Source: https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/311.356
Timestamp: 2019-10-16 00:33:38
Document Index: 210852993

Matched Legal Cases: ['§23', '§6', '§1', '§3', '§1', '§2', '§2', '§20', '§2', '§9']

ORS 311.356 - Receipt and notation by tax collector of property tax payments - 2017 Oregon Revised Statutes
2017 ORS Vol. 8 Chapter 311 Section 311.356
2017 ORS 311.356¹
Receipt and notation by tax collector of property tax payments
• crediting payments
(1) After receipt of the tax roll each year the tax collector shall receive and receipt for all moneys received for taxes and other amounts charged on such roll, and for each payment, shall note on the tax roll at the appropriate property assessment the following:
(a) The date payment was received.
(c) The discount allowed, if any.
(d) The interest charged, if any.
(e) The number of the receipt issued for such payment.
(2) Except as provided under subsection (3)(a) and (c) of this section, the tax collector shall credit all payments of property taxes as follows:
(a) First, to the payment of any taxes assessed against and due on the property for which the payment was made, paying first the earliest such taxes due on that property; and
(b) Second, to the payment of taxes assessed on any other property which have by any means become a lien against the property for which the payment was made.
(3)(a) Payments of property taxes made by the state on behalf of tax-deferred homestead property under ORS 311.666 (Definitions for ORS 311.666 to 311.701) to 311.701 (Senior Property Tax Deferral Revolving Account) shall be credited to the current tax year.
(b) At the election of the taxpayer, payments of property taxes made by the taxpayer on behalf of tax-deferred homestead property under ORS 311.666 (Definitions for ORS 311.666 to 311.701) to 311.701 (Senior Property Tax Deferral Revolving Account) shall be credited as provided in subsection (2) of this section, except that the payments shall be credited first to the payment of taxes that are not qualified to be deferred under ORS 311.688 (Claim by spouse to continue tax deferral) (1) or as a result of a determination of ineligibility made pursuant to ORS 311.689 (Certification of continuing eligibility), paying first the earliest of such taxes due on that property.
(c) Notwithstanding any contrary direction from the taxpayer, the tax collector shall credit payments of property taxes to the latest year for which taxes are due on the property for which payment is made if:
(A) The payment is made by a payer who is a mortgagee, beneficiary under a deed of trust or vendor under a land sales contract and who pays taxes on behalf of any taxpayer; and
(B) The mortgagee, beneficiary or vendor directs that the payment be credited to the latest year for which taxes are due on the property; and
(C) The mortgagee, beneficiary or vendor includes in the payment submitted with the direction given under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph only the amounts for the payment of taxes on one or more properties for which delinquent taxes are owed and does not include in that payment taxes on property for which no delinquent taxes are owed.
(d) If the mortgagee, beneficiary or vendor does not direct the tax collector as to the application of taxes being paid, then the tax collector shall apply all payments as provided under subsection (2) of this section.
(4) The tax collector may, for convenience, divide the tax roll, as payments are made, into two portions, and file each separately, one portion containing the paid accounts and another portion containing the unpaid accounts. From time to time, and no later than the receipt of the next year’s tax roll, the tax collector shall compute and indicate on the tax roll the unpaid balance of taxes for each property assessment. [1965 c.344 §23 (enacted in lieu of 311.355); 1985 c.162 §6; 1987 c.219 §1; 1987 c.529 §3; 1989 c.601 §1; 1993 c.313 §2; 1999 c.22 §2; 2011 c.723 §20; 2012 c.13 §2; 2015 c.309 §9]