# ORS § 93.150: 93.150 Conveyance by tenant of greater estate than that possessed

> Oregon · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T10_C93_S93.150

## Section

- **Citation:** ORS § 93.150
- **Heading:** 93.150 Conveyance by tenant of greater estate than that possessed
- **Jurisdiction:** Oregon
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** OR Code / Title 10 / Chapter 93 / Section 93.150

## Text

A conveyance made by a tenant for life or years, purporting to grant a greater estate than the tenant possesses or could lawfully convey, does not work a forfeiture of the estate of the tenant, but passes to the grantee all the estate which the tenant could lawfully convey.

Source: Section 93.150 — Conveyance by tenant of greater estate than that possessed , 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)
- [ORS § 93.020 93.020 Creating, transferring or declaring estates or interests in realty](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T10_C93_S93.020.md)
- [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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