2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall
Section 249.035 - Filing officer.


(1) State office, United States Senator or Representative in Congress shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
(2) County office or precinct committeeperson shall be filed with the county elections official.
(3) City office shall be filed with the chief city elections officer.
(4) Any elected office of a metropolitan service district under ORS chapter 268 shall be filed with the county elections official of the county in which the administrative office of the district is located.
(5) Any other office shall be filed under ORS chapter 255. [1979 c.190 §105; 1981 c.173 §21; 1981 c.485 §3; 1983 c.350 §65; 1985 c.808 §12; 1993 c.493 §89; 2019 c.675 §18]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections

Chapter 249 - Candidates; Recall

Section 249.002 - Definitions.

Section 249.004 - Verification of documents.

Section 249.005 - Acceptance of petition or minutes without original signatures.

Section 249.008 - Verification of signatures by county clerk or Secretary of State; removal of signatures prohibited after submittal; rules.

Section 249.009 - Exclusive form of signature sheets for petitions; numbering of signature sheets; rules.

Section 249.013 - Candidacy for more than one office; effect of filing petition or declaration for more than one office without prior withdrawal; district board and city offices.

Section 249.020 - Filing of candidates’ nominating petition or declaration of candidacy.

Section 249.031 - Contents of petition or declaration.

Section 249.035 - Filing officer.

Section 249.037 - Time for filing petition or declaration.

Section 249.052 - Determination of inhabitancy of candidate for Legislative Assembly; verification of residence.

Section 249.056 - Filing fees.

Section 249.061 - One candidate per petition; prospective petition; statement regarding payment of petition circulators; certification of signature sheets.

Section 249.064 - Information required on petition; certification of petition.

Section 249.068 - Requirements regarding number and distribution of persons signing partisan petitions.

Section 249.072 - Requirements regarding number and distribution of persons signing nonpartisan petitions.

Section 249.076 - Qualifications of signers of petitions.

Section 249.078 - Printing name of candidate for presidential nomination of major party on ballot; discretion of Secretary of State; nominating petition; petition requirements.

Section 249.088 - Nomination or election of candidate at nominating election.

Section 249.091 - Nomination of certain nonpartisan candidates or candidates to fill a vacancy in nonpartisan office.

Section 249.170 - Withdrawal of candidacy; refund of filing fee.

Section 249.190 - Filling vacancy in nomination of major party; rules.

Section 249.200 - Nomination by major party to fill vacancy in partisan office; exceptions; rules.

Section 249.205 - Filling vacancy in nomination to nonpartisan office; nomination procedure to fill vacancy in nonpartisan office; rules.

Section 249.215 - Filling vacancy in state office at general election; remaining term of office.

Section 249.712 - Acceptance of nomination.

Section 249.720 - Information to be contained in certificate of nomination.

Section 249.722 - Time for filing certificate; filing officers; rules.

Section 249.735 - Qualification as assembly of electors; records; notice; nomination by assembly.

Section 249.737 - Filing officer for nomination by assembly of electors.

Section 249.740 - Certificates of nomination made by individual electors; statement regarding payment of petition circulators; certification of signature sheets.

Section 249.810 - Entries in register of nominations upon filing certificates.

Section 249.830 - Procedure for withdrawing nomination.

Section 249.842 - Filling vacancy in nomination; rules.

Section 249.850 - Filing of certificate to fill vacancy in nomination; notifying proper officials to make changes in general election ballots.

Section 249.865 - Filing prospective petition; contents of petition; statement regarding payment of petition circulators; certification of signature sheets; effect of violation.

Section 249.875 - Time for completing filing; verification of signatures.

Section 249.877 - Statement of justification by public officer.