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Or. Rev. Stat. § 204.005 (2026)

Election or appointment of county officers

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      204.005 Election or appointment of county officers. (1) The following county officers shall be elected at the primary election or general election, as provided in ORS 249.088:

      (a) A sheriff.

      (b) A county clerk.

      (c) A county assessor.

      (d) A county treasurer.

      (e) A county commissioner to succeed any commissioner whose term of office expires the following January.

      (f) In any county where there is a vacancy from any cause in the office of county commissioner, an additional commissioner to fill the vacancy.

      (2) Unless an adopted county charter or a county ordinance provides otherwise, the governing body of a county shall appoint a county surveyor. [Subsection (2) enacted as 1953 c.477 §2; subsection (3) enacted as 1959 c.174 §3; 1959 c.628 §1; 1961 c.571 §3; subsection (4) enacted as 1963 c.386 §2; 1965 c.221 §21; 1969 c.532 §3; 1971 c.88 §4; 1983 c.327 §4; 2005 c.797 §29; 2009 c.491 §1]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1960–2022 · leading case: Bialostosky v. Cummings, 511 P.3d 31 (Or. Ct. App. 2022).
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Bialostosky v. Cummings, 511 P.3d 31 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “ORS 204.005 (1973); ORS 204.005. That reply demonstrates that, within what is now codified as ORS 192.”
Graves v. Arnado, 768 P.2d 910 (Or. 1989). · cites it 2× “ORS 204.005. 5 ORS 204.635 codifies the common law that deputies serve at the sheriffs pleasure, that deputies may exercise all the powers of the sheriff and that the sheriff is responsible for deputies’ acts.”
State Ex Rel Appling v. Chase, 355 P.2d 631 (Or. 1960). “ORS 204.005 is amended to read as follows: “204.”
Foti v. Yamhill Cnty., 637 P.2d 205 (Or. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “However, ORS 204.005(1)(b) provides: “There shall be elected at the general election, by the qualified voters of each county, the following county officers: * * * * “A county clerk.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 204.005(1) — 1 case
Graves v. Arnado, 768 P.2d 910 (Or. 1989). “ORS 204.005. 5 ORS 204.635 codifies the common law that deputies serve at the sheriffs pleasure, that deputies may exercise all the powers of the sheriff and that the sheriff is responsible for deputies’ acts.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 204.005(1)(b) — 1 case
Foti v. Yamhill Cnty., 637 P.2d 205 (Or. Ct. App. 1981). “However, ORS 204.005(1)(b) provides: “There shall be elected at the general election, by the qualified voters of each county, the following county officers: * * * * “A county clerk.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 204.005(l)(b) — 1 case
Foti v. Yamhill Cnty., 637 P.2d 205 (Or. Ct. App. 1981). “However, ORS 204.005(1)(b) provides: “There shall be elected at the general election, by the qualified voters of each county, the following county officers: * * * * “A county clerk.”
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