Section 105.605 – Suits to determine adverse claims.

Any person claiming an interest or estate in real property not in the actual possession of another may maintain a suit in equity against another who claims an adverse interest or estate therein for the purpose of determining such conflicting or adverse claims, interests or estates. Any municipal corporation or county of this state claiming […]

Section 105.610 – Suit to cancel patent of donee under Donation Law.

Whenever any person claims real property as a donee of the United States by virtue of a settlement thereon under the Act of Congress approved September 27, 1850, commonly called the Donation Law, or the Acts amendatory thereto, and the patent for such property, or any portion thereof, was wrongfully issued to another, the person […]

Section 105.615 – Action by tenant in common against cotenants.

Unless otherwise agreed or provided in a granting document, a tenant in common of real property may acquire fee simple title to the real property by adverse possession as against all other cotenants if the tenant in common or the tenant in common’s predecessor in interest has been in possession of the real property, exclusive […]

Section 105.618 – Adverse possession of railroad property.

A person may not acquire by adverse possession, as defined in ORS 105.620, property owned by a railroad or used for a railroad operation. [2007 c.440 §1]

Section 105.620 – Acquiring title by adverse possession.

(1) A person may acquire fee simple title to real property by adverse possession only if: (a) The person and the predecessors in interest of the person have maintained actual, open, notorious, exclusive, hostile and continuous possession of the property for a period of 10 years; (b) At the time the person claiming by adverse […]