Oregon Revised Statutes

Chapter 88 — Foreclosure of Mortgages and Other Liens

19 sections

88.010 Foreclosure of lien by suit; judgment for amount of debt; other remedies; requirements for complaint in proceeding to foreclose residential trust deed; stay

Except as otherwise provided by law, a lien upon real or personal property, other than that of a judgment, whether created by mortgage or otherwise, must be foreclosed, and the property adjudged to be sold to satisfy the debt the lien secures, by bringing suit. A judgment in the suit must include a declaration of the amount of the debt that the lien secures.…

88.020 Joinder of foreclosure suit involving real property with suit to quiet title

Any cause of suit involving real property provided for in ORS 88.010 may be joined with any cause of suit provided for in ORS 105.605 in the same complaint or cross-complaint, if both causes of suit involve the same real property or some part thereof and are separately stated. Any person may be joined as a party who is a proper party to either cause of suit.…

88.030 Other lienholders and debtors as defendants; effect of failure to redeem

Any person having a lien subsequent to the plaintiff upon the same property or any part thereof, or who has given a promissory note or other personal obligation for the payment of the debt, or any part thereof, secured by the mortgage or other lien which is the subject of the suit, shall be made a defendant in the suit, and any person having a prior lien may…

88.040 Foreclosure suit during and after action for debt

During the pendency of an action for the recovery of a debt secured by any lien mentioned in ORS 88.010, a suit cannot be maintained for the foreclosure of the lien, nor thereafter, unless judgment is given in such action that the plaintiff recover the debt or some part thereof, and an execution thereon against the property of the defendant is returned unsat…

88.050 Judgment foreclosing more than one lien on same property

When it is adjudged that any of the defendants have a lien upon the property, the court shall make a like judgment in relation thereto, and the debt secured thereby, as if such defendant were a plaintiff in the suit. When a judgment is given foreclosing two or more liens upon the same property or any portion thereof in favor of different persons not united i…

88.060 Enforcement of judgment

A judgment of foreclosure and sale may be enforced by execution as provided in this section. If a judgment of foreclosure and sale is given, an execution may issue against the property adjudged to be sold. If the judgment is in favor of the plaintiff only, the execution may issue as in ordinary cases, but if the judgment is in favor of different persons not…

88.070 [Amended by 2003 c.576 §349; 2007 c.166 §15; 2009 c.883 §3; renumbered 88.103 in 2013]

88.075 [1975 c.618 §6; repealed by 2007 c.166 §17]

88.080 [Amended by 1979 c.284 §91; 2003 c.576 §350; 2005 c.22 §56; 2005 c.542 §§68a,68b; 2005 c.568 §39; renumbered 88.106 in 2013]

88.090 Judgment when debt payable in installments

When a suit is commenced to foreclose a lien securing a debt payable in installments, either of interest or principal, and any of such installments is not then due, the court shall enter a judgment for the foreclosure of the lien, and may also include in the judgment a requirement that the property be sold for the satisfaction of the whole debt, or so much t…

88.100 Payment of amount due before foreclosure sale; judgment for payment of installment not due

If, before a judgment is given, the amount then due with the costs of suit is brought into court and paid to the clerk, the suit shall be dismissed. If the same is done after judgment and before sale, the effect of the judgment as to the amount then due and paid shall be terminated, and the execution, if any has issued, shall be recalled by the clerk. When a…

88.103 Sale of real property after mortgage foreclosure

When real property is sold pursuant to a judgment foreclosing a mortgage and the proceeds of the sale are not adequate to satisfy the amounts secured by the mortgage, all judgment remedies for collection of the unsatisfied amounts expire when the sale is made if: The mortgage was given to a seller to secure the unpaid balance of the purchase price of real p…

88.106 Sale and redemption; effect of sheriff’s deed

A judgment of foreclosure shall order the mortgaged property sold. Property sold on execution issued upon a judgment may be redeemed in like manner and with like effect as property sold at an execution sale pursuant to ORS 18.860 to 18.993, and not otherwise. A sheriff’s deed for property sold on execution issued upon a judgment shall have the same force and…

88.110 Duration of real property mortgage lien; when suit for foreclosure barred

Except as provided in ORS 88.120, no mortgage upon real property shall be a lien upon such property after the expiration of 10 years from the later of the date of maturity of the mortgage debt, the expiration of the term of the mortgage debt or the date to which the payment thereof has been extended by agreement of record; and after such 10 years the mortgag…

88.120 When foreclosure not barred by ORS 88.110

Foreclosure of a mortgage on real property is not barred by ORS 88.110 when the mortgage is held of record by the State of Oregon or when all the following facts exist at the time the foreclosure suit is commenced: Any portion of the mortgage debt, or any interest thereon, has been voluntarily paid within the 10 years immediately preceding commencement of t…

88.710 “Lien” defined

As used in ORS 88.710 to 88.740, “lien” means any charge upon property for the payment or discharge of a debt, tax or duty due the State of Oregon or any agency of the state, including judgment liens, recorded warrants or any notice or claim of amount due given by the state, or an agency thereof, pursuant to law and carried forward on the County Clerk Lien R…

88.720 Acquisition, administration and disposal by state of property subject to lien held by state

Whenever in the discretion of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs such a procedure would appear beneficial to the state, and on advice of the state agency charged with collection of a tax, duty, debt or any sum owing the state for which a lien securing such debt, tax or duty is being foreclosed by the state agency or by third parties, the department may bid …

88.730 [1959 c.499 §3; 1963 c.578 §4; repealed by 1967 c.211 §7 (88.740 enacted in lieu of 88.730)]

88.740 Investment of surplus moneys in Oregon War Veterans’ Bond Sinking Account

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs is authorized, in whatever manner the department considers advisable and to the extent necessary to carry out the provisions of ORS 88.710 to 88.740, to use the surplus moneys in the Oregon War Veterans’ Bond Sinking Account, other than the moneys therein which are derived from tax levies and sales of refunding bonds, that…