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Curry County, OR Probate Information

Quick facts

Category	Current rules
Court	The Curry County Circuit Court, Oregon's general-jurisdiction trial court for this county and a state court funded and administered by the Oregon Judicial Department. Curry is not one of the six counties where probate sits in a county court, so probate jurisdiction here is in the circuit court (ORS 111.075), governed by Title 12 of the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS chapters 111 to 118). Curry and Coos together form the 15th Judicial District, which has six circuit judges (ORS 3.012) and one shared website and trial court administrator. The shared district is an administrative arrangement: a Curry County estate is filed in Curry County
Filing office	The court's Office of the Trial Court Administrator, through the State Court Civil/Domestic office on the main floor of the Curry County Courthouse in Gold Beach (SLR 9.081 names that office and floor as the place for oral objections in protective proceedings, and the court's own telephone directory lists the same desk as Civil, Domestic and Probate). The district's rules are explicit that a Curry case is filed in Curry: SLR 1.161 provides that all documents for circuit court cases filed conventionally in Curry County are to be filed at the Curry County Courthouse during the clerk's public business hours. Do not confuse the court with the Curry County Clerk, who handles recording, elections, marriage licenses and death certificates and publishes nothing about probate
Courthouse address	Curry County Courthouse, 29821 Ellensburg Avenue, Gold Beach, OR 97444. This is the address the court publishes as its Curry main address and as the place to file court cases in Curry County, and SLR 9.081 places the State Court Civil/Domestic office on the main floor of that building. Do not mail filings here
Mailing address	Curry County Circuit Court, 94235 Moore Street, Suite 200, Gold Beach, OR 97444. The court publishes this as the Curry mailing address, the Payments page uses it for all case types, and SLR 9.001(2) makes it the address that must appear on a probate notice as the place to file objections with the court. The street address and the mailing address are genuinely different places in Gold Beach, so use the courthouse on Ellensburg Avenue in person and Moore Street for mail
Phone	541-373-6894, extension 27004 for probate. The court's Telephone Directory publishes department extensions behind the Curry main number and lists Civil, Domestic and Probate together at extension 27004 (verified July 2026), which is normal in a court this size. Other Gold Beach extensions include criminal and traffic at 27003, the court transcript coordinator at 27002, juvenile at 27005 and the supervisor at 71776, and the court's Payments page lists 541-373-6894 extension 27001 for payments by phone. Coos County's main number, 541-396-8372, reaches the other courthouse in the district and is not the number for a Curry filing
Fax and email	None published for probate. The court publishes no fax number and no probate mailbox, and the usual Oregon Judicial Department contacts address for this site returns a page not found. One department mailbox is published for a narrow purpose: [email protected] is the address for serving a notice of appeal on the trial court administrator and the transcript coordinator for Curry County under Oregon Rules of Appellate Procedure 1.35(e). Do not send a filing there. Call 541-373-6894 extension 27004 rather than assuming a filing can be faxed or emailed
Hours	8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, closed from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., and on Thursdays closed from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (the court's own published courthouse hours, verified July 2026). SLR 1.151 makes the court's website the authoritative source for the district's business hours. The court publishes one hours block for the district rather than separate hours for Gold Beach and Coquille, and it publishes no separate filing-counter cutoff and no restricted phone-service window, so call 541-373-6894 extension 27004 before a long drive. Oregon courts are closed on legal holidays. An electronic filing is timely if submitted by 11:59:59 p.m. in the court's time zone (UTCR 21.080(2)), which is later than the counter
Filing fee	The filing fee to open a probate is set by statute and is the same in every Oregon county, tiered by the value of the estate: $278 if the estate is worth less than $50,000, $591 from $50,000 to just under $1,000,000, $882 from $1,000,000 to just under $10,000,000, and $1,176 at $10,000,000 or more (ORS 21.170(1); Oregon Judicial Department Circuit Court Fee Schedule effective January 1, 2026). A simple estate affidavit is $124 (ORS 21.145(4)). The caption must state the value of the estate (ORS 21.105). Fee waivers and deferrals are available. Note that this district does not offer payment plans: its Payments page states that all payments are due immediately and must be paid in full within 365 days and that payment plans are not offered in the Coos and Curry circuit courts. Confirm the current schedule with the court at 541-373-6894 extension 27004
Local forms	Yes for guardianships, none for a decedent's estate. Two forms are scoped to Curry County in the probate category of the Oregon Judicial Department forms library, and both are adult guardianship forms: an Annual Guardianship Report for Adults and a Declaration of Mailing for Adults. The court's Self Help forms page keeps separate Guardianship (Coos) and Guardianship (Curry) groups and warns that the Curry guardianship forms are for Curry County only and that where two versions of a form exist you should select the Coos or Curry version. There is no local petition, inventory, accounting or letters form for a decedent's estate, and there is no statewide petition either
E-filing	Available and used, mandatory for attorneys. An active licensee of the Oregon State Bar must file through the statewide electronic filing system, OJD eFile, which is Odyssey File and Serve, unless the document must be filed conventionally or the filer holds a waiver (UTCR 21.140(1)), and SLR 1.161 repeats that mandatory electronic filing is required for members of the Oregon State Bar. A self-represented filer may register and e-file but is not required to, and may file at the Gold Beach counter or by mail instead. The original will still goes in on paper, because a document required by law to be filed in original form must be filed conventionally (UTCR 21.070(3)(h)). This district's rules contain no SLR 2.501, so nothing is added to the statewide conventional-filing list. One local wrinkle: SLR 21.071 requires a filer submitting an expedited filing through the e-filing system to notify the court separately by telephone and to speak with a court clerk in a department related to the case
Case search	Through the free Oregon Judicial Department Records and Calendar Search, which covers Oregon's circuit courts and therefore covers Curry County. It is an index and register of actions, not a document library: the Oregon Judicial Department states that results provide basic case information, party information, event entries and dispositions, that the display is not the official ORS 7.020 register record, and that documents are not available through the service. Decedents' estate cases are public. For documents, use a court kiosk or a paid OJCIN OnLine subscription, or request copies from the court on the statewide records request form. Courtroom audio is ordered from the Curry County records clerk at 541-373-6894
Remote appearance	In person is the default and a remote appearance has to be requested. The court's remote hearings page states that if you have not been notified by the court or your attorney that your matter is to be heard remotely it will be heard in person at the courthouse, and that parties requesting to appear remotely must file their request with the designated court location at least two business days before the hearing. Coos and Curry use Cisco Webex for most remote hearings. Exhibits for a remote hearing or trial, documentary and non-documentary, must be submitted as UTCR 6.080 requires and by 5:00 p.m. at least two court days before the hearing (General Order 21-05; SLR 6.051). Nothing published makes probate hearings remote by default
Website	https://www.courts.oregon.gov/courts/coos/Pages/default.aspx (the shared Coos and Curry home page, with the Curry address, phone and courthouse hours), https://www.courts.oregon.gov/courts/coos/go/Pages/locations.aspx (where to file court cases in Curry County), https://www.courts.oregon.gov/courts/coos/resources/Pages/directory.aspx (the Telephone Directory with the Gold Beach extensions), and https://www.courts.oregon.gov/rules/Documents/Coos-Curry_SLR_2026.pdf (the 15th Judicial District supplementary local rules effective February 1, 2026)

Before you begin — know the assets and liabilities

Before you file anything in Gold Beach, know exactly what the estate holds. Which Oregon route fits depends on whether there is a will, on who is entitled to be appointed, and on the value and type of the assets, because a full probate that ends in letters testamentary or letters of administration and a simple estate affidavit under ORS 114.505 to 114.560 are different filings with different fees, different waiting periods and different consequences. Those routes and their dollar caps are statewide and are explained on the Oregon state page. Two Curry specifics make the homework worth doing first: this is a small coastal court with no separate probate department, so the same desk handles civil, domestic and probate work, and court staff can explain procedure but cannot give legal advice; and the court's counter and its mailing address are at two different Gold Beach addresses, so a document sent to the wrong one costs days of mail time in a remote coastal county.

Identify every bank and credit union account, retirement plan, brokerage holding, life insurance policy, vehicle and parcel of real property, along with every debt, before you file. In Oregon that is a filing requirement rather than good practice: the petition must state the extent and nature of the estate's assets so the court can set the bond (ORS 113.035), and the caption must state the value of the estate because the filing fee is tiered by that value (ORS 21.105(1); ORS 21.170(1)). If an amended pleading raises the value, the court collects the difference (ORS 21.105(2)). Getting the numbers right early matters twice over in this district, because the accounting you file later has to open with a beginning balance that matches the inventory, in the mandatory format this district adopted (SLR 9.161; UTCR 9.160). Sunset's asset discovery work, searching more than 2,300 financial institutions, exists for this step, so the petition you file in Gold Beach states the estate accurately the first time.

Which court handles jurisdiction

The Curry County Circuit Court, on the main floor of the Curry County Courthouse at 29821 Ellensburg Avenue in Gold Beach, is the only probate filing location for the county. There is no branch courthouse in Brookings or Port Orford and no second counter. The court serves all of Curry County, including Brookings, Gold Beach and Port Orford, the three cities the county lists for its residents, along with the unincorporated coastal and river communities between them. This is a long, narrow county on US 101 with the courthouse in the middle, so a Brookings or Port Orford family is looking at a real drive; plan the filing around the mail, the electronic filing system and the phone, and treat the trip to Gold Beach as the one for originals and for any hearing.

Curry shares a judicial district, a website and a trial court administrator with Coos County, and that trips people up. Coos and Curry together are the 15th Judicial District, with six circuit judges (ORS 3.012), and the Oregon Judicial Department runs one site for both, headed Coos and Curry County Circuit Courts; the department's Find a Court list sends a Curry search to the same page. None of that changes where you file. A shared district is an administrative arrangement, and the district's own rule is explicit: all documents for circuit court cases filed conventionally in Curry County are to be filed at the Curry County Courthouse during the clerk's public business hours, and all documents for Coos County cases at the Coos County Courthouse (SLR 1.161). Use the Curry number, 541-373-6894, and the Curry addresses. Coquille is the other county's courthouse, not a second option for a Curry estate.

Probate here sits in the circuit court, not a county court. ORS 111.075 vests probate jurisdiction in the county courts of Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman and Wheeler Counties and in the circuit court for each other county, and Curry is one of the others. The practical consequence is that everything statewide applies here, including OJD eFile and the Oregon Judicial Department's online case search, neither of which reaches those six county courts. The Curry County Clerk, whose office is in the same courthouse, is not the probate office: the Clerk handles recording of land records and liens, elections, marriage licenses and domestic partnerships, death certificates and public records. The Clerk matters to an estate for one thing, recording the deed when Oregon real property is sold or transferred, and for supplying certified death certificates during the first six months after the death.

Venue is broad. Oregon law allows a probate to be filed in the county where the decedent was domiciled or had a place of abode at the time of death, in any county where the decedent's property was located at death or is located when the proceeding starts, in the county where the decedent died, or in the county where a personal injury or wrongful death claim could be brought (ORS 113.015(1)); filing in another county is not a jurisdictional defect (ORS 113.015(2)). In practice you file in the county where the decedent lived, because that is where the notice to interested persons is published (ORS 113.155(1)). So if the person who died lived in Curry County, file in Gold Beach. If proceedings are started in more than one county, all but the first are stayed until venue is settled, and the court may transfer the matter for the best interest of the estate (ORS 113.025).

The jurisdiction process

Gather the documents. Collect the original signed will if there is one, with the affidavit of an attesting witness or other evidence of the decedent's signature, a certified copy of the death certificate, the proposed personal representative's address and qualifications, the names and addresses of the heirs and devisees with the ages of any minors, and a list of assets and debts with values. Oregon's statutory term for the person who settles an estate is personal representative; executor and administrator are informal usages for the will-named and the court-appointed version of the same role. The Curry County Clerk issues certified death certificates for up to six months after the death; after that, order the record through the Oregon Center for Health Statistics.
Decide what you are asking the court for. A probate proceeding is commenced by filing a petition (ORS 111.205(1)), and the court then appoints a qualified and suitable personal representative in the order of preference set by ORS 113.085(1), starting with the person named in the will and then the surviving spouse or the spouse's nominee where the spouse is a distributee. Where the estate is small enough, the alternative is a simple estate affidavit filed with the clerk of the probate court in a county where there is venue (ORS 114.515(1)), which in Curry County means the Curry County Circuit Court. The caps, the waiting period and the two-year review window for that route are statewide and are covered on the Oregon state page.
Draft the petition, because no form exists. Oregon prescribes no pleading forms for probate: no particular pleadings or forms of pleadings are required in the exercise of the jurisdiction of probate courts (ORS 111.205(2)), and there is no statewide or Curry County petition, inventory or letters form. Every petition, inventory, report and accounting must be in writing and carry a declaration under penalty of perjury in the form required by ORCP 1 E. The petition must state the decedent's name, age, domicile, address and date and place of death, whether the decedent died testate or intestate, the facts relied on to establish venue, the proposed personal representative's address and qualifications, the heirs and devisees, a statement that reasonable efforts have been made to identify and locate all heirs, whether the original will accompanies the petition, and a statement of the extent and nature of the assets so the court can set the bond (ORS 113.035). Put the value of the estate in the caption (ORS 21.105(1)).
Collect the forms that do exist. The Oregon Judicial Department publishes the statewide Simple Estate Affidavit packet with instructions, a Claim Against Estate form and a probate accounting packet, and any statewide form will be accepted in every circuit court. Curry County's own local forms in the probate category are two adult guardianship forms and nothing for a decedent's estate, so for an estate the statewide set is what there is. Note one local rule before you draft an accounting: this district has adopted SLR 9.161, which provides that accountings in estates and conservatorships shall be submitted in the form specified in UTCR 9.160, so the statewide accounting format is not optional here.
File with the Curry County Circuit Court, electronically or on paper. An active Oregon State Bar licensee must use OJD eFile, the statewide system run as Odyssey File and Serve, unless the document must be filed conventionally or the filer holds a waiver (UTCR 21.140(1)), and SLR 1.161 repeats that requirement. A self-represented filer may register and e-file but may also file at the counter on the main floor of the Curry County Courthouse, 29821 Ellensburg Avenue, Gold Beach, or by mail to Curry County Circuit Court, 94235 Moore Street, Suite 200, Gold Beach, OR 97444. Those two addresses are different places, so send mail to Moore Street and go in person to Ellensburg Avenue. The original will is the exception either way: a document required by law to be filed in original form must be filed conventionally (UTCR 21.070(3)(h)), and if you e-file the rest, e-file an image of the will and then deliver the original within seven business days with a filing comment saying so, in which case it counts as filed on the date the image went in (UTCR 21.070(3)(h)(i)). An electronic filing is timely to 11:59:59 p.m. in the court's time zone (UTCR 21.080(2)). If you need an expedited filing handled quickly, SLR 21.071 requires you to telephone the court separately and speak with a clerk in the department related to the case. Call 541-373-6894 extension 27004 before mailing an original will.
Pay the filing fee. Opening a probate costs $278 if the estate is worth less than $50,000, $591 from $50,000 to just under $1,000,000, $882 from $1,000,000 to just under $10,000,000, and $1,176 at $10,000,000 or more (ORS 21.170(1); Oregon Judicial Department Circuit Court Fee Schedule effective January 1, 2026). A simple estate affidavit is $124, with no fee for an amended affidavit (ORS 21.145(4); ORS 114.515(5)). Fees are payable in advance and are not refundable (ORS 21.100), and the statutory filing fee is the only charge collectible for the filing, which is why Curry County adds no local surcharge. This district does not offer payment plans, and it takes cash, check or a Visa, MasterCard or Discover card in person. Fee waivers and deferrals are available through the Oregon Judicial Department's fee deferral and waiver packet.
Take the appointment and collect the letters. The court issues letters testamentary where there is a will or letters of administration where there is not, once any bond the court requires is filed with the clerk of the court (ORS 113.105; ORS 113.125). Bond is not required where the will waives it, where the personal representative is the sole heir or devisee, or where the petition states that no assets are known, though the court may still require one for good cause. A certified copy of the letters is what banks, transfer agents and title companies rely on, so order enough for the institutions the estate deals with: a certified copy of letters is $5 plus 25 cents per page in paper form and $0 if delivered electronically (ORS 21.258; Chief Justice Order 23-016; fee schedule effective January 1, 2026).
Give the required information and notices, using the right address. Upon appointment the personal representative must deliver or mail the statutory information to the devisees, heirs and the other persons named in the petition, file proof of that delivery or mailing within 30 days after appointment, and mail the same information with a copy of the death record to the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority (ORS 113.145). This district adds a local requirement to the notices themselves: SLR 9.001 provides that notices required in probate or protective proceedings must include the appropriate mailing address for filing objections with the court, and for Curry County cases that address is 94235 Moore Street, Suite 200, Gold Beach, Oregon 97444. The notice to interested persons is published once, not once a week for three weeks, in a newspaper published in the county where the estate proceeding is pending, or in a newspaper the court designates if none is published there (ORS 113.155(1)), and it must require all persons having claims to present them within four months after the date of publication. Neither Curry County nor the court publishes a designated newspaper, so confirm the paper and the schedule with the court at 541-373-6894 extension 27004 and with the newspaper before you rely on a date, because publication starts the four-month claim period.
Search for creditors, then handle claims. During the three months following appointment the personal representative must make reasonably diligent efforts to investigate the decedent's financial records and affairs to identify claimants, must mail or deliver a notice to each known claimant not later than 30 days after that period stating that claims not presented within 45 days of the notice may be barred, and must file proof of compliance not later than 60 days after the period (ORS 115.003). Claims are presented to the personal representative, not filed with the court, and filing a claim with the court does not count as presentation (ORS 115.005(1)(a)). A claim is barred if not presented before the later of four months after publication or 45 days after a notice to a known claimant (ORS 115.005(2)), with narrow exceptions.
File the inventory within 90 days. The personal representative must file an inventory of all estate property that has come into their possession or knowledge within 90 days after the date of appointment unless the court grants longer, showing estimated fair market values as of the date of death (ORS 113.165). If no property has come in, an inventory saying so must still be filed, and property found later goes into a supplemental inventory within 30 days or into the next accounting (ORS 113.175). If you need more time, SLR 9.004 lets this court allow an extension of up to 30 days for filing any document where the extension is requested in writing and filed with the court; anything longer takes a motion, a supporting affidavit or declaration and a proposed order.
Account on the court's terms, then close. Unless the court orders otherwise, an account is filed annually within 60 days after the anniversary of appointment, and again when the estate is ready for final settlement and distribution (ORS 116.083(1)); a statement in lieu of an annual or a final account is possible where the distributees consent in writing and, for the final account, where creditors other than those owed administrative expenses have been paid in full (ORS 116.083(3) and (5)). Oregon charges to file an accounting, on the same value bands as the filing fee: $35, $298, $591 and $1,176 (ORS 21.170(2)). Two local rules bite here. SLR 9.161 makes the UTCR 9.160 accounting format mandatory in this district, and under that format the last day of an annual accounting period must be within 30 days of the anniversary of appointment and the first accounting's beginning balance must match the inventory. SLR 9.023 requires that if the estate is not ready for final distribution when an annual accounting is filed, the personal representative must give the court an explanation of why. On filing the final account and the petition for a judgment of distribution, mail the account, the petition and notice of the time for objections to each distributee and each unpaid creditor at least 20 days beforehand (ORS 116.093(1)); if no objections are filed, the court enters a general judgment of final distribution (ORS 116.113). Where Oregon real property passes, record the deed with the Curry County Clerk, the county's recording officer.

Executor duties

A personal representative appointed in Curry County carries the statewide duties and four local ones on top of them, all from chapter 9 of the 15th Judicial District's supplementary local rules effective February 1, 2026. The statewide obligations are the notices and proof of mailing within 30 days of appointment (ORS 113.145), publication of the notice to interested persons once (ORS 113.155(1)), the creditor search and known-claimant notices (ORS 115.003), the inventory within 90 days (ORS 113.165) and the annual and final accountings (ORS 116.083). What is local is the format of the accounting, an explanation the court expects when an estate drags, a delinquency track for late filings, and the address that has to appear on the estate's notices.

Local duty	What the 15th Judicial District requires
Accountings in the mandatory statewide format	SLR 9.161 provides that accountings in estates and conservatorships shall be submitted in the form specified in UTCR 9.160. UTCR 9.160 makes accountings substantially in the form provided by the Oregon Judicial Department acceptable in every judicial district and reserves SLR 9.161 for districts that want to make that format mandatory, and this district has done so. Under that format the accounting must open with the first and last date of the accounting period, the last day of an annual accounting period must fall within 30 days of the anniversary of appointment, the first accounting's beginning balance must match the inventory and each later one must match the prior accounting's ending balance, and the accounting must address bond. Remember that Oregon charges a fee for each annual or final accounting, tiered by the value of the estate at $35, $298, $591 and $1,176 (ORS 21.170(2))
An explanation when the estate is not ready to close	SLR 9.023, under the heading probate issues, provides that if an estate is not ready for final distribution at the filing of an annual accounting, the personal representative shall provide to the court an explanation of the reasons why the estate is not ready for distribution. Plan for it: an estate that runs past its first anniversary needs a written reason, not just another accounting
Filing on time, or answering a delinquency notice	SLR 9.005 provides that the court will send a delinquency notice to a fiduciary for each failure to timely file a required document, and that if the fiduciary fails to comply with the terms of the notice the court will issue an order for the fiduciary and any attorney for the fiduciary to appear in court and show cause why the fiduciary should not be removed. The pressure valve is SLR 9.004: the court will allow an extension of up to 30 days for filing any document if the extension is requested in writing and filed with the court, and any further extension takes a motion, a supporting affidavit or declaration and a proposed order. SLR 9.164 separately allows a change in accounting period for the convenience of the fiduciary, on the same motion, affidavit or declaration and proposed order
The objection address on every notice	SLR 9.001 provides that notices required in probate or protective proceedings must include the appropriate mailing address for filing objections with the court, and for Curry County cases that address is 94235 Moore Street, Suite 200, Gold Beach, Oregon 97444. That is the court's mailing address, not the Ellensburg Avenue courthouse address, so check which address a notice you are drafting actually carries

Forms and documents

Probate forms in Curry County

Curry County publishes local probate forms, and none of them is for a decedent's estate. Two forms are scoped to Curry County in the probate category of the Oregon Judicial Department forms library and both are adult guardianship forms: an Annual Guardianship Report for Adults and a Declaration of Mailing for Adults. The court's own self-help forms page keeps Guardianship (Coos) and Guardianship (Curry) as separate groups, states that the Curry guardianship forms are for Curry County only, points to the statewide Forms Center for everything else, and warns that if there are two versions of any form you should select the Coos or Curry version. Its other groups are adoption, general, family law and public records requests. So for a decedent's estate there is no local petition, no local inventory, no local accounting form and no local letters form.

There is no statewide Oregon petition to open a probate either, and that is by design rather than an oversight. No particular pleadings or forms of pleadings are required in the exercise of the jurisdiction of probate courts (ORS 111.205(2)), so the petition, the order, the notices, the inventory and the accountings are drafted documents rather than fill-in forms, each carrying a declaration under penalty of perjury in the form required by ORCP 1 E. What the Oregon Judicial Department does publish statewide, free, is the Simple Estate Affidavit packet with instructions, a Claim Against Estate form covering presentation of a claim to a personal representative, to a simple estate affiant, to a conservator or to a trustee, and a probate accounting packet. The Forms Center states its own rule: any statewide form will be accepted in all circuit courts, statewide forms are not available for all circumstances, and additional forms may be available through local courts.

One local rule changes how you use the statewide accounting packet in this county. SLR 9.161 provides that accountings in estates and conservatorships shall be submitted in the form specified in UTCR 9.160, so in the 15th Judicial District the statewide accounting format is mandatory rather than merely acceptable. Two other tools do not help here: the Oregon Judicial Department's Guide and File interactive forms service does not cover probate or simple estates, so there is no guided interview for an estate in Curry County or anywhere else in Oregon, and the district's family law facilitator handles family law, not estates. If you e-file, remember the original will still goes in on paper (UTCR 21.070(3)(h)). Call 541-373-6894 extension 27004 to ask what the court wants on intake before you file.

Resource	What it provides
Oregon Judicial Department estate forms (courts.oregon.gov)	The statewide Simple Estate Affidavit packet with instructions and the Claim Against Estate form. There is no statewide petition to open a probate
Oregon Judicial Department probate accounting forms (courts.oregon.gov)	The statewide accounting packet. In the 15th Judicial District this format is mandatory, not optional: SLR 9.161 requires accountings in estates and conservatorships to be submitted in the form specified in UTCR 9.160
Coos and Curry County Circuit Courts forms (courts.oregon.gov)	The court's own forms page, whose probate content is the Guardianship (Curry) group of adult guardianship forms, with the court's warning to select the Coos or Curry version where two versions of a form exist. The page renders its lists through a script, so allow it to load
15th Judicial District supplementary local rules (courts.oregon.gov)	The local rules effective February 1, 2026, including chapter 9 on probate and protective proceedings, SLR 1.161 on where a Curry filing goes, and SLR 21.071 on expedited electronic filings
Uniform Trial Court Rules chapter 9 (courts.oregon.gov)	The statewide probate rules, including UTCR 9.160 on the form of accountings, which is the format this district has made mandatory
Oregon Judicial Department records request (courts.oregon.gov)	The statewide form for obtaining access to a court file, copies from a file, or audio of a proceeding, including certified copies
Oregon Judicial Department fee deferral and waiver (courts.oregon.gov)	The packet for asking that a filing fee be deferred or waived, for a filer who cannot afford the amount set by ORS 21.170(1)

Local nuance

Curry County-specific considerations

One district, two counties, two courthouses, and a rule that says which one is yours. Coos and Curry form the 15th Judicial District with six circuit judges (ORS 3.012), one Oregon Judicial Department website headed Coos and Curry County Circuit Courts, and one trial court administrator. A Curry reader arrives on a page that names another county first, and the important thing to know is that nothing about the sharing moves a Curry estate to Coquille. SLR 1.161: all documents for circuit court cases filed conventionally in Curry County are to be filed at the Curry County Courthouse during the clerk's public business hours. The court's own contact block keeps the two counties separate too, with Curry at 541-373-6894 and Coos at 541-396-8372, and SLR 6.021(3) distinguishes the office of the presiding judge for Coos County cases from the office of the judge in Gold Beach for Curry County cases. Use the Curry number and the Curry addresses throughout.

Two Gold Beach addresses, and each one is right for a different thing. The court publishes 29821 Ellensburg Avenue as the Curry main address and the place to file court cases in Curry County, and SLR 9.081 puts the State Court Civil/Domestic office on the main floor of that building. It publishes 94235 Moore Street, Suite 200 as the Curry mailing address, uses it on the Payments page for all case types, and makes it the address that must appear on a probate notice as the place to file objections (SLR 9.001(2)). The county does the same thing with its own offices: the Curry County Clerk gives 29821 Ellensburg Avenue as a physical address and 94235 Moore Street, Suite 212 for mail. Treat Ellensburg Avenue as the counter and Moore Street as the mailbox, and when a form or a notice asks for the court's address, check which one it means.

There is no probate department, but there is a probate chapter in the local rules. The court's telephone directory lists a single Gold Beach desk for Civil, Domestic and Probate at extension 27004 behind 541-373-6894, and the district publishes no probate page, no probate docket and no probate self-help page; its self-help section covers forms, expungements, a family law facilitator, family law, guardianship, residential eviction and small claims. What it does publish is a 22-page supplementary local rule set effective February 1, 2026 whose chapter 9 has a real probate section: SLR 9.001 on the objection address in notices, SLR 9.004 on extensions, SLR 9.005 on delinquency notices, SLR 9.023 on estates that are not ready to close, SLR 9.161 on the mandatory accounting format and SLR 9.164 on changing an accounting period. Read chapter 9 before you assume a statewide answer. Note that the district's family law facilitator is a family law facilitator and does not advise on estates.

Remote appearance is not the default, and the deadlines are short. The court's remote hearings page states that if you have not been notified by the court or your attorney that your matter is to be heard remotely it will be heard in person at the courthouse, and that a party requesting to appear remotely must file the request with the designated court location at least two business days before the hearing. Coos and Curry use Cisco Webex for most remote hearings, and the court will send access information; if you have not received it one business day before the hearing, the court asks you to call. Exhibits for a remote trial or hearing, documentary and non-documentary alike, must be submitted as UTCR 6.080 requires and by 5:00 p.m. at least two court days before the hearing, under the court's own General Order 21-05, which SLR 6.051 incorporates. Nothing published makes a probate hearing remote by default, so ask the court at 541-373-6894 extension 27004.

The scheduling rules that do exist are civil and trial rules, not a probate calendar. The district sets all motions except summary judgment for 8:30 a.m., four weeks from the date on the certificate of service (SLR 5.055(1)), with five weeks for summary judgment, and requires an expedited hearing request to be made in the caption with arrangements made with the court and the other side. It sets stipulated and ex parte matters for presentation at 8:30 a.m. under UTCR 5.060(4) (SLR 5.061). In Curry County it sets jury and non-jury trials generally Tuesday through Friday beginning at 9:30 a.m., with jury trials scheduled in the first two weeks of each month (SLR 6.005(4)), and makes Friday call day (SLR 6.021). Those live in the civil and trial chapters rather than the probate chapter, and an uncontested estate rarely touches them, so treat them as background and ask the court how a particular matter will be set.

Recent updates

Change	What it means in Curry County
The 15th Judicial District supplementary local rules effective February 1, 2026 are the current edition, and the probate chapter did not change	The 22-page 2026 edition was certified by the district's court administrator on November 24, 2025 and took effect February 1, 2026. Chapter 9, on probate and protective proceedings, carries the same rules as the previous edition: SLR 9.001 on the objection address in notices, SLR 9.004 on extensions, SLR 9.005 on delinquency notices, SLR 9.023 on estates not ready to close, SLR 9.081 to 9.092 on protective proceedings, SLR 9.161 on the mandatory accounting format and SLR 9.164 on changing an accounting period. So a personal representative appointed under the older edition faces the same local requirements. The 2026 changes sit elsewhere: a new SLR 8.012 sets up a domestic relations mediation program with its own waiver and certificate forms as appendices, and the old chapter 16 rule on reporting violation matters was removed

Change

What it means in Curry County

The 15th Judicial District supplementary local rules effective February 1, 2026 are the current edition, and the probate chapter did not change

The 22-page 2026 edition was certified by the district's court administrator on November 24, 2025 and took effect February 1, 2026. Chapter 9, on probate and protective proceedings, carries the same rules as the previous edition: SLR 9.001 on the objection address in notices, SLR 9.004 on extensions, SLR 9.005 on delinquency notices, SLR 9.023 on estates not ready to close, SLR 9.081 to 9.092 on protective proceedings, SLR 9.161 on the mandatory accounting format and SLR 9.164 on changing an accounting period. So a personal representative appointed under the older edition faces the same local requirements. The 2026 changes sit elsewhere: a new SLR 8.012 sets up a domestic relations mediation program with its own waiver and certificate forms as appendices, and the old chapter 16 rule on reporting violation matters was removed

Page last reviewed: July 2026.

Scenarios

Situation	Likely path in Curry County	Where Sunset helps
Surviving spouse, co-owned home	If the home in Gold Beach, Brookings, Port Orford or elsewhere in the county was held with a right of survivorship, or passes by a beneficiary or transfer on death designation, it goes to the survivor without a probate and the court is not involved in the house itself. If assets stood in the decedent's sole name and there is a will, the spouse petitions the Curry County Circuit Court to admit the will and issue letters testamentary; with no will, a surviving spouse who is a distributee, or the spouse's nominee, has preference for appointment after any personal representative named in a will (ORS 113.085(1)). Bond often falls away where the personal representative is the sole heir or devisee (ORS 113.105). Filing is at the counter on the main floor at 29821 Ellensburg Avenue, by mail to 94235 Moore Street, Suite 200, or through OJD eFile.	Asset discovery to confirm how the home and the accounts are titled and what actually has to reach the court. Packet generation for the petition and the notices, ready to file in Gold Beach or through OJD eFile. A vetted attorney referral if title or a claim turns out to be contested.
Out-of-state adult child, small estate	Where the estate is small enough for the simple estate affidavit route under ORS 114.505 to 114.560, the affidavit is filed with the clerk of the probate court in a county where there is venue (ORS 114.515(1)), which here is the Curry County Circuit Court, for a $124 fee (ORS 21.145(4)). No personal representative is appointed and no letters issue on that route. A filer living out of state can register for OJD eFile and file from home, or mail the papers to Curry County Circuit Court, 94235 Moore Street, Suite 200, Gold Beach, OR 97444, and can look the case up afterwards in the free Oregon Judicial Department records search, which shows the register of actions but not the documents. Do not mail an affidavit to the Ellensburg Avenue courthouse address; that one is for filing in person.	Asset discovery to establish the estate's value from out of state and confirm which route it qualifies for. Packet generation for the affidavit or the petition, assembled so it can be e-filed or mailed to Gold Beach and accepted the first time.
Parent settling a predeceased child's estate, home must be sold	Because real property has to be sold, this normally means a full probate: with no will the parent petitions the Curry County Circuit Court for appointment as personal representative in the preference order of ORS 113.085(1), receiving letters of administration; with a will the parent probates it and receives letters testamentary. The inventory follows within 90 days (ORS 113.165), the notice to interested persons is published once in a newspaper published in the county (ORS 113.155(1)) and must carry the court's Moore Street objection address (SLR 9.001(2)), and claims are presented to the personal representative rather than filed with the court (ORS 115.005). A coastal sale can be slow, so expect SLR 9.023 to apply: if the estate is not ready for final distribution when the annual accounting goes in, the personal representative has to explain why. The deed on the sale is recorded with the Curry County Clerk, and the estate closes with a final account in the mandatory UTCR 9.160 format (SLR 9.161) and a general judgment of final distribution (ORS 116.083; ORS 116.113).	Asset discovery for the child's accounts, insurance, real property and debts. Packet generation for the petition, the inventory and the notices. Attorney referral where the sale, a mortgage payoff or a dispute among heirs makes counsel worthwhile.

Self-help resources

Resource	What it offers
Coos and Curry County Circuit Courts (courts.oregon.gov), 541-373-6894 for Curry	The court itself. Its contact block gives the Curry main address at 29821 Ellensburg Avenue in Gold Beach, the Curry mailing address at 94235 Moore Street, Suite 200, the Curry telephone number, and the district's courthouse hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday with a closure from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. and a longer closure to 1:30 p.m. on Thursdays. Court staff can explain procedure but cannot give legal advice
Where to file court cases in Curry County (courts.oregon.gov)	The court's own statement of the physical and mailing addresses for Curry County filings, which is the page to check before you drive to Gold Beach or address an envelope
Coos and Curry County Circuit Courts telephone directory (courts.oregon.gov)	The Gold Beach extensions behind 541-373-6894, including civil, domestic and probate at extension 27004, the court transcript coordinator at 27002 and juvenile at 27005. The page renders its tables through a script, so allow it to load
15th Judicial District supplementary local rules (courts.oregon.gov)	The local rules effective February 1, 2026. Chapter 9 is the probate and protective proceedings chapter: SLR 9.001 on the objection address in notices, SLR 9.004 on extensions of time, SLR 9.005 on delinquency notices and show cause, SLR 9.023 on estates not ready to close, SLR 9.161 on the mandatory accounting format and SLR 9.164 on changing an accounting period. SLR 1.161 states where a Curry filing goes and SLR 1.151 points to the court's website for business hours
Uniform Trial Court Rules chapter 9 (courts.oregon.gov)	The statewide probate rules behind the local ones, including UTCR 9.160 on the form of accountings, the format this district has made mandatory
Coos and Curry County Circuit Courts forms (courts.oregon.gov)	The court's local forms, whose probate content for Curry is two adult guardianship forms, with the instruction to select the Coos or Curry version where two versions exist
Coos and Curry County Circuit Courts remote hearings (courts.oregon.gov)	How a Webex hearing works here, the court's statement that a matter is heard in person unless you are told otherwise, the two business day deadline for requesting a remote appearance, and the exhibit rules for a remote hearing
Coos and Curry County Circuit Courts records (courts.oregon.gov)	The court's records page, which links the public records request route and the court audio and appeals page
Coos and Curry County Circuit Courts audio and appeals (courts.oregon.gov)	How to order courtroom audio from the Curry County records clerk at 541-373-6894, and the email address for serving a notice of appeal on the trial court administrator and transcript coordinator for Curry County under Oregon Rules of Appellate Procedure 1.35(e)
Coos and Curry County Circuit Courts general orders (courts.oregon.gov)	The district's presiding judge orders, including General Order 21-05 on exhibits for remote hearings, grouped by subject
Coos and Curry County Circuit Courts payments (courts.oregon.gov)	How the court takes money: online through OJD Courts ePay, by mail to the Curry County Circuit Court at 94235 Moore Street, Suite 200, or in person by cash, check or a Visa, MasterCard or Discover card. The page states that payment plans are not offered in the Coos and Curry circuit courts
Oregon Judicial Department estate forms (courts.oregon.gov)	The free statewide Simple Estate Affidavit packet with instructions and the Claim Against Estate form. Oregon publishes no statewide petition to open a probate
Oregon Judicial Department court fees (courts.oregon.gov)	The current fee schedule, effective January 1, 2026, with the ORS 21.170(1) probate tiers. The schedule itself is at https://www.courts.oregon.gov/Documents/2026_CircuitFeeSchedule_public_eff-2026-01-01.pdf
OJD eFile (courts.oregon.gov)	The statewide electronic filing system, run as Odyssey File and Serve. Mandatory for active Oregon State Bar licensees (UTCR 21.140(1)) and open to self-represented filers who register
Oregon Judicial Department records and calendar search (courts.oregon.gov)	The free statewide case index and register of actions for Oregon's circuit courts, which includes Curry County. Documents are not available through it; the paid subscription alternative is https://www.courts.oregon.gov/services/online/Pages/ojcin.aspx
Oregon State Bar, what is probate (osbar.org)	Plain-language explanation of Oregon probate from the state bar. Not a government agency, but a reputable non-government source
Oregon State Bar lawyer referral service (osbar.org), 503-684-3763 or 800-452-7636 in Oregon	Referrals to Oregon probate attorneys and the Bar's Modest Means Program, useful in a county with a very small local bar
Oregon Law Center, Coos Bay regional office (oregonlawcenter.org), (541) 269-1226 or 1-800-303-3638	The legal aid program for this county. Its own page states that the Coos Bay office serves the low income client population in Coos, Curry and western Douglas Counties, at 490 N. 2nd Street, Coos Bay, and that intake calls are taken Monday through Thursday from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Its published priority areas are domestic violence issues, landlord and tenant law, family law, public benefits, employment law and civil rights, and estates are not among them, so ask whether it can take an estate matter
Oregon Law Help (oregonlawhelp.org)	Oregon's legal aid information site. It publishes no probate topic, so use it to confirm which legal aid program covers Curry County and how to apply
Curry County Clerk (currycountyor.gov), (541) 247-3295 for recording	Not the probate office. The Clerk records deeds and other land records and liens, runs elections, issues marriage licenses and domestic partnerships and death certificates, and keeps county public records. For an estate the Clerk matters when a certified death certificate is needed and when a deed has to be recorded, and it issues certified death certificates only for the first six months after the death, after which the record comes from the Oregon Center for Health Statistics. The office publishes a physical address at 29821 Ellensburg Avenue and a mailing address at 94235 Moore Street, Suite 212, and asks that you call before making the trip
Curry County Clerk recording division (currycountyor.gov)	The recording counter for a deed transferring estate real property. Its published recording hours are 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., the office states that it cannot give legal advice or help fill out documents, and it publishes a 2026 recording fee schedule effective January 1, 2026. Confirm the current fees with the Clerk before you record

When to hire an attorney

Many Curry County estates are uncontested, and a family that knows what the estate holds can often open one and see it through with limited legal help. Four local facts push the other way. Oregon prescribes no petition form (ORS 111.205(2)), so a self-represented filer is drafting the petition, the order, the notices and the inventory from scratch. This court has no separate probate department, only a shared civil, domestic and probate desk in Gold Beach. The local rules bite harder than in most rural counties: the accounting format is mandatory here (SLR 9.161), an estate that is not ready to close at an annual accounting needs a written explanation (SLR 9.023), and a missed deadline draws a delinquency notice and, if ignored, an order to show cause why the fiduciary should not be removed (SLR 9.005). And the courthouse is a long drive from either end of the county. Consider counsel when a will is contested or a dispute among heirs is likely, when the estate is insolvent or a creditor is pressing a claim inside the four-month window (ORS 115.005), when coastal or timber property, a fishing or tourism business, water rights or out-of-state property has to be valued, sold or divided, when a conservatorship or guardianship has to run alongside the estate, or when a matter looks likely to be set for a contested hearing or trial. Court staff can explain procedure but cannot give legal advice. Sunset can connect families to a vetted Oregon probate attorney serving Curry County.

How Sunset helps

Find the accounts and assets. Sunset searches more than 2,300 financial institutions and public records to surface bank and credit union accounts, retirement plans, brokerage holdings, life insurance, Curry County real property and unclaimed property, so you know the estate's value before you file. That matters here twice over: the petition must state the extent and nature of the assets (ORS 113.035) and the caption must state the value of the estate, because the filing fee is tiered by it (ORS 21.105(1)).

Generate the probate packet. Sunset assembles the estate settlement paperwork for your route, whether a petition for appointment of a personal representative or a simple estate affidavit, ready to submit through OJD eFile or to file on paper at the Gold Beach counter or by mail to the court's Moore Street address.

Find a local probate attorney. When a matter is contested or otherwise calls for counsel, Sunset connects families to a vetted Oregon probate attorney serving Curry County.

Sunset is free for families. Revenue comes from bank partners that pay Sunset while estate funds sit in an FDIC-insured estate account ($3M coverage).

Frequently asked questions

Where do I file for probate in Curry County?

With the Curry County Circuit Court in Gold Beach. File in person at the State Court Civil/Domestic office on the main floor of the Curry County Courthouse, 29821 Ellensburg Avenue, Gold Beach, OR 97444, or mail to Curry County Circuit Court, 94235 Moore Street, Suite 200, Gold Beach, OR 97444, or file electronically through OJD eFile. Those two Gold Beach addresses are different places, so use the courthouse in person and Moore Street for mail. Probate here sits in the circuit court rather than a county court, because ORS 111.075 vests probate jurisdiction in the county courts of only six named counties and in the circuit court for every other county. Call 541-373-6894 extension 27004 with a filing question. File in Curry County if the person who died lived here, because that is where the notice to interested persons is published (ORS 113.155(1)), although Oregon's venue rule is broader and filing elsewhere is not a jurisdictional defect (ORS 113.015).

Why does the court website say Coos and Curry, and do I have to file in Coquille?

No. Coos and Curry share the 15th Judicial District, one Oregon Judicial Department website and one trial court administrator, which is why the site is headed Coos and Curry County Circuit Courts and why the department's Find a Court list sends a Curry search there. That is an administrative arrangement, not a change of venue. The district's own rule settles it: all documents for circuit court cases filed conventionally in Curry County are to be filed at the Curry County Courthouse during the clerk's public business hours, and Coos County documents at the Coos County Courthouse (SLR 1.161). Use the Curry telephone number, 541-373-6894, and the Gold Beach addresses. Coquille is the other county's courthouse.

Can I e-file a probate case in Curry County?

Yes. OJD eFile, the statewide electronic filing system run as Odyssey File and Serve, covers Oregon's circuit courts, which includes Curry County. An active licensee of the Oregon State Bar must use it unless the document has to be filed conventionally or the filer holds a waiver (UTCR 21.140(1)), and SLR 1.161 repeats that requirement. A self-represented filer may register and e-file but is not required to, and can file at the Gold Beach counter or by mail instead. The original will is the exception: a document required by law to be filed in original form must be filed conventionally (UTCR 21.070(3)(h)), so e-file an image of it and deliver the original within seven business days with a filing comment saying so, and it counts as filed on the date the image went in (UTCR 21.070(3)(h)(i)). This district's rules contain no SLR 2.501, so nothing else is added to the conventional filing list here. One local rule to know: if you submit an expedited filing electronically, SLR 21.071 requires you to telephone the court separately and speak with a clerk in a department related to the case. An electronic filing is timely to 11:59:59 p.m. in the court's time zone (UTCR 21.080(2)).

How much does it cost to open a probate in Curry County?

The fee is statutory and the same in every Oregon county, tiered by the value of the estate: $278 if the estate is worth less than $50,000, $591 from $50,000 to just under $1,000,000, $882 from $1,000,000 to just under $10,000,000, and $1,176 at $10,000,000 or more (ORS 21.170(1); Oregon Judicial Department Circuit Court Fee Schedule effective January 1, 2026). A simple estate affidavit is $124, and there is no fee for an amended affidavit (ORS 21.145(4); ORS 114.515(5)). Oregon also charges for each annual or final accounting, at $35, $298, $591 and $1,176 on the same value bands (ORS 21.170(2)), and $281 for any other appearance in a probate proceeding (ORS 21.135(1) and (2)(g); ORS 21.170(4)). Fees are payable in advance and are not refundable (ORS 21.100), Curry County adds no local surcharge, and fee waivers and deferrals are available. This district does not offer payment plans. Confirm the amount with the court at 541-373-6894 extension 27004.

Does Curry County have local probate forms?

Yes, but not for a decedent's estate. Two forms are scoped to Curry County in the probate category of the Oregon Judicial Department forms library and both are adult guardianship forms: an Annual Guardianship Report for Adults and a Declaration of Mailing for Adults. The court's forms page keeps Guardianship (Coos) and Guardianship (Curry) as separate groups, says the Curry guardianship forms are for Curry County only, and warns that where two versions of a form exist you should select the Coos or Curry version. There is no local petition, inventory, accounting or letters form for an estate, and no statewide petition either: Oregon requires no particular pleadings or forms of pleadings in the exercise of the jurisdiction of probate courts (ORS 111.205(2)). The Oregon Judicial Department does publish a free statewide Simple Estate Affidavit packet, a Claim Against Estate form and an accounting packet.

Does Curry County have special rules for a probate accounting?

Yes, and this is the local rule most likely to catch a personal representative out. SLR 9.161 provides that accountings in estates and conservatorships shall be submitted in the form specified in UTCR 9.160, so in the 15th Judicial District the statewide accounting format is mandatory rather than merely acceptable. Under that format the accounting must state the first and last dates of the accounting period, the last day of an annual accounting period must fall within 30 days of the anniversary of appointment, the first accounting's beginning balance must match the inventory and later ones must match the previous accounting's ending balance, and bond must be addressed. Two related rules: SLR 9.023 requires the personal representative to explain to the court why an estate is not ready for final distribution when an annual accounting is filed, and SLR 9.164 allows a change in accounting period for the fiduciary's convenience on a motion, supporting affidavit or declaration and a proposed order.

What happens if I miss a deadline in a Curry County probate?

The court sends a notice, and ignoring it escalates. SLR 9.005 provides that the court will send a delinquency notice to a fiduciary for each failure to timely file a required document, and that if the fiduciary fails to comply with the terms of the notice the court will issue an order for the fiduciary and any attorney for the fiduciary to appear in court and show cause why the fiduciary should not be removed. Ask first instead: SLR 9.004 provides that the court will allow an extension of up to 30 days for filing any document if the extension is requested in writing and filed with the court, and that any further extension takes a motion, a supporting affidavit or declaration and a proposed order.

Can I appear by phone or video in a Curry County probate matter?

Only if the court allows it, and you have to ask in advance. The court's remote hearings page states that if you have not been notified by the court or your attorney that your matter is to be heard remotely it will be heard in person at the courthouse, and that parties requesting to appear remotely must file their request with the designated court location at least two business days before the hearing. Coos and Curry use Cisco Webex for most remote hearings, and the court or your attorney will send access information; if you have not received it one business day before the hearing, the court asks you to call. Exhibits for a remote hearing or trial, documentary and non-documentary, must be submitted as UTCR 6.080 requires and by 5:00 p.m. at least two court days before, under the court's General Order 21-05 and SLR 6.051. Nothing published makes probate hearings remote by default.

How do I look up a Curry County probate case or get copies?

The free Oregon Judicial Department Records and Calendar Search covers Oregon's circuit courts, so a Curry County estate case appears there. It is an index and register of actions: the Oregon Judicial Department states that results provide basic case information, party information, event entries and dispositions, that the display is not the official ORS 7.020 register record, and that documents are not available through the service. Decedents' estate cases are public. For documents, use a court kiosk or a paid OJCIN OnLine subscription, or submit the statewide records request form to the court. Courtroom audio is ordered from the Curry County records clerk at 541-373-6894; the court's audio page prices electronic delivery at $10.00 and a physical CD at $10.00 plus $1.00 plus shipping (Coos and Curry County Circuit Courts court audio and appeals page, verified July 2026).

What are the Curry County Circuit Court's hours, and is there a filing cutoff?

The court publishes courthouse hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, closed from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., with a longer closure from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursdays (verified July 2026), and closes on legal holidays. SLR 1.151 points to the court's website as the source for the district's business hours. The hours are published once for the district rather than separately for Gold Beach, and no separate filing-counter cutoff and no restricted phone-service window is published, so treat the posted hours as the counter hours and call 541-373-6894 extension 27004 before a long drive. If you e-file instead, the deadline is later: an electronic filing is timely if submitted by 11:59:59 p.m. in the court's time zone (UTCR 21.080(2)).

Is probate in Curry County handled by the county clerk or the county court?

Neither. Curry is a circuit-court county. ORS 111.075 vests probate jurisdiction in the county courts of Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman and Wheeler Counties and in the circuit court for each other county, so a Curry County estate belongs to the Curry County Circuit Court in Gold Beach. The Curry County Clerk, whose recording line is (541) 247-3295, handles recording of land records and liens, elections, marriage licenses and domestic partnerships, death certificates and county public records, and publishes nothing about probate. The Clerk matters to an estate for a certified death certificate, which the Clerk issues for up to six months after the death, and for recording the deed when estate real property changes hands.

Where is the notice to interested persons published for a Curry County estate?

Once, in a newspaper published in the county where the estate proceeding is pending, or in a newspaper the court designates if none is published there (ORS 113.155(1)). Oregon publishes this notice a single time, not once a week for three weeks, and the notice must require all persons having claims to present them within four months after the date of publication. It must also carry the court's objection address: SLR 9.001(2) requires notices in probate or protective proceedings to include the appropriate mailing address for filing objections, which for Curry County is 94235 Moore Street, Suite 200, Gold Beach, Oregon 97444. Neither Curry County nor the court publishes a designated newspaper, so confirm the paper, the schedule and the cost with the court at 541-373-6894 extension 27004 and with the newspaper before you rely on a date, because publication starts the four-month claim period (ORS 115.005). Publication is not required where the petition states that no assets are known (ORS 113.155(5)).

Do I have to travel to Gold Beach to settle an estate in Curry County?

Often not at all, which matters in a county where Brookings and Port Orford are both a long drive from the courthouse. A self-represented filer can register for OJD eFile and submit the petition and the later filings electronically, or mail them to Curry County Circuit Court, 94235 Moore Street, Suite 200, Gold Beach, OR 97444, and certified copies of the letters can be mailed back at $5 plus 25 cents per page in paper form or $0 delivered electronically (ORS 21.258; Chief Justice Order 23-016; fee schedule effective January 1, 2026). The two things that pull you to the courthouse are the original will, which must be filed conventionally (UTCR 21.070(3)(h)), and any hearing the court sets, because a matter is heard in person unless the court tells you otherwise and a remote appearance has to be requested at least two business days ahead.

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