Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 275.110 (2026)

Order to sell certain county lands; exception

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275.110 Order to sell certain county lands; exception. (1) When the governing body of a county considers it to be for the best interests of the county to sell any real property acquired in any manner by such county, or any interest therein less than the whole fee, it shall enter an order upon its records directing the sheriff to make sale thereof, and fix the minimum price for which each interest, parcel or group of parcels may be sold and the conditions and terms of sale. The order may be amended from time to time or revoked as the governing body deems proper.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section and ORS 275.120 to 275.160 do not apply to the sale of any real property to any other public body or to the sale of any real property that is an industrial facility as defined by ORS 271.510. The sale of industrial facilities shall be made in the manner provided by ORS 271.510 to 271.540. [Amended by 1981 c.602 §3; 1983 c.494 §2; 1983 c.537 §4; 1983 c.740 §72; 1985 c.565 §43; 2005 c.243 §14]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1960–2025 · leading case: Bryant v. Seagraves, 526 P.2d 1027 (Or. 1974).

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Bryant v. Seagraves, 526 P.2d 1027 (Or. 1974). · cites it 3× “Josephine County previously had *19 gained title to this property by the foreclosure of tax liens and, under authority of ORS 275.110, ② had sold the property reserving the mineral rights to itself.”

Emerson v. Hood River Cnty., 354 P.2d 74 (Or. 1960). “ORS 275.110 provides that when the county court deems it to be in the best interest of the county to sell tax-foreclosed lands, or any interest therein less than the whole fee, it shall enter an order directing the sheriff to make the sale.”

W. States Land Reliance Trust v. Linn Cnty., 343 Or. App. 280 (Or. Ct. App. 2025). “090 and ORS 275.110, it is entirely within the county’s discretion whether to sell the property.”

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