ORS 205.242
Clerk to receive and certify instruments during specified hours

  • exceptions

(1)

The office of the county clerk in every county shall establish regular business hours to receive and certify, as required under ORS 93.620 (Time and place of recording), instruments presented for recording, for a minimum of four hours per day, and 30 hours per week, from Monday through Friday.

(2)

Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section:

(a)

The county clerk may reduce the number of regular business hours below the minimums required under subsection (1) of this section for:

(A)

A holiday recognized by the county governing body;

(B)

A state of emergency declared at the local, state or federal level; or

(C)

An event that poses a safety risk to the public or staff of the office.

(b)

The county clerk may reduce the number of regular weekly business hours to less than 30 for training programs of the office of the county clerk, not to exceed two business day closures per year.

(3)

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(a)

Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the county governing body may modify the regular business hours of the office of the county clerk for a fiscal year upon adoption of a resolution in which the governing body determines in its sole discretion that a fiscal emergency exists in the county.

(b)

A resolution adopted under this subsection may be renewed, amended or repealed by the county governing body.

(c)

The regular business hours established under subsection (1) of this section may not be reduced under a resolution to a greater extent than the regular business hours of other nonemergency county services housed within the same building are reduced. [1991 c.230 §7; 1995 c.784 §1; 1997 c.249 §58; 2021 c.484 §1]

Source: Section 205.242 — Clerk to receive and certify instruments during specified hours; exceptions, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors205.­html.

205.010
Definitions 205.110
General powers and duties of county clerk 205.125
County Clerk Lien Record 205.126
Enforcement of order or warrant recorded in County Clerk Lien Record 205.127
Recording in County Clerk Lien Record for certain liens 205.130
Recording duties of county clerk 205.135
Illegible document presented for recording 205.140
Transcript or copy of record 205.150
Seal of clerk 205.160
Indexes kept by county clerk 205.180
Entry in appropriate record of instruments received for recording 205.190
Record of plats and maps of towns, villages, cemeteries 205.220
Recording copies of estate records 205.232
Conditions for instruments to be recorded 205.234
Requirements for first page of instruments to be recorded 205.236
Labeling of instrument to be recorded 205.238
Return of instrument after recordation 205.242
Clerk to receive and certify instruments during specified hours 205.244
Rerecording of corrected instruments 205.246
Instruments to be recorded 205.255
Filing requirement as recording requirement 205.320
Fees collected by county clerk 205.323
Additional fees for recording certain instruments 205.327
Penalty for presenting nonstandard instruments for recording 205.350
Fees for approving and recording plats 205.360
Clerk to receipt and account for certain probate fees collected 205.365
Disposition of County Clerk Lien Record fees 205.370
Payment to and disposition of trial fees by court clerk 205.395
Payment of fees by state agencies for entry in County Clerk Lien Record 205.450
Definitions for ORS 205.450 to 205.470 205.455
Acceptance of filing of invalid claim of encumbrance prohibited 205.460
Order to show cause why invalid claim of encumbrance should not be stricken 205.465
Claim of encumbrance against certain property invalid without judicial order 205.470
Liability for filing invalid claim of encumbrance 205.510
County clerk not to act or have partner acting as attorney 205.515
Orders or warrants issued by state agency or officer 205.525
Interest on penalties imposed by orders 205.990
Penalties
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Current through early 2024

§ 205.242’s source at oregon​.gov