Oregon Revised Statutes Mineral Resources § 522.205

(1) Except as excluded from the provisions of this section by rule of the governing board of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, any prospective operator of a geothermal well shall notify the department in such form as the department may direct of the purchase, assignment, transfer, conveyance or exchange of the well within 45 days of the purchase and shall accompany such notice with an application for transfer of the permit for the particular well. The application must include the transfer fee specified in ORS 522.115.

(2) Any buyer of land on which a geothermal well is located shall notify the department of the purchase, assignment, transfer, conveyance or exchange of the land upon which such well is situated within 45 days of such purchase.