Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Washington County Records Inventory
Judgment and Execution Records
1846-1950
Series records official decisions by the court and subsequent instructions to the sheriff to recover costs and awards related to debt, divorce, and other civil cases. The record serves as the official notice of the existence of a lien. Information includes title and case number; names of plaintiff, creditor, defendant, debtor, and attorney; amount of judgment; description of property levied on; writ of execution; disposition of case; decisions on appeals; dates docketed and satisfied; and volume and page numbers where recorded. Records may include judgment dockets, execution dockets, and fee books. Judgment and execution records have been inventoried through 1920.
Records at the Oregon State Archives:
Circuit Court Executions, 1846-1893 (.10 cu. ft.);
Circuit Court Judgement Docket [Individual Documents], 1851-1889 (.10 cu.ft.);
Circuit Court Judgements Docket [Individual Documents], 1873-1889 (.10 cu.ft.);
County Court Records [Executions-reel no. 5], 1846-1893 (1 reel of microfilm);
County Court Records [Judgments-reel no. 6], 1851, 1861-1888 (1 reel of microfilm);
District and Circuit Court Records [Record of Judgments and Fees], 1851-1862 (1 reel of microfilm);
Execution Docket Circuit Court, vol. 1, 1864-1879 (1 volume);
Execution Docket Circuit Court [with index], vol. 2-4, 1880-1905 (3 volumes);
Execution Docket County Court, 1861-1885 (1 volume);
Judgment Docket Circuit Court, vol. 2-3, 1879-1933 (2 volumes);
Judgment Docket County Court, vol. 1, 1859-1869 (1 volume);
Sheriff's Executions, 1880-1929 (.15 cu.ft.);
U.S. District Court Executions, 1846-1858 (.20 cu.ft.).
Records at the Walnut Street Center Complex, Building E, County Historical Records Vault:
County Court Execution Docket [with index], vol. 3, 1894-1943 (1 volume);
County Court Fee Book [includes Execution Docket], 1860-1861 (1 volume);
County Court Fee Book [includes Record of Sheriff's Returns on Execution], 1851-1852 (1 volume); 1864-1873 (2 volumes);
Execution Docket County Court [with index], 1885-1894 (1 volume);
[Index to Execution Docket-Circuit Court], 1864-1880 (1 volume);
Judgment Docket [Circuit Court-with index], vol. 2, 1879-1910 (1 volume);
Judgment Docket County Court, vol. 2, 1883-1909 (1 volume); vol. 2, 1883-1950 (1 volume);
Old Judgment Docket, 1853-1881 (1 volume).
Records at the Washington County Justice Services Building, Records Vault:
[Execution Docket], vol. 1-7, 1864-1922 (4 reels of microfilm).
Records at the Washington County Historical Museum:
[Washington County Court Records #7-Executions], 1846-1893 (1 reel of microfilm);
[Washington County Court Records #11-Judgments], 1851, 1861-1888 (1 reel of microfilm).