Oregon Statutes - Chapter 308 - Assessment of Property for Taxation - Section 308.560 - Assessment roll; contents; description of property; effect of errors, mistakes and omissions.

(1) The assessment roll for the companies assessed under ORS 308.505 to 308.665 shall be prepared in a manner prescribed by the Department of Revenue.

(2) Upon the assessment roll shall be placed, after the name of each of the companies assessed under ORS 308.505 to 308.665, a general description of the properties assessed in the name of each such company as provided in ORS 308.517, which descriptions shall be deemed to include all the properties of the companies liable to assessment for taxation under ORS 308.505 to 308.665. The description may be in the language contained in ORS 308.510, or otherwise, or may refer to an order or a memorandum of the Department of Revenue containing such description, which order or memorandum shall constitute a public record.

(3) No assessment shall be invalidated by a mistake in the name of the company assessed or by an omission of the name of the owner, or the entry of a name other than that of the true owner, if the property is generally correctly described. If the name of the true owner, or the name of the owner of record, lessee, or user of any property assessable under ORS 308.505 to 308.665 is given, the assessment shall not be held invalid on account of any error or irregularity in the description, if the description would be sufficient in a deed or conveyance from the owner, or on account of which in a contract to convey, a court with jurisdiction to grant equitable remedies would require a conveyance to be made, reading the description in connection with the definition of property assessable under ORS 308.505 to 308.665.

(4) Whenever possible, there shall be placed on the assessment roll, under the name of the company, under an appropriate heading, the aggregate track mileage, miles of wire, pipe or pole line or of operational route, as the case may be, within the State of Oregon. [Amended by 1957 c.69 §1; 1957 c.711 §8; 1979 c.284 §136; 1997 c.154 §39]

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