ORS 138.560
Procedure upon filing petition for relief

  • filing fee
  • venue and transfer of proceedings

(1)

A proceeding for post-conviction relief pursuant to ORS 138.510 (Persons who may file petition for relief) to 138.680 (Short title) shall be commenced by filing a petition with the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which the petitioner is imprisoned or, if the petitioner is not imprisoned, with the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which the petitioner’s conviction and sentence was rendered. Except as otherwise provided in ORS 138.590 (Petitioner may proceed as a financially eligible person), the petitioner must pay the filing fee established under ORS 21.135 (Standard filing fee) at the time of filing a petition under this section. If the petitioner prevails, the petitioner shall recover the fee pursuant to the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure. The clerk of the court in which the petition is filed shall enter and file the petition and bring it promptly to the attention of such court. A copy of the petition need not be served by petitioner on the defendant, but, in lieu thereof, the clerk of the court in which the petition is filed shall immediately forward a copy of the petition to the Attorney General or other attorney for the defendant named in ORS 138.570 (Who shall be named as defendant).

(2)

For the purposes of ORS 138.510 (Persons who may file petition for relief) to 138.680 (Short title), a person released on parole, post-prison supervision or conditional pardon shall be deemed to be imprisoned in the institution from which the person was released.

(3)

Except when petitioner’s conviction was for a misdemeanor, the release of the petitioner from imprisonment during the pendency of proceedings instituted pursuant to ORS 138.510 (Persons who may file petition for relief) to 138.680 (Short title) shall not cause the proceedings to become moot. Such release of petitioner shall not change the venue of the proceedings out of the circuit court in which the proceedings were commenced and shall not affect the power of such court to transfer the proceedings as provided in subsection (4) of this section.

(4)

Whenever the petitioner is imprisoned in a Department of Corrections institution and the circuit court for the county in which the petitioner is imprisoned finds that the hearing upon the petition can be more expeditiously conducted in the county in which the petitioner was convicted and sentenced, the circuit court upon its own motion or the motion of a party may order the petitioner’s case to be transferred to the circuit court for the county in which petitioner’s conviction and sentence were rendered. The court’s order is not reviewable by any court of this state.

(5)

When a petitioner who is imprisoned in a Department of Corrections institution is transferred to another Department of Corrections institution, the circuit court in which a post-conviction relief proceeding is pending may deny a motion for a change of venue to the county where the petitioner is transferred. The court’s order is not reviewable by any court of this state. [1959 c.636 §6; 1983 c.505 §14; 1987 c.320 §44; 1991 c.249 §17; 1995 c.273 §20; 1995 c.657 §4; 2003 c.261 §1; 2003 c.737 §§65,66; 2005 c.702 §§77,78,79; 2011 c.595 §57; 2015 c.119 §1; 2019 c.399 §2]

Source: Section 138.560 — Procedure upon filing petition for relief; filing fee; venue and transfer of proceedings, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors138.­html.

Notes of Decisions

Exception in this section does not deny post-conviction relief to persons convicted of misdemeanors and no longer in custody. Morasch v. State, 261 Or 299, 493 P2d 1364 (1972)

Prisoner filing of petition in county where not imprisoned raises venue issue, not jurisdictional issue. Phelps v. State of Oregon, 136 Or App 363, 901 P2d 965 (1995)

138.005
Definitions for ORS 138.010 to 138.310
138.010
Mode of review
138.015
Statutes applicable to appeals
138.020
Who may appeal
138.030
Parties designated “appellant” and “respondent”
138.035
Appeal by defendant
138.045
Appeal by state
138.052
Appeal from judgment of conviction and sentence of death
138.057
Appeal from judgment involving violation
138.065
Appeal from judgment or order deciding special statutory proceeding
138.071
Time within which appeal must be taken
138.081
Service and filing of notice of appeal
138.085
Content requirements for certain notices of appeal
138.090
Signature to notice of appeal
138.105
Appeal by defendant
138.115
Appeal by state
138.210
Failure to file brief by appellant
138.225
Summary affirmation
138.227
Joint motion to vacate and remand
138.255
Court of Appeals certification of appeal to Supreme Court in lieu of disposition
138.257
Determination on appeal
138.261
Time within which certain appeals must be decided
138.275
Notice to parties concerning modified judgment or order or supplemental judgment
138.285
Order staying execution of sentence
138.295
Stay of judgment or order on appeal by state
138.305
Delivery of defendant under sentence of imprisonment to intake center
138.310
Notice to court below when public defense services executive director certifies costs, expenses or compensation
138.480
Public Defense Services Commission to provide representation for prisoner in proceeding before appellate court
138.500
Appointment of counsel and furnishing of transcript for appellant without funds
138.504
Waiver of counsel
138.510
Persons who may file petition for relief
138.520
Relief which court may grant
138.525
Dismissal of meritless petition
138.527
Frivolous petition or response
138.530
When relief must be granted
138.540
Petition for relief as exclusive remedy for challenging conviction
138.550
Availability of relief as affected by prior judicial proceedings
138.560
Procedure upon filing petition for relief
138.570
Who shall be named as defendant
138.580
Petition
138.585
Access to confidential jury records
138.590
Petitioner may proceed as a financially eligible person
138.610
Pleadings
138.615
Disclosure of witness information
138.620
Hearing
138.622
Appearance by communication device
138.625
Victim testimony
138.627
Victim’s rights
138.630
Evidence of events occurring at trial of petitioner
138.640
Judgment
138.650
Appeal
138.660
Summary affirmation of judgment
138.665
Remand for reconsideration of judgment or order
138.670
Admissibility, at new trial, of testimony of witness at first trial
138.680
Short title
138.686
Automatic stay of sentence of death for federal appeal and state post-conviction relief
138.688
Definitions
138.690
Commencement of DNA testing proceedings
138.692
Motion for DNA testing
138.694
Appointed counsel
138.696
Test results
138.697
Appeal of court order
138.698
Effect of setting aside conviction on plea agreement
138.700
Entry of unidentified profile into DNA databases
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