ORS 549.380
Acquisition of property necessary to improvement

  • condemnation
  • prior payment of compensation unnecessary

Whenever a county court finds it necessary, in order to carry out any of the purposes mentioned in ORS 549.310 (Application of ORS 549.320 to 549.400) to 549.370 (Maintenance of work), to condemn, acquire or appropriate any land, property or right of any nature, it shall so declare its intention by resolution spread on the records of the court, setting out the necessity that exists. If it is unable to agree with the owner for the purchase of such land, property or right, the district attorney for the county, upon request of the county court, shall commence and prosecute in any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the county, any necessary suit, action or proceeding for the condemnation of such land, property or right, for such public use. The procedure in such suit, action or proceeding shall be, as far as applicable, the procedure provided by law for the condemnation of lands or rights of way by public or quasi-public corporations for public use or for corporate purposes; provided, nothing in this section shall be construed to require the county to make or tender compensation prior to the condemnation and taking possession of such land, property or right.

Source: Section 549.380 — Acquisition of property necessary to improvement; condemnation; prior payment of compensation unnecessary, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors549.­html.

549.010
Definitions for ORS 549.020 and 549.030
549.020
Contracts between counties and federal agencies
549.030
Agreement by two or more counties with federal agency
549.110
Application to county court for authority to build drainage ditch or levee, or to widen or straighten a stream
549.120
Procedure
549.130
Commissioner’s oath
549.140
Duties of commissioners
549.150
Considering benefits in assessing damages
549.160
Report of commissioners to county court
549.170
Appeal to circuit court from assessment of damages
549.180
Bringing additional water into ditch without payment of compensation prohibited
549.190
Other rights protected
549.310
Application of ORS 549.320 to 549.400
549.320
Petition by landowners to drain lands or improve drains
549.330
Survey of work
549.340
Construction
549.350
Report as to work done
549.360
Extension of work across or under highway or railroad
549.370
Maintenance of work
549.380
Acquisition of property necessary to improvement
549.390
Appeal from order authorizing work or assessing damages
549.400
Obstruction, befoulment or pollution of ditch prohibited
549.510
Repair of dikes protecting contiguous tracts of different owners
549.520
Complaint to county judge of neglect to repair
549.530
Entry on land by complainant to repair dike
549.540
Dikes constructed under agreement excepted
549.605
Definitions for ORS 549.605 to 549.645
549.610
Water Resources Commission to participate on behalf of state in federal flood control projects
549.615
Entering upon land
549.620
Acquisition of property
549.625
Powers of commission with respect to acquired property
549.630
Operation and maintenance of projects
549.635
Agreements for joint participation or aid
549.640
Disposition of moneys received by commission
549.645
Waiver of state’s immunity to suit or action
549.710
Powers of counties with populations in excess of 50,000
549.720
Procedure for removing or destroying drifts and drifting materials
549.730
Budgeting and appropriating money for water conservation and flood control
549.990
Penalties
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