Rule 16.055 - POSTPONEMENTS OF TRIAL(1) Either a citing officer or recipient of a violation citation may obtain one postponement of a trial setting by submitting a timely written or electronic request to the court or timely appearing in person before the Clerk of the Court. Requests will be considered timely if received by the court at least 14 days prior to the trial date.(2) Untimely and second or subsequent trial postponement requests may be submitted so long as the request and basis for the request are reasonably clear from the text and context of the submission. Subject to further consideration based on the standards specified in section 3, requests submitted within two days of trial (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays recognized by the State of Oregon) will be presumptively denied. In all events, it is the requesting party's burden to determine, prior to an existing trial date, whether a postponement request has been granted or denied and to appear for the existing trial date unless the request has been granted.(3) Untimely and second or subsequent trial postponement requests will be denied except for good cause shown, as determined by a judicial officer.(4) Trial postponement requests made in open court on the day of trial may be considered in the discretion of the presiding judicial officer, for good cause shown. The presiding judicial officer may postpone a trial on the judicial officer's own initiative in the judicial officer's discretion.(5) When the court grants a trial postponement, the court will send the parties a new trial notice as provided in SLR 16.015(2)(a).Multnomah Supp. L. R. 16.055
Amended effective 2/1/2024.