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Or. Rev. Stat. § 209.070 (2026)

Duties

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      209.070 Duties. The county surveyor of each county shall:

      (1) Keep a fair and correct record of all surveys made by the county surveyor and deputies thereof and by the county road official, all surveys received pursuant to ORS 209.250 and all surveys under ORS 368.106 or 368.206.

      (2) Number progressively all surveys received and state by whom and, if provided, for whom made.

      (3) Provide a copy of any survey to any person or court requiring the same, on payment of the fee allowed by law.

      (4) Make all surveys of legal subdivisions with reference to the current United States Manual of Surveying Instructions.

      (5) Establish or reestablish and maintain all public land survey corners, where evidence of the corners can be found and the corners can be positively located, and keep a separate record of the corners, giving the dates and names of persons present. When so established or reestablished such corner monuments shall be recognized as the legal and permanent corners.

      (6) Establish or reestablish, upon order of the county court or board of county commissioners, all public land survey corners where all physical evidence is destroyed or cannot be found but where the official government notes are available, the corners to be reestablished in the manner provided in ORS 209.130 for establishing corners, and keep a separate record of the same, giving the date and names of persons present, and turn such record over to the surveyor’s successor. When so established or reestablished such corner monuments shall be recognized as the legal and permanent corners.

      (7) At the expiration of the term of office transfer all records to the successor. [Amended by 1979 c.653 §4; 1981 c.153 §56; 1985 c.582 §7; 1989 c.394 §7; 1997 c.489 §9]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1975–2011 · leading case: Dykes v. Arnold, 129 P.3d 257 (Or. Ct. App. 2006).
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Dykes v. Arnold, 129 P.3d 257 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). “15 Substantially the same requirement is now in ORS 209.070(4), which provides that the county surveyor of each county is to “[m]ake all surveys of legal *179 subdivisions with reference to the current United States Manual of Surveying Instructions.”
Voelz v. Bd. of Eng'g Examiners, Etc., 586 P.2d 807 (Or. Ct. App. 1978). “An example follows: "Procedures for the resurvey of Government-Surveyed Lands must follow the Bureau of Land Management Manual of Surveying Instructions according to the Oregon Statutes, (ORS 209.070(6)). All resurveys of lands surveyed under the original government surveys are…”
Weyerhaeuser Real Est. Dev. Co. v. Polk Cnty., 267 P.3d 855 (Or. Ct. App. 2011). “130(1) (1981) (providing that county clerk shall have custody of and safely keep and preserve “all maps, plats, contracts and powers of attorney affecting the title to real property’); ORS 209.070(2) (1981) (providing that county surveyor shall “[n]umber progressively all…”
Hambleton v. Bd. of Eng'g Examiners, 594 P.2d 416 (Or. Ct. App. 1979). “ORS 209.070(6) imposes a duty on surveyors to make all surveys of legal subdivisions in conformity with the laws and regulations of the General Land Office (now BLM) of the United States.”
Hambleton v. Bd. of Eng. Exam'rs, Etc., 594 P.2d 416 (Or. Ct. App. 1979). “NOTES [1] ORS 209.070(6) imposes a duty on surveyors to make all surveys of legal subdivisions in conformity with the laws and regulations of the General Land Office (now BLM) of the United States.”
Smith v. Moore Mill & Lumber Co., 536 P.2d 1238 (Or. 1975). “ORS 209.070 (6) and ORS 209.250 (1). See ORS 209.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 209.070(2) — 1 case
Weyerhaeuser Real Est. Dev. Co. v. Polk Cnty., 267 P.3d 855 (Or. Ct. App. 2011). “130(1) (1981) (providing that county clerk shall have custody of and safely keep and preserve “all maps, plats, contracts and powers of attorney affecting the title to real property’); ORS 209.070(2) (1981) (providing that county surveyor shall “[n]umber progressively all…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 209.070(4) — 1 case
Dykes v. Arnold, 129 P.3d 257 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). “15 Substantially the same requirement is now in ORS 209.070(4), which provides that the county surveyor of each county is to “[m]ake all surveys of legal *179 subdivisions with reference to the current United States Manual of Surveying Instructions.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 209.070(6) — 3 cases
Voelz v. Bd. of Eng'g Examiners, Etc., 586 P.2d 807 (Or. Ct. App. 1978). “An example follows: "Procedures for the resurvey of Government-Surveyed Lands must follow the Bureau of Land Management Manual of Surveying Instructions according to the Oregon Statutes, (ORS 209.070(6)). All resurveys of lands surveyed under the original government surveys are…”
Hambleton v. Bd. of Eng'g Examiners, 594 P.2d 416 (Or. Ct. App. 1979). “ORS 209.070(6) imposes a duty on surveyors to make all surveys of legal subdivisions in conformity with the laws and regulations of the General Land Office (now BLM) of the United States.”
Hambleton v. Bd. of Eng. Exam'rs, Etc., 594 P.2d 416 (Or. Ct. App. 1979). “NOTES [1] ORS 209.070(6) imposes a duty on surveyors to make all surveys of legal subdivisions in conformity with the laws and regulations of the General Land Office (now BLM) of the United States.”
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