2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 3, Chapters 90 - 130
ORS Chapter 93
93.935 Effect of purchaser s abandonment or reconveyance on interest, lien or claim.

(1) In the event of a default under a contract for conveyance of real property, the recorded interest, lien or claim of a person with respect to the real property, by virtue of an assignment, conveyance, contract, mortgage, trust deed or other lien or claim from or through a purchaser, shall not be affected by the purchaser s abandonment or reconveyance to the seller unless the person is given notice in the manner specified in ORS 93.915.

(2) The notice shall specify the nature of the default, the amount of the default if the default is in the payment terms, the date after which the purchaser s interest in the real property will be abandoned or reconveyed to the seller and the name and address of the seller or the attorney for the seller. The period specified in the notice after which the purchaser s interest will be abandoned or reconveyed to the seller may not be less than:

(a) Sixty days, when the purchaser has reduced the unpaid balance to an amount greater than 75 percent of the purchase price;

(b) Ninety days, when the purchaser has reduced the unpaid balance to an amount which is more than 50 percent but less than 75 percent of the purchase price; or

(c) One hundred twenty days, when the purchaser has reduced the unpaid balance to an amount which is 50 percent or less of the purchase price.

(3) If the person having an interest, lien or claim with respect to the real property, by virtue of an assignment, conveyance, contract, mortgage, trust deed or other lien or claim from or through a purchaser whose interest arises under a contract for conveyance of real property, cures the default as provided in ORS 93.920 then such person s interest, lien or claim with respect to the real property shall not be affected by the purchaser s abandonment or reconveyance to the seller. [1985 c.718 7; 1987 c.225 3]