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Tigard municipal court reports 12,752 cases filed in 2024 and new court-of-record operations
Summary
Presiding Judge Emily Oberdwerfer and court staff told the council the municipal court became a court of record in September 2024; clerks are cross-trained and the court processed 12,752 cases in 2024, driven largely by photo enforcement.
Tigard’s presiding judge and court staff briefed the City Council on April 22 about municipal-court operations, noting the court became a court of record in September 2024 and processed 12,752 cases in calendar year 2024.
“We are a court of limited jurisdiction,” Judge Emily Oberdwerfer said, explaining the municipal court primarily handles traffic infractions and certain city-ordinance…
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