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OR Rev Stat § 93.640 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.640 - Unrecorded instrument affecting title or unrecorded assignment of sheriff’s certificate of sale void as to subsequent purchaser.

(1) Every conveyance, deed, land sale contract, assignment of all or any portion of a seller’s or purchaser’s interest in a land sale contract or other agreement or memorandum thereof affecting the title of real property within this state which is not recorded as provided by law is void as against any subsequent purchaser in good faith and for a valuable consideration of the same real property, or any portion thereof, whose conveyance, deed, land sale contract, assignment of all or any portion of a seller’s or purchaser’s interest in a land sale contract or other agreement or memorandum thereof is first filed for record, and as against the heirs and assigns of such subsequent purchaser. As used in this section, "every conveyance, deed, land sale contract, assignment of all or any portion of a seller’s or purchaser’s interest in a land sale contract or other agreement or memorandum thereof affecting the title of real property" includes mortgages, trust deeds, and assignments for security purposes or assignments solely of proceeds, given by purchasers or sellers under land sale contract. As used in this section, "memorandum" means an instrument that contains the date of the instrument being memorialized, the names of the parties, a legal description of the real property involved, and the nature of the interest created, which is signed by the person from whom the interest is intended to pass, and acknowledged or proved in the manner provided for the acknowledgment or proof of deeds. A memorandum of an instrument conveying or contracting to convey fee title to any real estate shall state on its face the true and actual consideration paid for such transfer as provided in ORS 93.030. (2) Every assignment of sheriffs’ certificates of sale of real property on execution or mortgage foreclosure which is not recorded in the records of deeds in the county where the land is situated within five days after its execution is void as against any subsequent purchaser in good faith and for a valuable consideration of such certificate of sale, or the real property covered thereby, or any portion thereof, whose assignment is first recorded. [Amended by 1973 c.696 §19; 1977 c.605 §2; 1987 c.225 §1; 1989 c.516 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 93.645 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.645 - Priority of purchaser; extinguishing judgment lien; right of judgment creditor; "judgment" defined.

(1) The interest of the purchaser, the heirs and assigns of the purchaser, under a contract for the purchase and sale of realty, if such contract or memorandum thereof has been recorded in deed records, shall have priority over the lien of any subsequent judgment against the seller of the property, the heirs and assigns of the seller, and conveyance in fulfillment of said contract shall extinguish the lien of any such judgment. (2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not be construed to limit the right of a judgment creditor to execute upon a vendor’s interest in a land sales contract. (3) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, "judgment" includes any lien which by law becomes a lien upon real property in the same manner as a judgment, and includes a judgment or any such lien in favor of the State of Oregon and its agencies. [1975 c.270 §§1,2,3]
OR Rev Stat § 93.650 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.650 - Effect of record or certified transcript in evidence.

The record of a conveyance duly recorded, or a transcript thereof certified by the county clerk in whose office it is recorded may be read in evidence in any court in the state, with the like effect as the original conveyance. However, the effect of such evidence may be rebutted by other competent testimony.
OR Rev Stat § 93.660 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.660 - Effect of abstract of title as evidence.

Any abstract of title to real property in this state certified by any person regularly engaged in this state in the business of preparing and certifying such abstracts shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the existence, condition and nature of the record of all deeds, mortgages and other instruments, conveyances or liens shown or mentioned in the abstract as affecting the property, and that the record is as described in such abstract.
OR Rev Stat § 93.670 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.670 - Power of attorney and executory contract for sale or purchase of lands; recordability; effect as evidence; revocation.

(1) Every letter of attorney, or other instrument containing a power to convey lands, as agent or attorney for the owner of such lands, and every executory contract for the sale or purchase of lands, when acknowledged or proved in the manner prescribed for the acknowledgment or proof of conveyances, may be recorded in the county clerk’s office of any county in which the lands to which such power or contract relates is situated. When so acknowledged or proved, such letter, instrument or contract, and the record thereof when recorded, or the certified transcript of such record, may be read in evidence in any court in this state without further proof of the same. (2) No letter of attorney, or other instrument so recorded, is deemed to be revoked by any act of the party by whom it was executed unless the instrument containing such revocation is also recorded in the same office in which the instrument containing the power was recorded.
OR Rev Stat § 93.680 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.680 - Patents, judgments and official grants; recordability; evidence.

(1) The following are entitled to be recorded in the record of deeds of the county in which the lands lie, in like manner and with like effect as conveyances of land duly acknowledged, proved or certified: (a) The patents from the United States or of this state for lands within this state. (b) Judgments of courts in this state requiring the execution of a conveyance of real estate within this state. (c) Approved lists of lands granted to this state, or to corporations in this state. (d) Conveyances executed by any officer of this state by authority of law, of lands within this state. (2) The record of any such patent, judgment, approved lists or deeds recorded, or a transcript thereof certified by the county clerk in whose office it is recorded, may be read in evidence in any court in this state, with like effect as the original. [Amended by 1979 c.284 §93]
OR Rev Stat § 93.690 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.690 - Recording of instruments evidencing passage of title to land from United States to State of Oregon.

(1) The Director of the Department of State Lands shall forward all patents and clear lists of land and other documents evidencing that title to land has passed from the United States to the State of Oregon, which have been or shall be received by the State of Oregon, to the officer in each county of the state in which any of such land is situated whose duty it is to record conveyances of real estate. Upon the receipt of such patents, clear lists or other documents, the recording officer of the county shall forthwith record the instruments in the records of deeds of the county and index them in the manner provided for indexing deeds. When the recording officer has properly recorded such instruments the recording officer shall return them to the Director of the Department of State Lands. (2) When any such instrument includes land in more than one county, the record of the instrument in each county need include only the description of the land lying wholly or partly in that county and all other land may be indicated as omitted. [Amended by 1999 c.803 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 93.730 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.730 - Recordation of judgment in other counties.

A certified copy of any judgment or order of confirmation affecting lands in this state made in any action may be recorded in the records of deeds in any county in which the land affected is wholly or partly situated by any party interested in the land or in the action. After the transcript is so recorded, the judgment is notice to all persons of the action and of the judgment or order, as completely as if the entire proceedings were had originally in the county in which the transcript is recorded. The record of the transcript is prima facie evidence of title as therein determined. [Amended by 2003 c.576 §354]
OR Rev Stat § 93.760 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.760 - Recordability of documents, orders and decrees of the United States District Court.

Copies of documents, orders and decrees in proceedings in the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon, which have been certified by the clerk of such court, and which affect title to real property in this state, shall be entitled to be recorded in the deed records of any county in which such real property is located. [Amended by 1985 c.540 §46; 1987 c.586 §47]
OR Rev Stat § 93.770 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.770 - Recordability of notices of bankruptcy and petitions, orders and judgments from bankruptcy cases.

(1) A debtor or a trustee in bankruptcy, or the attorney representing either, may present a notice of bankruptcy for recordation in the deed records of a county in which real property that is owned by the debtor or in which the debtor has an interest is located. The notice of bankruptcy may contain a legal description of specific real property, if known, and must: (a) Be signed by the individual filing the notice; (b) Be acknowledged in the manner required for acknowledgment of a deed; (c) State the name of the debtor; (d) Identify the district court in which the case is pending, the bankruptcy case number and the bankruptcy chapter filed; (e) State the name, if applicable, of a trustee for the bankruptcy estate of the debtor, an attorney representing the debtor and an attorney representing the trustee; and (f) State that the bankruptcy case affects real property in the county that is owned by the debtor or in which the debtor has an interest. (2) Once recorded in the deed records of a county, the notice of bankruptcy may be released by filing for recordation in the same county: (a) After expiration of the notice period, a copy of a notice of intent to abandon the real property in a form approved by the bankruptcy court and certified by the clerk of the bankruptcy court; (b) A copy of a judicial order, certified by the clerk of the bankruptcy court, authorizing abandonment of the real property; or (c) A copy of a judicial order, certified by the clerk of the bankruptcy court, authorizing closure or dismissal of the bankruptcy case if the real property was not otherwise administered in the case. (3) A copy of the following documents from a bankruptcy case or an adversary proceeding under the federal bankruptcy laws may be presented for recordation in the deed records of a county in which real property that is owned by the debtor or in which the debtor has an interest is located if the copy is certified by the clerk of the bankruptcy court: (a) A petition, with the schedules omitted. (b) An order or judgment filed and entered. [Amended by 2005 c.85 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 93.779 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.779 - Definitions for ORS 93.779 to 93.802.

As used in ORS 93.779 to 93.802: (1) "Master form instrument" means an instrument containing a form or forms of covenants, conditions, obligations, powers and other clauses of a mortgage, a trust deed or an instrument creating affordable housing covenants. (2) "Short form instrument" means a short form mortgage, a short form trust deed or any instrument that documents a real estate transaction that incorporates by reference and applies all or any affordable housing covenants created in a recorded master form instrument into the transaction. [2012 c.6 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 93.780 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.780 - Recordation of master form instrument.

Upon request of any person and on tender of the required fee, the county clerk shall record a master form instrument in the name of the person causing it to be recorded. [1969 c.583 §2; 2012 c.6 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 93.790 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.790 - Incorporation of master form instrument by reference in short form instrument; effect of deviation.

(1) After a master form instrument is recorded pursuant to ORS 93.780, subject to subsection (3) of this section, the person that caused the master form instrument to be recorded may cause all or any of the provisions of the master form instrument to apply to real estate situated within the county in which the master form instrument was recorded by incorporating all or any of the provisions of the master form instrument by reference in a short form instrument, if the reference in the short form instrument states: (a) That the master form instrument was recorded in the county in which the short form instrument is offered for record; (b) The date when and the book and page or pages where the master form instrument was recorded; and (c) That a copy of the master form instrument was furnished to the party executing the short form instrument at or before the time the party executes the short form instrument. (2) The recording of a short form instrument that incorporates by reference any provision of a master form instrument recorded as provided in ORS 93.780 has like effect as if the incorporated provisions were set forth fully in the short form instrument. (3) If a short form instrument recorded as provided in this section deviates in any respect from a recorded master form instrument and fails to describe the deviation as required by ORS 93.802 (4), the portion of the short term instrument that deviates from the master form instrument is deemed not to be notice to third parties. [1969 c.583 §§3,5; 2012 c.6 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 93.800 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.800 - Matter not to be recorded when accompanying short form instrument; liability for nonrecording.

(1) A county clerk may not record matter accompanying a short form instrument presented for recording if the matter: (a) Purports to be copied or reproduced from a master form instrument recorded and identified as required by ORS 93.780; (b) Is preceded by the words "do not record" or "not to be recorded"; and (c) Is separated from the short form instrument so that it will not appear on a photographic reproduction of any page containing a part of the short form instrument. (2) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a county clerk is not liable for refusing to record matter the county clerk is prohibited by this section from recording. [1969 c.583 §4; 2012 c.6 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 93.802 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.802 - Recordation of short form instrument.

(1) After a master form instrument is recorded in a county under ORS 93.779 to 93.802, an instrument entitled "Short Form Mortgage," "Short Form Trust Deed" or "Short Form Instrument Creating Affordable Housing Covenants" may be recorded. (2) The short form instrument must contain the title of the short form instrument, the names of all parties involved in the encumbrance of the real property described in the short form instrument, the legal description of the property that is encumbered by the short form instrument, the amount of the encumbrance, the date on which the short form instrument was executed and any other information required by law for recording the short form instrument. (3) Any provision of the master form instrument recorded under ORS 93.779 to 93.802 may be incorporated in the short form instrument by reference to: (a) The date when and the book and page or fee number where the master form instrument was recorded; and (b) Any specific provision of the master form instrument that applies to the short form instrument. (4) A short form instrument recorded under this section must describe provisions in the short form instrument that deviate in any respect from the provisions of the recorded master form instrument. (5) The person presenting a short form instrument for recording shall cause a complete copy of the master form instrument to which reference is made in the short form instrument to be provided or disclosed to each party involved in the encumbrance of the real property described in the short form instrument. [1991 c.230 §20; 2012 c.6 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 93.804 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.804 - Requirement for original signatures for recording; recordation of certified copies; recordation of electronic image of instrument.

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Instrument" includes an electronic record as defined in ORS 84.004. (b) "Original certification" or "original signature" includes an electronic signature as defined in ORS 84.004. (2) Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4) of this section, if an instrument presented for recording conveys an interest in real property and is required by law to be acknowledged or proved, a county clerk may not record the instrument unless the instrument contains the original signatures of the persons executing the instrument and the original signature of the officer before whom the acknowledgment was made. (3) A county clerk may record a certified copy of an instrument that conveys an interest in real property if a law authorizes recording a certified copy of the instrument and the instrument contains the original certification of the certifying officer. (4) If an instrument that is eligible to be recorded under the laws of this state is presented for recording as an electronic image or by electronic means, a county clerk may record the instrument. If the county clerk records the instrument, the county clerk shall require the person that presents the instrument for recording to certify by electronic means or otherwise that the instrument, or the instrument from which the electronic image was made, contains the original signatures required under subsection (2) of this section. (5) A county clerk may enter into a contract to receive instruments as electronic images or by electronic means with a contractor that presents the instruments for recording on behalf of another person. The contractor or the other person shall certify by electronic means or otherwise that the instrument that the contractor presents for recording, or the instrument from which the electronic image was made, contains the original signatures required under subsection (2) of this section. [1991 c.230 §21; 2011 c.386 §1; 2019 c.402 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 93.806 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.806 - Recordation of instrument creating certain liens.

(1) Any instrument creating a lien on unpaid rents and profits of real property within this state, by assignment, mortgage, pledge or otherwise, or memorandum thereof, which is executed by the person from whom the lien is intended to be given, and acknowledged or proved in the manner provided for the acknowledgment or proof of other conveyances, may be indexed and recorded in the records of mortgages of real property in the county where such real property is located, as provided in ORS 93.710. Such recordation constitutes notice to third persons, and shall otherwise have the same effect as recordation pursuant to ORS 93.710, specifically, but without limitation, such lien shall not be voidable by and shall not be subordinate to the rights of either: (a) A subsequent lien creditor, as defined in ORS 79.0102; or (b) A subsequent bona fide purchaser of real property. (2) Such an assignment, mortgage or pledge shall be so perfected by such recording, without the holder thereof obtaining the appointment of receiver, taking possession of the subject real property, filing a financing statement pursuant to ORS chapter 79 or taking any other action in addition to such recording. (3) As used in this section, "memorandum" has the meaning provided in ORS 93.710 (3). [1991 c.299 §1; 2001 c.445 §166] Note: 93.806 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 93 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 93.808 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.808 - Approval of governmental unit required to record certain instruments.

An instrument conveying title or interest to the State of Oregon or to a county, city or other political subdivision in this state may not be recorded unless the instrument carries an indication of approval of the conveyance by this state or the political subdivision accepting title or interest. [1999 c.654 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 93.810 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate|Chapter 093 - Conveyancing and Recording|Section 93.810 - Validating and curative Acts.

The following are subjects of validating or curative Acts applicable to this chapter: (1) Evidentiary effect and recordation of conveyances before 1854. (2) Evidentiary effect and recordation of certified copies of deeds issued by the State Land Board before 1885 where the original deed was lost. (3) Defective acknowledgments of married women to conveyances before 1891. (4) Foreign instruments executed before 1903. (5) Deeds of married women before 1907, validity; executed under power of attorney and record as evidence. (6) Conveyances by reversioners and remainderpersons to life tenant. (7) Decrees or judgments affecting lands in more than one county. (8) Irregular deeds and conveyances; defective acknowledgments; irregularities in judicial sales; sales and deeds of executors, personal representatives, administrators, conservators and guardians; vested rights arising by adverse title; recordation. (9) Defective acknowledgments. (10) Title to lands from or through aliens. (11) An instrument that is presented for recording as an electronic image or by electronic means and that is recorded before June 16, 2011. (12) A tangible copy of an electronic record containing a notarial certificate that is accepted for recording by a county clerk before June 30, 2020. [Amended by 1973 c.823 §96; 2003 c.14 §36; 2003 c.576 §355; 2011 c.386 §2; 2020 s.s.1 c.12 §§28,29; 2021 c.344 §4]