ORS 555.140
Deeds to land

  • execution
  • form
  • title conveyed
  • record
  • preservation of copies
  • copies as evidence
Upon filing with the Water Resources Commission a satisfactory release of the construction lien apportioned by the commission against the land in any application, accompanied by satisfactory proof of reclamation, cultivation and settlement, as required by the rules of the commission, it shall be the duty of the commission to deed to the applicant, or the assignee of the applicant, the land described in the application. The deeds shall be in form of a quitclaim and shall operate to convey only such title as the state may have in the land conveyed. The deeds, without acknowledgment, or copies thereof duly certified and attested under seal by the commission, certified from the official copy in the keeping of the commission, shall be admitted to record. The commission shall preserve, in a suitable book, a true copy of the deeds, with an alphabetical index of the names of the grantees, and such copies or certified copies thereof certified and attested as aforesaid shall be primary evidence of such conveyances.

Source: Section 555.140 — Deeds to land; execution; form; title conveyed; record; preservation of copies; copies as evidence, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors555.­html.

555.010
Acceptance by state of conditions of Carey Act and grants thereunder 555.020
Water Resources Commission to manage lands 555.030
Duties of Water Resources Commission 555.040
Powers of Water Resources Commission as to contracts with Secretary of Interior for lands to be reclaimed 555.050
Application to Water Resources Commission for lands to be reclaimed 555.060
Deposit by applicant 555.070
Contract for reclamation of land 555.080
Reclamation works 555.090
Time for construction of works 555.100
Nonperformance by contractor 555.110
State’s liability 555.120
Conditions precedent to entry onto land and sale of water rights 555.130
Application to enter 555.140
Deeds to land 555.150
Rules 555.160
Report of work, expenditures and condition of funds 555.170
Oregon Irrigation Fund 555.171
Transfers from Oregon Irrigation Fund to General Fund 555.180
Payment for irrigation of acreage in excess of contract 555.190
Notice to be in writing 555.310
Reclamation of lands in Tumalo Project 555.320
Project manager 555.330
Rules 555.340
Water rights 555.350
Increase of lien against unsold land 555.360
Arrangements to settle, cultivate and reclaim Carey Act lands 555.370
Cancellation of contract upon default 555.380
Tumalo Project Fund 555.390
Transfer of state’s interest to irrigation districts or to federal government 555.400
Preferred purchasers 555.410
Repayment of appropriation from receipts of sale of lands 555.500
Formation 555.507
Board of directors 555.514
Qualifications to serve on board 555.521
Finances 555.528
Authority to issue general obligation bonds 555.535
Application of ORS chapter 255
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through early 2024

§ 555.140’s source at oregon​.gov