Bill Text: OR HB2579 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to statute of limitations.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2579 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2579-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 740

                         House Bill 2579

Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
  filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on Judiciary)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Extends statute of limitations from 10 years to 12 years for
action for recovery of real property or for recovery of
possession of real property.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to statute of limitations; creating new provisions; and
  amending ORS 12.050.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 12.050 is amended to read:
  12.050. An action for the recovery of real property, or for the
recovery of the possession thereof, shall be commenced within
  { - 10 - }   { + 12 + } years.   { - No - }   { + An + } action
 { - shall - }   { + may not + } be maintained for such recovery
unless it   { - appear - }   { + appears + } that the plaintiff,
an ancestor,  { + a + } predecessor  { - , - }  or  { + a + }
grantor was seized or possessed of the premises in question
within   { - 10 - }   { + 12 + } years before the commencement of
the action.
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 12.050 by section 1 of
this 2013 Act apply to any action commenced as described in ORS
12.020 on or after the effective date of this 2013 Act. + }
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