2017 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate
Chapter 113 - Initiation of Estate Proceedings
Section 113.015 - Venue.

Universal Citation: OR Rev Stat § 113.015 (2017)

(1) The venue for a proceeding seeking the appointment of a personal representative and for a proceeding to probate a will is:

(a) In the county where the decedent had a domicile or where the decedent had a place of abode at the time of death;

(b) In any county where property of the decedent was located at the time of death or is located at the time the proceeding is commenced; or

(c) In the county in which the decedent died.

(2) Filing a proceeding in a county other than specified in subsection (1) of this section does not constitute a jurisdictional defect. [1969 c.591 §81]

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