Oregon surplus funds list
Unclaimed overages from tax deed and foreclosure sales.
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Oregon surplus funds rules
- Sales that create surplus
- County tax foreclosure: property deeded to the county, then resold (ORS ch. 312/275), with surplus process under HB 2089 (2025); Non-judicial trustee sale (ORS 86.794); Judicial foreclosure / sheriff execution sale (ORS ch. 18); HOA lien foreclosure -
- Who holds the money
- Tax foreclosure: the county determines the surplus within 60 days of depositing sale proceeds in an interest-bearing account, then reports and delivers it to the Oregon State Treasury within 30 days (HB 2089 secs. 8, 10). The Treasury holds it in its unclaimed property system. Trustee sale: the trustee pays the surplus to the grantor or successor in interest after junior lienholders (ORS 86.794(4)).
- Unclaimed funds go to
- Tax-foreclosure surplus is treated as unclaimed property held by the State Treasury (HB 2089 sec. 10). Whether the claim is perpetual or subject to a deadline is ; the enrolled text could not be retrieved. verify
- How owners claim
- File a claim with the Oregon State Treasury (Unclaimed Property). Only a 'claimant' may file: the individual who owned the property when it was deeded to the county, or heirs/successors. Creditors, third parties and LLCs are excluded per AOC. The county must send the claimant notice. — deadline: (Treasury unclaimed property process). Applies where the claimant received the one-year redemption notice on or after 5/25/2023. verify
- Agent / finder fee cap
- No Oregon finder fee cap found; the ungovr.org aggregator says Oregon does not restrict finder fees (against ORS ch. 98). OAR 141-040-0005 lets the state deduct up to 10% on its own claims, which is not a finder cap. verify
- Waiting period
- None found verify
- Registration
- None found verify
- Getting the list
- Tax-foreclosure surplus is searchable in the Oregon Treasury unclaimed property database (unclaimed.oregon.gov, URL). County lists are not centrally published. Washington County and Morrow County have formalized auction/surplus processes. verify
Law: HB 2089 (2025), amending ORS 98.352, 279A.025, 312.040, 312.125 and adding new sections; ORS 86.794; ORS 275.275 governs distribution of county land-sale proceeds and is not amended by HB 2089 · confirm details with the county; rules change.
Questions
Is there a free Oregon surplus funds list?
Counties publish or provide lists on request; Surplus Funds HQ links to the official sources and is adding Oregon lists.
Who gets surplus funds in Oregon?
The former owner first (and lienholders in order of priority). The money is held by: Tax foreclosure: the county determines the surplus within 60 days of depositing sale proceeds in an interest-bearing account, then reports and delivers it to the Oregon State Treasury within 30 days (HB 2089 secs. 8, 10). The Treasury holds it in its unclaimed property system. Trustee sale: the trustee pays the surplus to the grantor or successor in interest after junior lienholders (ORS 86.794(4))..
What is the recovery agent fee cap in Oregon?
No Oregon finder fee cap found; the ungovr.org aggregator says Oregon does not restrict finder fees (against ORS ch. 98). OAR 141-040-0005 lets the state deduct up to 10% on its own claims, which is not a finder cap.