Marion County, Oregon
County research last verified 2026-07. Office holders, platforms, and deposit rules change — re-confirm anything time-sensitive.
Sale typestate default
Redemption periodstate default
Investor returnstate default
Governing statutestate default
Notes
Oregon tax-foreclosure county. Marion Assessment & Taxation begins foreclosure when oldest unpaid tax year is 3+ years delinquent; after judgment, 2-year redemption period then deed to county. Finance / Property Management sells tax-foreclosed and surplus real property by public auction to the general public (also private/sealed bid for adjacent owners and unsolds). Mid-2026: no auction or sealed-bid sales posted — join Interest List for email notice when Board of Commissioners approves a sale. Policy 809 governs excess tax-foreclosed property sales. Salem–Keizer metro (state capital).
Auction logistics
Format
Frequency
Deposit rules
Title risk
Deal maths for Oregon
- Assessment ratio
- 0.536× of market value
- Typical quiet title
- $1,800–$5,000 · 5 mo
- Recording and transfer
- $200
Oregon has no statutory assessment ratio. Measure 50 (Or. Const. art. XI, § 11) set each property's maximum assessed value at 90% of its 1995-96 real market value and caps growth at 3% a year, so assessed value is the lesser of MAV and real market value and drifts below market over time. 0.536 is the statewide ratio of assessed value to real market value the Department of Revenue reports for FY 2025-26, up from 0.526 in FY 2024-25.
Offices and records
Areas trending up
Directional read from dated market analysis — not a guarantee, and not a substitute for your own comps.
State government employment supporting steady multifamily and workforce demand
Suburban owner demand with relative value versus west Salem hills
Retail and medical adjacency with deeper inventory liquidity than rural Marion