Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 530.010 (2026)

State Board of Forestry authorized to acquire lands; limitations; lands designated as state forests

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      530.010 State Board of Forestry authorized to acquire lands; limitations; lands designated as state forests. (1) The State Board of Forestry, referred to in this chapter as the board, in the name of the State of Oregon, may acquire, by purchase, donation, devise or exchange from any public, quasi-public or private owner, lands which by reason of their location, topographical, geological or physical characteristics are chiefly valuable for the production of forest crops, watershed protection and development, erosion control, grazing, recreation or forest administrative purposes.

      (2) The board shall not acquire any land without prior approval, duly made and entered, of the county court or board of county commissioners of the county in which the lands are situated.

      (3) Lands acquired under the provisions of this section shall be designated as state forests. [Amended by 1953 c.43 §2; 1967 c.396 §1]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1985–2026 · leading case: Tillamook Cnty. v. State Ex Rel. State Bd. of Forestry, 730 P.2d 1214 (Or. 1986).
Tillamook Cnty. v. State Ex Rel. State Bd. of Forestry, 730 P.2d 1214 (Or. 1986). · cites it 6× “ORS 530.010 to 530.170. Under this plan the state assumes management responsibilities for the land, and the state and the county divide revenues derived from such forestry lands under a statutory distribution formula.”
Cnty. of Linn v. State of Oregon, 510 P.3d 962 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 8× “Linn County’s complaint alleged that it and other Oregon counties had transferred forestlands to the state pursuant to Oregon Laws 1939, chapter 478, amended by Oregon Laws 1941, chapter 236, codified as amended at ORS 530.010 to 530.181 (the Act); that the Act required the…”
Jewel Sch. Dist. v. KC, 349 Or. App. 657 (Or. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 3× “In this case concerning land designated as “state for- ests” under ORS 530.010, plaintiff, Jewell School District, a public school district located in Clatsop County, asserts that defendants, the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Oregon State Forester, and the State Forest…”
Tillamook Cnty. v. State ex rel. State Bd. of Forestry, 707 P.2d 585 (Or. Ct. App. 1985). “In their second and third claims they sought a declaration that ORS 530.010 to 530.170 and their predecessors, pursuant to which the counties had transferred forest lands to the state, establish contractual and trust relationships between the state and the counties.”
Birmingham v. Dep't of Forestry, 149 P.3d 600 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). “” ORS 530.010(1). To render management of state forests “more economically feasible,” the board is encouraged to consolidate its holdings “wherever possible through exchanges” of land, ORS 530.”
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Birmingham v. Dep't of Forestry, 149 P.3d 600 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). “” ORS 530.010(1). To render management of state forests “more economically feasible,” the board is encouraged to consolidate its holdings “wherever possible through exchanges” of land, ORS 530.”
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