§ 21.010 Filing and appearance fees

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21.010. Filing and appearance fees

  Text of section operative until Oct. 1, 2011. See, also, section operative Oct. 1, 2011.

    (1) Except as provided in this section, the appellant in an appeal or the petitioner in a judicial review in the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals shall pay a filing fee of $154 in the manner prescribed by ORS 19.265. The respondent in such case and any other person appearing in the appeal, upon entering first appearance or filing first brief in the court, shall pay to the State Court Administrator the sum of $154. The party entitled to costs and disbursements on such appeal shall recover from the opponent the amount so paid.

    (2) Except as provided in this section, the appellant in an appeal or the petitioner in a judicial review in the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals shall pay $154 for each additional person named as an appellant or petitioner. The respondent in such case, and any other person appearing in the appeal, shall pay $154 to the State Court Administrator for each additional person named as a respondent. The party entitled to costs and disbursements on such appeal shall recover from the opponent the amount so paid. The Chief Justice by order may provide for exemptions from the fees established by this subsection if exemptions are needed for the equitable imposition of those fees.

    (3) Filing and appearance fees may not be assessed in appeals from habeas corpus proceedings under ORS 34.710, post-conviction relief proceedings under ORS 138.650, juvenile court under ORS 419A.200 and the involuntary commitment of persons determined to be mentally ill under ORS 426.135 or persons determined to be mentally retarded under ORS 427.295, or on judicial review of orders of the Psychiatric Security Review Board under ORS 161.385 (9) or orders of the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision.

    (4) Filing and appearance fees shall be assessed in an appeal from an appeal to a circuit court from a justice court or municipal court in an action alleging commission of a state offense designated as a violation or an action alleging violation of a city charter or ordinance, but not in an action alleging commission of a state crime.

    (5) Filing and appearance fees shall only be assessed in an appeal in a contempt proceeding seeking imposition of remedial sanctions under the provisions of ORS 33.055.