Oregon Revised Statutes Property Rights and Transactions § 93.710

(1) Any instrument creating a license, easement, profit a prendre, or a leasehold interest or oil, gas or other mineral interest or estate in real property or an interest in real property created by a land sale contract, or memorandum of such instrument or contract, which is executed by the person from whom the interest is intended to pass, and acknowledged or proved in the manner provided for the acknowledgment or proof of other conveyances, may be indexed and recorded in the records of deeds of real property in the county where such real property is located. Any instrument creating a mortgage or trust deed, or a memorandum thereof, or assignment for security purposes relating to any of the interests or estates in real property referred to in this subsection, which is executed by the person from whom the mortgage, trust deed, or assignment for security purposes is intended to be given, and acknowledged or proved in the manner provided for the acknowledgment or proof of other conveyances, may be indexed and recorded in the records of mortgages of real property in the county where such real property is located. Such recordation, whether the instrument be recorded prior to or subsequent to May 29, 1963, constitutes notice to third persons of the rights of the parties under the instrument irrespective of whether the party granted such interest or estate is in possession of the real property. Any such instrument when so acknowledged or proved, or certified in the manner prescribed by law by any of the authorized officers, may be read in evidence without further proof thereof.

(2) Any notice under ORS 527.710 or order under ORS 527.680 by the State Forester requiring the reforestation of specific lands may be indexed and recorded in the records of deeds of real property in the county where such real property is located. Such recordation constitutes notice to third persons of the rights and obligations of the parties to the notice or order. Any such notice or order when properly prepared in the manner prescribed by law by any of the authorized officers may be read in evidence without further proof thereof.