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Or. Rev. Stat. § 275.027 (2026)

Adverse possession of county lands

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      275.027 Adverse possession of county lands. The rights of any county to public lands are not extinguished by adverse possession. No title or property rights to public lands shall be acquired against the county through operation of a statute of limitations. [1981 c.153 §51]

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Cited in 3 cases, 1987–2004 · leading case: Coos Cnty. v. State, 734 P.2d 1348 (Or. 1987).
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Coos Cnty. v. State, 734 P.2d 1348 (Or. 1987). · cites it 5× “The county responds that the state is foreclosed from claiming title through adverse possession by ORS 275.027, which reads: “The rights of any county to public lands' are not extinguished by adverse possession.”
RealVest Corp. v. Lane Cnty., 100 P.3d 1109 (Or. Ct. App. 2004). “Under ORS 275.027, “[t]he rights of any county to public lands are not extinguished by *122 adverse possession.”
Edwards v. Saleen-Degrange, 984 P.2d 854 (Or. Ct. App. 1999). “State of Oregon, 303 Or 173, 192 , 734 P2d 1348 (1987) (ORS 275.027 bars adverse possession against county owned land); see also Corvallis Sand and Gravel v.”
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