(2) If any charge remains unpaid beyond the due date thereof, the secretary of the district may file a notice of claim of lien with the county clerk of the county in which the lands for which the charges were billed are situated. The notice of lien shall be in writing and must contain:
(a) The name of the landowner or occupier who was billed.
(b) A statement of the amount claimed past due.
(c) A description of the land upon which the work was completed sufficient for identification.
(3) The county clerk shall cause the notice of lien to be recorded in the County Clerk Lien Record maintained under ORS 205.125. The amount of the charges and expense, as of the date the notice of lien is filed, shall constitute a first lien upon the lands or premises, except as to taxes. If the charges and expenses are not paid and the lien discharged by the owner or occupant within 30 days from the date the notice is filed, suit or action may be brought in the name of the drainage district for the foreclosure of the lien. The suit or action shall be brought by the district attorney, or, at the option of the board, by an attorney employed by the board. The lands affected thereby shall be sold under execution for the payment and satisfaction of the lien and of the costs and disbursements incurred in connection with the prosecution of the suit or action. [Amended by 1991 c.459 §425i]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food
Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts
Section 547.010 - Petition to form district; contents.
Section 547.020 - Fixing time and place of hearing; notice; jurisdiction over district.
Section 547.030 - Evidence at hearing; findings; appeal.
Section 547.057 - Drainage district activity as urban service.
Section 547.063 - Definitions.
Section 547.065 - Public hearing required.
Section 547.067 - Powers of drainage district.
Section 547.069 - Formation of drainage district by owners of certain lands permitted.
Section 547.071 - Powers of drainage district officers and employees.
Section 547.073 - Powers of board of supervisors.
Section 547.075 - Contracts with federal government permitted.
Section 547.077 - Powers of boards of supervisors west of the Cascade Mountains.
Section 547.079 - Clogged or obstructed conditions; notice to owner or occupant.
Section 547.081 - Repair of clogged or obstructed condition.
Section 547.083 - Owner or occupant liable for repair expense; notice and recordation of lien.
Section 547.112 - Change in number of supervisors.
Section 547.205 - Appointment of engineer; duties; surveys; report; maps.
Section 547.225 - Assessment of benefits and damages by commissioners; report; compensation.
Section 547.230 - Notice of report of commissioners; publication; form.
Section 547.250 - Changes in plan for reclamation; petition for amendment of plan; notice.
Section 547.310 - Board authority regarding reclamation works; contracts; engineer’s duties.
Section 547.325 - Powers of districts under 1,000 acres regarding domestic water supply.
Section 547.410 - Maintaining improvements; notice to owner or occupant of premises.
Section 547.420 - Liability for cost of work; notice of claim of lien; foreclosure; sale of land.
Section 547.425 - Prohibited practices.
Section 547.482 - Filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.
Section 547.492 - Alternative charge or assessment method.
Section 547.510 - Form of crop lien claim; foreclosure.
Section 547.555 - Bonds; issuance; interest; place of payment; maturities.
Section 547.570 - Bond proceeds; depository.
Section 547.580 - Retirement of bonds before maturity; call provisions.
Section 547.675 - Lien on land assessed for bond payment.