{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-93.180","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 93.180","heading":"Forms of tenancy in conveyance or devise to two or more persons.","body":"(1) A conveyance or devise of real property, or an interest in real property, that is made to two or more persons:\n      (a) Creates a tenancy in common unless the conveyance or devise clearly and expressly declares that the grantees or devisees take the real property with right of survivorship.\n      (b) Creates a tenancy by the entirety if the conveyance or devise is to spouses married to each other unless the conveyance or devise clearly and expressly declares otherwise.\n      (c) Creates a joint tenancy as described in ORS 93.190 if the conveyance or devise is to a trustee or personal representative.\n      (2) A declaration of a right to survivorship creates a tenancy in common in the life estate with cross-contingent remainders in the fee simple.\n      (3) Except as provided in ORS 93.190, joint tenancy in real property is abolished and the use in a conveyance or devise of the words “joint tenants” or similar words without any other indication of an intent to create a right of survivorship creates a tenancy in common.","path":["03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate","10. Property Rights and Transactions","Chapter 93 — Conveyancing and Recording"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors093.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:11Z","sha256":"c6a777e86f73643279b4858427acefe401b07fd46fe3116d43432f762ca2eb2d","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-93.170","next":"us-or/ors-93.190"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}