Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 1000 Friends v. Land Conservation & Development Commission (1988)
Most recently applied in Central Oregon LandWatch v. Jefferson County (February 2026)
1981 c.748 §10a; 1983 c.827 §43; 1991 c.817 §26
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.
(1) A party appealing a land use decision or limited land use decision made by a local government to the board or Land Conservation and Development Commission has the burden of persuasion.
(2) A local government that claims an exception to a goal adopted by the commission has the burden of persuasion.
(3) There shall be no burden of proof in administrative proceedings under ORS chapters 195, 196, 197 and 197A.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.