2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance › Chapter 709 - Regulation of Trust Business › Section 709.400 - Order to start court action; publication of order; jurisdiction over securities; notice to trustor; applicability of state laws.

(1) Upon the filing of the petition under ORS 709.390, the court shall make an order requiring all persons having claims against the deposits to start action in the circuit court hearing the petition of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services within six months after the date of the order. Any claim not filed within the six-month period is barred. The petition or the order need not give the names of any beneficiary or the nature of the trusts protected by the deposit.
(2) A copy of the order shall be published in a newspaper designated by the court, having a general circulation in the county of the principal place of business of the trust company at least once a week for as many consecutive weeks as the court orders, but not less than four weeks nor more than 12 weeks. If a newspaper is not published in the county, the copy of the order shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the State of Oregon designated by the court. Proof of publication shall be made in the same manner as proof of publication of summons is made and the proof shall be filed with the clerk of the court.
(3) The filing of the petition, under ORS 709.390, and the making and entering of the order and the publishing of a copy of the order under this section gives the court exclusive jurisdiction of deposited securities and of all parties having an interest in or claim upon the securities.
(4) A court shall require the director to mail, by certified mail with return receipt, postage prepaid, a copy of the order to each living trustor of all private trusts in which the trust company is trustee and which have not been closed or to the directly participating beneficiaries of all private trusts in which there is no living trustor. The notice shall be mailed to the last-known address of each trustor or participating beneficiary as shown by the records of the trust company. Proof of mailing shall be in the form required by the court. Failure to mail the notice or the nonreceipt of the notice by any trustor or participating beneficiary shall not affect the jurisdiction of the court or invalidate any order or judgment made in the proceedings.
(5) The appearance of minors or other incompetents by guardians ad litem or otherwise is not necessary.
(6) The provisions of subsections (1) to (4) of this section shall apply only to trust companies that are organized under the laws of this state and to trust companies that are the trust departments of banks having their principal places of business in this state. If a petition is filed under ORS 709.390 (2), the proceedings shall be governed by the laws of the state or country in which the petition is filed. A copy of any court order requiring persons having claims against the deposits made by the trust company under ORS 709.030 to bring their claims within a specified period of time shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the State of Oregon. The director shall mail, by certified mail with return receipt, postage prepaid, a copy of the order to each trustor living in this state of a private trust in which the trust company is trustee and which has not been closed, and to the directly participating beneficiaries who reside in this state of any private trust in which there is no trustor living in Oregon. The notice shall be mailed to the last known address of each such trustor or participating beneficiary as shown by the records of the trust company. Proof of mailing shall be in the form required by the court. Failure to mail the notice or the nonreceipt of notice by any trustor or participating beneficiary shall not affect the jurisdiction of the court or invalidate any order or judgment made in the proceedings. [Amended by 1973 c.797 §210; 1979 c.284 §196; 1991 c.249 §65; 1997 c.631 §222]