Oregon Statutes 368.111 – Assessment of costs and damages from road proceedings
(1) If a county incurs costs or is required to pay damages in the acquisition of property necessary for a public road, the county governing body may assess those costs or damages to and order the costs or damages to be paid by any of the following:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 368.111
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Owner: means a vendee under a recorded land sale contract or, if there is no recorded land sale contract, the holder of the record title of land if the vendee or holder has a present interest equal to or greater than a life estate. See Oregon Statutes 368.001
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Public road: means a road over which the public has a right of use that is a matter of public record. See Oregon Statutes 368.001
- Road: means the entire right of way of any public or private way that provides ingress to or egress from property by means of vehicles or other means or that provides travel between places by means of vehicles. See Oregon Statutes 368.001
(a) The county governing body.
(b) If the proceedings for acquisition were initiated by a petition described under ORS § 368.081, the petitioners.
(c) If the acquisition is of land that is donated or dedicated, the person donating or dedicating the land.
(d) An owner of land that is specially benefited.
(2) This section does not limit the ability of a county governing body to provide for the payment of the costs of acquiring property for a public road in any manner permitted by law.
(3) Any person directed to pay costs or damages under an order issued under this section shall pay those costs or damages within 60 days after entry of the order or resolution. Any person who does not pay costs or damages as directed by an order or resolution under this section within the time established under this section is liable for those costs or damages. [1981 c.153 § 17]
[Amended by 1973 c.518 § 2; repealed by 1981 c.153 § 79]