Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 376.510 (2026)

Right to acquire and condemn land for logging road

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section ORSoregonlegislature.gov JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

      376.510 Right to acquire and condemn land for logging road. Any such person, firm or corporation has the right to acquire and own all lands reasonably necessary for the logging road or way to promote the transportation of logs or the raw products of the forest. If such person, firm or corporation is unable to agree with the owners of the land over which the logging railroad is necessary, as to the amount of compensation to be paid therefor, such person, firm or corporation has the right to condemn so much of the land necessary for the logging railroad, road or ways as may be necessary for the use thereof, and may maintain the suit for condemnation in the circuit court of the county wherein the lands are located. No land shall be taken until compensation has been assessed and tendered.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1959–2011 · leading case: Moore Mill & Lumber Co. v. Foster, 337 P.2d 810 (Or. 1959).
Moore Mill & Lumber Co. v. Foster, 337 P.2d 810 (Or. 1959). · cites it 13× “" Section 2 of the act, as it appears in ORS 376.510, provides: "Any such person, firm or corporation has the right to acquire and own all lands reasonably necessary for the logging road or way to promote the transportation of logs or the raw products of the forests.”
Friends of Yamhill Cnty. v. City of Newberg, 247 P.3d 767 (Or. Ct. App. 2011). “Foster, 216 Or 204, 235 , 336 P2d 39 (1959) (“It is our belief that the word ‘necessary,’ as used in Art I, § 18, means ‘reasonably necessary’ as that term is employed in ORS 376.510. We further believe that the meaning of the term ‘reasonably necessary’ is indicated with…”
Friends of Yamhill Cty. v. City of Newberg, 247 P.3d 767 (Or. Ct. App. 2011). “I, § 18, means `reasonably necessary' as that term is employed in ORS 376.510. We further believe that the meaning of the term `reasonably necessary' is indicated with sufficient clarity by its context.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.