Rule 21.070 - SPECIAL FILING REQUIREMENTS(1) Courtesy Copies and Other Copies (a) The court may require that a filer submit, in the manner and time specified by the court, a copy of the document that was filed electronically and a copy of the submission or acceptance email from the electronic filing system.(b) When a filer submits a document for conventional filing or electronic filing, the filer need not submit for filing additional copies of that document unless otherwise required by the court.(2) Court Order Requiring Electronic Filing and Electronic Service Except for any document that requires service under ORCP 7 or that requires personal service, the court may, on the motion of any party or on its own motion, order any party not already otherwise so required to file or serve all documents electronically, after finding that such an order would not cause undue hardship or significant prejudice to any party.
(3) Documents that Must be Filed Conventionally The following documents must be filed conventionally:
(a) An accusatory instrument that initiates a criminal action, except as otherwise provided by ORS 133.073.(b) A petition that initiates a juvenile delinquency proceeding under ORS 419C.250.(c) A document that initiates an extradition proceeding under ORS 133.743 to 133.857.(d) An initiating instrument in a contempt proceeding, including for purposes of this rule a motion and supporting documentation filed contemporaneously with the motion under ORS 33.055 (remedial) or an accusatory instrument that initiates a contempt proceeding and supporting documentation filed contemporaneously with the initiating instrument under ORS 33.065 (punitive). (e) A notice of appeal from a justice court or municipal court judgment under ORS 138.057 or ORS 157.020(1), a justice court order under ORS 157.020(2), or a municipal court conviction under ORS 221.359.(f) A foreign subpoena, with an accompanying original subpoena and two copies, submitted under UTCR 5.140(1).(g) A document filed under seal or subject to in camera inspection, including a motion requesting that a simultaneously filed document be filed under seal or subject to in camera inspection, except that a document may be electronically filed in an adoption case.(h) Except as provided in UTCR 21.090(4), a document that is required by law to be filed in original form, such as, but not limited to, an original will, a certified document, or a document under official seal. (i) If applicable law requires an original document to be filed simultaneously with another document that is electronically filed, the filer must electronically file an image of the original document with the other electronically filed document and then conventionally file the original document within 7 business days after submitting the electronic filing. An original document conventionally filed under this paragraph is deemed filed on the date of filing of the electronically filed image of the same document.(ii) If the filer elects to electronically file an image of an original document as set out in paragraph (h)(i) of this subsection, the filer must include in the Filing Comments field a statement that the electronic filing submission includes an image of an original document and that the filer will conventionally file the original document within 7 business days.(iii) If the filer elects to electronically file an image of an original document as set out in paragraph (h)(i) of this subsection, when conventionally filing the original document, the filer must include a notification to the court that the image was previously electronically filed.(i) A negotiable instrument tendered under UTCR 2.060 for entry of notation of judgment.(j) A document delivered to the court under ORCP 55 (D)(8)(a).(k) A petition filed by a family or household member that requests an extreme risk protection order under ORS 166.527(1) and any supporting affidavit.(l) A petition or motion for waiver of the mandatory eFiling requirement, as set out in UTCR 21.140(3).(m) Any stipulated or ex parte matter listed in SLR 2.501 in a Judicial District's Supplementary Local Rules, except that documents submitted under the Family Abuse Prevention Act, the Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities Abuse Prevention Act, and the sexual abuse restraining order statutes (ORS 163.760 to 163.777) may be electronically submitted through the electronic forms system, when those forms are available in that system.(n) An undertaking that is accompanied by a deposit as security for the undertaking.(o) A demonstrative or oversized exhibit.(p) Trial exhibits, which must be submitted or delivered as provided in UTCR 6.050, except as provided in UTCR 11.110 or UTCR 24.040(3)(a), or as directed or permitted by Chief Justice Order.(q) A non-documentary exhibit filed pursuant to UTCR 2.010(9)(d).(r) A victim's request for a United States Citizenship and Immigration Services certification, and related documents, authorized by ORS 147.620.(4) Consolidated Cases Unless provided otherwise by court order or SLR adopted under UTCR 2.090, a party electronically filing a document that is applicable to more than one case file must electronically file the document in each case using existing case numbers and captions.
(5) Expedited Filings (a) A filer who submits an expedited filing through the eFiling system:(i) Must include the words "EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION REQUESTED" in the Filing Comments field when submitting the filing; and(ii) May notify the court by email or telephone, as designated on the court's judicial district website, that an expedited filing has been eFiled in the case. (b) A judicial district may adopt a Supplementary Local Rule that requires a filer submitting an expedited filing through the eFiling system to separately notify the court that an expedited filing has been submitted.(6) Filings in Confidential Cases Made Confidential by Statute or Rule, and Other Confidential Filings (a) Confidential case type. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if a case is confidential by statute or rule, a filer submitting a document in the case through the eFiling system must not designate the document as confidential, because the case itself already is designated as confidential.(b) Confidential case type, confidential document type. Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, and as additionally provided in section (7) of this rule, if a particular document type is deemed confidential by statute or rule within a case type deemed confidential by statute or rule, a filer submitting such a document through the eFiling system must designate the document as confidential.(c) Non-confidential case type, confidential document type. If a document that is confidential by statute, rule, or court order is being submitted in a case that is not confidential by statute or rule, a filer submitting such a document through the eFiling system must designate the document as confidential.(d) Non-confidential case type, non-confidential document type. If a particular document type is not deemed confidential by statute or rule, and the case type is also not deemed confidential by statute or rule, a filer submitting such a document through the eFiling system may not designate the document as confidential.(7) Filings in Adoption Cases(a) Initiating documentation in an adoption case must be submitted as a unified single PDF file, rather than as separate electronically filed documents, to the extent practicable and except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section. An electronic filing submitted under this subsection that exceeds 25 megabytes must comply with UTCR 21.040(1).(b) The petition and related exhibits required under ORS 109.315(3) and 109.385(9) must be filed as a unified single PDF. Filers in adoption proceedings initiated under ORS 419B.529 must submit the initiating document and related exhibits as a unified single PDF. When submitting a filing identified in this subsection through the eFiling system, a filer must not designate the filing as confidential, because the case type "adoption" already is designated as confidential.(c) An Adoption Summary and Segregated Information Statement (ASSIS) and related exhibits filed under ORS 109.317(2), ORS 109.385(10), and ORS 419B.529(2) must be filed separately from the petition or initiating document and related exhibits as a unified single PDF that includes both the ASSIS and any ASSIS exhibit. When submitting a filing identified in this subsection through the eFiling system, a filer must designate the document as confidential because the unified document containing the ASSIS and any ASSIS exhibit is segregated from other documents in the case file.Or. Uni. Trial. Ct. R. 21.070
Amended December 2, 2019, effective 1/1/2020; amended December 2, 2019, effective 2/1/2020; amended June 8, 2020 effective 9/1/2020; amended December 4, 2020 effective 12/4/2020; amended December 20, 2021 effective 2/1/2022.