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Lawyers, rural landowners urge fix to land‑division remainder uncertainty in House Bill 3858 hearing
Summary
House Bill 3858 would clarify that 'remainder' parcels created before land‑division laws are lawful units of land. Supporters said the bill fixes decades‑old practice; opponents warned it could enable additional non‑farm development on agricultural lands.
A public hearing on House Bill 3858 on March 26 focused on a narrow technical fix to Oregon land‑division law intended to resolve uncertainty created by a recent Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) decision.
Representative Vicki Breese‑Iverson introduced the bill as a remedy for property owners who lawfully sold a portion of their land before modern land‑division rules but did not, and customarily would not, record a second deed for the portion they retained. "Prior to our land use system and land division laws…the rancher would not think to prepare a second deed for the portion of…
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