As used in ORS § 440.315 to 440.410, unless the context requires otherwise:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 440.315

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • County court: includes board of county commissioners. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(1) ‘County board’ means the county court or board of county commissioners, as the case may be, of the county in which a district, or the greater portion of the taxable assessed value thereof, is located.

(2) ‘County clerk’ means the county clerk of the county in which a district, or the greater portion of the taxable assessed value thereof, is located.

(3) ‘District board’ or ‘board’ means the board of directors of a district.

(4) ‘Health district’ or ‘district’ means any district formed pursuant to ORS § 440.315 to 440.410.

(5) ‘Owner’ means the holder of the record title to real property or the vendee under a land sale contract, if there is such a contract. [Formerly 441.205; 1975 c.701 § 1; 1983 c.83 § 85]