(1) A county governing body may cancel all delinquent taxes and the interest and penalties thereon accrued upon property donated to any incorporated city or town or any park and recreation district organized and operating under ORS Chapter 266 for parks, playgrounds or a city hall. This section does not apply if the city, town or park and recreation district makes any payment to the owner, either directly or indirectly, for the property.

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 311.795

  • City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(2) A county governing body may cancel all delinquent real property taxes and interest and penalties due thereon from any taxpayer where the total of the same is $10 or less, when in the judgment of the county governing body the cost of collecting the same will be greater than the amount to be collected.

(3) A county governing body may cancel all delinquent personal property taxes and the interest and penalties thereon due from any taxpayer where the total of the same is $10 or less and in the judgment of the county governing body the cost of collecting the same will be greater than the amount to be collected.

(4) Property taxes that are deferred under the homestead deferral program established under ORS § 311.666 to 311.701, special assessments for local improvements that are deferred under ORS § 311.702 to 311.735 or property taxes that are deferred under the disaster area tax deferral program established under ORS § 311.740 to 311.780 are not delinquent taxes for purposes of this section. A county governing body may not cancel any deferred taxes, deferred special assessments or interest or penalties that accrue with respect to deferred taxes or deferred special assessments described in this subsection. [Formerly 311.715; 1983 c.773 § 1; 1993 c.6 § 7; 2003 c.704 § 1; 2007 c.70 § 81; 2015 c.31 § 6]

 

[1991 c.615 § 2; 1993 c.168 § 9; 1997 c.752 § 1; 1999 c.487 § 4; 2003 c.704 § 2; 2007 c.70 § 82; repealed by 2017 c.315 § 17]