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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]

The OJD has no jurisdiction over other local courts in Oregon, which include county courts,[2] justice courts,[3][4] and municipal courts.[1][5]

In 1998, the state combined its state district courts into the Oregon circuit courts.[6]

Circuits

  1. First Judicial District – Jackson
  2. Second Judicial District – Lane
  3. Third Judicial District – Marion
  4. Fourth Judicial District – Multnomah. Multnomah County Court. The chief prosecutor is the Multnomah County District Attorney.
  5. Fifth Judicial District – Clackamas
  6. Sixth Judicial District – Umatilla, Morrow
  7. Seventh Judicial District – Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, Wasco, Hood River
  8. Eighth Judicial District – Baker
  9. Ninth Judicial District – Malheur
  10. Tenth Judicial District – Wallowa, Union
  11. Eleventh Judicial District – Deschutes
  12. Twelfth Judicial District – Polk
  13. Thirteenth Judicial District – Klamath
  14. Fourteenth Judicial District – Josephine
  15. Fifteenth Judicial District – Coos, Curry
  16. Sixteenth Judicial District – Douglas
  17. Seventeenth Judicial District – Lincoln
  18. Eighteenth Judicial District – Clatsop
  19. Nineteenth Judicial District – Columbia
  20. Twentieth Judicial District – Washington
  21. Twenty-first Judicial District– Benton
  22. Twenty-second Judicial District – Crook, Jefferson
  23. Twenty-third Judicial District – Linn
  24. Twenty-fourth Judicial District – Harney, Grant
  25. Twenty-fifth Judicial District – Yamhill
  26. Twenty-sixth Judicial District – Lake
  27. Twenty-seventh Judicial District – Tillamook

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ County Courts from the Oregon Blue Book
  3. ^ Justice Courts from the Oregon Blue Book
  4. ^ Oregon Justices of the Peace Association
  5. ^ Municipal Courts from the Oregon Blue Book
  6. ^ Oregon Blue Book: Oregon Circuit Courts. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.

External links

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