ORS 321.712¹
Circumstances under which notification is required
  • • disqualification for failure to notify

(1) An owner of small tract forestland shall notify the county assessor:

(a) When the owner acquires, either directly or through common ownership, one or more tax lots that are contiguous to small tract forestland owned or held in common ownership by the owner;

(b) When the owner acquires, either directly or through common ownership, additional forestland that results in the owner’s owning or holding in common ownership more than 5,000 acres of Oregon forestland;

(c) When the owner sells, either directly or through common ownership, small tract forestland that results in the owner’s owning or holding in common ownership less than 10 acres of Oregon forestland; or

(d) When there is a change in use of any portion of small tract forestland to a use that is not a forestland use.

(2) The notification under subsection (1) of this section must be made in writing.

(3) The county assessor may disqualify small tract forestland if the assessor discovers an acquisition, sale or change in use described in subsection (1) of this section for which the owner did not give written notification as required under this section.

(4) The county assessor shall send a copy of any notification made under this section and received by the assessor to the Department of Revenue. [2003 c.454 §5]

§§ 321.705 to 321.765

Note

Subject sec­tions all sub­se­quently repealed

Atty. Gen. Opinions

Effect of acquisi­tion or transfer of land upon classifica­tion, (1975) Vol 37, p 510; effect of reclassifica­tion of forest land, (1975) Vol 37, p 532; effect of 1 1/2 percent prop­erty tax limita­tion, (1984) Vol 44, p 85

Law Review Cita­tions

16 WLR 403 (1979)

Chapter 321

Notes of Decisions

Programs administered by Depart­ment of Revenue that allow preferential assess­ment for farm and forestland are not "programs affecting land use" and are not subject to require­ment of statewide goal and local comprehensive plan compliance under ORS 197.180 (State agency planning responsibilities). Springer v. LCDC, 111 Or App 262, 826 P2d 54 (1992), Sup Ct review denied

Atty. Gen. Opinions

Validity of ad valorem and severance taxa­tion of logs destined for export, (1975) Vol 37, p 427

Law Review Cita­tions

16 WLR 397 (1979)

1 Legislative Counsel Committee, CHAPTER 321—Timber and Forestland Taxation, https://­www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/­bills_laws/­Archive/­2007ors321.­pdf (2007) (last ac­cessed Feb. 12, 2009).
 
2 Legislative Counsel Committee, Annotations to the Oregon Revised Stat­utes, Cumulative Supplement - 2007, Chapter 321, https://­www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/­bills_laws/­ors/­321ano.­htm (2007) (last ac­cessed Feb. 12, 2009).
 
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