Title 9, Mortgages and Liens

(1) In order to perfect a lien under ORS 87.555 (1), a hospital, an owner or operator of a hospital, a physician, a physician associate or a nurse practitioner shall: (a) Not later than 30 days after the discharge of the patient from the hospital, file a notice of lien substantia…

The form of the notice required by ORS 87.565 shall be substantially as follows: ______________________________________________________________________________ Notice is hereby given that ______ has rendered hospitalization services or medical treatment for ______, a person who w…

Each recording officer shall maintain a lien docket in which, upon the filing of a notice of lien, the recording officer shall enter the name of the injured person, the approximate date of the hospitalization services or medical treatment, the name and address of the hospital fil…

(1) A person or insurer shall be liable to a hospital and physician, physician associate or nurse practitioner for the reasonable value of hospitalization services and medical treatment rendered out of the moneys due under any payment, award, judgment, settlement or compromise, a…

The liens described in ORS 87.555 may be foreclosed by a suit in the circuit court. In any suit brought pursuant to the provisions of ORS 87.581 or this section, upon entering a judgment for the plaintiff, the court shall allow as part of the costs and disbursements all moneys pa…

As used in ORS 87.603 to 87.633, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Ambulance” has the meaning given that term in ORS 682.025. (2) “Ambulance services” includes the transportation of an individual who is ill or injured or who has a disability in an ambulance and the admi…

When an individual receives ambulance services provided by any person or governmental unit, if the individual has a contract providing for indemnity or compensation for the sum incurred for those services, the person or governmental unit providing the ambulance services has a lie…

In order to perfect the lien described in ORS 87.607, the person or an officer of the governmental unit that provided the ambulance services shall: (1) Not later than 15 days after providing the ambulance services, file a notice of lien with the recording officer of the county in…

The notice of lien required under ORS 87.613 shall be a statement in writing verified by the oath of the person or an officer of the governmental unit asserting the lien claim and must contain: (1) A true statement of demand, after deducting all credits and offsets; (2) The name …

The recording officer of the county shall record the notices filed under ORS 87.613 in the lien docket maintained under ORS 87.575. [1983 c.821 §6; 2014 c.45 §10]

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, when an insurer or health care service contractor receives a certified copy of a notice of lien from a person or governmental unit under ORS 87.613, if the insurer or health care service contractor makes any payment to the…

The lien described in ORS 87.607 may be foreclosed by a suit in the circuit court. [1983 c.821 §8]

As used in ORS 87.685 to 87.695: (1) “Default” means a failure to perform in a timely manner any obligation or duty set forth in a rental agreement. (2) “Last known address” means a physical or electronic mail address that an occupant provided in the latest rental agreement or th…

(1) A rental agreement must state whether the owner holds an insurance policy that protects personal property that is stored at the self-service storage facility identified in the rental agreement. (2) If the owner holds an insurance policy that protects personal property stored …

(1) The owner of a self-service storage facility has a lien upon all personal property, whether or not owned by the occupant, that is located in a specified storage space rented by an occupant at the facility to secure payment for rent, reasonable or agreed charges for labor, mat…

(1) An owner may foreclose a lien created by ORS 87.687 upon the occupant’s default. (2) Before an owner may foreclose by sale a lien created by ORS 87.687, the owner shall notify the occupant of the foreclosure and sale by sending registered or certified mail or other verified m…

(1) After the time specified in the notice given under ORS 87.689 expires, if the owner determines, based on the owner’s previous experience, that the personal property subject to the lien created by ORS 87.687 has a value of $1,000 or less, the owner may dispose of the property …

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, ORS 87.687 is the sole and exclusive statute creating a lien applicable to personal property in self-service storage facilities. (2) If a motor vehicle is stored or parked at a self-service storage facility, upon default, …

An owner may charge and collect a reasonable fee for an occupant’s late payment of rent due for use of an individual storage space in a self-service storage facility. The rental agreement must specify the amount of the fee and the date on which the owner may charge the fee. The o…

ORS 87.685 to 87.695 shall be known as the Oregon Self-Service Storage Facility Act. [1997 c.374 §1; 1999 c.59 §253] AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE LIEN

As used in ORS 87.228 and 87.700 to 87.736, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Agricultural produce” means horticultural products, viticultural products, fruit, berries, vegetables, hops, mint oil, hazelnuts or other nuts, dairy products, bee products, vermiculture produ…

(1) An agricultural producer that delivers or transfers agricultural produce for consideration to a purchaser has a lien for the contract price of that produce, or for the reasonable value of the produce if there is no contract price. The lien created by this section attaches to …

(1) A lien created under ORS 87.705 expires no later than the end of the 45th day after the date that the final payment to the agricultural producer is originally due, unless the producer extends the lien as provided in subsection (2) of this section or ORS 87.242. If the agricul…

Except for tax liens, and except as provided in ORS 87.146 (1)(c) and 87.710 (4), the class of lien created by ORS 87.705 is prior and superior to all other classes of lien or any classes of security interest in the inventory, proceeds or accounts receivable of a purchaser, witho…

(1) The lien created by ORS 87.705 shall be foreclosed in the manner provided by law for the foreclosure of liens generally. (2) In all suits under ORS 87.228 and 87.700 to 87.736, the court shall, upon entering judgment for the plaintiff, allow as a part of the costs all moneys …

A lien created under ORS 87.705 expires unless suit to foreclose the lien is brought in an appropriate court no later than the 45th day after the date final payment to the agricultural producer is originally due or, if the producer extends the lien by filing a notice of lien unde…

(1) When an agricultural producer receives full payment for agricultural produce, if the producer has filed a notice under ORS 87.710 (2) to extend a lien or under ORS 87.725 to foreclose a lien, the producer shall file with the Secretary of State a certificate declaring that ful…

(1) Notices filed with the Secretary of State under ORS 87.710 and certificates filed with the Secretary of State under ORS 87.735 must be in a form prescribed by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall include the notices and certificates in the index maintained by …

As used in ORS 87.750 to 87.777, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Agricultural producer” means a person that engages in or has engaged in the business of growing or producing grain for market or for delivery or transfer to others owning or holding title to the grain. “…

(1) An agricultural producer that delivers or transfers grain for consideration has a lien on the inventory of the purchaser and proceeds received by the purchaser from the selling of the inventory. (2) The lien created by subsection (1) of this section attaches to the inventory …

(1) A lien created under ORS 87.755 expires no later than the end of the 180th day after the date the lien attaches, unless the agricultural producer extends the lien by filing a notice of lien as provided in this section or by filing a notice of claim of lien under ORS 87.242. I…

(1) Notices filed with the Secretary of State under ORS 87.750 to 87.777 must be in a form prescribed by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall include the notice of lien that is filed under ORS 87.762 (2) in the index maintained by the secretary for filing financin…

(1) A lien created under ORS 87.755 (1) expires unless suit to foreclose the lien is brought in an appropriate court no later than the 180th day after the date that the lien attaches, or if the agricultural producer extends the lien by filing a notice of lien under ORS 87.762, no…

(1) If an agricultural producer files a notice of lien under ORS 87.762, when the producer receives full payment for the grain, the producer shall file with the Secretary of State a certificate declaring that full payment has been received and that the lien is discharged. (2) Upo…

(1) Notices of liens, certificates and other notices affecting federal tax liens or other federal liens must be filed in accordance with ORS 87.806 to 87.855. (2) Notices of liens upon real property for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecti…

Certification of notices of liens, certificates, or other notices affecting federal liens by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States or the delegate of the secretary, or by any official or entity of the United States responsible for filing or certifying of notice of an…

(1) If a notice of federal lien, a refiling of a notice of federal lien, or a notice of revocation of any certificate described in subsection (2) of this section is presented to a filing officer who is: (a) The Secretary of State, the secretary shall cause the notice or refiled n…

(1) The fee for filing and indexing each notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the lien is as prescribed by the Secretary of State by rule. The fee described in this subsection shall be nonrefundable. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 205.320, the fees described in subsection (…

ORS 87.806 to 87.831 shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act. [1967 c.445 §6; 1981 c.852 §6]

ORS 87.806 to 87.831 may be cited as the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act. [1967 c.445 §7; 1981 c.852 §7]

(1) Every employer who is required to pay contributions, by agreement or otherwise, into a fund of any employee benefit plan in order that the employer’s employee may participate therein, shall pay such contributions in the required amounts and at the stipulated time or each empl…

(1) The lien claimant under ORS 87.855 (1), or the representative of the claimant, or the trustees of the employee benefit plan fund on the claimant’s behalf, within 60 days after the last delinquent payment becomes due shall file for record with the recording officer of the coun…

(1) The lien described in ORS 87.855 may be enforced by a suit in the circuit court, and shall be governed by the laws regulating the proceedings for the foreclosure of liens generally. (2) Any number of persons claiming liens under ORS 87.855 may join in the same suit, and when …

For purposes of ORS 87.870 to 87.876, “customer,” “mold” and “molder” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 98.470. [2001 c.863 §2]

(1) If a molder does not retain title to a mold that the molder fabricated, molded, cast or made for a customer or if a molder performs manufacturing, assembly or fabrication work using a mold furnished by a customer, the molder shall have a lien on a mold that is retained by the…

(1) Before a molder may sell a mold pursuant to ORS 87.872, the molder shall notify the customer of the sale by registered mail with return receipt requested. The notice shall include: (a) The molder’s intention to sell the mold 30 days after the customer receives the notice; (b)…