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Multnomah County property data
Where Multnomah County's property records live, how its tax and foreclosure sales work, and what Deedplat puts on one map, including Portland.
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Where the records are
The county offices an investor deals with in Multnomah County, and what each one puts online.
Deeds and mortgages
Multnomah County Division of Assessment, Recording and Taxation (DART), Recording. MultcoRecords.com gives a free index search of documents recorded since February 2002, and deeds dated after 2001 can be printed from home; older images are ordered from DART or viewed in the lobby.
Owners and values
Multnomah County DART, Assessment. MultcoPropTax.com has a free guest login to look up owner, land and building details, values, taxes and payment history by property ID or address.
Tax sales
Multnomah County Tax Title Program. Auction lists, maps, rules and results are posted on the Tax Title pages, which the county says is the only place sales are announced.
Foreclosure sales
Multnomah County Sheriff's Office Civil Unit. Sheriff's sales are published on the MCSO Property Sales blog and the Oregon State Sheriffs' Association sales portal, oregonsheriffssales.org.
Parcel maps
Multnomah County SAIL and Tax District and Map Image Viewer. Free maps of tax lots, surveys, plats and districts searchable by owner, property ID or address, plus the City's PortlandMaps.
How property is sold here
Multnomah 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; the county forecloses on property once taxes are three full years delinquent and takes the deed after the redemption period ends. Multnomah County's Tax Title Program then sells the property at in-person oral auctions at the Multnomah Building, 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd, with the most recent held October 12, 2026 and another planned for December 2026. Some properties are also sold through real estate brokers or to adjacent owners, and every sale is announced first on the Tax Title website.
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 Multnomah County Sheriff's Office and published on the MCSO Property Sales blog and the statewide oregonsheriffssales.org portal.
Assessed values
DART values property as of January 1 every year and finalizes values by mid-September, with tax statements following in the fall.
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 Portland or elsewhere in Multnomah County (only Washington County's older tax survived).
Worth knowing
Portland, the county seat, keeps its own PortlandMaps site with zoning, permits and assessor data drawn from county records.
Worth knowing
Under House Bill 2089, former owners can now claim surplus proceeds from tax foreclosure sales through the Oregon State Treasury.
Worth knowing
County buyers get no title insurance, and the county says title companies may still show old liens after a Tax Title sale.
Every town in Multnomah County
The cities, towns and townships inside the county line.
- Fairview city
- Gresham city
- Lake Oswego city
- Maywood Park city
- Portland city
- Troutdale city
- Wood Village city
Questions
Where are deeds recorded in Multnomah County?
Deeds are recorded by the Multnomah County Division of Assessment, Recording and Taxation at the Multnomah Building, 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland. Documents since February 2002 can be searched free at MultcoRecords.com.
When is the Multnomah County tax sale?
There is no fixed month. The Tax Title Program sets auctions by Board order and posts them on its website; the latest in-person auction was October 12, 2026, and the next is planned for December 2026.
How do I find who owns a property in Multnomah County?
Use the free guest login at MultcoPropTax.com to search by address or property ID, or search by owner name in the county's Tax District and Map Image Viewer.
Are Multnomah County property records online?
Yes. Recorded documents since 2002, assessment and tax records, tax lot maps and Tax Title sale lists are all free online.
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.
- multco.us/assessment-taxation
- multco.us/info/property-records-and-recording
- multco.us/info/property-search-tools-and-maps
- multco.us/info/property-tax-foreclosure
- multco.us/programs/tax-title
- multco.us/info/public-sales
- multco.us/info/auction-october-12-2026-resources
- multco.us/file/auction-rules-10.12.2026.pdf-0/download
- mcso.us/how-do-i/civil-enforcement
- portlandmaps.com/
- justfacts.votesmart.org/elections/ballot-measure/1747/amends-constitution-prohibits-real-e
Every parcel in Multnomah County, on one map
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