The following Original Proceeding or Direct Review case types require a filing or first appearance fee ($391.00) to be paid in the Oregon Supreme Court (ORS 21.010; 21.025)(HB 2795):
- Appeal from Oregon Tax Court
- Appeal from Oregon Armed Forces Court of Appeals
- Appeal from Oregon Circuit Court
- Appeal from Marion County Circuit Court Challenging Validity of Recently Approved Initiative or Referendum Measure (ORS 250.044)
- Judicial Review of Orders of Certain State Agencies
- Energy Facility Council
- Nuclear Facility Siting Council
- Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
- Ballot Measure Review
- Ballot Title
- Explanatory Statement
- Financial Impact Estimate
- Certified Question of Law (from federal court or court of another state)
- Special Legislatively Authorized Review
- Examples (but not necessarily limited to these case types)
- Challenges to PERS legislation in 2003
- Challenges to siting of correctional facilities (ORS 421.630)
- Petitions for Writs under Oregon Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction
- Writ of Mandamus
- Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Writ of Quo Warranto
- Reapportionment Review
Excluded (case types that do not require a filing fee)
- Petition for Review of Court of Appeals decision
- Appeals from Circuit court in Criminal Cases
- Aggravated Murder Cases in which Death Penalty Imposed
- State Appeals of Certain Pretrial Orders in Murder / Aggravated Murder Cases
- Victims’ Rights Challenges on Direct Review
- Practice of Law Cases
- Contested Admission
- Attorney Discipline
- Judicial Fitness and Disability Cases
The following case types require a filing or first appearance fee ($391.00) to be paid in the Oregon Court of Appeals (ORS 21.010; 21.025)(HB 2795):
- Civil Cases from Circuit Court
- Examples (but not limited to these case types)
- Domestic Relations
- Property Disputes
- Torts (such as negligence)
- Breach of contract
- Remedial Contempt (ORS 33.055)
- Civil Stalking
- Excluded (case types that do not require a filing fee)
- Habeas Corpus
- Post-Conviction Relief
- Juvenile Court
- Involuntary Commitment
- Punitive Contempt
- Traffic and Other Violations from Circuit Courts, Municipal Courts, and Justice Courts of Record
- Judicial Review of State Agency Decisions
- Examples (but not limited to these state agencies)
- Employment Appeals Board (unemployment compensation cases)
- Employment Department (employment tax cases)
- Workers’ Compensation Board
- Land Use Board of Appeals
- Construction Contractors Board
- Motor Vehicle Division
- Occupational Licensing Agencies
- Excluded (case types that do not require a filing fee)
- Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision
- Psychiatric Security Review Board
- Oregon Health Authority (as to a person found to be guilty but insane)
- Judicial Review of State Administrative Rules
In any of the above listed case types that are subject to a filing fee under ORS 21.010, a $53.00 fee must be paid by the party filing any of the motions listed below. A $53.00 filing fee must also be paid by the party responding to the motion (ORS 21.025) (HB 2795):
- Motion to dismiss filed by a respondent
- Motion to determine jurisdiction
- Motion for continuance
- Motion for an extension of time (for the filing of a brief or any other document)