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UTCR 6.060

PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTIONS AND VERDICT FORMS

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(1) A party must file any requested jury instruction or verdict form. The party must

also submit a copy of the jury instructions and verdict forms to the trial judge in the

manner and time specified by the judge.

(2) All requested jury instructions and verdict forms must be in writing and served on

the opposing party.

(3) Requested instructions may include any Uniform Oregon Jury Instruction by

reference only to its instruction number and title: such as “Instruction No. 70.04—

Lookout.” If the uniform instruction contains blanks or alternative choices, the

appropriate material to complete the instruction must be supplied in the request.

(4) Requested jury instructions, including references to Uniform Oregon Jury

Instructions, must be prepared as follows:

(a) Requested uniform instructions must be identified in accordance with

UTCR 6.060(3).

(b) Instructions, including uniform instructions, must be numbered consecutively,

beginning with the number “1” for the first requested instruction.

instruction must appear on each page.

(d) If any requested jury instruction requires more than one page to be set out,

each of the pages must be numbered at the lower left-hand corner; the

number must contain the consecutively assigned requested jury instruction

number provided pursuant to subparagraph (b) of this paragraph, followed by

a hyphen, followed by the consecutive number for each page.

(e) The designation of the party requesting the instruction must be typed on each

page.

(f) Below each requested instruction must be a statement citing the statute,

decision or other legal authority which supports the requested instruction.

(5) The court must inform the parties before argument of the instructions that it

proposes to give.

(6) Proposed verdict forms and written interrogatories, if any, must be prepared

without the name of the attorney or the name of the firm and must be submitted at

commencement of trial and as otherwise allowed by the court.

Provenance

Source: courts.oregon.gov
Retrieved: 2026-09-24
Edition: 2026-09-24
Content hash: 5710a54d220f6e2211ebacd564352ae0a2325aaed6e6a6547c124f064f6f76ba

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