictions. These are short videos available in English and Spanish that contain general information about evictions…
— poses an issue of statutory interpretation. The methodology that Oregon courts follow in interpreting statutes is a distillation of settled interpretative principles, some of which have been codified in…
Legal self-help is a bit of a crap-shoot unless you have official (i.e. court sanctioned and current) legal forms or the guiding hand of an attorney, but sometimes one…
all Oregon circuit court websites will make it easier for parties to fill out and file FAPA documents with the courts. To be able to provide these types of forms…
Oregon 2013 Senate Bill 123: Requires the Department of Human Services to adopt rules to establish Oregon Foster Children’s Bill of Rights. (Use this link if that one doesn’t…
and the author of a number of Oregon legal self-help publications including, “Using Small Claims Court in Oregon.” The author provides updates to both publications at Oregon Legal Guides….
that may arise when a tenant dies. Short Checklist: 1) Read the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) sections on abandoned tenant property, notification of authorities and family, etc. (E.g. Sample index…
November 6th, 2012. To locate the nearest ballot drop-off location: Contact your county Election’s Office, or try out the ballot “dropbox” locator, from the Oregon Secretary of State’s office….
Publicly published official documents from the 2015-16 Oregon State Bar (OSB) Discipline System Review can be found at the OSB website and via internet searches. You can also search for…
formation of the Attorney General’s Public Records Law Reform Task Force, a group designed to review and recommend improvements to Oregon’s public records laws….” [Link to Task Force website.]…
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