# ORCP 80: Rule 80. Receiver defined; applicability

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## Section

- **Citation:** ORCP 80
- **Heading:** Rule 80. Receiver defined; applicability
- **Jurisdiction:** Oregon
- **Kind:** Court rules
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Oregon Court Rules / Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure / ORCP 80

## Text

A Receiver
defined; applicability.

A(1)
A receiver is a person appointed by a circuit court, or judge thereof, to take
charge of property during the pendency of a civil action or upon a judgment or
order therein, and to manage and dispose of it as the court may direct.

A(2)
The provisions of the Oregon Receivership Code control over conflicting
provisions of this rule with respect to receiverships governed by the Oregon
Receivership Code.

B When
appointment of receiver authorized. Subject to the requirements of Rule 82 A(2), a
receiver may be appointed by a circuit court in the following cases:

B(1) Provisionally to protect property. Provisionally, before judgment, on
the application of any party, when such party's right to the property, which is
the subject of the action, and which is in the possession of an adverse party,
is probable, and the property or its rents or profits are in danger of being
lost or materially injured or impaired.

B(2) To effectuate judgment. After judgment to carry the same into effect.

B(3) To dispose of property, to preserve during appeal or when execution
unsatisfied. To dispose of the property according to the judgment, or to
preserve it during the pendency of an appeal or when an execution has been
returned unsatisfied and the debtor refuses to apply the property in
satisfaction of the judgment.

B(4) Creditor's action. In an action brought by a creditor to set aside a
transfer, mortgage, or conveyance of property on the ground of fraud or to
subject property or a fund to the payment of a debt.

B(5) Attaching creditor. At the instance of an attaching creditor when the
property attached is of a perishable nature or is otherwise in danger of waste,
impairment, or destruction or where the debtor has absconded or abandoned the
property and it is necessary to conserve or protect it, or to dispose of it
immediately.
ound of fraud or to
subject property or a fund to the payment of a debt.

B(5) Attaching creditor. At the instance of an attaching creditor when the
property attached is of a perishable nature or is otherwise in danger of waste,
impairment, or destruction or where the debtor has absconded or abandoned the
property and it is necessary to conserve or protect it, or to dispose of it
immediately.

B(6) Protect, preserve, or restrain property subject to execution. At the
instance of a judgment creditor either before or after the issuance of an
execution to preserve, protect, or prevent the transfer of property liable to
execution and sale thereunder.

B(7) Corporations and associations; when provided by statute. In cases
provided by statute, when a corporation or cooperative association has been
dissolved, or is insolvent, or in imminent danger of insolvency, or has
forfeited its corporate rights.

B(8) Corporations and associations; to protect property or interest of
stockholders or creditors. When a corporation or cooperative association
has been dissolved or is insolvent or in imminent danger of insolvency and it
is necessary to protect the property of the corporation or cooperative
association, or to conserve or protect the interests of the stockholders or
creditors.

C
Appointment of receivers; notice. No receiver shall be appointed without notice to
the adverse party at least five days before the time specified for the hearing,
unless a different period is fixed by order of the court.

D Form of
order appointing receivers. Every order or judgment appointing a receiver:

D(1)
Shall contain a reasonable description of the property included in the
receivership;

D(2)
Shall fix the time within which the receiver shall file a report setting forth
dverse party at least five days before the time specified for the hearing,
unless a different period is fixed by order of the court.

D Form of
order appointing receivers. Every order or judgment appointing a receiver:

D(1)
Shall contain a reasonable description of the property included in the
receivership;

D(2)
Shall fix the time within which the receiver shall file a report setting forth
(a) the property of the debtor in greater detail, (b) the interests in and
claims against it, and (c) its income-producing capacity and recommendations as
to the best method of realizing its value for the benefit of those entitled;

D(3)
Shall, when a general receiver is appointed to liquidate and wind up affairs,
set a time within which creditors and claimants shall file their claims or be
barred; and

D(4)
May require periodic reports from the receiver.

E Notice to
persons interested in receivership. A general receiver appointed to liquidate and
wind up affairs shall under the direction of the court, give notice to the
creditors of the corporation, of the partnership or association, or of the
individual, in such manner as the court may direct, requiring such creditors to
file their claims, duly verified, with the receiver, the receiver's attorney,
or the clerk of the court, within such time as the court directs.

F Special
notices.

F(1) Required notice. Creditors filing claims with the receiver, all persons
making contracts with the receiver, all persons having known claims against the
receiver, all persons actually or constructively known to be claiming any
interest in receivership property, and all persons against whom the receiver
asserts claims shall receive notice of any proposed action by the court
affecting their rights.
uired notice. Creditors filing claims with the receiver, all persons
making contracts with the receiver, all persons having known claims against the
receiver, all persons actually or constructively known to be claiming any
interest in receivership property, and all persons against whom the receiver
asserts claims shall receive notice of any proposed action by the court
affecting their rights.

F(2) Request for special notice. At any time after a receiver is appointed,
any person interested in the receivership as a party, creditor, or otherwise,
may serve upon the receiver (or upon the attorney for such receiver) and file
with the clerk a written request stating that such person desires special
notice of any and all of the following named steps in the administration of the
receivership:

F(2)(a)
Filing of motions for sales, leases, or mortgages of any property in the
receivership;

F(2)(b)
Filing of accounts;

F(2)(c)
Filing of motions for removal or discharge of the receiver; and

F(2)(d)
Such other matters as are officially requested and approved by the court.

A
request shall state the post-office address of the person, or such person's
attorney.

F(3) Form and service of notices. Any notice required by this section shall
be served in the manner provided in Rule 9, at least five days before the
hearing on any of the matters above described, unless a different period is
fixed by order of the court.
re officially requested and approved by the court.

A
request shall state the post-office address of the person, or such person's
attorney.

F(3) Form and service of notices. Any notice required by this section shall
be served in the manner provided in Rule 9, at least five days before the
hearing on any of the matters above described, unless a different period is
fixed by order of the court.

G
Termination of receiverships. A receivership may be terminated only upon motion
served with at least 10 days' notice upon all parties who have appeared in the
proceeding. The court may require that a final account and report be filed and
served, and may provide for the filing of written objections to such account
within a specified time. At the hearing on the motion to terminate, the court
shall hear all objections to the final account and shall take such evidence as
is appropriate, and shall make such orders as are just concerning the
termination of the receivership, including all necessary orders on the fees and
costs of the receivership.

[CCP 12/13/80;
§§C,F amended by 1981 c.898 §§9a,10; §F(3) amended by CCP 12/10/88 and 1/6/89; §A
amended by 2017 c.358 §43]

DEFINITIONS;
SERVICE;

ADVERSE
CLAIMANTS

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