2005 Oregon Code - Chapter 88 :: Chapter 88 - Foreclosure of Mortgages and Other Liens
Chapter 88 — Foreclosure of Mortgages and Other Liens
2005 EDITION
FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGES AND OTHER LIENS
MORTGAGES AND LIENS
88.010Â Â Â Â Â Â Foreclosure of liens by suit; judgment for amount of debt; other remedies
88.020Â Â Â Â Â Â Joinder of foreclosure suit involving real property with suit to quiet title
88.030Â Â Â Â Â Â Other lienholders and debtors as defendants; effect of failure to redeem
88.040Â Â Â Â Â Â Foreclosure suit during and after action for debt
88.050Â Â Â Â Â Â Judgment foreclosing more than one lien on same property
88.060Â Â Â Â Â Â Enforcement of judgment
88.070Â Â Â Â Â Â Judgment foreclosing mortgage on real property
88.075Â Â Â Â Â Â When certain mortgage is considered purchase money mortgage
88.080Â Â Â Â Â Â Sale and redemption; effect of sheriffÂ’s deed
88.090Â Â Â Â Â Â Judgment when debt payable in installments
88.100Â Â Â Â Â Â Payment of amount due before foreclosure sale; judgment for payment of installment not due
88.110Â Â Â Â Â Â Duration of real property mortgage lien; when suit for foreclosure barred
88.120Â Â Â Â Â Â When foreclosure not barred by ORS 88.110
88.710      “Lien” defined
88.720Â Â Â Â Â Â Acquisition, administration and disposal by state of property subject to lien held by state
88.740Â Â Â Â Â Â Investment of surplus moneys in Oregon War VeteransÂ’ Bond Sinking Account
     88.010
Foreclosure of liens by suit; judgment for amount of debt; other remedies.
Except as otherwise provided by law, a lien upon real or personal property,
other than that of a judgment, whether created by mortgage or otherwise, shall
be foreclosed, and the property adjudged to be sold to satisfy the debt secured
thereby by a suit. Except as provided in ORS 88.070, in addition to the
judgment of foreclosure and sale, if a promissory note or other personal
obligation for the payment of the debt has been given by the lien debtor or any
other person as principal or otherwise, the court also shall enter a judgment
for the amount of the debt against the person or persons. The provisions of
this chapter as to liens upon personal property are not intended to exclude a
person having such lien from any other remedy or right in regard to such
property. [Amended by 2003 c.576 §345]
     88.020
Joinder of foreclosure suit involving real property with suit to quiet title.
Any cause of suit involving real property provided for in ORS 88.010 may be
joined with any cause of suit provided for in ORS 105.605 in the same complaint
or cross-complaint, if both causes of suit involve the same real property or
some part thereof and are separately stated. Any person may be joined as a
party who is a proper party to either cause of suit. The court, in event of such
joinder, may render a judgment that will, among other things, determine the
paramount title to the real property involved or any part thereof. [Amended by
2003 c.576 §346]
     88.030
Other lienholders and debtors as defendants; effect of failure to redeem.
Any person having a lien subsequent to the plaintiff upon the same property or
any part thereof, or who has given a promissory note or other personal
obligation for the payment of the debt, or any part thereof, secured by the
mortgage or other lien which is the subject of the suit, shall be made a
defendant in the suit, and any person having a prior lien may be made defendant
at the option of the plaintiff, or by the order of the court when deemed
necessary. The failure of any junior lien or interest holder who is omitted as
a party defendant in the suit to redeem within five years of the date of a
sheriffÂ’s sale under ORS 88.080 shall bar such junior lien or interest holder
from any other action or proceeding against the property by the person on
account of such person’s lien or interest. [Amended by 1985 c.817 §10]
     88.040
Foreclosure suit during and after action for debt. During the pendency of
an action for the recovery of a debt secured by any lien mentioned in ORS
88.010, a suit cannot be maintained for the foreclosure of the lien, nor
thereafter, unless judgment is given in such action that the plaintiff recover
the debt or some part thereof, and an execution thereon against the property of
the defendant is returned unsatisfied in whole or in part.
     88.050
Judgment foreclosing more than one lien on same property. When it is
adjudged that any of the defendants have a lien upon the property, the court
shall make a like judgment in relation thereto, and the debt secured thereby,
as if such defendant were a plaintiff in the suit. When a judgment is given
foreclosing two or more liens upon the same property or any portion thereof in
favor of different persons not united in interest, the judgment shall specify
the order, according to their priority, in which the debts secured by such
liens shall be satisfied out of the proceeds of the sale of the property.
[Amended by 2003 c.576 §347]
     88.060
Enforcement of judgment. The judgment may be enforced by execution as an
ordinary judgment for the recovery of money, except as in this section
otherwise provided:
     (1) When a judgment of foreclosure and sale is given, an execution may issue thereon against the property adjudged to be sold. If the judgment is in favor of the plaintiff only, the execution may issue as in ordinary cases, but if it is in favor of different persons, not united in interest, it shall issue upon the joint request of such persons or upon the order of the court or judge thereof on the motion of any of them.
     (2) When the judgment is also against the defendants or any one of them in person, and the proceeds of the sale of the property upon which the lien is foreclosed are not sufficient to satisfy the judgment as to the sum remaining unsatisfied, the judgment may be enforced by execution as in ordinary cases. When in such case the judgment is in favor of different persons not united in interest, it shall be deemed a separate judgment as to such persons, and may be enforced accordingly. [Amended by 2003 c.576 §348]
     88.070
Judgment foreclosing mortgage on real property. When a judgment is given
for the foreclosure of any mortgage given to secure payment of the balance of
the purchase price of real property, the judgment shall provide for the sale of
the real property covered by such mortgage for the satisfaction of the judgment
given therein, but the mortgagee shall not be entitled to a deficiency judgment
on account of the mortgage or note or obligation secured by the same. [Amended
by 2003 c.576 §349]
     88.075
When certain mortgage is considered purchase money mortgage. A mortgage
entered into after September 13, 1975, is a purchase money mortgage if the
mortgage is given to a vendor to secure the unpaid balance of the purchase
price of real property or if the mortgage is given to a lender or any other
person to secure up to $50,000 of the unpaid balance of the purchase price of
real property used by the purchaser as the primary or secondary single family
residence of the purchaser. [1975 c.618 §6]
     88.080
Sale and redemption; effect of sheriffÂ’s deed. A judgment of foreclosure
shall order the mortgaged property sold. Property sold on execution issued upon
a judgment may be redeemed in like manner and with like effect as property sold
at an execution sale pursuant to ORS 18.860 to 18.993, and not otherwise. A
sheriffÂ’s deed for property sold on execution issued upon a judgment shall have
the same force and effect as a sheriffÂ’s deed issued for property sold at an
execution sale pursuant to ORS 18.860 to 18.993. [Amended by 1979 c.284 §91;
2003 c.576 §350; 2005 c.22 §56; 2005 c.542 §§68a,68b; 2005 c.568 §39]
     88.090
Judgment when debt payable in installments. When a suit is commenced to
foreclose a lien securing a debt payable in installments, either of interest or
principal, and any of such installments is not then due, the court shall enter
a judgment for the foreclosure of the lien, and may also include in the
judgment a requirement that the property be sold for the satisfaction of the
whole debt, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the installment
then due, with costs of suit. In the latter case, the judgment of foreclosure
as to the remainder of the property may be enforced by an order of sale, in
whole or in part, whenever default occurs in the payment of the installments
not then due. [Amended by 2003 c.576 §351]
     88.100
Payment of amount due before foreclosure sale; judgment for payment of
installment not due. If, before a judgment is given, the amount then due
with the costs of suit is brought into court and paid to the clerk, the suit
shall be dismissed. If the same is done after judgment and before sale, the
effect of the judgment as to the amount then due and paid shall be terminated,
and the execution, if any has issued, shall be recalled by the clerk. When an
installment not due is adjudged to be paid, the court shall determine and
specify in the judgment what sum shall be received in satisfaction thereof,
which sum may be equal to such installment, or otherwise, according to the
present value thereof. [Amended by 2003 c.576 §352]
     88.110
Duration of real property mortgage lien; when suit for foreclosure barred.
Except as provided in ORS 88.120, no mortgage upon real property shall be a
lien upon such property after the expiration of 10 years from the later of the
date of maturity of the mortgage debt, the expiration of the term of the
mortgage debt or the date to which the payment thereof has been extended by
agreement of record; and after such 10 years the mortgage shall be conclusively
presumed paid and discharged, and no suit shall be maintainable for its
foreclosure. If neither the date of maturity nor the term of the debt is
disclosed by the recorded mortgage or recorded memorandum thereof, then the
date of the execution of the recorded mortgage or recorded memorandum thereof
shall be deemed the date of maturity and expiration of the term of the mortgage
debt for purposes of this section. If the mortgage and a memorandum or
memoranda thereof are of record and no date of maturity or statement of the
term of the mortgage is contained in the mortgage or memoranda, then the date
of execution of the earliest document of record shall be used to determine the
date of maturity and the expiration of the term of the debt. [Amended by 1997
c.143 §1]
     88.120
When foreclosure not barred by ORS 88.110. (1) Foreclosure of a mortgage on
real property is not barred by ORS 88.110 when the mortgage is held of record
by the State of Oregon or when all the following facts exist at the time the
foreclosure suit is commenced:
     (a) Any portion of the mortgage debt, or any interest thereon, has been voluntarily paid within the 10 years immediately preceding commencement of the suit.
     (b) The original mortgagor still owns the mortgaged property.
     (c) No lien or right of a third person has attached to the property after the expiration of the 10-year period referred to in ORS 88.110.
     (2) A mortgage that is not enforceable by the transferor at the time of transfer to the State of Oregon does not become enforceable thereafter under this section. [Amended by 1997 c.298 §1]
     88.710
“Lien” defined. As used in ORS 88.710 to 88.740, “lien” means any charge
upon property for the payment or discharge of a debt, tax or duty due the State
of Oregon or any agency of the state, including judgment liens, recorded
warrants or any notice or claim of amount due given by the state, or an agency
thereof, pursuant to law and carried forward on the County Clerk Lien Record or
the register of the circuit court of the county wherein property is located to
which a lien of the state attaches. [1959 c.499 §1; 1963 c.578 §2; 1991 c.111
§8; 2003 c.576 §190; 2005 c.625 §67]
     88.720
Acquisition, administration and disposal by state of property subject to lien
held by state. Whenever in the discretion of the Department of VeteransÂ’
Affairs such a procedure would appear beneficial to the state, and on advice of
the state agency charged with collection of a tax, duty, debt or any sum owing
the state for which a lien securing such debt, tax or duty is being foreclosed
by the state agency or by third parties, the department may bid in or redeem
real or personal property ordered sold under foreclosure where such property is
subject to any lien held by the state at a price limited to the sum of the
amount of the state lien and all other prior liens plus costs but in no event
to exceed the appraised value; acquire title to real property for and in behalf
of the state as a result of such foreclosure; accept deeds from debtors,
taxpayers or other persons owing a debt, tax or duty to the state in lieu of
foreclosure; make repairs, improvements or alterations; insure against loss or
damage; pay taxes, liens and charges of every kind superior to the lien of the
state; and sell, transfer, lease or assign such property for and in behalf of
the state, or otherwise administer such property in such manner as the
department deems for the best interest of the state in the same manner the
department manages and conveys property pursuant to ORS 407.135; the department
shall undertake to sell property after acquiring marketable title thereto, and
while holding such property may not engage in any enterprise competitive with
private enterprise other than the renting or leasing of such property or
interests therein. The control of such property while title remains vested in
the state shall be exercised by the department. [1959 c.499 §2; 1963 c.578 §3;
1967 c.211 §6; 2005 c.625 §68]
     88.730
[1959 c.499 §3; 1963 c.578 §4; repealed by 1967 c.211 §7 (88.740 enacted in
lieu of 88.730)]
     88.740
Investment of surplus moneys in Oregon War VeteransÂ’ Bond Sinking Account.
(1) The Department of VeteransÂ’ Affairs is authorized, in whatever manner the
department considers advisable and to the extent necessary to carry out the
provisions of ORS 88.710 to 88.740, to use the surplus moneys in the Oregon War
VeteransÂ’ Bond Sinking Account, other than the moneys therein which are derived
from tax levies and sales of refunding bonds, that are earnings in excess of
the amount required to amortize the bonded indebtedness incurred under the
authority of section 1, Article XI-A of the Oregon Constitution, and ORS
407.115, 407.125, 407.165, 407.205, 407.275, 407.415, 407.495, 407.515, 407.555
and 407.565.
     (2) The property acquired under ORS 88.710 to 88.740 shall represent an investment of the Oregon War Veterans’ Bond Sinking Account and all moneys received by the department from the sale, lease or other disposition of any property shall be deposited in the Oregon War Veterans’ Bond Sinking Account.
     (3) The department may pay to the State Treasurer, to be deposited in the General Fund available for general governmental expenses:
     (a) An amount equal to the balance owing on any existing real estate contract arising out of the sale of property by the department which was an investment of the General Fund pursuant to ORS 88.710 to 88.740, and upon such payment the interest represented by the real estate contract shall represent an investment of the Oregon War Veterans’ Bond Sinking Account.
     (b) An amount equal to the General Fund moneys expended for the acquisition of presently unsold properties pursuant to ORS 88.710 to 88.740, and upon such payment the properties shall represent an investment of the Oregon War Veterans’ Bond Sinking Account. [1967 c.211 §8 (enacted in lieu of 88.730); 1987 c.652 §16; 2005 c.625 §69]
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