Oregon Statutes - Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally

273.005 [1959 c.45 §1; 1967 c.421 §95; renumbered 279.711]
273.006 Definitions.
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...
273.010 [Amended by 1961 c.618 §1; 1967 c.421 §49; renumbered 273.251]
273.020 Governor as land commissioner.
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...
273.030 [Amended by 1967 c.80 §1; repealed by 1967 c.421 §50a (273.255, 273.261 and 273.265 enacted in lieu of 273.030)]
273.031 State Land Board; seal.
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...
273.035 Governor is chairperson of board; rules; quorum; meetings; notice.
(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...
273.040 [Amended by 1967 c.80 §2; 1967 c.421 §54; renumbered 273.271]
273.041 Department of State Lands.
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...
273.045 Administrative policies; rules.
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...
273.050 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §55; renumbered 273.275]
273.051 General powers and duties of department and board.
(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...
273.055 Power to acquire and dispose of real property.
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...
273.060 [Amended by 1967 c.147 §3; 1967 c.421 §39; renumbered 273.201]
273.061 Power of eminent domain.
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...
273.065 Finality of certain actions.
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...
273.070 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §40; renumbered 273.205]
273.071 Oaths; depositions; subpoenas.
(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....
273.075 Deed to purchaser.
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...
273.080 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §41; renumbered 273.211]
273.081 Execution of documents; recordation.
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...
273.085 Recording copies of documents.
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...
273.090 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §42; renumbered 273.216]
273.091 Recording fees; return of documents.
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...
273.095 Copies or transcripts as evidence.
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...
273.099 Property transaction instruments to be maintained with department.
Unless otherwise provided by law, all deeds, conveyances and leases belonging to this state must be deposited and preserved in the office of the Department...
273.100 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §56; renumbered 273.281]
273.101 Common School Fund.
The Department of State Lands shall administer the Common School Fund as provided in ORS 327.405 to 327.480. [1967 c.421 §20]
273.105 Distributable Income Account.
(1) The Distributable Income Account is established within the Common School Fund. The Department of State Lands shall administer this account in accordance with section...
273.110 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §57; renumbered 273.285]
273.111 [Formerly 274.300; 1969 c.594 §9; repealed by 2005 c.755 §59]
273.115 Department use of Common School Fund.
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...
273.120 [Repealed by 1967 c.421 §206]
273.121 Expenditures of funds under control of department.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all funds under the control of the Department of State Lands shall be expended by warrant drawn on the...
273.125 Refund of moneys.
Whenever it appears to the Department of State Lands that any moneys have been erroneously paid to it, the department may make an appropriate refund....
273.130 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §58; renumbered 273.290]
273.131 Compromise or release of claims.
The Department of State Lands may, whenever in its judgment such course is to the best interest of the state, compromise, settle, release and discharge...
273.135 Agreements with other agencies for special services; costs; interagency services.
(1) The Department of State Lands may enter into written agreements with any governmental agency for the performance of specialized, technical, professional, administrative or other...
273.140 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §59; renumbered 273.295]
273.141 Nature of services to be performed by certain other agencies.
In order to provide the Department of State Lands with the specialized assistance necessary to its operations and the transaction of its business, and in...
273.145 Department powers in exchanges, settlements and indemnifications.
The Department of State Lands may enter into contracts with any person owning lands adapted to the purposes of ORS 273.316 to 273.345 and 273.511,...
273.150 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §60; renumbered 273.300]
273.151 Cooperation with federal government.
The Department of State Lands may cooperate with the federal government for the development, settlement, subdivision and disposition of lands belonging to the State of...
273.155 Cooperation of state and county agencies.
The Department of State Lands, in carrying out its duties, may call upon all related state and county agencies, including Oregon State University and any...
273.160 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §61; 1967 c.616 §§14, 14a; renumbered 273.306]
273.161 Director of department; salary of director and staff.
(1) The State Land Board shall appoint a Director of the Department of State Lands to serve for a term of four years, subject to...
273.165 Oath and bond of director.
Before entering upon the duties of office, the Director of the Department of State Lands shall take an oath to perform faithfully the duties of...
273.170 [Renumbered 273.915]
273.171 Duties and authority of director.
(1) The Director of the Department of State Lands is chief executive officer of the Department of State Lands, and is responsible for the administration...
273.175 Employees of department; compensation; fidelity bonds.
Subject to any applicable provision of the State Personnel Relations Law: (1) The Director of the Department of State Lands shall appoint and discharge such...
273.180 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §89; renumbered 273.751]
273.181 [1967 c.616 §11; repealed by 1975 c.605 §33]
273.183 Authority of department to require fingerprints.
For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS 181.534, the Department of State Lands may require the fingerprints of...
273.185 Director to investigate trespasses on state lands; appearance before federal agencies; expenses.
(1) The Director of the Department of State Lands shall investigate all trespasses on and damage to state lands and prosecute the same. The director...
273.190 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §90; renumbered 273.755]
273.195 [1981 c.787 §5; renumbered 270.020 in 1991]
273.196 Agreements to provide maintenance of state lands; program; minimum requirements; rules.
(1) The Department of State Lands shall create a program whereby the department may enter into agreements with volunteers, businesses and other agencies to allow...
273.197 Agreements to provide interpretive services.
(1) In order to further the interpretive and educational functions of state lands in Oregon, the Director of the Department of State Lands may enter...
273.199 Rules for agreements for interpretive services.
The Department of State Lands shall adopt rules to carry out the purposes of ORS 273.197. The rules shall include: (1) Procedures and forms to...
273.200 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §91; renumbered 273.761]
273.201 [Formerly 273.060; 1977 c.598 §28; 1981 c.33 §1; 1981 c.787 §45; 1987 c.426 §1; 1989 c.904 §53; repealed by 1991 c.816 §24]
273.205 [Formerly 273.070; repealed by 1991 c.816 §24]
273.210 [Renumbered 273.555 and then 273.085]
273.211 [Formerly 273.080; repealed by 1991 c.816 §24]
273.216 [Formerly 273.090; repealed by 1991 c.816 §24]
273.220 [Renumbered 273.565 and then 273.091]
273.221 [1967 c.421 §44; repealed by 1969 c.594 §63]
273.225 Application for lease to take material; form.
Before any person shall take any material from any real property of the State of Oregon, except in the manner and for the purposes mentioned...
273.230 [Renumbered 273.575 and then 273.095]
273.231 Removal without compliance with statute.
(1) No person shall remove material from any real property of the State of Oregon for commercial uses without complying with ORS 273.225, 274.550 and...
273.235 Department�s powers to enforce statute.
The Department of State Lands may inspect and audit books, records and accounts of each person removing material from any real property of the State...
273.240 [Renumbered 271.375]
273.241 Action to recover damages for unlawful removal of material.
(1) Removal of material from any property of the State of Oregon under the control of the Department of State Lands by any person without...
273.245 Asset management plan; schedule for disposition.
Not later than January 1, 1996, the State Land Board shall adopt an asset management plan in accordance with this section to guide management and...
273.247 Disposal of isolated parcels of rangeland; sale procedure.
(1) The State Land Board, by and through the Department of State Lands or other agency acting on behalf of the State Land Board, shall...
273.250 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §87; renumbered 273.705]
273.251 Classification of state lands.
Unless the context or a specially applicable definition requires otherwise, state lands are classified as follows: (1) �Agricultural college lands.� Lands granted to the state...
273.255 Eligibility to purchase state lands.
Any individual who is 18 years of age or older and who is a citizen of the United States, or has declared an intention to...
273.260 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §88; renumbered 273.711]
273.261 Applications generally.
An individual eligible under ORS 273.255 may file an application with the Director of the Department of State Lands for the purchase of state lands...
273.265 Application for submersible lands.
(1) If application is made for the purchase of submersible lands, the applicant must cause such lands to be surveyed at the expense of the...
273.270 [Renumbered 273.910]
273.271 [Formerly 273.040; 1969 c.594 §21; repealed by 1993 c.71 §1]
273.275 Price of state lands; sale to highest bidder.
Except as limited by ORS 270.020 and 273.225 to 273.241 and 274.040, and as in its judgment the interests of the state demand, the Department...
273.280 [Renumbered 273.905]
273.281 Payment for state lands.
The Department of State Lands shall require applicants for the purchase of submersible lands to pay in full for such lands at the time of...
273.285 Certificate of sale to installment purchaser; records of sale.
(1) When an applicant to purchase state lands desires to make payments in installments as provided in ORS 273.281, the Department of State Lands shall,...
273.290 Cancellation and forfeiture on default in payments.
If any installment of the purchase price of land, principal or interest, remains unpaid for one year after the same becomes due, the certificate issued...
273.295 Assignment of certificates of sale; deed to assignee.
All assignments of certificates of sale shall be executed and acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to real estate. The assignee, upon full...
273.300 Issuance of deed.
Whenever any purchaser of state lands holding a certificate of sale therefor has paid three-fifths or more of the purchase price thereof, the Director of...
273.305 [Formerly 273.560; 1967 c.421 §78; renumbered 273.521]
273.306 Execution and record of deeds.
(1) Upon full payment of the purchase price and any accrued interest thereon the Director of the Department of State Lands shall execute a deed...
273.310 [Formerly 273.570; 1967 c.421 §79; renumbered 273.525]
273.311 Correction of deeds; refund of purchase price; refund to assignee of certificate of sale issued on fraudulent application.
(1) In all cases where clerical errors have been made in deeds for any state lands sold, upon satisfactory proof and if the rights of...
273.315 [Formerly 273.580; 1967 c.421 §80; renumbered 273.531]
273.316 Exchanging state lands to accumulate larger tracts.
(1) The Department of State Lands may exchange any state lands under its control for any other lands in this state for the purpose of...
273.320 [Formerly 273.590; 1967 c.421 §81; renumbered 273.535]
273.321 Notification to lessee prior to exchange; hearing.
(1) Before exchanging any state lands for other lands under ORS 273.316, the Department of State Lands shall give notice to the lessees of those...
273.325 [Formerly 273.600; 1967 c.421 §82; 1967 c.616 §§15,15a; renumbered 273.541]
273.326 Compromise with owners of state lands unlawfully acquired; disposal of lands received through compromise.
In all cases where the Department of State Lands believes that any lands were acquired from the state by fraud or in violation of the...
273.330 [Formerly 273.610; repealed by 1967 c.421 §206]
273.331 Subdivision and disposal of other lands as condition of compromise.
When lands that the Department of State Lands believes were acquired from the State of Oregon by fraud or in violation of the laws of...
273.335 Object of ORS 273.340 and 273.345.
The object of ORS 273.340 and 273.345 is to make available for settlement and development the lands to which the State of Oregon is entitled...
273.340 Ascertainment and procurement of indemnity lands.
The Department of State Lands shall ascertain the amount of indemnity lands to which the State of Oregon is entitled from the federal government and...
273.345 Determination of advisability of selection of indemnity lands within national forest reserves.
Before making selections under ORS 273.340, the Department of State Lands shall determine the advisability of making such selections in large and contiguous tracts within...
273.350 Selection and sale of indemnity lands.
(1) The Director of the Department of State Lands shall: (a) Select as indemnity lands such vacant government lands as may be applied for by...
273.355 [Formerly part of 517.410; 1967 c.421 §83; renumbered 273.551]
273.356 Definitions for ORS 273.356 to 273.375.
As used in ORS 273.356 to 273.375, unless the context requires otherwise, �grantee� includes the successor in interest of a grantee. [Derived from 1967 c.422
273.360 Applicant to relinquish claim; refund of purchase price and taxes paid.
Upon the execution and delivery to the Department of State Lands by any grantee to whom the State Land Board prior to February 21, 1916,...
273.365 When refunds not available; source of refunds.
(1) A refund is not available under ORS 273.356 to 273.375 to any grantee who received from the State Land Board a refund or other...
273.370 Alternative to refund.
If the Department of State Lands finds that the property erroneously conveyed has been identified generally as private property, as evidenced by the inclusion of...
273.375 Acquisition by state of applicant�s interest; price.
In lieu of the procedure set out in ORS 273.360, 273.365 and 273.370, the Department of State Lands may acquire for the use and benefit...
273.380 [Formerly 184.260; repealed by 1969 c.594 §63]
273.382 Definitions for ORS 273.382 to 273.386.
As used in ORS 273.382 to 273.386, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) �Director� means the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. (2)...
273.384 Administration of Space Age Industrial Park; disposition of income and proceeds.
(1) The Space Age Industrial Park shall be managed and administered by the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions...
273.386 Sale or other disposition of Space Age Industrial Park.
Subject to the approval of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means during legislative sessions or the Emergency Board between legislative sessions, the Director of...
273.388 Acquisition of Space Age Industrial Park by Department of State Lands.
(1) The Department of State Lands may acquire at fair market value and manage any or all of the Space Age Industrial Park: (a) If...
273.405 [1971 c.208 §1; repealed by 1981 c.787 §58]
273.406 [1981 c.787 §9; repealed by 1991 c.816 §24]
273.410 [Repealed by 1967 c.421 §3 (273.031 enacted in lieu of 273.410)]
273.411 [1981 c.787 §10; 1985 c.297 §1; repealed by 1991 c.816 §24]
273.413 Disposition of unsuitable state lands; sale; use of proceeds; procedures.
(1) The Department of State Lands may dispose of isolated sections and fragments of sections of state lands which are not suitable for management according...
273.415 [1971 c.208 §2; repealed by 1981 c.787 §58]
273.416 Exchange of property held as trust fund asset.
If any property owned by the state is held as an asset of any special trust fund securing the payment of bonds, it may be...
273.420 [Amended by 1963 c.203 §1; repealed by 1967 c.421 §206 and by 1967 c.616 §29]
273.421 Relinquishing title to United States Government or governmental body or subdivision; continued public use requirement.
The state hereby is granted express power to relinquish the title to any of its property not needed for public use to the United States...
273.422 [1971 c.208 §3; repealed by 1981 c.787 §58]
273.425 [1961 c.676 §2; repealed by 1967 c.421 §206]
273.426 Exchange of property; value.
(1) When property is exchanged under the authority of ORS 270.100, 270.110 and 270.130, the value of the real property accepted by the state in...
273.427 [1963 c.99 §1; 1967 c.148 §4; renumbered 273.321]
273.428 [1971 c.208 §4; repealed by 1981 c.787 §58]
273.430 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §13; 1967 c.616 §§16,16a; renumbered 273.071]
273.431 Procedure for determining value of properties to be exchanged.
(1) The value of the respective properties proposed to be exchanged shall be determined by the state agency, board or commission which has supervision and...
273.435 [1971 c.208 §5; repealed by 1981 c.787 §58]
273.436 Lease procedure; payment of taxes.
Every lease entered into pursuant to ORS 270.110 shall be authorized by order of the state agency executing the same and shall provide such terms...
273.440 [1963 c.394 §1; 1967 c.421 §12; repealed by 1967 c.616 §29]
273.441 Agency donation of property for industrial or manufacturing use; conditions.
(1) Any agency of the State of Oregon may donate to any person, firm or corporation selected by such governmental body, conditionally or otherwise, for...
273.445 [1963 c.612 §4; 1967 c.421 §24; 1967 c.616 §17; renumbered 273.121]
273.446 [1973 c.755 §1; repealed by 1981 c.787 §58]
273.447 Disposition of state lands suitable for grazing.
The Department of State Lands is hereby authorized to sell, convey, lease or exchange any or all state lands chiefly suitable for grazing, to or...
273.450 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §15; 1967 c.616 §§18, 18a; renumbered 273.081]
273.451 [1973 c.755 §2; repealed by 1981 c.787 §58]
273.452 Indemnification contract for occupancy of political subdivision lands.
The state or any state agency occupying a street or public property of a political subdivision by any structure above, on or under the surface,...
273.455 [1973 c.755 §3; repealed by 1981 c.787 §58]
273.456 Lease of space above or below street or highway; conditions; effect on prior dedications.
If the state holds the easement or fee title to a street or highway, the state may lease the space above or below that street...
273.459 [1973 c.755 §4; repealed by 1981 c.787 §58]
273.460 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §25; renumbered 273.131]
273.461 [1981 c.787 §20; renumbered 270.025 in 1991]
273.465 [1973 c.755 §5; repealed by 1981 c.787 §58]
273.470 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §26; renumbered 273.125]
273.480 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §62; renumbered 273.311]
273.481 [1981 c.787 §21; repealed by 1983 c.642 §11]
273.486 [1981 c.787 §§22, 23; repealed by 1983 c.642 §11]
273.490 [Amended by 1967 c.2 §2; 1967 c.421 §33; repealed by 1967 c.616 §29]
273.491 [1981 c.787 §24; repealed by 1983 c.642 §11]
273.496 [1981 c.787 §25; repealed by 1983 c.642 §11]
273.505 Object of ORS 273.511.
The object of ORS 273.511 is to ascertain and determine the title of the State of Oregon to the beds of shallow and dry lakes...
273.510 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §37; repealed by 1967 c.616 §29]
273.511 Acquisition of submersible and swamp lands; reclamation.
The Department of State Lands shall ascertain the amount of land to which it is entitled under the Acts of Congress relative to submersible and...
273.520 [Amended by 1965 c.14 §42; 1967 c.421 §38; repealed by 1967 c.616 §29]
273.521 [Formerly 273.305; 1997 c.117 §3; renumbered 273.523 in 1997]
273.522 Definition for �forest products.�
As used in ORS 273.522 to 273.541, �forest products� has the meaning given that term in ORS 532.010. [1997 c.117 §2]
273.523 Sale of forest products on state lands.
The Department of State Lands may sell and dispose of the forest products on lands of the State of Oregon that have not been designated...
273.525 Appraisal of forest products; notice; sale conditions.
(1) Before offering any forest products for sale under ORS 273.523, the Department of State Lands shall cause the forest products to be appraised in...
273.530 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §36; 1967 c.616 §§19, 19a; renumbered 273.185]
273.531 Decision by department on bids.
When more than one bid has been received, or in case of doubt as to which of a number of bids is the highest and...
273.535 Bond requirements for sale of forest products.
Bond requirements for the sale of forest products shall correspond to the requirements for bonds in ORS 530.059. [Formerly 273.320; 1995 c.375 §4; 1997 c.117
273.540 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §73; renumbered 273.350]
273.541 Execution and delivery of instruments.
All documents required in carrying out ORS 273.522 to 273.541 shall be executed by the Director of the Department of State Lands, and all bonds,...
273.550 [Repealed by 1967 c.81 §1]
273.551 Mining and drilling leases on state lands; fee.
(1) The Department of State Lands, as to any land or mineral and geothermal resource rights subject to its jurisdiction and control and without restricting,...
273.553 South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve; agreement between Oregon and federal government; rules.
(1) It is the policy of the State of Oregon to maintain the South Slough of Coos Bay, from Valino Island southward, inclusive, as a...
273.554 South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Management Commission; powers; rules; fees; membership; procedures; expenses.
(1) For the purpose of providing for the administration of the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in a manner consistent with the provisions of...
273.555 [Formerly 273.210; 1967 c.421 §16; renumbered 273.085]
273.556 South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Management Account.
(1) The South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Management Account is established within the Common School Fund. Except for moneys otherwise designated by statute, all...
273.557 Appeal to State Land Board.
(1) Jurisdiction for review of actions and proposed actions of the commission which are claimed to be in violation of any provision of ORS 273.553...
273.558 Penalties; enforcement; injunctive relief.
(1) Violation of a rule adopted under ORS 273.553 (3) is a Class D violation for each day of violation. (2) In addition to all...
273.560 [Renumbered 273.305 and then 273.521]
273.561 [1979 c.711 §1; repealed by 1983 c.786 §1]
273.562 [1973 c.532 §2; repealed by 1979 c.711 §10]
273.563 Definitions for ORS 273.563 to 273.591.
As used in ORS 273.563 to 273.591, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) �Agency� means a local, state or federal agency, board, commission or department....
273.565 [Formerly 273.220; 1967 c.421 §17; renumbered 273.091]
273.566 Legislative findings.
(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that many valuable natural heritage elements are represented in natural areas which can be protected through the voluntary cooperation of...
273.567 [1973 c.532 §1; repealed by 1979 c.711 §10]
273.570 [Amended by 1953 c.122 §2; renumbered 273.310 and then 273.525]
273.571 Natural Heritage Advisory Council; members; terms; qualifications; compensation; duties; rules; property gifts and donations.
(1) The Natural Heritage Advisory Council is hereby established. The council shall consist of 17 members, nine of whom shall be chosen as follows and...
273.572 [1973 c.532 §3; repealed by 1979 c.711 §10]
273.575 [Formerly 273.230; 1967 c.421 §18; renumbered 273.095]
273.576 State Land Board duties; Oregon Natural Heritage Plan; contents; implementing plan.
(1)(a) The State Land Board, with the assistance of the Natural Heritage Advisory Council, shall maintain a natural heritage office to provide assistance in the...
273.577 [1973 c.532 §4; repealed by 1979 c.711 §10]
273.578 Plan approval; review of modifications by board.
(1) The Sixty-first Legislative Assembly approves the Oregon Natural Heritage Plan submitted under ORS 273.576. (2) The State Land Board may review and approve or...
273.580 [Renumbered 273.315 and then 273.531]
273.581 Natural heritage areas register; contents; agreements between board and landowners.
(1) The Natural Heritage Advisory Council shall maintain a state register of areas containing significant natural heritage elements to be called the Oregon Register of...
273.582 [1973 c.532 §5; repealed by 1979 c.711 §10]
273.585 [1963 c.612 §2; 1967 c.421 §27; renumbered 273.135]
273.586 Dedication of land for natural heritage conservation purposes; notice and hearing; termination of dedication.
(1) A private individual or organization which is the owner of any registered natural area may voluntarily agree to dedicate that area as a natural...
273.587 [1973 c.532 §9; repealed by 1979 c.711 §10]
273.590 [Renumbered 273.320 and then 273.535]
273.591 Natural Heritage Program Account.
The Natural Heritage Program Account is established within the General Fund of the State Treasury. All moneys received by the State Land Board for the...
273.592 [1973 c.532 §§6,7; repealed by 1979 c.711 §10]
273.595 [1963 c.612 §3; 1967 c.421 §28; renumbered 273.141]
273.597 [1973 c.532 §8; repealed by 1979 c.711 §10]
273.600 [Renumbered 273.325 and then 273.541]
273.605 [1971 c.615 §1; 1973 c.772 §7; 1974 c.71 §2; 1981 c.787 §46; 1985 c.565 §41; 1987 c.320 §151; repealed by 1991 c.816 §24]
273.610 [Renumbered 273.330]
273.615 [1971 c.615 §2; 1981 c.787 §47; repealed by 1991 c.816 §24]
273.620 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §74; repealed by 1967 c.422 §7]
273.625 [1971 c.615 §3; 1981 c.787 §48; 1983 c.599 §2; repealed by 1991 c.816 §24]
273.628 [1983 c.599 §5; 1991 c.816 §18; renumbered 270.190 in 1991]
273.630 [Repealed by 1967 c.421 §206]
273.635 [1971 c.615 §4; 1981 c.787 §49; 1983 c.599 §3; repealed by 1991 c.816 §24]
273.639 [1981 c.787 §7; 1991 c.816 §15; renumbered 270.165 in 1991]
273.640 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §30; renumbered 273.145]
273.645 [1971 c.615 §5; 1981 c.787 §50; 1989 c.171 §36; repealed by 1991 c.816 §24]
273.650 [Repealed by 1967 c.148 §5]
273.655 [1971 c.615 §6; 1983 c.599 §6; 1985 c.565 §42; 1987 c.879 §10; 1991 c.816 §12; renumbered 270.120 in 1991]
273.660 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §67; renumbered 273.326]
273.665 [1971 c.615 §7; 1981 c.787 §51; repealed by 1991 c.816 §24]
273.670 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §68; renumbered 273.331]
273.675 [1971 c.615 §8; 1981 c.787 §57; 1983 c.660 §2; 1991 c.816 §13; renumbered 270.180 in 1991]
273.680 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §71; renumbered 273.340]
273.685 [1971 c.615 §9; 1981 c.787 §52; repealed by 1991 c.816 §24]
273.690 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §72; renumbered 273.345]
273.695 [1971 c.615 §10; 1991 c.816 §16; renumbered 270.155 in 1991]
273.700 [Amended by 1967 c.148 §3; renumbered 273.316]
273.705 [Formerly 273.250; 1977 c.397 §1; 1983 c.620 §13; 1985 c.198 §3; 1989 c.200 §2; renumbered 390.235 in 1989]
273.710 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §9; renumbered 273.055]
273.711 [Formerly 273.260; 1977 c.397 §2; renumbered 390.237 in 1989]
273.715 Rules for removal of semiprecious stones and petrified wood from state lands; fees; removal contrary to rules.
(1) The Department of State Lands shall prescribe rules governing the exploration for and removal of semiprecious stones and petrified wood from lands owned by...
273.718 [1973 c.642 §7; repealed by 1999 c.284 §1]
273.720 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §14; renumbered 273.075]
273.722 [1973 c.642 §8; repealed by 1999 c.284 §1]
273.728 [1973 c.642 §9; repealed by 1999 c.284 §1]
273.730 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §77; renumbered 273.511]
273.733 [1973 c.642 §10; repealed by 1999 c.284 §1]
273.737 [1973 c.642 §11; repealed by 1999 c.284 §1]
273.740 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §31; renumbered 273.151]
273.742 [1973 c.642 §12; 1987 c.350 §1; repealed by 1999 c.284 §1]
273.750 [Amended by 1967 c.421 §32; renumbered 273.155]
273.751 State land grants to railroads.
There is granted to all persons constructing railways built after February 21, 1891, within the boundaries of the state, and to their successors and assigns:...
273.755 Filing maps of railroad location and depot sites; department�s duties.
(1) Whenever a railway company mentioned in ORS 273.751, or its successors or assigns, files with the Department of State Lands a map of the...
273.760 [Repealed by 1967 c.421 §206]
273.761 Right of way for water ditches and pipes.
(1) A right of way for construction of a water ditch to be used for irrigation, manufacturing or mining purposes, ditches or water pipes for...
273.765 Liability for costs of relocation or extension of mains and outfalls.
Any person adding or removing any material to or from submerged or submersible land so as to make necessary or advisable the relocation or extension...
273.770 [Repealed by 1967 c.421 §206]
273.775 Definitions for ORS 273.775 to 273.790.
(1) �Mineral� includes oil, gas, sulfur, coal, gold, silver, copper, lead, cinnabar, iron, manganese and other metallic ore, and any other solid, liquid or gaseous...
273.780 Retention of mineral and geothermal resource rights by state; exploration permit or lease; sale or exchange; exception.
(1) Mineral and geothermal resource rights in property owned by any state agency and mineral and geothermal resource rights retained as an interest in lands...
273.785 Application of ORS 273.551 and 273.775 to 273.790; rules.
ORS 273.551 and 273.775 to 273.790 do not apply to: (1) Soil, clay, stone, sand and gravel acquired or used by state agencies for the...
273.787 Release and transfer of mineral or geothermal resources; rules; fee.
(1) As used in this section: (a) �Owner� means: (A) The record holder of fee title interest in residential real property; or (B) The contract...
273.790 Registry of rights under state board.
The Department of State Lands shall establish and maintain a registry of mineral and geothermal resource rights placed under the jurisdiction of the State Land...
273.805 Definitions for and purpose of ORS 273.805 to 273.825.
(1) As used in ORS 273.805 to 273.825, �common school grazing lands� means lands owned by the State of Oregon and under the control of...
273.810 [1963 c.517 §2; repealed by 1967 c.421 §206]
273.815 Department�s powers; terms of grazing lease; termination.
(1) In order to accomplish the purpose of ORS 273.805 to 273.825, the Department of State Lands may, with respect to common school grazing lands:...
273.820 Exchange of lands.
The Department of State Lands may exchange common school grazing lands for land of approximately equal aggregate value, when such exchange is in furtherance of...
273.825 Purchase of lands by lessee or other person.
(1) The lessee of any common school grazing land, upon its classification for sale by the Department of State Lands, may purchase such land at...
273.850 State title to certain lands and improvements transferred to Clatsop County; lands not subject to board jurisdiction.
(1) In the manner and under the conditions set out in ORS 273.850 to 273.890, and notwithstanding any other law, the State of Oregon shall...
273.855 Clatsop County to transfer title to lands and improvements to certain possessors; fee on execution of deed.
(1) ORS 273.850 (1) and (2) apply with respect to any lands described therein only when the Board of County Commissioners of Clatsop County executes...
273.860 Filing fee; use of fees; additional fee to cover costs of investigation.
Each applicant under ORS 273.865 (1) shall pay, at the time of filing an application, a fee of $25. Moneys received under this section shall...
273.865 Application for deed; investigation; deadline on application.
(1) Application for a deed under ORS 273.855 (1) shall be made to the Board of County Commissioners of Clatsop County in a manner and...
273.870 Notice of deed application; protest; hearing; dual applications.
(1) The Board of County Commissioners of Clatsop County shall give public notice of each application received by it under ORS 273.865 (1), prior to...
273.875 Findings of board; notice; rehearing procedure.
The findings of the Board of County Commissioners of Clatsop County with respect to an application shall be set out concisely in writing, and a...
273.880 Judicial review procedure.
(1) Jurisdiction for judicial review of actions of the Board of County Commissioners of Clatsop County under ORS 273.855 (3), (4) and (5) and 273.860...
273.885 State prohibited from questioning certain titles.
The State of Oregon shall not call into question the title of any person possessing lands described in ORS 273.850 (1) to (3) before January...
273.890 Application of ORS 273.850 to 273.890 to certain lands; tax refunds prohibited.
(1) Nothing in ORS 273.850 to 273.890 affects controversies among persons and governmental entities asserting proprietary rights, title and interests with respect to lands described...
273.900 Confirmation of title to tide lands and tide flats.
The titles to all tide lands within this state, and all tide flats not adjacent to the shore in the waters of the state, which...
273.902 Confirmation of title to swamp and overflow lands; deed to claimant.
(1) All the rights and title of the State of Oregon to the swamp and overflowed lands of this state, and claimed by persons who...
273.903 Title of certain swamp lands not to be questioned by department; prohibition against sale of certain swamp lands.
The Department of State Lands shall not call in question the title of any person to any swamp lands which the person may not have...
273.905 Confirmation of state land deeds prior to 1891.
All deeds prior to February 20, 1891, to state, school, and university lands, the purchase price of which was paid to the board of commissioners...
273.910 Confirmation of title to state lands purchased before 1918.
In all cases prior to May 21, 1917, where state deeds were issued to lands claimed by this state under the laws of the United...
273.915 Release of claims under pre-1947 deeds reserving right of way.
The State of Oregon hereby remises, releases and forever quitclaims unto the grantees therein, their heirs and assigns, all rights, titles and interest that may...
273.920 Validation of mineral leases executed and delivered before August 9, 1961.
All leases and conveyances granting the right to explore or prospect for minerals or oil and gas, and for the drilling, mining and removal of...
273.990 Penalties.
Violation of ORS 273.231 is a misdemeanor. [1967 c.421 §93; 1969 c.594 §30; 1977 c.397 §3; 1983 c.620 §14; 1995 c.543 §8] _______________

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