ORS 274.440
Acquisition of future rights to meandered lakes denied

  • extension of riparian ownership
  • lands overflowed by high water

(1)

There are no vested rights in or to any future accretion or reliction to the lands of any upland or riparian owner on any meandered lake. No person shall acquire any right, title or interest in or to the submerged or submersible lands of any such lakes, or any part thereof, by reliction, accretion or otherwise, or by reason of the lowering or drainage of the waters of such lakes, except as provided by statute.

(2)

Upon drainage of meandered lakes, the title of owners of land riparian to such lakes drained under any law shall extend to so much of the submersible and submerged lands reclaimed by such drainage as is required to fill out the least fractional subdivision or subdivisions of any section owned by such riparian owners and which is rendered fractional by the meander line of such lake; and the title of such owners shall be so limited when the receding lake waters, because of such drainage, uncover the submersible and submerged lands. Where by reason of natural accretion or reliction such fractional subdivision or subdivisions of such upland owners were filled out thereby prior to May 25, 1921, such upland owners shall hold to the line of such lands as extended by the natural accretion or reliction.

(3)

Submersible and submerged lands covered at ordinary high water at ordinarily recurring seasons by the waters of meandered lakes, or from which the waters of any such lakes have not at ordinarily high water permanently receded, are not considered to be accreted or relicted lands, but the same and all accretions and relictions occurring or formed over any of the lands of the State of Oregon, as provided by ORS 274.430 (State ownership of meandered lakes), are the property of the State of Oregon, and may be by it leased, sold or managed in the manner provided by law. [Amended by 1967 c.421 §133]

Source: Section 274.440 — Acquisition of future rights to meandered lakes denied; extension of riparian ownership; lands overflowed by high water, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors274.­html.

Attorney General Opinions

Accretions or relictions to lands of riparian owner on navigable meandered lake, (1979) Vol 39, p 517

274.005
Definitions
274.015
Determination of ordinary high and low water
274.025
Jurisdiction over submersible and submerged lands generally
274.036
Status of channel of Willamette River
274.040
Sale or lease of submersible lands
274.043
Exemptions from leasing requirements
274.060
Regulation of harbor improvements
274.064
Portland Harbor Cleanup Fund
274.205
Definition for ORS 274.210 to 274.290
274.210
Authority of department to contract for drainage and reclamation of certain lands
274.220
Application for drainage and reclamation of lands
274.230
Investigation and report by Water Resources Director
274.240
Performance by contractor
274.250
Nonperformance
274.260
Title of riparian owners
274.280
Surveys and plans for reclamation of lands
274.290
Execution of plan
274.376
Definitions for ORS 274.376 to 274.388
274.379
Authority to seize abandoned structure or derelict structure
274.382
Liability for costs of removal, salvage, storage and disposal
274.385
Rules
274.388
Submerged Lands Enhancement Fund
274.400
Definition for ORS 274.400 to 274.412
274.402
Exclusive jurisdiction to assert title to submerged or submersible lands in navigable waterway
274.404
Administrative determination of navigable waterway
274.406
Declaration of state’s claim
274.408
Public notice of claim
274.412
Judicial review of declaration of state’s claim
274.425
Definition for ORS 274.430 to 274.520
274.430
State ownership of meandered lakes
274.440
Acquisition of future rights to meandered lakes denied
274.450
Acquisition of riparian rights by department
274.460
Settler’s and riparian owner’s preferential right to purchase land within meander lines
274.470
Settler’s right to deed to land within meander lines
274.480
Rights of riparian owners on Malheur and Mud Lakes
274.490
Settlement of conflicting preferential rights
274.500
Conveyance of compact area
274.510
Lake bed lands claimed by the United States
274.520
Acceptance of deed to lake bed lands as precluding any other claim
274.525
City use of stream bed material
274.530
Lease or license of stream beds for removal of material
274.550
Removal of material without payment of royalties
274.560
Lease terms
274.590
Cooperation with Washington authorities respecting removal of material from bed of Columbia River
274.610
Prohibited contracts for exploration for hard minerals
274.705
Definitions for ORS 274.705 to 274.860
274.710
Jurisdiction of department over tidal submerged lands
274.712
Limitations on leasing submerged and submersible lands within territorial sea
274.714
Undersea cables within territorial sea
274.715
Sulfur leases
274.720
Effect of ORS 274.705 to 274.860 on power to make other leases and on jurisdiction of agencies other than department
274.725
Scope of leases and permits
274.735
Application for survey permit
274.740
Issuance of survey permit
274.745
Drilling logs and records
274.755
Hearing prior to granting lease or easement
274.760
Considerations involved in granting lease or easement
274.765
Publishing offer to lease tidal submerged lands
274.770
Prohibited drilling requirements
274.780
Conditions in leases and permits
274.785
Exclusive rights granted by lease
274.790
Royalties
274.795
Rents
274.800
Bonds
274.805
Drill sites
274.810
Commencement of drilling
274.815
Extension of time when wells to be drilled from filled land or structure
274.820
Water contamination or pollution
274.825
Nonconflicting use of leased lands
274.830
Protecting lands from drainage
274.835
Conformance to laws and regulations
274.840
Continuation of lease after cessation of production
274.845
Surrender of lease
274.850
Cancellation of lease
274.855
Restoration of leasehold to original condition
274.860
Protection and location of filled lands
274.870
Definitions for ORS 274.870 to 274.879
274.873
Proprietary authorizations for ocean renewable energy facilities
274.876
Proprietary authorization requirements
274.879
Financial assurance
274.885
Lease of kelp fields
274.890
Time allowed lessee for survey and erection of plant
274.895
Removing kelp without lease
274.905
Definitions for ORS 274.905 to 274.940
274.910
Application and effect
274.915
Lease or disposal of new lands
274.920
Creation of new lands upon submersible or submerged lands
274.925
Right of public riparian owner to purchase new lands
274.929
Right of nonpublic riparian owner to purchase certain new lands
274.932
Right of public body to purchase new lands created by it
274.935
Ownership, by nonpublic owner of submersible or submerged lands, of new lands created thereon
274.937
Right of individual to purchase new lands created by individual
274.940
Reservation of historically filled lands or new lands
274.945
Collection of shellfish mariculture records
274.950
Jurisdiction to assert title to historically filled lands
274.952
Determination of state interest in historically filled lands
274.954
Declaration of state’s claim
274.956
Public notice of claim
274.992
Civil penalties
274.994
Amount of civil penalties
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