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Or. Rev. Stat. § 221.610 (2026)

Disincorporation of cities; effective date

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      221.610 Disincorporation of cities; effective date. Any city not liable for any debt or other obligation, may surrender its charter, disincorporate and cease to exist if a majority of the electors of the city authorize the surrender and disincorporation as provided in ORS 221.621 and 221.650. The surrender and disincorporation shall become effective 60 days after the city has authorized surrender and disincorporation. [Amended by 1983 c.350 §25]

 

      221.620 [Repealed by 1983 c.350 §26 (221.621 enacted in lieu of 221.620, 221.630, 221.640 and 221.660)]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1985–2021 · leading case: City of Damascus v. State of Oregon, 472 P.3d 741 (Or. 2020).
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City of Damascus v. State of Oregon, 472 P.3d 741 (Or. 2020). · cites it 29× “(SC S066939) 472 P3d 741 After an attempt to disincorporate the City of Damascus under the voter- initiated process requiring the approval of an absolute majority of the city’s elec- tors, as provided in ORS 221.610 and ORS 221.621, failed, the 2015 Legislative Assembly enacted…”
De Young v. Brown, 443 P.3d 642 (Or. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 40× “In three assignments of error, plaintiff challenges the trial court's summary judgment ruling and reprises his arguments that Measure 93 violates various provisions of *358 organic and statutory law. Specifically, plaintiff contends that Measure 93 violates (1) Article IV,…”
De Young v. Brown, 486 P.3d 740 (Or. 2021). · cites it 3× “See ORS 221.610 (2013) (requiring affirmative vote of a “majority of the electors of the city” to disincorporate).”
De Young v. Brown, 451 P.3d 651 (Or. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “Brown, 297 Or App 355 , 443 P3d 642 (2019) (concluding that the passage of Ballot Measure 93 did not comply with ORS 221.610 and ORS 221.621, which provide the only means for a city to disincorporate, and that the legislature did not effectively exempt Ballot Measure 93 from the…”
City of Rajneeshpuram v. Land Conservation & Dev. Comm'n, 708 P.2d 1152 (Or. Ct. App. 1985). “See ORS 221.610 to 221.650; 221.785. LCDC cites, and we find, nothing to suggest that the legislature has delegated authority over those matters to LCDC.”
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