6 chapters · 372 sections in this title.
ORS 274.005 Definitions
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As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Department” means the Department of State Lands. (2) “Director” means the Director of the Department of State Lands. (3) “Line of ordinary high water” means the line on the bank or shore to which the high water …
ORS 274.015 Determination of ordinary high and low water
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For purposes of this chapter, when the lines of ordinary high or low water cannot be determined by survey or inspection, then such lines shall be determined by the use of the annual mean high or mean low water for the preceding year. [1967 c.421 §99]
ORS 274.025 Jurisdiction over submersible and submerged lands generally
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(1) The title to the submersible and submerged lands of all navigable streams and lakes in this state now existing or which may have been in existence in 1859 when the state was admitted to the Union, or at any time since admission, and which has not become vested in any person, …
ORS 274.036 Status of channel of Willamette River; approval of dam; state maintenance of river location
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The Willamette River at mile 176.5 has been returned to its pre-1971 channel. The Legislative Assembly finds that in the interests of the state’s ownership in the bed of the Willamette River and protecting the public rights of navigation, fisheries, recreation and wildlife habita…