Title 29, Revenue and Taxation

(1)(a) The current owner of property or other person obligated to pay taxes imposed on property may petition the county assessor for a correction of the maximum assessed value of the property for the circumstances described in subsection (2) of this section. (b) The petitioner ma…

No ad valorem taxes imposed on real property, a manufactured structure or a floating home purchased by a bona fide purchaser shall be a lien on the real property, manufactured structure or floating home unless at the time of purchase the taxes were a matter of public record. For …

(1) Except as to real property assessed to “unknown owners” pursuant to ORS 308.240 (2), on or before October 25 in each year, the tax collector shall deliver or mail to each person (as defined in ORS 311.605) shown on the tax roll as an owner of real or personal property, or to …

(1) If a mortgagee is required or authorized to pay the ad valorem taxes on a manufactured structure or a floating home or on real property that is subject to the mortgage by a provision contained in the mortgage instrument, upon written request sent to the tax collector, the tax…

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 311.250, if to meet the requirements of ORS 311.250, the tax collector must deliver or mail multiple tax statements to the same person, as defined in ORS 311.605, the tax collector may, at the request of the person made in writing, in lieu of the required …

(1) All ad valorem property taxes, taxes on property that are imposed upon property subject to ad valorem taxation and all special assessments, fees or other charges required by law to be placed upon the tax roll, which have been lawfully levied or imposed and certified to the as…

Except as provided in ORS 311.265, all taxes levied in this state shall be collected and paid in lawful money of the United States, and not otherwise. [Amended by 1965 c.344 §21]

(1) Any warrant of a county or of any municipal corporation, taxing district or political subdivision shall be received, without regard to priority of issue or registration, in payment of any tax levied for the fund on which the warrant is drawn, except that a warrant not immedia…

No county officer shall purchase or receive in payment of taxes or in exchange, or otherwise, any county orders or any demand against the county of the county officer for a claim allowed by the proper officer to allow the claim during the term of office of the county officer, for…

As between the grantor and the grantee of real property or the buyer and seller of personal property, when there is no express agreement as to payment of the taxes on the property becoming due and payable for the fiscal year in which the sale occurs, the grantor or seller is liab…

(1) Any person desiring to pay taxes on any part of any real estate assessed as one parcel or tract may do so by applying to the county assessor or deputy county assessor. The county assessor shall determine the relative or proportionate value such part bears to the value of the …

If any tax on any real estate is paid by or collected from an occupant or tenant when there is some other person who, by agreement or otherwise, ought to pay the tax, or any part thereof, the occupant or tenant shall be entitled to recover by action the amount which the person sh…

(1) If a tax collector fails to make settlement of the taxes included in the assessment roll within the time required by ORS 311.395, the tax collector shall be charged with damages in an amount equaling five percent of the amount not settled within the time required by ORS 311.3…

Money collected or received by any officer for a distinct and specified object shall be kept as a separate fund for the specified object and no portion shall be paid or applied to any other object or purpose without due authority.

(1) After receipt of the tax roll each year the tax collector shall receive and receipt for all moneys received for taxes and other amounts charged on such roll, and for each payment, shall note on the tax roll at the appropriate property assessment the following: (a) The date pa…

(1) Every tax receipt shall state plainly on its face the name of the county, the fiscal year for which the taxes entered therein have been levied followed by the word “Taxes.” The receipt shall show the exact amount paid, the date of payment, the property on which the taxes were…

(1)(a) For all taxes, penalties and other charges collected by the tax collector under, including, but not limited to, ORS 92.095, 100.110, 285C.050 to 285C.250, 308.260, 308.865, 308A.119, 308A.324, 308A.700 to 308A.733, 311.165, 311.206, 311.229, 311.405 (4) or (5), 311.411, 31…

(1) On or before December 1 in each year each county treasurer shall pay over to the State Treasurer one-half of the amount of state taxes charged to the county of the county treasurer for the fiscal year then current. In similar manner the county treasurer shall pay over one-qua…

(1) The tax collector shall deposit all property tax moneys with the county treasurer no later than: (a) One business day after: (A) Payment of the moneys is made in person at the office of the tax collector; or (B) The tax collector receives moneys collected by a financial insti…

(1) Additional taxes or penalties collected because of the disqualification of property from special assessment or exemption shall be deposited in the unsegregated tax collections account in the same manner as other ad valorem property taxes. (2) For purposes of completing the pe…

(1)(a) When the tax collector receives the assessor’s certificate pursuant to ORS 311.115, the tax collector shall prepare and file with the county treasurer a percentage schedule of the ratio of taxes on property, as defined in ORS 310.140, and other amounts to be collected, aft…

No later than five working days after the tax collector files with the county treasurer the percentage schedule required under ORS 311.390, the tax collector shall notify each taxing district of the amount of taxes on property imposed for each district for that fiscal year. [1991…

(1) If, in the discretion of the county court, it is more economical to advance to those municipalities from the general fund of the county the total amount of taxes, assessments or other charges levied against property in the county, the county court may advance from the general…

(1) The tax collector shall make statements of the exact amounts of property tax moneys in cash and warrants collected as follows: (a) For the period beginning on the first Monday following the last Friday in October through the last Friday in November, the tax collector shall ma…

(1)(a) All ad valorem property taxes lawfully imposed or levied on real or personal property are liens on such real and personal property, respectively. Such taxes include delinquent taxes on personal property made a lien on real property, and ad valorem property taxes on real or…

(1) Real property or personal property that is subject to taxation on July 1 shall remain taxable and taxes levied thereon for the ensuing tax year shall become due and payable, notwithstanding any subsequent transfer of the property to an exempt ownership or use. Taxes that are …

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Authorized agent” means an agent who is responsible for closing and settlement services in a conveyance. (b) “Charges against the real property” means all ad valorem property taxes, additional taxes and potential additional taxes, fees, interest,…

(1) Whenever, by eminent domain proceedings, the State of Oregon or any political subdivision thereof acquires title to any real property upon which property taxes for any year or years prior to the fiscal year of such acquisition have become a lien upon said real property, all s…

(1) Whenever, by eminent domain proceedings, the State of Oregon or any political subdivision thereof acquires title to any real property upon which property taxes have been levied for the fiscal year in which such property is acquired, the state or the political subdivision ther…

For the purposes of ORS 311.412 and 311.413, the date of acquisition of real property by eminent domain proceedings by the State of Oregon or any political subdivision thereof shall be deemed to be the date possession thereof is taken by the state or the political subdivision the…

(1) Before any judgment or final order shall be entered or become operative in any court in this state in any of the causes listed in subsection (3) of this section, it shall first be shown to the satisfaction of the court that all taxes due or owing from the defendant, judgment …

(1) All taxes levied on real property, the value of which is substantially dissipated, removed or destroyed by the owner thereof, or by the authority of the owner, subsequent to the assessment or tax day of any year, shall be a debt due and owing from the owner of the real proper…

(1) No person, firm or corporation shall log off or remove any standing or down timber until the taxes then due and payable on the timber and the taxes then due and payable on the land upon which the timber is or was standing or situated, including the taxes on any portion of the…

ORS 311.420 and 311.425 shall be construed as cumulative of all other remedies for the collection of taxes against real property and shall not be construed as a repeal of any statute for the assessment or collection of taxes against real property.

(1) All taxes levied on personal property shall be a debt due and owing from the owner of the personal property. (2) If taxes on personal property are not paid before they become delinquent, or on the earlier demand of the assessor or tax collector, the county in which the taxes …

(1) Subsection (2) of this section applies if: (a) The county assessor discovers personal property subject to assessment for taxation in any year and taxes imposed on the property in a prior year are delinquent; or (b) In the opinion of the assessor it seems probable that persona…

(1) When any assessor, under ORS 311.165 or 311.465, demands payment of taxes on real or personal property before such taxes otherwise become due and payable, the owner or person who is liable for the taxes on the property and who has paid to the assessor the amount demanded may,…

If at any time the tax collector has reason to believe that personal property, including property classified as real property machinery and equipment, is being removed or is about to be removed from the state, is being dissipated or is about to be dissipated, the tax collector im…

(1) Any financial institution, as defined in ORS 317.010, or agent or representative of a financial institution, that, in the process of foreclosing any security interest or other lien on taxable personal property, including property classified as real property machinery and equi…

If personal property, including property classified as real property machinery and equipment, on which taxes are due and unpaid has been removed from one county to another county of this state, the tax collector of the county from which the property was removed shall certify a st…

If a tax has been levied against real or personal property, and thereafter and prior to the date the tax becomes due and payable, the person against whom the tax is charged files a petition in bankruptcy, or is adjudged a bankrupt upon an involuntary proceeding, the tax shall bec…

(1) A county may establish a property tax bankruptcy account. The account shall consist of interest earned on the account and moneys deposited into the account by the tax collector from taxes and any related penalties, but excluding interest, that are: (a) Due under ORS 311.405 (…

Not later than September 1 of each year, the tax collector shall distribute to all taxing districts a report that outlines bankruptcy collection efforts for the previous tax year. The report shall include: (1) A list of all bankruptcy proceedings for which the county was reimburs…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, all taxes and other charges due from the taxpayer or property, levied or imposed and charged on the latest tax roll, shall be paid as follows: (a) The first one-third on or before November 15; (b) The second one-third on o…

During each odd-numbered year regular session, the Legislative Assembly shall review the rate of interest, as specified under ORS 311.505 (2) that is charged and collected on property taxes that are due and unpaid. [1989 c.796 §10a; 2001 c.114 §29; 2011 c.545 §25]

(1) Notwithstanding the requirement in ORS 311.505 (3) that to receive a discount upon payment of taxes, the taxes must be paid on or before November 15, the discount provided by ORS 311.505 (3) shall be allowed: (a) If the taxes are paid within 15 business days after the date th…

(1) Except as provided under subsection (2) of this section and notwithstanding ORS 311.505 (5): (a) Twenty-five percent of the interest charged and collected under ORS 311.505 shall be deposited and credited to the County Assessment and Taxation Fund created under ORS 294.187; a…

Taxes on real property not paid on or before May 15 are delinquent. Taxes on personal property or on real property machinery and equipment are delinquent whenever any third, or other specified installment, of the taxes is not paid on or before its due date, as provided in ORS 311…

(1) Taxes on manufactured structures assessed as real property shall become due, become delinquent, and be collected at the same time and in the same manner as taxes on other real property. Taxes on manufactured structures assessed as personal property are subject to all the prov…

(1) Whenever any property value or claim for exemption or cancellation of a property tax assessment is appealed to the property value appeals board or to the tax court and the final resolution of the controversy results in additional taxes due on the property, the additional taxe…