Definitions

# (1)

# (a)

“Claimant” means:

(A) The owner of real property as of the date on which the property was sold to the county on foreclosure for delinquent taxes under ORS 312.100; or

(B) The former owner’s estate, heirs, devisees, power of attorney, trustee, guardian, custodian or bankruptcy estate or a successor in interest that has acquired substantially all of the former owner’s assets by intestate succession, probate, merger, acquisition, dissolution or takeover.

# (b)

“Claimant” does not include:

(A) The creditors or garnish or of a claimant;

(B) Other persons holding an interest in the property that was sold to the county; or

(C) Voluntary or involuntary assignees of a claimant’s interest in a surplus.

# (2)

“Former owner” means an owner described in subsection (1)(a)(A) of this section.

# (3)

“Surplus” has the meaning given that term by ORS 312.530.