Oregon Inheritance and Estate Administration

Understand the records, roles and separate questions that can follow a death or an inherited-property discussion. Choose one subject for a short learning route, with examples and a worksheet. You do not need to know the value of an estate or decide a legal process to begin.

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• Oregon Judicial Department — Probate overview (Multnomah County)
• Oregon Legislature — ORS Chapter 114, including simple estates
• Oregon Judicial Department — Probate information (Marion County)
• Oregon Legislature — ORS Chapter 112, succession and wills
• Oregon Legislature — ORS Chapter 130, trusts
• Oregon Department of Revenue — Property tax
• Oregon Department of Revenue — Estate transfer and fiduciary income taxes
• Oregon Department of Human Services — Estate recovery
• Oregon Health Authority — OHP and payment recovery
• Oregon Health Authority — Making decisions about health care
• Oregon Judicial Department — Free help for family law cases
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — Managing someone else’s money
• IRS — Sale and basis of inherited property