Claim the determined surplus with the State Treasurer

Oregon — Tax-Foreclosure Surplus Claim Guide

This guide is limited to ORS 312.500 through 312.560 State Treasurer claim route for claims whose claimant received ORS 312.125 notice on or after May 25, 2023; county disposition duties and claimant filing remain separate.

Last researched Primary sources: Oregon official sources

Sale type and custodian control

Choose the Oregon route that created the funds

Different statutes, counties, courts, notices, and custody transitions are not interchangeable.

May 25, 2023 notice cohort

Gate the claim by the ORS 312.125 notice date

The new sections apply when the claimant received the redemption-expiration notice on or after May 25, 2023; this is not a sale-date cohort.

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Claim the determined surplus with the State Treasurer

After the county disposes of the property and determines surplus, section 312.540 directs a claimant to the State Treasurer under the cited unclaimed-property claim provisions.

Chapter 475

Use the enacted former-owner process, not a pre-enactment county patchwork

The enacted measure establishes a process for former owners of tax-foreclosed property to claim surplus after county disposition.

Record-first workflow

Trace the Oregon custody sequence before filing

Verify the live official record at every step; this orientation does not decide a claimant's rights.

01

Capture the actual ORS 312.125 notice receipt

Preserve the notice, mailing and delivery proof, recipient, date received, and the foreclosure file before applying the May 25, 2023 cohort rule.

02

Trace county disposition and surplus determination

Collect the deed to county, redemption history, disposition, separate interest-bearing account, allowable-cost accounting, surplus determination, and county notice.

03

Submit through the State Treasurer route

Use the claimant category and proof required by sections 312.500 and 312.540; preserve special estate and heir documentation only when that route actually applies.

04

Do not use workgroup materials as claimant instructions

The DOR page documents the development of a uniform response and county discussions; it is not the retained State Treasury portal or a current county claim form.

No unsupported form or deadline

Prepare the records for this Oregon lane

Use only dates and filing mechanics tied to the confirmed sale type, statute, custodian, and retained source.

Open Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 312

  • Notice-cohort proof

    Collect the ORS 312.125 notice, recipient, address, mail evidence, receipt date, foreclosure judgment, redemption expiry, and deed to county.

  • Disposition and amount proof

    Collect the county sale or transfer, gross proceeds, interest, allowable-cost itemization, surplus determination, and notice to claimant and State Treasury.

  • Claimant and former-owner continuity

    Collect the former-owner record and any estate, heir, devisee, guardian, trustee, bankruptcy, merger, or succession documents for the exact statutory category asserted.

scoped limitations

Oregon Tax-Foreclosure Surplus Claim Guide

What can be researched in this Oregon scope

  • Current retained scope: ORS 312.500 through 312.560 State Treasurer claim route for claims whose claimant received ORS 312.125 notice on or after May 25, 2023; county disposition duties and claimant filing remain separate.
  • FCAR cannot provide legal advice, decide priority, or promise that a court, county, locality, or state will pay a claim.
  • May 25, 2023 is a notice-receipt boundary
  • Do not substitute the foreclosure judgment, deed, county sale, disposition, or claim-submission date for the section 13 cohort test.
  • No portal-specific directions were retained
  • The statutory State Treasurer route is supported, but the excluded portal's current screens, fields, and submission mechanics are not reconstructed.
  • County and claimant duties remain distinct
  • A DOR workgroup page or county disposition record does not replace the State Treasurer claim route for the covered cohort.
  • Which retained Oregon source and sale lane match the record.
  • Which public case, parcel, notice, accounting, or custody records are still needed.
  • Which competing interests or missing authority require legal or source-completion review.

What this Oregon guide cannot legally decide

  • Whether a claimant is legally entitled to all or any part of the funds.
  • Whether a lien, assignment, estate, heir, successor, creditor, or other interest has priority.
  • What filing, service, hearing, evidence, or deadline applies beyond the verified retained scope.
  • Whether a court, county, locality, or state will approve or pay a claim.

Claim the determined surplus with the State Treasurer

Each factual statement is bound to one retained official source with a retained source, source record, and verification check.

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Answers remain inside the retained scope

Oregon route-specific questions

Which Oregon claims use the new route?

Claims for which the claimant received ORS 312.125 notice on or after May 25, 2023.

Where is a covered Oregon surplus claim made?

With the State Treasurer in the manner referenced by ORS 312.540.

Is May 25, 2023 the county sale date cutoff?

No. It is the date boundary for the claimant's receipt of the ORS 312.125 notice.

When does the claimant's surplus interest arise?

Under the retained statute, it arises when the county disposes of the property and the statutory surplus is determined, not during redemption.

Full Circle Asset Recovery LLC is a private asset-recovery company, not a government agency. This guide provides general information only, not legal advice. FCAR cannot guarantee eligibility, recovery, or any result. Current official records and current office instructions control.