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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 98', '§ 98', '§ 13', '§ 13', '§ 13', '§ 13', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 2']

OR - Lost Property - Chapter 98. Lost, Unordered and Unclaimed Property | Animal Legal & Historical Center
Full Statute Name: West's Oregon Revised Statutes Annotated. Title 10. Property Rights and Transactions. Chapter 98. Lost, Unordered and Unclaimed Property; Unlawfully Parked Vehicles. Rights and Duties of Finders and Owners.
Primary Citation: O.R.S. § 98.005 - 050 Country of Origin: United States Last Checked: February, 2019 Alternate Citation: OR ST § 98.005 - 050 Date Adopted: 1973
Summary: These statutes comprise Oregon's lost property provisions.
98.005. Responsibilities of finders of money or goods
98.010. Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 642, § 13
98.015. Finder's statutory noncompliance and liability; forfeiture
98.020. Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 642, § 13
98.025. Owner's rights
98.030. Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 642, § 13
98.040. Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 642, § 13
98.045. “Prepaid transportation card” defined
98.050. Reports and fees
Laws 1973, c. 642, § 1; Laws 1989, c. 522, § 1; Laws 2013, c. 220, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.
If any person who finds money or goods valued at $250 or more fails to comply with ORS 98.005, the person shall be liable, upon conviction for violation of ORS 164.065, to the county for the money or goods or the full value of the money or goods. The county treasurer shall hold the money or goods or their value for owner thereof and shall publish notice of the finding of the money or goods in the manner provided in ORS 98.005. If the owner has not reclaimed such money or goods within three months after the date of the first publication of notice by the county treasurer, the owner shall forfeit the rights of the owner to the value of such money or goods and the value of such money or goods shall be placed in the general fund of the county to be used for the payment of the general operating expenses of the county.
Laws 1973, c. 642, § 2; Laws 1989, c. 522, § 2; Laws 2013, c. 220, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.
If an owner of money or goods found by another person appears and establishes a claim to such money or goods within the time period prescribed by ORS 98.005 or 98.015, whichever applies, the owner shall have restitution of such money or goods or their value upon payment of all costs and charges incurred in the finding, giving of notice, care and custody of such money or goods.
Laws 1973, c. 642, § 3.
(1) The provisions of ORS 98.005, 98.015, 98.025 and 98.302 to 98.436 do not apply to prepaid transportation cards that are held or owing in the ordinary course of the holder's business and that have remained unclaimed by the owner.
(2) As used in this section, “prepaid transportation card” means any prefunded record evidencing a promise that one or more units of state or local government of any state will provide to the owner or holder of the record, in the amount shown in the record, transportation services that may include but are not limited to the use of a transit system, road or bridge access, use of the transportation system of a transportation district and parking access.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 58, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
(1) The administrator may compile information or data in the possession of the Department of State Lands into finder's reports at the request of any person to assist in finding the owners of abandoned or unclaimed property.
(2) The administrator shall adopt by rule a fee for copies of finder's reports. The fee charged shall be commensurate with preparation costs including production, duplication and staff time involved.
(3) Any person requesting a copy of a finder's report shall be charged the fee.
(a) "Administrator" has the same meaning as given by ORS 98.302.
(b) "Person" includes any natural person, corporation, partnership, firm or association.
(c) "Finder's report" means any report prepared by the administrator for the benefit of any person to assist in finding the owners of abandoned or unclaimed property.
Laws 1987, c. 708, §§ 1,2; Laws 2001, c. 237, § 2.