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Partnering With The Past To Help Protect The Future

For Information Regarding Surveys, Plats, Partitions and Public Land Corners please call 503-742-4475, or e-mail us at surveyor@co.clackamas.or.us.

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Your County Surveyor's Office:

  • Recovers, restores, and protects original section corner and donation land claim corner locations
  • Reviews pending subdivision and partition plat maps for: Oregon statutes and county requirements, mathematical accuracy and visual clarity, easements, encroachments and other potential problems
  • Receives private survey maps for filing, reviews them for compliance with Oregon statutes, then adds them to the public record
  • Assists the general public with locating property surveys, historical research, general survey questions, and interpreting and understanding legal descriptions

MISSION STATEMENT

Provide the citizens of Clackamas County with professional surveying expertise and advice and perform our duties as required by the Oregon Revised Statutes.

OBJECTIVES

  • To provide exceptional customer service.
  • To operate a quality records library and research facility of surveys, plats, and roads for the public and consultants.
  • To perform the review of surveys in a professional, accurate and timely manner.
  • To perform the review of subdivisions, partitions and condominiums in a professional, accurate, and timely manner: while serving the development community and protecting the property rights of the citizens of Clackamas County.
  • To preserve and maintain the Public Land Survey System Corners (section corners and quarter section corners) and donation land corners (DLC) originally placed by the Federal Government. These corners form the basis of the land identification system used in deeds and boundary control for all property.
  • To provide a courteous and professional staff to carry out our mission.