Oregon Statutes - Chapter 517 - Mining and Mining Claims - Section 517.320 - Counteraffidavits of delinquent owner; suit to quiet title; judgment.

If prior to the issuing of the certificate there has been filed with the county clerk an affidavit by the delinquent coowner that the payment has been made, the clerk shall not issue a certificate, but the parties shall be left to establish such fact by suit to quiet the title to the premises. If in the suit it appears either that the assessment work was not performed by the coowners claiming to have performed it, or that the delinquent coowner has performed or paid the delinquent coowner’s proportion of the assessment work, a judgment shall be entered in the suit to that effect; but if it is established that the assessment has been performed by or has been caused to be performed by the coowners so claiming and that the delinquent coowner has not performed or paid the delinquent coowner’s proportion, a judgment shall be entered providing that the coowners who performed the assessment work to be the owners of all the interest of the delinquent coowner in the premises. The judgment shall be entitled to record in the Mineral and Mining Record kept by the county clerk in the county, and shall be indexed in the Mineral and Mining Record for the county. [Amended by 1999 c.654 §36; 2003 c.576 §467]

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