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Public notice for serving the Trial Court Administrator and Transcript Coordinator a copy of your Notice of Appeal:  Email the copy to:  MUL.transcript.coordinator@ojd.state.or.us
Oregon Rules of Appellate Procedure 1.35(2)(e). 

CJO 23-016 (copy and FTR fees):

  • Copy orders totaling less than $5.00 are free. 
  • For multiple cases, there is a $3.00 fee per case for non-certified documents.  
  • FTR audio requests are $10.00 per case. 
CJO 23-015 (Electronic Copy Certification): Per CJO 23-015 copies of court filings can be electronically certified and sent by email. Please check with the receiving agency about which type they require.

Ways to order copies of court records: 

  • Order online
  • Email our records department
  • Fill out and mail in a request form
  • Call our public phone line
  • Walk-in public counter at the courthouse
Links and attachments are provided below in the “Starting your order” section.
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Type of copies:

  • Regular, non-certified. 
  • Certified: wet-ink court seal, printed and signed; or, electronically certified with a court seal.
  • Exemplified: triple certified with signatures of court clerk, the Trial Court Administrator, and the Presiding Judge. 
There are different fees for each of the copy types. Please see below for fee information. Court staff can’t tell you which type of copy you need. You can check with the agency that is receiving the copy about which type will help you best.

Information needed for a Records order:

  • Court case number
  • Approximate year or date the case was filed
  • Name(s) of the party involved in the case​
  • Date of birth (for criminal cases only) for the defendant
  • Title of the document you need
  • Which type of copy do you need: regular/certified/exemplified
  • How you want to receive your order: email/in-person/mail

If you don’t have all the information listed, we can still try to help you find the case and copies you need. Search for case information by using the Online Record Search site on your own, email your questions, or submit your order with as much of the information as you have.​

Starting your order:

Multnomah County Courthouse Records
1200 SW 1st Ave Room 3315
Portland, OR 97204

  • Call 971-274-0570 any Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 10:30am or 1:30pm to 4:00pm and speak with a Records staff person.
  • Walk-in customer service on the 3rd floor of the Multnomah County Circuit Court (room 3315) between the hours of 8:00am and 4:00pm each Monday through Friday.

How much do copies cost? ​



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Case types that are confidential:

  • Juvenile Court cases – delinquency and dependency, or termination of parental rights
  • Adoption cases – adult adoption or minor adoption
  • Guardianship and Conservatorship cases – adult or child
  • Civil Commitment cases

Contact Information for Juvenile / Family Law / Probate Departments:

Juvenile Court Clerk’s Office:

Juvenile Justice Center​
1401 NE 68th Ave.
Portland, OR 97213

Website: Oregon Judicial Department : Juvenile : Going to Court : State of Oregon
Email: Mul.Juvenile@ojd.state.or.us 
Phone: 971-274-0800​

​Adoption / Guardianship / Civil Commitment cases:

Multnomah County Court Family Law
1200 SW 1st Ave., 2nd Floor – central public service
Portland, OR 97204

Multnomah County Court Family Law Information page: Oregon Judicial Department : Family : Going to Court : State of Oregon
Email: Mul.Familylaw@ojd.state.or.us​
Phone: 971-274-0600 (Family Law); 971-274-0605 (Probate)

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​Type of recording:

Copies of court audio can be sent by email. The court uses a digital audio recording program called “For the Record" (FTR).

To play the recordings you will need to download the free FTR Player application. Court staff can’t help you with technical problems related to downloading the FTR Player. If you have technical issues, please contact technical support at FTR.

Audio can also be copied to a compact disc (CD) and mailed or made ready for in-person pick up.

The Court does not make transcripts of court hearings. We can produce the audio for you to get a transcript made.

Confidential case audio:

Adoption and Juvenile cases have restricted access. For information about ordering audio recordings from an adoption case, please see the Guardianships & Adoption page​. To request audio recordings from a Juvenile case please contact the Juvenile Justice Center.​ 

Ways to order copies of court audio records: 

  • ​Order online
  • Email our records department
  • Fill out and mail in a request form
  • Call our public phone line
  • Walk-in public counter at the courthouse

Links and attachments are provided below in the “Starting your order” section.

Information needed for audio order:

To order court audio, we need the following information:

  • Judge's name and/or courtroom number
  • Hearing (or trial) date
  • Case number

Starting your order:

Multnomah County Courthouse Records
1200 SW 1st Ave Room 3315
Portland, OR 97204

  • Call 971-274-0570 any Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 10:30am or 1:30pm to 4:00pm and talk with a Records staff person.
  • Walk-in customer service on the 3rd floor of the Multnomah County Circuit Court (room 3315) between the hours of 8:00am and 4:00pm each Monday through Friday.

How much do copies cost?


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Regular copy:

These are electronic images (TIFF, PDF) or printed copies of any document held by our court. A regular audio copy is a digital recording sent by email or downloaded to a CD.

Certified copy:

This type of copy is sworn to be a true and correct copy by a Court Clerk and includes the blue or red court seal and the clerk’s signature. These copies can be electronically made or printed in paper form and stamped with a wet ink seal. The agency that needs the copy will know which type they prefer, please check with them.

Exemplified Copy, ​also called a 3-Way Certifi​cate

This copy type is sworn to be a true and correct copy of the court record by the Trial Court Administrator, the Presiding Judge, and a Court Clerk – it has a blue or red court seal for each signature. These copies are printed and stamped in paper form. 

Staff can’t give advice about which level of certification you may need for a document.

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​Police Reports 

Please contact the responding or arresting law enforcement agency:

Portland Police Bureau

Phone: 503-823-0000
1111 SW 2nd Ave., Portland, OR 97201

​Oregon State Police

Email: ask.osp@osp.oregon.gov

​Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO)

Phone: 503-988-4300
501 SE Hawthorne Blvd Ste 350, Portland, OR 97214


Multnomah County District Attorney's Office

The District Attorney’s Office holds information related to: 

  • Expungements
  • Grand Jury
  • Victim’s Assistance

Phone: 503-988-3162
Website: www.mcda.us 

Multnomah District Attorney
1200 SW 1st Ave., Suite 5200
Portland, OR 97204

​Vital Records

Oregon Center for Health Statistics holds:

  • Marriage Certificates
  • Birth Certificates
  • Death Certificates 


Multnomah County Recorder’s Office  

The Multnomah County Recorder’s Office holds:

  • Land deeds
  • Property tax information:  including liens on property
  • Records for birth or death that happened less than 6 months ago 

Phone: 503-988-3326

Email: dartcs@multco.us​

​Oregon Secretary of State Corporation pision

Request for Apostille and Authentications

Phone: 503-986-2200

Oregon State Secretary's Office: Corporation Division and Business Registry 255 Capitol St., NE, Ste. 151, Salem, Oregon 97310

Email: https://sos.oregon.gov/business/Pages/got-a-question.aspx​


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