Section 18.412 - [Operative 1/1/2025] Notice of intent to discharge judgment lien against homestead(1) At any time after the date of execution of an agreement to transfer the ownership of property in which a homestead exemption exists pursuant to ORS 18.395, the homestead owner or the owner's transferee may give notice of intent to discharge the property from the judgment lien to a judgment creditor. Each notice must bear the caption of the action in which the judgment was recovered and must: (a) Identify the property and the judgment and state that the judgment debtor is about to transfer, or has transferred, the property and that the transfer is intended to discharge the property from any lien effect of the judgment;(b) State the fair market value of the property on the date of the notice or of any applicable petition in bankruptcy, whichever is applicable, and list the encumbrances against the property, including the nature and date of each encumbrance, the name of the encumbrancer and the amount presently secured by each encumbrance;(c) State that the property is claimed by the person giving the notice to be wholly exempt from the lien of the judgment or, if the value of the property exceeds the sum of the encumbrances specified as required under paragraph (b) of this subsection that are senior to the judgment lien and the applicable amount of the homestead exemption specified in ORS 18.395 (1)(a) or (b), that the amount of the excess or the amount due on the judgment, whichever is less, will be deposited with the court administrator for the court in which the judgment was entered for the use of the judgment holder; and(d) Advise the holder of the judgment that the property may be discharged from any lien arising from the judgment, without further notice to the judgment creditor, unless prior to a specified date, which in no case may be earlier than 14 days after the date of mailing of the notice, the judgment creditor files objections and a request for a hearing on the matter as provided in ORS 18.415.(2) Each notice described by subsection (1) of this section must be sent by certified mail to the judgment creditor, as shown by the court records, at the judgment creditor's present or last-known address according to the best knowledge of the person sending the notice. A copy of each notice, together with proof of mailing, may be filed with the court administrator for the court in which the judgment was entered and must be filed by the court administrator with the records and files of the action in which the judgment was recovered.Amended by 2024 Ch. 100,§ 6, eff. 4/4/2024, op. 1/1/2025.Formerly 23.280; 2005 c. 456, § 4; 2007 c. 129, § 9; 2009 c. 612, § 4 This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.