Actions and suits for the following causes shall be commenced and tried in the county in which the subject of the action or suit, or some part thereof, is situated:

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 14.040

  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • 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.

(1) Actions for the recovery of real property, or an estate or interest therein, or for injuries to real property.

(2) Actions for the recovery of any personal property distrained for any cause.

(3) Suits for the partition of real property.

(4) Suits for the foreclosure of a lien or mortgage upon real property.

(5) Suits for the determination of an adverse claim, estate, or interest in real property, or the specific performance of an agreement in relation thereto. [Amended by 1997 c.249 § 12]