Oregon probate leads and inheritance data, by county.
If you are researching Oregon probate leads, the public court file is only one part of the inherited-property market. USLeadList starts with death and property records, typically about five weeks after death, and generates an average of 850 records a month across Oregon.
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Oregon counties
Browse 36 counties.Every Oregon county has its own page. Highlighted counties currently generate the largest monthly record volume.
How inherited property moves in Oregon
Verified state rules behind the county data.Probate rules matter because they determine when a public court record appears and which inherited properties never appear in an ordinary probate case.
What changes for an heir
Oregon does not reassess property when it changes hands. Under Measure 50 the maximum assessed value is 103 percent of the prior year's assessed value or 100 percent of the prior year's maximum assessed value, whichever is greater, and ORS 308.146(3) lists the only events that reset it: new property or new improvements, partition or subdivision, rezoning with consistent use, first being taken into account as omitted property, disqualification from an exemption or special assessment, and a lot line adjustment. A sale and an inheritance are not among them. Oregon does levy an estate transfer tax under ORS chapter 118, beginning at a $1,000,000 Oregon taxable estate and running from 10.0 percent to 16.0 percent (ORS 118.010(4)), with the return and payment due 12 months after death. The routine avoidance route is the transfer-on-death deed at ORS 93.948 to 93.985.
Where probate records appear
Circuit Court OJD Records and Calendar Search gives free online access to court calendars and basic case information for the circuit courts. OJCIN OnLine, a paid subscription, is the official site of registers of actions and judgment records and includes OECI, the Oregon eCourt Case Information Network, covering all 36 circuit courts.
Ways property can avoid ordinary probate
Transfer-on-death deed under ORS 93.948 to 93.985, Oregon's Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act; the simple estate affidavit at ORS 114.505 to 114.560, which covers up to $200,000 of real property and lets the affiant sell that real property if every heir or devisee who would succeed to the interest joins in the conveyance (ORS 114.547(1)(a)); survivorship tenancies; and revocable living trusts.
Small-estate route
simple estate affidavit under ORS 114.505 to 114.560, renamed from small estate affidavit by 2023 c.17. The estate qualifies where not more than $75,000 of its fair market value is attributable to personal property other than manufactured homes and not more than $200,000 to real property and manufactured homes combined (ORS 114.510(1), amended by 2023 c.17, 2025 c.34 and 2025 c.342). Value is taken without any reduction for liens or debts. The affidavit may not be filed until 30 days after the death (ORS 114.515(3)) and is filed with the clerk of the probate court in a county where venue would lie for an appointment proceeding.
Timing investors should understand
In a full probate the personal representative publishes notice to interested persons once in a newspaper in the county where the proceeding is pending, and all claims must be presented within four months after the date of publication or they may be barred (ORS 113.155). The personal representative also has the three months following appointment to make reasonably diligent efforts to identify claimants (ORS 115.003). Under a simple estate affidavit, claims may be presented to the affiant within four months after the affidavit is filed (ORS 114.540(1)), and the affidavit cannot be filed until 30 days after the death (ORS 114.515(3)). The Oregon estate transfer tax return and payment are due 12 months after the date of death for deaths on or after January 1, 2022 (Department of Revenue).
Oregon inheritance volume
Updated monthly · September 2026 edition.Newly inherited residential properties recorded in Oregon, from the same database that builds the lists. Published nationally in the Inheritance Property Index.
Biggest Oregon counties by volume
Free to cite with attribution: USLeadList Inheritance Property Index, September 2026 edition. See every state and download the data.
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