Umatilla County, Oregon — Forced Sales of Personal Property (county layer)
Local operations layer. The legal framework lives on the parent page → oregon. This page currently carries only module C11 (forced sales of vehicles, boats, equipment and businesses); the tax-sale, redemption, surplus, office, records, title, purchaser and restriction modules (C0–C10) have not been researched for Umatilla County and are listed under needs_verification. Legal information, not legal advice. Last verified: 2026-10-18.
C0. Identity
- FIPS: 41059
- Parent legal framework: oregon
- County seat, population, recording unit: not researched. [needs_verification]
C11. Forced Sales of Vehicles, Boats, Equipment & Businesses → framework: oregon §12
County layer only. The state rules — writ and levy, the debtor’s challenge to execution, notice of an execution sale of personal property (mailing, and posting in three public places or, at the creditor’s request, on the sheriffs’ ORS 18.926 website), payment, bill of sale and what the buyer takes — are on oregon §12.1 and §12.4; towing, abandoned-vehicle, vessel and tax-warrant sales on §12.2; lienholder sales without a court on §12.3; publication channels and reuse limits on §12.7. This module records only what Umatilla County sources themselves publish. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Sheriff’s civil / execution-sale practice: The Civil Unit enforces “writs of execution (real and personal property sales)”; fees “are set by both Oregon State Law and County ordinance”; checks payable to U.C.S.O. On 2026-10-18 the Sheriffs’ Sales page read “NO SALES SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME”. [Sources: https://www.co.umatilla.or.us/departments/sheriffs-office/civil-unit ; https://www.co.umatilla.or.us/departments/sheriffs-office/sheriffs-sales]
- Where sheriff’s sales are posted (online lists): The sheriffs’ ORS 18.926 notice website has a Umatilla County page listing the sheriff’s office as 4700 NW Pioneer Place, Pendleton (Civil Division Lieutenant, 541-966-3600). The page states that “All pending Sheriff sales for this county may not be posted on this site”; for personal property, website posting replaces the three-place posting only when the creditor asks for it (see oregon §12.1, §12.7). [Source: OSSA county page — https://oregonsheriffssales.org/county/umatilla/] The sheriff’s own Sheriffs’ Sales page is the county list. [Source: https://www.co.umatilla.or.us/departments/sheriffs-office/sheriffs-sales]
- Notice posting places & newspaper: No retrieved primary source names a county newspaper or the specific “three public places” used for personal-property execution notices. [needs_verification]
- Local tow / abandoned-vehicle ordinance: Umatilla County Code §71.01(D) (Parking Regulations; Ord. 79-17, Ord. 96-10): the county may tow an improperly parked vehicle at the owner’s expense to clear interference with a governmental function or a safety hazard; “If the vehicle is not claimed and the fees for removal and storage not paid within 30 days of removal, the vehicle shall be considered abandoned for the purposes of ORS 87.172, 87.192, and 87.196”. [Source: https://www.co.umatilla.or.us/fileadmin/user_upload/BCC/Ordinances/71_Parking_Regulations.pdf]
- County forfeiture / unclaimed-property sales (forced dispositions only): Unclaimed property (UCC 33.01–33.04; Ord. 79-15). Property of unknown ownership unclaimed 180 days goes to the Board on an inventory; on approval of a public sale the sheriff posts notice “in three public places within the county at least 10 days before the sale”; sale by auction to the highest bidder; county officials and employees may not bid; proceeds to the General Fund; owner claims within six months. Drug forfeiture (UCC 33.15–33.25; Ord. 87-15, amended Ord. 2002-09): forfeited property not kept for law enforcement “shall be sold by the Sheriff … in any commercially feasible manner”, and “County employees and their immediate families shall not be entitled to purchase” (§33.23(B)). Whether this 1987 subchapter still operates alongside current state civil-forfeiture law is needs_verification. [Source: https://www.co.umatilla.or.us/fileadmin/user_upload/BCC/Ordinances/33_Sheriffs_Department.pdf]
- Lienholder sales run without the sheriff: possessory-lien (towing, repair, storage) and self-storage sales are conducted by the lien claimant under state law; see oregon §12.3. No Umatilla County rule altering them was located.
- Scope note: real-property sale listings shown on sheriff or OSSA pages are not reproduced here.
- C11 needs_verification:
- Posting places / newspaper
- Current operation of UCC 33.15–33.25 under state forfeiture law
- Currency of the 2005-format code PDFs
- C11 sources (retrieved 2026-10-18):
- Umatilla County Sheriff — Civil Unit — https://www.co.umatilla.or.us/departments/sheriffs-office/civil-unit
- Umatilla County Sheriff — Sheriffs’ Sales — https://www.co.umatilla.or.us/departments/sheriffs-office/sheriffs-sales
- Umatilla County Code of Ordinances page — https://www.co.umatilla.or.us/departments/board-of-commissioners/code-of-ordinances
- UCC ch. 71 (PDF) — https://www.co.umatilla.or.us/fileadmin/user_upload/BCC/Ordinances/71_Parking_Regulations.pdf
- UCC ch. 33 (PDF) — https://www.co.umatilla.or.us/fileadmin/user_upload/BCC/Ordinances/33_Sheriffs_Department.pdf
- OSSA county page — https://oregonsheriffssales.org/county/umatilla/
▸ For Investors / Operators — In Umatilla County the sheriff is the selling officer for court-ordered execution sales of vehicles, equipment and other personal property (ORS 18.860, 18.868; oregon §12.1); any payment terms and posting channels the county itself publishes are listed in C11 above. What a buyer takes, which liens survive and how title is transferred for titled vehicles and vessels are state-law questions in oregon §12.1, §12.4 and §12.8.
▸ For Former Owners — The challenge-to-execution and exemption procedure, the notice timing before a sale, and any surplus after an execution, lien or abandoned-vehicle sale are governed by state law (oregon §12.1–§12.3); the county offices above are where those notices originate.
C7. Meta
- sources: see the C11 source list above (all retrieved 2026-10-18).
- needs_verification:
- C0 Identity (county seat, population, recording unit) — not researched
- C1 Local Tax Sale — not researched
- C2 Local Redemption — not researched
- C3 Local Surplus / Excess Proceeds — not researched
- C4 Offices & Contacts — not researched
- C5 Local Procedure Notes — not researched
- C6 Records Access — not researched
- C8 Title & Quiet Title — not researched
- C9 Purchaser Obligations — not researched
- C10 Local Restrictions — not researched
- C11: Posting places / newspaper
- C11: Current operation of UCC 33.15–33.25 under state forfeiture law
- C11: Currency of the 2005-format code PDFs
- cross_links: oregon, personal-property-execution-sales-by-state
- changelog:
- 2026-10-18 — Page created with C11 only (Oregon county layer for forced sales of personal property). Raw evidence: schema/verification/oregon-counties-2026-10-18/.
▸ For Investors / Operators — In Umatilla County the sheriff is the selling officer for court-ordered execution sales of vehicles, equipment and other personal property (ORS 18.860, 18.868; oregon §12.1); any payment terms and posting channels the county itself publishes are listed in C11 above. What a buyer takes, which liens survive and how title is transferred for titled vehicles and vessels are state-law questions in oregon §12.1, §12.4 and §12.8.
▸ For Former Owners — The challenge-to-execution and exemption procedure, the notice timing before a sale, and any surplus after an execution, lien or abandoned-vehicle sale are governed by state law (oregon §12.1–§12.3); the county offices above are where those notices originate.
Legal information, not legal advice. This page summarizes Umatilla County, Oregon sources for research purposes. Statutes, ordinances, fees and sale practices change; verify against the cited primary sources and consult a licensed Oregon attorney before acting. Last verified: 2026-10-18.