Probate leads in Multnomah County, Oregon.
Investors researching probate leads in Multnomah County can compare public court lists with USLeadList death and property matches, which do not wait for a court filing. Our average is 127 records per month.
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Inside Multnomah County
What the data looks like here.Pre-probate and inheritance data for Multnomah County runs about 127 new records a month, 108 averaged across the past year, with 60 in the slowest tracked month. It is built from death and property records, not a courthouse queue, so nothing here waits on a probate filing.
Why investors work Multnomah County
Multnomah housing runs from early-1900s streetcar blocks to subdivisions built after the Second World War, so two houses a mile apart can be a century apart in age. Oregon does not reassess on inheritance: under Measure 50 an heir carries the prior owner's assessed value forward, and ORS 308.146 lists what resets it, with a death nowhere on the list. An inherited house here therefore does not arrive with a market-value tax bill, and the heir's decision turns on carrying cost and the estate tax instead. Oregon's estate transfer tax starts at a $1,000,000 Oregon taxable estate and comes due 12 months after the death. The state's routine answer is a recorded transfer-on-death deed under ORS 93.948 to 93.985, which moves a house without an ordinary probate case.
On the ground
Portland's Bureau of Planning puts the divide at annexation: much of today's outer east side was unincorporated Multnomah County, known locally as Mid-County, urbanized after the Second World War around the automobile, and annexed only from about 1983 through the mid-1990s. Those streets arrived without full urban services, often no sidewalks or curbs, and cesspools were common enough to prompt the Mid-County Sewer Project. The inner east side is the opposite story: streetcar suburbs such as Buckman grew up along trolley lines once the Morrison and Burnside bridges connected the two banks. Check platting era, sidewalks and sewer connection before pricing a prewar bungalow and a postwar Mid-County ranch as one market.
Comparing Probate Lead Sources in Multnomah County
Estates in Multnomah County go to the Multnomah County Circuit Court's Probate Department, which also handles trusts, guardianships and conservatorships, and every filing goes through OJD eFile. A filed case is a public record, and any investor can pull it: the free OJD Records and Calendar Search shows basic case information, and OJCIN OnLine sells the fuller register of actions. Those names surface only after someone petitions, usually weeks or months past the death, and competing investors read the same portal. Oregon's simple estate affidavit, capped at $200,000 of real property and manufactured homes, cannot be filed until 30 days after the death and goes to the probate court clerk, so it leaves a court record; only a recorded transfer-on-death deed under ORS 93.948 to 93.985 moves a house without an ordinary probate case. USLeadList builds the Multnomah file from death and property records, typically about five weeks after a death and independent of whether a case is ever opened, so it can cover inherited property the docket never shows, and each lead goes to no more than three subscribers.
How Oregon rules shape Multnomah leads
Verified state research, applied locally.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.
Ways property can avoid 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 that affects the public record
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).
Where court cases can be checked
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.
Why pre-probate
Why pre-probate leads in Multnomah County, Oregon?A public probate list requires a filed case. Our source does not require a filing and may precede a later filing, but that is not guaranteed.
Inheritance creates a property decision
A death does not guarantee a sale. It does create practical decisions about upkeep, distance, taxes, repairs and whether anyone in the family wants the property.
Earlier than a court filing
When probate is required, the public case begins after the death and after someone files. Our county records begin with the death record itself.
Not limited to probate cases
Trusts, survivorship ownership and state-specific transfer instruments can move a property without an ordinary probate case. Court-only lists do not identify those paths.
Property data with optional contact enrichment
Size, location, value, and tax information come with the property record. Phone, email, spouse, and relative data are available through the skip tracing add-on.
What we mean by pre-probate
Pre-probate > probate. Here's why.Our Multnomah County data is not a court probate list. It identifies inherited-property records from deaths, including properties that may later enter probate and properties that never do.
The court docket is only one transfer path.
A trust, survivorship ownership or an authorized transfer deed may keep a property out of an ordinary probate case. The exact rules vary by state, which is why the local court and transfer details above matter.
An inheritance creates choices, not a guaranteed sale:
- Keep or occupy the property
- Rent it or transfer it within the family
- Sell it privately or through a public listing
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