# ORS § 93.020: 93.020 Creating, transferring or declaring estates or interests in realty

> Oregon · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T10_C93_S93.020

## Section

- **Citation:** ORS § 93.020
- **Heading:** 93.020 Creating, transferring or declaring estates or interests in realty
- **Jurisdiction:** Oregon
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** OR Code / Title 10 / Chapter 93 / Section 93.020

## Text

(1) No estate or interest in real property, other than a lease for term not exceeding one year, nor any trust or power concerning such property, can be created, transferred or declared otherwise than by operation of law or by a conveyance or other instrument in writing, subscribed by the party creating, transferring or declaring it, or by the lawful agent of the party under written authority, and executed with such formalities as are required by law.

(2) This section does not affect the power of a testator in the disposition of real property by a last will and testament, nor to prevent a trust from arising or being extinguished by implication or operation of law, nor to affect the power of a court to compel the specific performance of an agreement in relation to such property.

Source: Section 93.020 — Creating, transferring or declaring estates or interests in realty , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors093.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

## Nearby sections

- [ORS § 93.010 93.010 Conveyances, how made](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T10_C93_S93.010.md)
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- [ORS § 93.030 93.030 Contracts to convey, instruments of conveyance and related memoranda to state consideration](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T10_C93_S93.030.md)
- [ORS § 93.040 93.040 Mandatory statements for sales agreements, earnest money receipts or other instruments for conveyance of fee title to real property](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T10_C93_S93.040.md)
- [ORS § 93.050 93.050 Gift or conveyance of life estate](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T10_C93_S93.050.md)
- [ORS § 93.110 93.110 Quitclaim deed sufficient to pass estate](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T10_C93_S93.110.md)
- [ORS § 93.120 93.120 Words of inheritance unnecessary to convey fee](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T10_C93_S93.120.md)
- [ORS § 93.130 93.130 Conveyance of land in adverse possession of another](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T10_C93_S93.130.md)
- [ORS § 93.140 93.140 Implied covenants](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T10_C93_S93.140.md)
- [ORS § 93.150 93.150 Conveyance by tenant of greater estate than that possessed](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T10_C93_S93.150.md)
- [ORS § 93.160 93.160 Conveyance by reversioners and remainderpersons to life tenant vests fee](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T10_C93_S93.160.md)
- [ORS § 93.180 93.180 Forms of tenancy in conveyance or devise to two or more persons](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T10_C93_S93.180.md)
- [ORS § 93.190 93.190 Trustees or personal representatives as joint tenants](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T10_C93_S93.190.md)
- [ORS § 93.200 93.200 Trustees or executors now hold as joint tenants](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T10_C93_S93.200.md)

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