Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 108 § 108.510 — Revocation of election to come under terms of Community Property Law of 1943;
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 108 ·
Oregon Code § 108.510·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Revocation of election to come under terms of Community Property Law of 1943;
fee.
(1)
Notwithstanding any repeal of chapter 440, Oregon Laws 1943, known as the
Oregon Community Property Law of 1943, spouses in a marriage who elected to
come under the terms of that law may revoke the election upon filing in the
office of the Secretary of State a notice of the spouses desire to revoke the
election in the following form:
______________________________________________________________________________
REVOCATION OF ELECTION
TO COME UNDER THE
OREGON COMMUNITY
PROPERTY LAW, CHAPTER
440,
OREGON LAWS 1943
KNOW ALL PERSONS
BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, _____ and _____, hereby state and represent that we
are spouses in a marriage; that we reside in _____ County, Oregon, and our
post-office address is No. _____ Street, City of _____; that we do hereby
revoke our election filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State
of Oregon on the _____ day of _____, 2_____, to avail ourselves of the
provisions of chapter 440, Oregon Laws 1943, being the Oregon Community
Property Law.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hands and seals this _____ day of _____, 2_____.
__________________
__________________
STATE OF OREGON, )
) ss.
County of _____ )
BE IT REMEMBERED
that on this _____ day of _____, 2_____, before me, the undersigned, a notary
public in and for said county and state, personally appeared the within named _____
and _____, spouses in a marriage, who are known to me to be the identical
persons described in and who executed the within instrument, and acknowledged
to me that they executed the same.
__________________
Notary
Public for Oregon
My
commission expires: _________
______________________________________________________________________________
Acknowledgments may be
taken by any other officer authorized to take acknowledgments.
(2) Such an
instrument, together with a fee of $15, shall be presented to the Secretary of
State, who thereupon shall file the instrument, properly index it in a book
kept for that purpose and transmit to the recording officer of each county in
the state the certificate of the Secretary of State, setting forth the nature
of such instrument, the names of the parties thereto, the date thereof, and the
date of the filing thereof in the office of the Secretary of State. Upon
receipt of such certificate, the recording officer shall file it and properly
index it in a book kept for that purpose.
(3) Public notice
of such revocation exists upon compliance with subsection (2) of this section.
(4) The filing of
such revocation operates to restore the title to any community property of
persons making the revocation to the status of the property which existed on
the date on which such persons filed a certificate of election under the terms
of the Oregon Community Property Law of 1943. Such revocation in nowise limits
the right of such persons to execute and record such conveyances, assignments
and transfers of property, or title thereto, as may operate to effect and make
a matter of record the restoration of titles to the status they occupied prior
to the filing of the certificate of election. [Amended by 2015 c.629 §25]
Plain English Explanation
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 108.510
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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