Title 10, Property Rights and Transactions

(1) If ORS chapter 90 applies to a dwelling unit, following restitution of the premises to the plaintiff by the sheriff pursuant to ORS 105.161, the plaintiff shall remove, store and dispose of any personal property left by the defendant on the premises as provided in ORS 90.425 …

Notwithstanding ORCP 27 or any other provision of law, a minor, as defined in ORS 109.697 and who is a tenant as defined under ORS 90.100, may appear as a party without appointment of a guardian or guardian ad litem in an action for forcible entry or wrongful detainer, under ORS …

For purposes of ORS 105.170 to 105.185: (1) “Easement” means a nonpossessory interest in the land of another which entitles the holders of an interest in the easement to a private right of way, embodying the right to pass across another’s land. (2) “Holders of an interest in an e…

(1) The holders of an interest in any easement shall maintain the easement in repair. (2) The cost of maintaining the easement in repair shall be shared by each holder of an interest in the easement, pursuant to the terms of any agreement entered into by the parties for that purp…

(1) If any holder of an interest in an easement fails to maintain the easement contrary to an agreement or contrary to the maintenance provisions of a recorded instrument creating the easement or, in the absence of an agreement or recorded instrument imposing maintenance obligati…

The provisions of ORS 105.170 to 105.185: (1) Apply to all easements existing on or created after January 1, 1992; and (2) Do not apply to rights of way held or used by providers of public services including, but not limited to, railroad common carriers, pipeline companies, publi…

Whenever a covenant of good faith and fair dealing is implied in the lease of real property, a party’s rights or duties under such covenant may be modified only by express provision in the lease agreement. [1997 c.845 §1] ENCUMBRANCES

(1) As used in this section, “encumbrance” means: (a) A claim, lien, charge or other liability that is attached to and is binding upon real property in this state as security for payment of a monetary obligation; or (b) A reservation of title to real property in this state under …

When several persons hold real property as tenants in common, in which one or more of them have an estate of inheritance, or for life or years, or when several persons hold as tenants in common a vested remainder or reversion in any real property, any one or more of them may main…

(1) If the court finds that the property can neither be partitioned nor sold without great prejudice to the owners, the court may receive evidence as to the value of the respective interests, fix the value thereof, and make an order permitting an owner to borrow money upon the pr…

The interest of all known and unknown persons in the property shall be specifically and particularly set forth in the complaint for partition, as far as known to the plaintiff. If one or more of the parties, or the share or quantity of interest of any of the parties, is unknown t…

The plaintiff shall make a tenant in dower, by the curtesy, for life or for years of any portion of the entire property and creditors having a lien upon any portion of the property defendants in the suit. When the lien is upon an undivided interest or estate of any of the parties…

The summons shall be directed by name to all the tenants in common who are known, to all lien creditors who are made parties to the suit and generally to all persons unknown having or claiming an interest or estate in the property.

If a party having a share or interest in or lien upon the property is unknown or cannot be found, and such fact is made to appear by affidavit, the summons may be served on the unknown or unlocated party by publication, directed by the court or judge, as in ordinary cases. When s…

The defendant shall set forth in the answer the nature and extent of the interest of the defendant in the property. If the defendant is a lien creditor the defendant shall set forth how the lien was created, the amount of the debt secured thereby and remaining due, and whether su…

The rights of the plaintiffs and defendants may be put in issue, tried and determined in the suit. If a defendant fails to answer, or if a sale of the property is necessary, the title shall be ascertained by proof to the satisfaction of the court before the judgment for partition…

If it is alleged in the complaint and established by evidence, or if it appears by the evidence to the satisfaction of the court without an allegation in the complaint, that the property or any part of it is so situated that partition cannot be made without great prejudice to the…

When it appears that partition cannot be made without prejudice to the rights and interests of some of the parties, the court may adjudge compensation to be made by one party to another on account of the inequality of partition. Compensation shall not be required to be paid to ot…

In making the partition the referees shall divide the property and allot the several portions thereof to the respective parties, quality and quantity relatively considered, according to the respective rights of the parties as determined by the court. They shall designate the seve…

The court may confirm or set aside the report in whole or in part and if necessary appoint new referees. Upon the report being confirmed, a judgment shall be given stating that the partition shall be effectual forever. Except as provided in ORS 105.265, the judgment is binding an…

The judgment provided for in ORS 105.260 shall not affect tenants for years or for life of the whole of the property which is the subject of partition. Except as provided in ORS 105.260, the judgment and partition shall not preclude any person from claiming title to the property …

If the referees report to the court that the property to be partitioned, or any separate portion thereof, is so situated that a partition thereof cannot be made without great prejudice to the owners, and the court is satisfied that the report is correct, it may, by an order, dire…

If the report of the referee is confirmed the order of confirmation is binding and conclusive upon all parties to the suit.

All sales of real property made by the referees shall be made by public auction to the highest bidder in the manner required for the sale of real property on execution. The notice shall state the terms of sale. If the property or any part of it is to be sold subject to a prior es…

The proceeds of the sale of encumbered property shall be distributed by the judgment of the court as follows: (1) To pay the property’s just proportion of the general costs of the suit. (2) To pay the costs of the reference. (3) To satisfy the several liens in their order of prio…

The proceeds of sale and the securities taken by the referees, or any part thereof, shall be distributed by them to the persons entitled thereto whenever the court so directs. If no such direction is given, all proceeds and securities shall be paid into court or deposited as dire…

When the proceeds of sales of any shares or parcel belonging to known persons who are parties to the suit are paid into court, the suit may be continued as between such parties for the determination by the court of their respective claims thereto. Further testimony may be taken i…

Whenever any party to the suit, who holds a lien upon any part of the property has other securities for the payment of the amount of the lien, the court may, in its discretion, order the securities to be exhausted before a distribution of the proceeds of sale, or may order a just…

The court shall, in the order of sale, direct the terms of credit which may be allowed for the purchase money of any portion of the premises which it may direct to be sold on credit; and for that portion of which the purchase money is required by ORS 105.370 to be invested for th…

When only a part of the property is ordered to be sold, the whole of an estate for life or years in an undivided share of the property may be set off in any part of the property not ordered to be sold.

When the estate of any tenant for life or years in any undivided part of the property in question was admitted by the parties or ascertained by the court to be existing at the time of the order of sale, and the person entitled to such estate was made a party to the suit, the esta…

Any person entitled to an estate for life or years in any undivided part of the property, whose estate has been sold, shall be entitled to receive such sum in gross as is, deemed, upon principles of law applicable to annuities, a reasonable satisfaction for the estate. If the per…

If a tenant does not consent pursuant to ORS 105.320, before the report of sale, the court shall ascertain and determine what proportion of the proceeds of the sale, after deducting expenses, will be a just and reasonable sum to be invested for the tenant’s benefit, and shall ord…

The proportion of the proceeds of the sale to be invested, as provided in ORS 105.325, shall be ascertained and determined as follows: (1) If an estate in dower or curtesy is included in the order of sale its proportion shall be one-half of the proceeds of the sale of the propert…

If any person entitled to an estate for life or years is unknown, the court shall provide for the protection of the rights of the person in the same manner, as far as possible, as if the person were known and had appeared.

In all cases of sales in partition when it appears that any person has a vested or contingent future right or estate in any of the property sold, the court shall ascertain and settle the proportional value of the contingent or vested right or estate according to the principles of…

In all cases of sales of property, the terms shall be known at the time. If the premises consist of distinct farms or lots they shall be sold separately, or otherwise if the court so directs.

Neither of the referees, nor any person for the benefit of either of them, shall be interested in any purchase at a partition sale; nor shall the guardian or conservator of the estate of an infant party be interested in the purchase of any real property that is the subject of the…

After completing the sale the referees shall report it to the court with the description of the different parcels of land sold to each purchaser, the name of the purchaser, the price paid or secured, the terms and conditions of the sale and the securities, if any, taken. The repo…

The report of sale may be excepted to by any party entitled to a share of the proceeds in like manner and with like effect as in ordinary cases. If the sale is confirmed the order of confirmation shall direct the referees to execute conveyances and take securities pursuant to the…

When a party entitled to a share of the property, or an encumbrancer entitled to have the lien of the encumbrancer paid out of the sale, becomes a purchaser, the referees may take a receipt for so much of the proceeds of the sale as belongs to the party or the encumbrancer.

When there are proceeds of sale belonging to an unknown owner, or to a person without the state who has no legal representative within it, or when there are proceeds arising from the sale of an estate subject to the prior estate of a tenant for life or years, which are paid into …

Except as provided in ORS 105.380, security for the proceeds of sale shall be taken or investments of the proceeds shall be made in the name of the clerk of the court and the clerk’s successors in office, who shall hold the same for the use and benefit of the parties interested, …

When security is taken by the referees on a sale, and the parties interested in the security, by an instrument in writing under their hands delivered to the referees, agree upon the shares and proportions to which they are entitled, or when shares and proportions have been previo…

The clerk in whose name a security is taken or by whom an investment is made, and the clerk’s successors in office, shall receive the interest and principal as it becomes due and apply and invest it as the court may direct. The clerk shall file in the office of the clerk all secu…

When the share of an infant is sold, the proceeds of the sale may be paid by the referees making the sale to the guardian of the infant, the conservator of the estate of the infant or the special guardian appointed for the infant in the suit, upon the guardian or conservator givi…

When the interest in real property of an incapacitated person has been sold, the share of the incapacitated person of the proceeds shall be given, on the behalf of the incapacitated person, to the conservator of the estate of the incapacitated person if the conservator executes, …

When an infant or an incapacitated person is interested in real estate held in common or in any other manner so as to authorize the infant or incapacitated person being made a party to an action for the partition thereof, the guardian of the infant or incapacitated person or the …

(1) The expenses of the referees, including those of a surveyor and assistants of the surveyor when employed, shall be ascertained and allowed by the court, and the amount thereof, together with the fees allowed by law to the referees, shall be paid by the plaintiff, and may be a…

(1) The Legislative Assembly recognizes that there exists residential property in this state that is insanitary and unsafe and that many citizens, especially those with lower incomes, are forced to live in and occupy these properties. (2) The Legislative Assembly further recogniz…