Oregon Appellate Courts Amend Rules of Appellate Procedure, Effective Jan 1

The Oregon Supreme Court and Oregon Court of Appeals have approved a package of permanent amendments to the Oregon Rules of Appellate Procedure (ORAP).  The amendments, which were prepared by the ORAP Committee, will become effective January 1, 2021.

The Chief Justice Order / Chief Judge Order adopting those amendments is available online at:

https://www.courts.oregon.gov/courts/appellate/rules/Pages/orap.aspx  (“CJO 20-042/CJO 20-05 Order Adopting Permanent Amendments to ORAP”)

and at:

https://www.courts.oregon.gov/publications/other/Pages/misc.aspx  (“Adoption of Amendments to the Oregon Rules of Appellate Procedure (Advance Sheets 25)”)

A clean version of the ORAPs incorporating those amendments will be posted in December.

For questions, please contact the ORAP Committee at [email protected].