Oregon · statute · Or. Rev. Stat. ch. 273 · 146 active provisions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Board” means the State Land Board. (2) “County recording officer” means the county clerk or other county officer carrying out ORS 205.130 to 205.220. (3) “Department” means the Department of State Lands. (4) “Director” means the Director of the Depart…
The Governor is Land Commissioner for the State of Oregon, and shall locate or select the lands to which the state is entitled under the laws of the United States, or otherwise. The Governor shall be allowed all necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duties in this capacity prescribed by law. The Department…
The Governor, Secretary of State and State Treasurer constitute the State Land Board. The board shall carry out the duties prescribed by section 5, Article VIII of the Oregon Constitution, and such other duties as are imposed upon it by law. The board may use a common seal.
(1) The Governor shall act as chairperson of the State Land Board. The board shall establish rules under ORS 183.325 to 183.410 for holding regular meetings and the means whereby timely notification of regular meetings may be given. (2) Two members of the board constitute a quorum to transact business and exercise all…
The Department of State Lands is created, and consists of the Director of the Department of State Lands and all officers and employees of the department acting under the State Land Board. Subject to ORS 273.171, the department shall exercise all of the administrative functions exercised by the clerk and other personnel…
The Department of State Lands shall establish its administrative policies in accordance with the laws prescribing its powers and duties and the general policies formulated by the State Land Board. Acting subject to the approval of the board and in compliance with ORS chapter 183, the Director of the Department of State…
(1) The Department of State Lands may cancel certificates of sale for lands owned by this state, if unlawfully obtained. (2) The State Land Board shall: (a) Manage, control and protect the common school grazing lands under ORS 273.805 to 273.825 so as to secure the greatest permanent value of the lands to all the peopl…
If it finds it advisable in carrying out its duties, the Department of State Lands in the name of the State of Oregon may take title to real and personal property in fee simple or absolutely, in trust or under such other conditions as it considers advisable, and may convey title thereto or execute agreements necessary…
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 758.010, the Department of State Lands may establish and impose a one-time application fee in the amount of $750 on a person applying for an easement to construct a water, gas, electric or communication service line, fixture or other facility on state land other than state land located within th…
The power of eminent domain may be exercised by the State of Oregon at the request of the Department of State Lands for the condemnation of property of any kind and all water rights, easements and appurtenances thereto necessary for carrying out its powers and duties.
All acts and decisions of the Department of State Lands as to the legal title, and the right to a certificate of sale or deed from the state, shall be final.
(1) At all hearings pertaining to lands owned by the state, the Director of the Department of State Lands may administer oaths and take depositions. The State Land Board may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents or other necessary written information. (2) If any person se…
When lands formerly belonging to the State of Oregon are disposed of and final payment has been made, the Director of the Department of State Lands shall execute and deliver to the purchaser a deed in a manner and form prescribed by the rules of the Department of State Lands, conveying all right, title and interest whi…
The Director of the Department of State Lands may execute on behalf of the Department of State Lands all documents required to carry out its powers and duties, in the manner and form prescribed by the rules of the department. All documents so executed shall be admitted to record without acknowledgment.
Copies of any document permitted by law to be recorded that are executed by the Director of the Department of State Lands, or executed by the State Land Board before January 1, 1968, and certified by the director, are entitled to record in the office of any county recording officer. Documents affecting the title to rea…
The person offering a copy of a document mentioned in ORS 273.085 for recording shall pay the recording fee. When a copy of a document has been recorded it shall be returned by the recording officer to the Director of the Department of State Lands or other party as stated on the recorded document.
The record of any copy of a document recorded under ORS 273.085, or a transcript thereof certified by the county recording officer, shall be received in evidence in all courts in this state with like force and effect as the original document.
Unless otherwise provided by law, all deeds and conveyances belonging to the state must be documented in the office of the Department of State Lands. Upon the sale, acquisition or exchange of any real property belonging to the state, an electronic copy of the instrument that conveys the property must be filed with the…
The Department of State Lands shall administer the Common School Fund as provided in ORS 327.405 to 327.480.
(1) The Distributable Income Account is established within the Common School Fund. The Department of State Lands shall administer this account in accordance with Article VIII, section 4, Oregon Constitution, and applicable laws. (2) The following moneys in the Common School Fund shall be credited to the Distributable I…
(1) There is established the Legacy Unclaimed Property School Fund within the Common School Fund. (2) The Legacy Unclaimed Property School Fund consists of moneys transferred to the fund under section 7, chapter 424, Oregon Laws 2021. (3) Interest earned by the fund is credited to the Common School Fund. (4) Moneys in…
(1) There is established the Unclaimed Property School Fund within the Common School Fund. (2) The Unclaimed Property School Fund consists of: (a) Moneys appropriated or transferred to the fund by the Legislative Assembly or by act of law; and (b) Moneys transferred to the fund from the Unclaimed Property and Estates F…
The Department of State Lands may use so much of the Common School Fund as is necessary for: (1) The acquisition of lands, easements, and all other interests in real property. (2) Improvement, operation, and maintenance of property, crops, timber, fixtures and appurtenances whether granted or otherwise acquired at any…
Whenever it appears to the State Land Board to be prudent and to the financial benefit of the Common School Fund, the State Land Board may acquire as an investment for the Common School Fund any parcel of land, whether or not submerged, and submersible lands or formerly submerged and submersible lands. The consideratio…
The Department of State Lands may apply for and receive any private or federal grants, loans or other funds available for the purposes of conducting studies related to the work of the department and coordinating state and federal permitting issues related to removal and fill.