As used in ORS 321.257 to 321.390, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Department” means the Department of Revenue. (2) “Forestland” means land in western Oregon that is being held or used for the predominant purpose of growing and harvesting trees of a marketable species and has been designated as forestland or land in western […]
The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) Multiple taxation through a yearly ad valorem levy on both trees and forestland managed in sustained yield timber operations discourages conservation, private ownership and investment of capital. (2) The interests of this state, its residents and its future residents are best served by sustained yield practices and taxing policies […]
The purposes of ORS 321.257 to 321.390 are: (1) To impose with respect to forestlands in western Oregon a special assessment program whereby the value of forestland is determined as prescribed in ORS 321.201 to 321.222. (2) To establish a special assessment program as a means of: (a) Recognizing the long-term nature of the forest […]
The following forestland may not be assessed under ORS 321.257 to 321.390: (1) Forestland assessed by the Department of Revenue pursuant to ORS 308.505 to 308.674, 308.805 to 308.820 and 308.990. (2) Except as provided in ORS 321.347, land that is prepared using intensive cultivation and tilling and on which all unwanted plant growth is […]
All timber in western Oregon shall be exempt from ad valorem property taxation. [1977 c.892 §4; 1993 c.801 §6; 1999 c.1078 §19; 2003 c.621 §5]
For the purposes of ORS 321.257 to 321.390: (1) All land in western Oregon valued as forestland for ad valorem property tax purposes on January 1, 1977, shall retain that classification for the purposes of ORS 321.257 to 321.390 unless it is specifically excluded from the provisions thereof or unless it is removed from that […]
(1) For each tax year, forestland shall be assigned by the Department of Revenue to land classes as defined in ORS 321.257. (2) Land classes assigned under subsection (1) of this section may be changed thereafter by the department upon the initiative of the department, or upon the request of an owner, if further investigation […]
(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, land that is changed from farm use special assessment under ORS 308A.050 to 308A.128 to special assessment as forestland under ORS 321.257 to 321.390, at the election of the owner made under rules adopted by the Department of Revenue, shall not be valued under ORS 308.205, 308.232 […]
(1)(a) The Department of Revenue shall identify the forestland that is held in common ownership of 5,000 acres or more as of the assessment date for each tax year. (b) Forestland that the department has identified under paragraph (a) of this subsection that, for the previous tax year, was subject to small tract forestland assessment […]
(1) An owner of land desiring that it be designated as forestland shall make application to the county assessor on or before April 1 of the assessment year for which special assessment as forestland is first desired, and the owner may also do so within 30 days of receipt of notice of its assessment as […]
(1)(a) When land has once been designated as forestland either as a result of an application being filed therefor or through the application of ORS 321.347 (3) or (4), it shall be valued as such until the assessor removes the forestland designation under paragraph (b) of this subsection. (b) The county assessor shall remove the […]
The tax roll shall show the notation “Forest Land-Potential Additional Tax Liability” for each parcel of land designated as forestland by the assessor upon application of the owner or by the application of ORS 321.347 (3) or (4). That notation shall not be made with respect to parcels of undesignated forestland. [1977 c.892 §28]
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 308.210, 311.405 or 311.410, if land designated as forestland is subject to disqualification by the county assessor as a result of the discovery that the land is no longer forestland, the disqualification shall be deemed to occur as of the January 1 assessment date of the assessment year in which the discovery […]
(1) The State Forester shall identify all of the forestlands that fail to meet the minimum stocking required under ORS 527.610 to 527.770 and that are therefore underproductive as described under ORS 526.455. (2) At any time the State Forester has reason to believe that forestland is not being managed as forestland, the State Forester […]
(1) Land described in ORS 321.267 (3) (relating to hardwood timberland, including hybrid cottonwood timberland) shall be assessed as farm use land under ORS 308A.050 to 308A.128. (2)(a) If land is or becomes land described under ORS 321.267 (3) and the land is not located within an exclusive farm use zone, the owner shall make […]
[1993 c.801 §25; 2003 c.621 §29; renumbered 321.808 in 2003]
[1961 c.627 §2; 1993 c.801 §23; 2003 c.621 §30; renumbered 321.817 in 2003]
[1961 c.627 §5; 1963 c.60 §1; 1977 c.892 §39; 1983 c.657 §3; 1991 c.714 §1; 1993 c.801 §26; 1995 c.79 §176; 1997 c.154 §52; 1999 c.1078 §49; 2001 c.46 §2; 2001 c.114 §45; 2003 c.454 §112; 2003 c.621 §31; renumbered 321.824 in 2003]
[1961 c.627 §3; 1963 c.225 §1; 1971 c.654 §8; 1993 c.801 §27; 1999 c.19 §8; 1999 c.1078 §51; 2003 c.621 §32; renumbered 321.829 in 2003]
