Civil

 Civil Section

The Civil Section is responsible for processing, serving, and enforcing court orders and a variety of other documents issued by the courts. Examples of civil papers include but are not limited to; small claims, notices, evictions, civil subpoenas, numerous types of writs, restraining orders, foreclosure of real or personal property as ordered by the courts or The Department of Justice. The Civil Section also processes and serves criminal subpoenas for the District Attorney, and the Juvenile Department.

Hours:  Monday- Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Closed for lunch daily 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Closed all Federal Holidays

Requirements for Civil Process

 

In order for the Sheriff’s Office to process and serve papers, we need the following:

A letter of Instruction.

Please follow this link for the Sheriff Instructions form. Unless allowed by statute, we do not accept papers with a post office box as the service address for a defendant.

Appropriate fee.

Please follow this link for Civil Fee information. Packets received with inaccurate fee calculation will be returned without process. If you are sending documents in the mail, please include a check, money order, or cashier's check made payable to Coos County Sheriff’s Office. On your envelope please note Attn: Civil 

The Documents.

Documents needing service.

Pursuant to Oregon Law, the Civil Section is not permitted to give legal advice. “Legal advice” means telling a person how to go about court proceedings, filings, etc., speculating what the outcome in a court case would be, advising or recommending one procedure, form or pleading over another, advising what words to put in a form or what to say in court, suggesting what you “should do”, recommending the services of a specific attorney or group of attorneys, etc

For legal advice, contact an attorney. You may wish to  try:

 

Online Notice of Sheriff Sales

 

Online notice of Sheriff Sales - View Current Auctions in Oregon Counties.

For more information about this new method of notice, please read the Oregon State Sheriffs' Association Bulletin below.

 

Contact the Civil Section:

250 N. Baxter St.

Coquille, OR 97423

Phone: (541) 396-7803

Phone: (541) 396-7898

civil [at] co.coos.or.us (civil[at]co[dot]coos[dot]or[dot]us)

*for status update of papers out for service please utilize the court database terminal to search by court case number, or the plaintiff’s or defendant’s name

 

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Frequently Asked Questions

A Sheriff is required to post the initial Notice of Sale online; you can find these postings through the Oregon State Sheriff’s Association website http://oregonsheriffssales.org/ . Please note, houses are posted online for the required 28 days prior to auction and may not be listed up until the sale date. Sale canceled or postponed may occur at the discretion of the foreclosure law firm without required public posting.

Due to the volume of work in our office, and because papers may still be in the field active with a Deputy, we are unable to provide status updates over the phone. Accurate status of your paperwork can be verified by utilizing a courthouse database terminal and searching your court case number, or the plaintiff’s or defendant’s name.

Please refer to the Required Documents for Civil Process list above for details about submitting papers for service

Please address mailings to:

Coos County Sheriff’s Office

Attn: Civil Division

250 N. Baxter

Coquille, OR 97423

No. Fees paid to the Sheriff’s Department are for processing and attempting service. In almost all instances attempts are made on different days/times if the respondent is not contacted on the first attempt.

Service time varies based on the current volume of active papers our division is attempting at any given time. Some papers are time sensitive, i.e. fast approaching court date, and become higher priority. We will make attempt(s) until the papers are served, or until we can show that the person is not servable, or the date of the paper(s) expires. Please be patient in this process, the Coos County Sheriff’s Office performs due and diligent search when serving civil process.

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