Oregon Statutes - Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries

• 202.010   “County court” defined.
  As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the term “county court” includes board of county commissioners.
• 202.020   Petitions to form new counties or change existing county boundaries.
  Whenever it is desired to form a new county out of one or more then existing counties or to change the boundaries of then existing...
• 202.030   Election order; procedure; ballot title.
  (1) If the county court finds that the proposed changes will not result in any new or remaining county having an assessed valuation, area or...
• 202.040   Commissioners to arrange terms on proposal to change boundaries.
  (1) In case the petition provided for in ORS 202.020 is for a change in the boundaries of existing counties, but not for the elimination...
• 202.050   Certification of election to Secretary of State.
  The county clerk in each county in which an election under ORS 202.030 is held shall certify to the Secretary of State a copy of...
• 202.060   Issuance of proclamation.
  (1) The Governor shall issue a proclamation declaring a new county created if an election for the purpose of establishing a new county is held...
• 202.070   Operation and effect of proclamation.
  (1) If the election was for the purpose of establishing a new county, it thereafter shall be a county for all civil, military and other...
• 202.080   Boundaries to conform to established legal subdivisions; filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.
  (1) In the establishment of any proposed new county and in the establishment of the boundaries of counties in which a change is proposed, the...
• 202.090   Validity of election.
  Refusal or neglect of any official to perform duties in connection with any election under this chapter shall not affect the validity of the election....
• 202.100   Appointment of county judge and commissioners for new county.
  (1) Not later than the 30th day after the Governor issues the proclamation provided for in ORS 199.790 or 202.060, the Governor shall appoint three...
• 202.110   Appointment of other county officers.
  (1) The county judge and the county commissioners appointed under ORS 202.100, acting as a county court, shall appoint a sheriff, a county clerk, a...
• 202.120   Locating county seat.
  (1) The county court of the new county may temporarily fix the county seat, and such location shall remain the county seat until the first...
• 202.130   General laws governing county court.
  In all matters not specially provided for in this chapter, the county court appointed as provided in ORS 202.100 shall be governed by the laws...
• 202.140   Compensation of members of county court.
  The members of the county court of any new county organized under this chapter, while in the discharge of their duties as provided in this...
• 202.150   Disposition of public property, records and tax liens.
  (1) All public buildings, records or other public property within the limits of the original county shall remain and be the property of such original...
• 202.160   Transcription of real estate, court and tax records.
  (1) When a new county is organized in whole or in part from any existing county it shall be the duty of the county court...
• 202.170   Transfer of records.
  (1) When a new county is organized in whole or in part from any existing county and any record or any volume of any records...
• 202.180   Transfer of electors’ registration cards and election records.
  (1) The county court of a new county shall: (a) Cause all the registration cards of electors living in the new county to be segregated...
• 202.190   Payment of moneys due from state.
  All moneys due from the State of Oregon to a new county shall be paid to the county treasurer of the new county in the...
• 202.200   Apportionment of state taxes payable.
  A new county’s proportion of the state taxes shall be determined as follows: (1) If the new county is formed from one county, the new...
• 202.210   Ascertainment, apportionment and assumption of indebtedness.
  (1) Any new county organized under this chapter shall assume and pay, as provided in this section, a just proportion of the indebtedness of the...
• 202.220   Disposition of special funds and property.
  All moneys belonging to special funds, such as fire, school, roads and other funds and property owned by the districts within the boundaries of the...
• 202.230   Distribution of funds in excess of indebtedness.
  (1) Any county in which the amount of public funds on hand at the time of the settlement provided for in ORS 202.210 exceeds the...
• 202.240   Payment of apportioned indebtedness.
  The amount of indebtedness of a county organized or acquiring new territory as provided in this chapter, as ascertained by the joint board of county...
• 202.250   Authority to collect revenues.
  The authority of any county from which a portion is segregated under this chapter, for the collection of revenue within the boundaries of the portion...
• 202.260   Redistricting of county and filling of vacancies.
  The county courts of all the counties affected by the formation of the new county, or by a change in county boundaries, shall immediately after...
• 202.270   Renumbering of school and road districts.
  School districts and road districts within the counties affected by proceedings under this chapter, shall be renumbered so as to make their number in each...
• 202.280   Validity of school district bonds.
  The validity of bonds issued by any school district prior to the division of any county or prior to the change of county boundaries, under...
• 202.290   Judicial district affiliation.
  Any county organized under the provisions of this chapter shall, as soon as its organization is completed, constitute a judicial subdivision of the judicial district...
• 202.300   Appointment and holding of terms of circuit court.
  The judge of the judicial district of which the county organized under this chapter is made a legal subdivision under the provisions of ORS 202.290...
• 202.310   Venue of actions and proceedings.
  In all actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, for the prosecution of a crime committed or a cause of action arising within the boundaries of...
• 202.320   Place of return of processes, notices, bonds and other papers.
  All processes, writs, bonds, notices, appeals, recognizances, papers and proceedings in actions changed to a new county under the provisions of this chapter issued and...

Last modified: August 7, 2008