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OR Rev Stat § 273.265 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.265 - Application for submersible lands.

(1) If application is made for the purchase of submersible lands, the applicant must cause such lands to be surveyed at the expense of the applicant by a surveyor, whose selection is subject to prior approval by the Department of State Lands. The survey must connect with and conform to adjacent surveys acceptable to the department, so far as practicable. The applicant must submit to the department, with the application, an accurate map of the lands applied for, showing the boundaries and stating the area. The map must be verified by the surveyor before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. (2) Each application to purchase submersible lands must, in addition to all other requirements, contain the applicant’s statement that application is made with knowledge of the character of the land applied for and the title of the state thereto, and the waiver of the applicant of all claims upon the state for the return of the purchase price of the lands in the event that the lands, or any part thereof, do not belong to the state. [1967 c.421 §53 (enacted in lieu of 273.030); 1969 c.594 §20]
OR Rev Stat § 273.270 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.270

[Renumbered 273.910]
OR Rev Stat § 273.275 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.275 - Price of state lands; sale to highest bidder.

Except as limited by ORS 270.020 and 273.225 to 273.241 and 274.040, and as in its judgment the interests of the state demand, the Department of State Lands: (1) Shall fix the price at which all classes of state lands may be sold and the interest to be charged on deferred payments therefor under ORS 273.281, and may provide for the advertisement and sale of such lands to the highest bidder in a manner consistent with ORS 270.020 and 273.225 to 273.241. (2) May at any time withdraw any or all of such lands from sale. [Formerly 273.050]
OR Rev Stat § 273.280 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.280

[Renumbered 273.905]
OR Rev Stat § 273.281 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.281 - Payment for state lands.

The Department of State Lands shall require applicants for the purchase of submersible lands to pay in full for such lands at the time of purchase. Applicants for the purchase of school, agricultural college, university, swamp or indemnity lands shall make payments at such times, and with such interest for deferred payments as the department may prescribe. However, the obligation may not be allowed to stand for a longer period than five years after the date of issuance of the certificate under ORS 273.285. [Formerly 273.100; 1969 c.594 §22]
OR Rev Stat § 273.285 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.285 - Certificate of sale to installment purchaser; records of sale.

(1) When an applicant to purchase state lands desires to make payments in installments as provided in ORS 273.281, the Department of State Lands shall, upon receipt of one-fifth of the purchase price of the land applied for, deliver to the purchaser a certificate that the purchaser has contracted to purchase the lands therein described. Upon performance under the contract and upon the surrender of the certificate of sale, the purchaser, or the heirs or assigns of the purchaser, shall be entitled to a deed issued under ORS 273.300 for the lands therein described. (2) The department shall maintain appropriate records of each sale. [Formerly 273.110]
OR Rev Stat § 273.290 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.290 - Cancellation and forfeiture on default in payments.

If any installment of the purchase price of land, principal or interest, remains unpaid for one year after the same becomes due, the certificate issued under ORS 273.285 shall be canceled by order of the Department of State Lands. All payments thereon shall be forfeited and the land considered vacant and subject to sale as if it had not been previously contracted to be sold. [Formerly 273.130]
OR Rev Stat § 273.295 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.295 - Assignment of certificates of sale; deed to assignee.

All assignments of certificates of sale shall be executed and acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to real estate. The assignee, upon full payment of the amount due on the purchase price, and delivery to the Department of State Lands of such certificate and assignment, shall receive a deed for the land described in such certificate, in the name of the assignee. [Formerly 273.140]
OR Rev Stat § 273.300 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.300 - Issuance of deed.

Whenever any purchaser of state lands holding a certificate of sale therefor has paid three-fifths or more of the purchase price thereof, the Director of the Department of State Lands may execute a deed conveying the lands to such purchaser, upon the purchaser’s executing: (1) A note for the remainder of the purchase price; and (2) A mortgage on the premises in the same form and manner as other mortgages are executed for loans from the Common School Fund under ORS 327.405 to 327.480. [Formerly 273.150; 1969 c.594 §23]
OR Rev Stat § 273.305 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.305

[Formerly 273.560; 1967 c.421 §78; renumbered 273.521]
OR Rev Stat § 273.306 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.306 - Execution and record of deeds.

(1) Upon full payment of the purchase price and any accrued interest thereon the Director of the Department of State Lands shall execute a deed to the purchaser in a form prescribed by the rules of the Department of State Lands. (2) The department shall maintain appropriate records of all deeds issued under this section. [Formerly 273.160]
OR Rev Stat § 273.310 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.310

[Formerly 273.570; 1967 c.421 §79; renumbered 273.525]
OR Rev Stat § 273.311 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.311 - Correction of deeds; refund of purchase price; refund to assignee of certificate of sale issued on fraudulent application.

(1) In all cases where clerical errors have been made in deeds for any state lands sold, upon satisfactory proof and if the rights of innocent parties have not intervened, the Director of the Department of State Lands may execute corrected deeds to the holders thereof. (2) Where lands, other than submersible lands and unsurveyed or unpatented swamp lands have been sold and the state cannot convey title to the purchaser, the Department of State Lands shall repay the purchaser, or the heirs or assigns of the purchaser, all sums which may have been paid to the department on the purchase price of the lands, including the interest paid upon deferred payments, upon the presentation of a proper application for repayment, satisfactory proof and the surrender of the certificate; or if deed has been issued, upon reconveyance by executed and recorded quitclaim deed of whatever title or color of title was received from the state. (3) Where a certificate of sale has been issued by the department upon a fraudulent application and the certificate is held by assignment by a third party who had no knowledge of the fraud at the time of assignment, the department may refund to the holder such sums as were paid the department on the purchase price of the lands covered by the certificate, including the interest paid upon deferred payments, upon the holder making proper application to the department for repayment and surrendering for cancellation the certificate and assignment. [Formerly 273.480; 1969 c.594 §24]
OR Rev Stat § 273.315 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.315

[Formerly 273.580; 1967 c.421 §80; renumbered 273.531]
OR Rev Stat § 273.316 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.316 - Exchanging state lands to accumulate larger tracts.

(1) The Department of State Lands may exchange any state lands under its control for any other lands in this state for the purpose of accumulating larger and contiguous tracts of state lands. The department may enter into the necessary contracts to accomplish such purposes, subject to the rights of lessees under ORS 273.321. The exchange may be made on the basis of value or acreage, and the department may pay or accept money as part of the consideration to the extent required for a fair transaction. (2) The object of this section is to authorize the department to exchange isolated tracts of state lands for the purpose of accumulating larger and contiguous tracts of state lands. [Formerly 273.700; subsection (2) (1967 Replacement Part) enacted as 1967 c.421 §64; subsection (2) enacted as 1967 c.148 §2; 1969 c.594 §25]
OR Rev Stat § 273.320 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.320

[Formerly 273.590; 1967 c.421 §81; renumbered 273.535]
OR Rev Stat § 273.321 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.321 - Notification to lessee prior to exchange; hearing.

(1) Before exchanging any state lands for other lands under ORS 273.316, the Department of State Lands shall give notice to the lessees of those state lands considered for exchange by sending by certified or registered mail a notice containing a general description of the state lands considered for exchange and a listing of the names and addresses of the lessees of such lands. The notice shall state that if written protest to such exchange is received by the department not later than the 20th day after the mailing of the notice, a hearing on such exchange will be held. (2) If the department receives, not later than the 20th day after the mailing of the notice, written protest to such exchange from a lessee of state lands considered for exchange, the department shall hold a hearing on such exchange. The hearing shall be held not earlier than the 30th day after the mailing of the notice described in subsection (1) of this section. Notice of the hearing shall be mailed by certified or registered mail to all lessees of state lands considered for exchange. At the hearing the lessees of the lands, or their representatives, may present their views on the prospective exchange. (3) The department shall consider testimony presented at the hearing before making a protested exchange of state lands. [Formerly 273.427]
OR Rev Stat § 273.325 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.325

[Formerly 273.600; 1967 c.421 §82; 1967 c.616 §§15,15a; renumbered 273.541]
OR Rev Stat § 273.326 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.326 - Compromise with owners of state lands unlawfully acquired; disposal of lands received through compromise.

In all cases where the Department of State Lands believes that any lands were acquired from the state by fraud or in violation of the laws relating to the disposal thereof, it may: (1) Enter into contracts with the persons asserting ownership thereto for the subdivision and sale thereof on conditions agreed upon by the contracting parties; or (2) Exchange or accept in lieu thereof other lands suitable for settlement and development or valuable for timber. The department may enter into contracts for disposal and settlement of such other lands as in the case of the lands first mentioned in this section. [Formerly 273.660; 1969 c.594 §26]
OR Rev Stat § 273.331 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.331 - Subdivision and disposal of other lands as condition of compromise.

When lands that the Department of State Lands believes were acquired from the State of Oregon by fraud or in violation of the laws of the state are held by any person owning other lands the title to which is not involved, the department may provide as a condition to the contract of settlement described in ORS 273.326 that such other lands, or such portion thereof as the department considers advisable, may also be subdivided and disposed of under the direction and supervision of the department according to the conditions agreed to. [Formerly 273.670; 2003 c.14 §133]
OR Rev Stat § 273.335 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.335 - Object of ORS 273.340 and 273.345.

The object of ORS 273.340 and 273.345 is to make available for settlement and development the lands to which the State of Oregon is entitled as indemnity and the remaining unsold state lands, and to make available for the Common School Fund the proceeds from the sale of such lands. [1967 c.421 §70]
OR Rev Stat § 273.340 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.340 - Ascertainment and procurement of indemnity lands.

The Department of State Lands shall ascertain the amount of indemnity lands to which the State of Oregon is entitled from the federal government and procure such lands in as large and contiguous tracts as practicable, having in view its adaptability for agriculture or its value for forestry purposes. [Formerly 273.680]
OR Rev Stat § 273.345 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.345 - Determination of advisability of selection of indemnity lands within national forest reserves.

Before making selections under ORS 273.340, the Department of State Lands shall determine the advisability of making such selections in large and contiguous tracts within the national forest reserves. If it is found that such selections will be advantageous to the State of Oregon, the department shall negotiate with the appropriate agency of the United States to procure such lands. If necessary, the department may seek enactment of legislation to accomplish such object. The department may enter into all necessary contracts relating to such lands. [Formerly 273.690]
OR Rev Stat § 273.350 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.350 - Selection and sale of indemnity lands.

(1) The Director of the Department of State Lands shall: (a) Select as indemnity lands such vacant government lands as may be applied for by legal applicants, upon receipt of their applications to purchase, together with the nonmineral affidavit and filing fees, as required by the rules and regulations of the Bureau of Land Management, and a payment fixed by the Department of State Lands; and (b) Upon return of a copy of the selection list approved by the appropriate officer of the United States, pay over to the State Treasurer moneys received on account of the purchase price of such lands. (2) When such lands have been clear listed or patented to the state by the United States, the department shall issue deeds or certificates to the applicants. However, no certificate or deed shall be issued for indemnity lands until the same have been patented to the state by the United States. If the state fails to secure patent, the money so received shall be repaid to the applicant upon proper application to the department and surrender of the director’s receipt. [Formerly 273.540]
OR Rev Stat § 273.355 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.355

[Formerly part of 517.410; 1967 c.421 §83; renumbered 273.551]
OR Rev Stat § 273.356 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.356 - Definitions for ORS 273.356 to 273.375.

As used in ORS 273.356 to 273.375, unless the context requires otherwise, "grantee" includes the successor in interest of a grantee. [Derived from 1967 c.422 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 273.360 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.360 - Applicant to relinquish claim; refund of purchase price and taxes paid.

Upon the execution and delivery to the Department of State Lands by any grantee to whom the State Land Board prior to February 21, 1916, erroneously conveyed various parcels of land in sections 16 and 36 to which the title of the state was found by the board to be defective, of a written instrument sufficient to annul the conveyance of the state to such grantee and to relinquish all other claims against the state arising out of such conveyance, the department pursuant to ORS 273.125 shall: (1) Refund to such grantee the purchase price paid to the state for such land, with interest at the rate of six percent per annum from the time payment was made; and (2) Pay to the grantee an amount equal to all ad valorem taxes paid by such grantee with respect to such land before June 19, 1967, without interest. [1967 c.422 §2; 1973 c.685 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 273.365 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.365 - When refunds not available; source of refunds.

(1) A refund is not available under ORS 273.356 to 273.375 to any grantee who received from the State Land Board a refund or other settlement with respect to such lands before June 19, 1967, or who may be holding title originally procured or subsequently conveyed by false swearing or fraudulent representation. (2) Each refund under ORS 273.360 shall be paid to the grantee out of the revenues of the Common School Fund. [1967 c.422 §§3,4]
OR Rev Stat § 273.370 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.370 - Alternative to refund.

If the Department of State Lands finds that the property erroneously conveyed has been identified generally as private property, as evidenced by the inclusion of the property on the assessment rolls of the county in which it is located for a period of 20 years or more immediately preceding, the department may refund to the grantee an amount not to exceed any of the following values: (1) The current fair market value of the property erroneously conveyed; (2) The amount of the most recently issued title insurance policy carried on the property, if such a title insurance policy has been issued regularly; or (3) The estimated current value to the department of the indemnity selection rights reconveyed to the state. [1967 c.422 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 273.375 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.375 - Acquisition by state of applicant’s interest; price.

In lieu of the procedure set out in ORS 273.360, 273.365 and 273.370, the Department of State Lands may acquire for the use and benefit of the State of Oregon, by purchase or exchange, the interest of any applicant to whom the certificate described in ORS 273.620 (3) (1965 Replacement Part) has been issued before June 19, 1967, or who acts under ORS 273.360, 273.365 and 273.370. The price of any such purchase or acquisition shall be paid to such applicant out of the revenues of the Common School Fund, and shall not exceed the market value of the land that otherwise would have been available to the applicant under ORS 273.620 (1965 Replacement Part). [1967 c.422 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 273.413 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.413 - Disposition of unsuitable state lands; sale; use of proceeds; procedures.

(1) The Department of State Lands may dispose of isolated sections and fragments of sections of state lands which are not suitable for management according to long-range policies of the State Land Board. The proceeds of such sales shall be applied and are continuously appropriated to the Department of State Lands for the acquisition of lands or other suitable investments as directed by the board in consultation with the Oregon Investment Council. (2) The proceeds of any sale authorized by subsection (1) of this section shall be deposited in a revolving account in the Common School Fund. The costs of acquisition authorized by subsection (1) of this section shall be charged to the revolving account. (3) When requested in writing by the Department of State Lands, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall draw a warrant on the Common School Fund in favor of the Department of State Lands for use as a revolving account. The State Treasurer shall hold the revolving account in special account against which the Department of State Lands may draw checks. (4) The Department of State Lands may use the revolving account for the purposes specified in subsection (1) of this section. (5) Before disposing of lands described in subsection (1) of this section, the Department of State Lands shall cause owners or lessees of land adjoining the land to be disposed of to be notified of the pending disposition. The notice shall indicate the time and method of sale, the minimum or reserved price, if any, and shall invite the landowners or lessees to participate as a prospective purchaser if the landowner or lessee wishes to do so. (6) Before purchasing or selling land, the Department of State Lands shall obtain approval of the governing body of the county or counties in which such land is located. (7) The Department of State Lands shall prepare sales materials, including catalogs of lands available for sale, and may charge a fee for such materials. (8) This section does not apply to the sale or management of state-owned submerged and submersible lands subject to ORS chapter 274. [1987 c.156 §1; 1995 c.204 §1; 2003 c.253 §18] Note: 273.413 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 270 by legislative action but was not added to ORS chapter 273 or any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 273.416 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 273 - State Lands Generally|Section 273.416 - Exchange of property held as trust fund asset.

If any property owned by the state is held as an asset of any special trust fund securing the payment of bonds, it may be exchanged, under the authority granted in ORS 270.110, for other property of equal or superior value, and property so received in exchange shall be an asset of the fund in lieu of the property previously held. [1981 c.787 §11; 1991 c.816 §14]