Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 371.605 (2026)

Definitions for ORS 371.605 to 371.660

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      371.605 Definitions for ORS 371.605 to 371.660. As used in ORS 371.605 to 371.660, unless the context requires otherwise:

      (1) “Owner” means a vendee under a recorded land contract or if there is no such contract, the holder of the record title, which vendee or holder has a present interest equal to or greater than a life estate.

      (2) “Engineer” means the county engineer, roadmaster, surveyor or other engineer selected by the county governing body.

      (3) “Improvement” includes:

      (a) The grading, graveling, paving or other surfacing of any road, or opening, laying out, widening, extending, altering, changing the grade of or constructing any road.

      (b) The construction or reconstruction of sidewalks.

      (c) The installation of ornamental street lights.

      (d) The reconstruction or repair of any road improvement mentioned in this subsection.

      (e) The acquisition, establishment, construction or reconstruction of any off-road motor vehicle parking facility.

      (f) Installing, constructing, reconstructing, improving, extending or repairing lateral sewers, street mains, sewage disposal systems or similar facilities, and other facilities incidental thereto, within the right of way of a county road or public road.

      (4) “Road,” “county road” and “public road” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 368.001. [Amended by 1955 c.773 §1; 1973 c.461 §1; 1975 c.738 §2; 1983 c.305 §1]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1959–2006 · leading case: Leupold & Stevens, Inc. v. City of Beaverton, 138 P.3d 23 (Or. Ct. App. 2006).
Leupold & Stevens, Inc. v. City of Beaverton, 138 P.3d 23 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). “” ORS 371.605(3)(f), which concerns improvement of streets and roads in unincorporated areas, defines “improvement” to include “extending or repairing lateral sewers, street mains, sewage disposal systems or similar facilities.”
Multnomah Cnty. v. Rockwood Water Dist., 347 P.2d 111 (Or. 1959). · cites it 2× “The principal question involved is whether the water district, a municipal corporation, is required to pay the cost of lowering its water pipes on the grad *358 ing of a dedicated street, or whether such costs should be assessed to the adjacent property owners under ORS 371.605…”
Rink v. Kortge, 555 P.2d 775 (Or. 1976). · cites it 2× “In 1965 and 1967 the owners of certain lots in Wasco County petitioned the county court to make street improvements under ORS 371.605 to 371.660. The improvements were made but the owners failed to pay the costs assessed.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 371.605(1) — 1 case
Rink v. Kortge, 555 P.2d 775 (Or. 1976). “In 1965 and 1967 the owners of certain lots in Wasco County petitioned the county court to make street improvements under ORS 371.605 to 371.660. The improvements were made but the owners failed to pay the costs assessed.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 371.605(3)(f) — 1 case
Leupold & Stevens, Inc. v. City of Beaverton, 138 P.3d 23 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). “” ORS 371.605(3)(f), which concerns improvement of streets and roads in unincorporated areas, defines “improvement” to include “extending or repairing lateral sewers, street mains, sewage disposal systems or similar facilities.”
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