As used in ORS 777.005 to 777.725 and 777.915 to 777.953, unless the context requires otherwise:

1. (1) “Board” means the board of commissioners of a port.
2. (2) “County” means the county in which the port, or the greater portion of the area of the port, is located.
3. (3) “County board” means the county court or the board of county commissioners of the county.
4. (4) “County clerk” means the county clerk of the county.
5. (5) “Port” means a port formed pursuant to ORS 777.010 and 777.050.
6. (6) “Owner” or “landowner” means the record owner of real property or the vendee of a recorded contract of purchase of real property, if any, to the exclusion of the vendor.

[Amended by 1971 c.728 §1; 1983 c.83 §109; 2003 c.802 §148]