Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 221.750 (2026)

Right of cities to public areas not extinguished by adverse possession or statute of limitations

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221.750 Right of cities to public areas not extinguished by adverse possession or statute of limitations. The right of cities and towns, whether incorporated or not, to land dedicated to or otherwise acquired for the public use for streets, highways, parks or public places, shall not be extinguished by any adverse possession, however long continued. No title to such lands as against any such city or town shall be hereafter acquired in this state through operation of the statute of limitations.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1977–2008 · leading case: Abell v. Shelton, 197 P.3d 579 (Or. Ct. App. 2008).

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Abell v. Shelton, 197 P.3d 579 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 7× “Any use of the shed before that, plaintiff argued, did not count as a matter of law under ORS 221.750, which provides, in part, that “[t]he right of cities and towns, whether incorporated or not, to land dedicated to or otherwise acquired for the public use for streets,…”

State ex rel. High. Div. v. Rosanbalm, 571 P.2d 537 (Or. Ct. App. 1977). “The state has submitted- in an appendix to its brief a letter written by the trial judge to the parties after trial and before judgment, in which he said “evidence of the manner of such holding [by defendants’ predecessors] and its use is sketchy.”

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