(1) Separate books shall be provided by the county clerk in each county for the recording of deeds and mortgages. In one book all deeds left with the clerk shall be recorded at full length, or as provided in ORS § 93.779 to 93.802, with the certificates of acknowledgment or proof of their execution, and in the other all mortgages left with the county clerk shall in like manner be recorded. All other real property interests required or permitted by law to be recorded shall be recorded in the records maintained under ORS § 205.130 or in records established under any other law.

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 93.610

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(2) Counties maintaining a consolidated index shall record deeds and mortgages and index them in the consolidated index in such a manner as to identify the entries as a deed or mortgage record. All other real property interests required or permitted by law to be recorded shall be recorded in the records kept and maintained under ORS § 205.130 or in records established under any other law. [Amended by 1969 c.583 § 1; 1987 c.586 § 21; 1999 c.654 § 9]