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Or. Rev. Stat. § 221.020 (2026)

Authority to incorporate

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      221.020 Authority to incorporate. The people of an area, no part of which lies in an incorporated city and in which 150 persons reside, may incorporate a city by approving at an election called and held according to ORS 221.031 to 221.061 a proposition provided by those sections for incorporating the city.

      221.030 [Amended by 1965 c.579 §2; 1973 c.432 §2; repealed by 1981 c.890 §2 (221.031 enacted in lieu of 221.030)]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1959–1985 · leading case: 1000 Friends of Oregon v. Wasco Cnty. Court, 703 P.2d 207 (Or. 1985).
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1000 Friends of Oregon v. Wasco Cnty. Court, 703 P.2d 207 (Or. 1985). “See ORS 221.020. No unit of government will have the responsibility or authority to ask whether the site of the new city is an appropriate one for urbanization.”
1000 Friends of Oregon v. Wasco Cnty. Court, 686 P.2d 375 (Or. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “See ORS 221.020. No unit of government will have the responsibility or authority to ask whether the site of the new city is an appropriate one for urbanization.”
Davidson Baking Co. v. Jenkins, 337 P.2d 352 (Or. 1959). “” The proceedings for incorporation of Oceanlake were taken pur *56 suant to Oregon Laws 1941, ch 453, codified as ORS 221.020. Predecessors of that statute were Oregon Laws 1893, p 119, and Oregon Laws 1913, ch 345.”
City of Idanha v. Consumers Power, Inc., 495 P.2d 294 (Or. Ct. App. 1972). “Oceanlake had incorporated under Oregon Laws 1941, ch 453 (codified as ORS 221.020) but had not enacted a home rule charter.”
McManus v. Skoko, 467 P.2d 426 (Or. 1970). “The legislative policy is stated in ORS 221.020, as follows: “The people of an area, no part of which lies in an incorporated city and in which 150 persons reside, may incorporate a city by approving at an election called and held according to ORS 221.”
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