Title 223 · ORS Chapter 223
to 223.455 does not apply to any local government if the local
Citation: ORS 223.405
Section: 223.405
223.405 to 223.455 does not apply to any local government if the local government has provided a method of reassessment by ordinance or charter.
����� (2) No proceedings for making a reassessment shall be instituted after 20 years from the date when the first assessment was entered on the lien docket. [Amended by 1965 c.71 �3; 1991 c.902 �53; 2003 c.802 �35]
METHODS OF ENFORCING LIENS AND COLLECTING ASSESSMENTS
����� 223.505 Definitions for ORS 223.505 to 223.595. As used in ORS 223.505 to 223.595:
����� (1) �Lawfully established unit of land� has the meaning given that term in ORS 92.010.
����� (2) �Tract� has the meaning given that term in ORS 215.010.
����� (3) �Treasurer� means the officer designated by charter or ordinance of the local government to collect unpaid liens or final assessments, take all steps necessary to enforce delinquent liens or assessments and to maintain records pertaining to collection proceedings thereon. [Amended by 1991 c.902 �54; 2003 c.802 �36; 2012 c.47 �1]
����� 223.510 Authority to sell property for delinquent liens and assessments. In addition to the method provided by law, ordinance or the charter of any local government for the sale of real property for delinquent liens or final assessments, every local government may cause the real property to be sold as provided in ORS 223.510 to 223.590 for any final assessment, lien or installment thereof at any time after one year from the date such lien, final assessment or installment becomes due and payable, if bonded; otherwise, at any time after 60 days from the time it is entered in the lien docket of the local government. [Amended by 1991 c.902 �55; 2003 c.802 �37]
����� 223.515 Preparation, transmission and contents of delinquent list. If any installment on any lien bonded, as provided by law, ordinances or charter of the local government, is delinquent for a period of one year from the time it became due and payable, or at any time after 60 days from the time it became due and payable if not bonded, the recorder may thereafter prepare and transmit to the treasurer a list in tabular form, made up from the lien docket, describing each lien, assessment or installment due on any bonded lien that is so delinquent. The list shall also contain the name of the person to whom assessed, a particular description of the property, the amount of the lien or final assessment or the amount of the installment due on any bonded lien, and any other facts necessary to be given. [Amended by 1991 c.902 �56; 2003 c.802 �38]
����� 223.520 Procedure in collecting delinquencies. Upon receipt of the list described in ORS 223.515, the treasurer shall proceed to collect the unpaid liens or final assessments named in the list by advertising and selling the lawfully established units of land or tracts in the manner now provided by law for the sale of real property on execution, except as otherwise provided in ORS 223.525 to 223.580 and except that sale may be made at the place within the boundaries of the local government designated in the notice of sale. [Amended by 1991 c.902 �57; 2003 c.802 �39; 2012 c.47 �2]
����� 223.523 Notice of sale; publication; personal notice to property owner and occupant. (1) Before a sale of real property under ORS 223.505 to 223.590 takes place, the treasurer shall have notice of the sale printed once a week for four successive weeks in a daily or weekly newspaper, as defined in ORS 193.010, generally circulated in the county in which the sale will be held. The notice of sale shall set forth the name and address of the treasurer conducting the sale, a particular description of the real property to be sold, including a street address, if any, the name of the owner of the property, the amount unpaid on the lien or final assessment and the date, time and place of sale, which shall be held in accordance with ORS