Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 158 Or. App. 223 - Watson v. Banducci (1999)
Most recently applied in 304 Or. App. 679 - Partney v. Russell (June 2020)
1989 c.660 §1; 1991 c.49 §1
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
For purposes of ORS 105.170 to 105.185:
(1) “Easement” means a nonpossessory interest in the land of another which entitles the holders of an interest in the easement to a private right of way, embodying the right to pass across another’s land.
(2) “Holders of an interest in an easement” means those with a legal right to use the easement, including the owner of the land across which the easement passes if the owner of the land has the legal right to use the easement.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.