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Marion County property data

Where Marion County's property records live, how its tax and foreclosure sales work, and what Deedplat puts on one map, including Salem.

20Cities and towns

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Where the records are

The county offices an investor deals with in Marion County, and what each one puts online.

Deeds and mortgages

Marion County Clerk, Licensing and Recording. The Clerk links an online Digital Research Room for searching the recorded document index; for copies, the Clerk's guide points to six public terminals in the Salem office ($0.25 a printed page) or a local title company.

Owners and values

Marion County Assessor's Office. The Assessor's free online Property Records site shows owner, values and taxes for about 132,000 property tax accounts, though values and taxes pause updating during tax roll certification from mid-September to mid-October.

Tax sales

Marion County Finance, Property Management (Tax Foreclosed Property). Upcoming tax foreclosed property auctions, auction rules, sale policies and an interest list sign-up are posted free on the Property Auction Information page.

Foreclosure sales

Marion County Sheriff's Office, Civil Process Unit. Court-ordered sheriff's sales in Marion County are posted free on the statewide Oregon Sheriffs' Sales website, though not every pending sale may appear there.

Parcel maps

Marion County GIS. The county's free GIS hub has online maps and downloadable map data, including tax lots.

How property is sold here

Marion County follows Oregon's rules, with its own calendar and offices. Read the Oregon guide for how the state works.

Tax sales

Oregon does not sell tax liens. In Marion County the process takes about six years: after four years of unpaid taxes a judgment is filed in Circuit Court, the owner has two more years to redeem, and then the county takes the deed under ORS Chapter 312. The county sells surplus tax foreclosed property AS IS by quitclaim deed at public auction, with unsold parcels offered by sealed bid; the next auction is November 17, 2026, and the redemption-period foreclosure lists are published in the newspaper on or after August 16 each year.

Foreclosure sales

Most Oregon home foreclosures are non-judicial trustee's sales run by private trustees. Court-ordered judicial foreclosure sales are run by the Marion County Sheriff's Office Civil Process Unit at 100 High St NE, Salem, and are posted on the statewide oregonsheriffssales.org portal.

Assessed values

The Assessor values property every year, and the 2025 certified roll showed real market value of about $76.68 billion and assessed value of about $34.98 billion.

Transfer tax

Oregon has no state real estate transfer tax, and a 2012 constitutional amendment bars new local ones, so there is no transfer tax in Salem or elsewhere in Marion County (only Washington County's older tax survived).

Worth knowing

Salem is the county seat and state capital; West Salem lies across the river in Polk County, so check which county a Salem address is in before searching records.

Worth knowing

Marion County has 20 incorporated cities, including Salem, Keizer and Woodburn.

Worth knowing

The county only releases its list of deeded properties for sale when an auction or sealed bid sale is scheduled; the Tax Collector sells the two redemption-period foreclosure lists for $5.00 each.

Every town in Marion County

The cities, towns and townships inside the county line.

Aumsville city
Aurora city
Detroit city
Donald city
Gates city
Gervais city
Hubbard city
Idanha city
Jefferson city
Keizer city
Mill City city
Mount Angel city
Salem city
Scotts Mills city
Silverton city
St. Paul city
Stayton city
Sublimity city
Turner city
Woodburn city

Questions

Where are deeds recorded in Marion County?

Deeds are recorded by the Marion County Clerk's Licensing and Recording office at 555 Court St NE, Suite 2130, Salem. Call 503-588-5225 for recording questions.

When is the Marion County tax sale?

Marion County sells tax foreclosed property at public auctions approved by the Board of Commissioners, not on a fixed yearly date. The next auction is November 17, 2026, and an interest list sends notice of future sales.

How do I find who owns a property in Marion County?

Search the Assessor's free online Property Records site by address, owner or account number, then confirm the latest deed with the County Clerk.

Are Marion County property records online?

Assessor records, GIS maps and auction lists are free online, and the Clerk offers an online recorded document index; document copies come from the Clerk's public terminals or a title company.

Sources for this guide

Office hours, fees and sale dates change. We checked these sources in October 2026; confirm with the county before you act.

Every parcel in Marion County, on one map

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