US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

Chapter 105 — Property Rights

 

2007 EDITION

 

PROPERTY RIGHTS

 

PROPERTY RIGHTS AND TRANSACTIONS

 

ACTIONS FOR RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY

 

105.005     Right of action; recovery; damages

 

105.010     Contents of complaint

 

105.015     Answer

 

105.020     Substitution of landlord for tenant

 

105.025     Verdict

 

105.030     Damages for withholding; setoff for improvements

 

105.035     Judgment when plaintiff’s right to possession expires

 

105.040     Order to make survey

 

105.045     Action not prejudiced by alienation by person in possession

 

105.050     Cotenant shall prove ouster

 

105.055     Conclusiveness of judgment

 

105.060     Effect of new trial on plaintiff’s possession

 

105.070     Rights of donee under Donation Law

 

105.075     Notice to quit; action to recover possession not affected by forcible entry or wrongful detainer

 

105.080     Reimbursement of tenants in common obtaining possession; lien

 

FORCIBLE ENTRY AND WRONGFUL DETAINER

 

105.105     Entry to be lawful and peaceable only

 

105.110     Action for forcible entry or wrongful detainer

 

105.111     Stay of eviction for state service member

 

105.112     Action by tenant to recover personal property; forms

 

105.113     Form of summons

 

105.115     Causes of unlawful holding by force; action for return of possession

 

105.120     Notice necessary to maintain action in certain cases; waiver of notice; effect of advance payments of rent

 

105.121     Forms in action for possession of group recovery home; limitation on issues; attorney fees

 

105.123     Complaint

 

105.124     Form of complaint if ORS chapter 90 applies

 

105.126     Form of complaint if ORS chapter 90 does not apply

 

105.128     Landlord action to remove perpetrator of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking from possession of dwelling unit; retention of possession by victim

 

105.130     How action conducted; fees; surcharge

 

105.132     Assertion of counterclaim

 

105.135     Service and return of summons; posting; contents; use of facsimile

 

105.137     Effect of failure of party to appear; attorney fees; judgment of dismissal; scheduling of trial; unrepresented defendant

 

105.138     Compelling arbitration; procedure

 

105.139     Burden of proof in certain cases

 

105.140     Continuance

 

105.145     Judgment on trial by court; duties of parties to stipulated agreement

 

105.146     Failure of defendant to perform as ordered; judgment of restitution

 

105.148     Contesting plaintiff’s affidavit or declaration of noncompliance; ex parte review of hearing request; delaying execution upon judgment of restitution

 

105.149     Hearing on compliance with order

 

105.151     Enforcement of judgment of restitution; notice of restitution

 

105.152     Form of notice of restitution for judgment entered under ORS 105.146

 

105.153     Form of notice of restitution for judgment not entered under ORS 105.146

 

105.156     Form of writ of execution for judgment of restitution

 

105.157     Form of eviction trespass notice

 

105.158     Service of notice of restitution

 

105.159     Computation of time before plaintiff may request writ of execution

 

105.161     Service and enforcement of writ of execution and eviction trespass notice

 

105.165     Alternative method of removing, storing and disposing of tenant’s personal property; requirements; landlord liability

 

105.168     Minor as party in proceedings pertaining to residential dwellings

 

EASEMENT OWNER OBLIGATIONS

 

105.170     Definitions for ORS 105.170 to 105.185

 

105.175     Easement to be kept in repair; sharing costs; agreements

 

105.180     Action for failure to comply with duty of holder; recovery of costs; arbitration

 

105.185     Application of ORS 105.170 to 105.185

 

MODIFICATION OF LEASE TERMS

 

105.190     Covenant of good faith and fair dealing; rights and obligations of parties

 

PARTITION

 

105.205     Who may maintain partition

 

105.210     When and how partition prevented

 

105.215     Complaint

 

105.220     Tenants and lien creditors as defendants; liens on undivided interests

 

105.225     Summons; to whom directed

 

105.230     Service by publication

 

105.235     Answer

 

105.240     Rights determinable; ascertainment of title where defendant defaults or sale is necessary

 

105.245     Sale or partition ordered by court

 

105.250     Compensation when equal partition cannot be made

 

105.255     How referees make partition; report

 

105.260     Power of court over report; final judgment

 

105.265     Persons not affected by judgment

 

105.270     Order of sale on referees’ report

 

105.275     Conclusiveness of order confirming report

 

105.280     How sale made; notice of sale

 

105.285     Distribution of proceeds of sale

 

105.290     Distribution of proceeds by referee or payment into court

 

105.295     Continuance of suit after proceeds paid into court

 

105.300     When lienholder has other securities

 

105.305     Credit allowed

 

105.310     Setting off estate for life or years in part not sold

 

105.315     Disposition of life estate or leasehold

 

105.320     Compensation of tenants in case of sale

 

105.325     When court determines value of tenancy

 

105.330     Rules for determining value of certain estates

 

105.335     Protection of unknown tenants

 

105.340     Provision for future rights or interests

 

105.345     Notice of terms of sale; separate sale of distinct parcels

 

105.350     Purchase by referee, conservator or guardian forbidden

 

105.355     Report of sale

 

105.360     Exception to report; confirmation of sale; order of confirmation

 

105.365     Purchase by encumbrancer or party entitled to share

 

105.370     Investment of proceeds for certain parties

 

105.375     In whose name securities taken or investments made

 

105.380     When securities are payable to parties

 

105.385     Clerk’s treatment of securities and investments

 

105.390     When proceeds paid to conservator or guardian of infant

 

105.395     Payment of proceeds to conservator of incapacitated person

 

105.400     When conservator or guardian may consent to partition

 

105.405     Costs and expenses of partition

 

HOUSING RECEIVERSHIP

 

105.420     Findings; policy

 

105.425     Definitions for ORS 105.420 to 105.445 and 105.455

 

105.430     Receivership for buildings that constitute threat to public health, safety or welfare; procedure

 

105.435     Authority of receiver; financing agreements; fee; abatement work exempt from public contracting law

 

105.440     Review of abatement expenditures by court; lien for unpaid expenses

 

105.445     Effect on purchase money security interest of lien for unpaid abatement expenses

 

105.450     Termination of receivership

 

105.455     Short title

 

SELLER’S PROPERTY DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

 

105.462     Definitions for ORS 105.462 to 105.490

 

105.464     Form of seller’s property disclosure statement

 

105.465     Application of ORS 105.462 to 105.490, 696.301 and 696.870; disclosure statement

 

105.470     Exclusions from ORS 105.462 to 105.490, 696.301 and 696.870

 

105.475     Buyer’s statement of revocation of offer; criteria

 

105.480     Representations in disclosure statement; application

 

105.485     Allocation of burden of proof

 

105.490     Effect of ORS 105.462 to 105.490, 696.301 and 696.870 on rights and remedies

 

ACTIONS AND SUITS FOR NUISANCES

 

105.505     Remedies available for private nuisance

 

105.510     Procedure for abating a nuisance

 

105.515     Stay of issuance of warrant to abate

 

105.520     Justification of sureties; proceedings when nuisance is not abated

 

ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE ACTIVITIES OR CONDITIONS

 

105.550     Definitions for ORS 105.550 to 105.600

 

105.555     Places declared nuisances subject to abatement

 

105.560     Action to restrain or enjoin nuisance; jurisdiction; remedies

 

105.565     Complaint; service; jury trial; admissibility of reputation as evidence

 

105.575     Precedence of action on court docket

 

105.580     Order of abatement; cancellation

 

105.585     Costs of securing or decontaminating property as lien; priority of lien; filing notice of pendency

 

105.590     Intentional violation of order punishable as contempt; fine; imprisonment

 

105.595     Action to abate nuisance not to affect other remedies; exception

 

105.600     ORS 105.550 to 105.600 not to limit authority of cities or counties to further restrict activities

 

SUITS TO QUIET TITLE AND REMOVE CLOUD

 

105.605     Suits to determine adverse claims

 

105.610     Suit to cancel patent of donee under Donation Law

 

105.615     Action by tenant in common against cotenants

 

105.618     Adverse possession of railroad property

 

105.620     Acquiring title by adverse possession

 

UNIFORM DISCLAIMER OF PROPERTY INTERESTS

 

105.623     Short title

 

105.624     Definitions for ORS 105.623 to 105.649

 

105.626     Scope

 

105.628     Effect on other law

 

105.629     Power to disclaim; general requirements; when irrevocable

 

105.633     Disclaimer of interest in property

 

105.634     Disclaimer of rights of survivorship in jointly held property

 

105.636     Disclaimer of interest by trustee

 

105.638     Disclaimer of power of appointment or other power not held in fiduciary capacity

 

105.639     Disclaimer by appointee, object or taker in default of exercise of power of appointment

 

105.641     Disclaimer of power held in fiduciary capacity

 

105.642     Delivery or filing

 

105.643     When disclaimer barred or limited

 

105.645     Tax qualified disclaimer

 

105.646     Recording of disclaimer

 

105.647     Application to existing relationships

 

105.648     Effect on recovery of money or property under ORS 411.620

 

105.649     Uniformity of application and construction

 

PUBLIC USE OF LANDS

 

105.672     Definitions for ORS 105.672 to 105.696

 

105.676     Public policy

 

105.682     Liabilities of owner of land used by public for recreational purposes, woodcutting or harvest of special forest products

 

105.688     Applicability of immunities from liability for owner of land; restrictions

 

105.692     No right to continued use of land if owner of land permits use of land; no presumption of dedication or other rights

 

105.696     No duty of care or liability created; exercise of care still required of person using land

 

105.699     Rules applicable to state lands

 

105.700     Prohibiting public access to private land; notice requirements; damages

 

ACTION TO ESTABLISH BOUNDARY

 

105.705     Right to bring action; filing of judgment

 

105.710     Pleadings

 

105.715     Mode of proceeding

 

105.718     Procedure for determining location of public land survey corner

 

105.720     Oath and report of commissioners

 

105.725     Proceedings on motion to confirm report

 

ACTIONS BASED ON CHANGE OF GRADE

 

105.755     State liability for damages resulting from change of grade of roads other than city streets; proceedings on cause of action; limitation

 

105.760     State or county liability for damages resulting from change of grade of streets; proceedings on cause of action

 

EXTINGUISHMENT OF FUTURE INTERESTS

 

105.770     Failure of contingency; application of extinguishment

 

105.772     Preservation of future interests; filing of notice of intent required; limitation

 

105.774     Exclusions from application of ORS 105.770 and 105.772

 

MISCELLANEOUS ACTIONS

 

105.805     Action for waste

 

105.810     Treble damages for injury to or removal of produce, trees or shrubs; costs and attorney fees; limitation on liability of contract logger

 

105.815     When double damages are awarded for trespass; exception

 

105.820     Remedy of tenants in common

 

105.825     Action for injury to inheritance

 

105.831     Damages for injury to mining claim

 

ACTION FOR REDUCED COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VALUE RESULTING FROM STREET USE RESTRICTION

 

105.850     Commercial property defined

 

105.855     Requirement to compensate commercial property owners for reduced value of property caused by street use restriction; effect of other access to property

 

105.860     Cause of action against city for compensation; appeal procedure; intervention

 

105.865     Apportioning compensation among property owners; termination of city liability

 

105.870     Limitation on commencement of action

 

SOLAR ENERGY EASEMENTS

 

105.880     Conveyance prohibiting use of solar energy systems void

 

105.885     Definitions for ORS 105.885 to 105.895

 

105.890     Solar energy easement appurtenant; termination

 

105.895     Requirements for easement creation by instrument; recordation

 

WIND ENERGY EASEMENTS

 

105.900     “Wind energy easement” defined

 

105.905     Wind energy easement appurtenant; termination

 

105.910     Requirements for easement creation by instrument; recordation

 

105.915     Instrument creating lease or lease option of real property for wind energy conversion system may be recorded; requirements

 

PERSONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

 

105.920     Joint tenancy in personal property; creation

 

MOTOR VEHICLE EVENT DATA RECORDERS

 

105.925     Definitions for ORS 105.925 to 105.945

 

105.928     Ownership of recorded data

 

105.932     Effect of vehicle ownership transfer on ownership of data; prohibited insurer and lessor actions

 

105.935     Court order for retrieval or use of data by law enforcement officers or certain emergency service providers

 

105.938     Court order for retrieval or use of data by insurer

 

105.942     Retrieval or use of data for responding to medical emergency, for medical research or for vehicle servicing or repair

 

105.945     Exempted data

 

RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES

 

105.950     Statutory rule against perpetuities

 

105.955     When nonvested property interest or power of appointment created

 

105.960     Reformation

 

105.965     Exclusions from statutory rule against perpetuities

 

105.970     Prospective application

 

105.975     Short title; application and construction; supersession and repeal of common law

 

ACTIONS FOR RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTY

 

      105.005 Right of action; recovery; damages. (1) Any person who has a legal estate in real property and a present right to the possession of the property, may recover possession of the property, with damages for withholding possession, by an action at law. The action shall be commenced against the person in the actual possession of the property at the time, or if the property is not in the actual possession of anyone, then against the person acting as the owner of the property.

      (2) In an action brought under subsection (1) of this section or in a separate action for damages only, a person who, throughout the vesting period, used or occupied land of another with the honest and objectively reasonable belief that the person was the actual legal owner of the land shall not be liable for:

      (a) Double or treble damages under ORS 105.810 (1) to (3) or 105.815; or

      (b) The value of the use or occupation of the land by the person throughout the vesting period. [Amended by 1989 c.1069 §2; 1991 c.109 §1; 1999 c.544 §3]

 

      105.010 Contents of complaint. The plaintiff in the complaint shall set forth:

      (1) The nature of the estate of the plaintiff in the property, whether it be in fee, for life, or for a term of years; including, when necessary, for whose life and the duration of the term.

      (2) That the plaintiff is entitled to