Clerk's Office

Unofficial election results are available -->here<--

Deschutes County Clerk's Office is holder of several records regarding water rights in Central Oregon.  Among these records is an early 1900's Deschutes County Circuit Court case and court's opinion involving the determination of the relative water rights to use waters of the Deschutes River and its tributaries.  Also, the Clerk's Office has online  Water Certificates and an index to locate those certificates.

To obtain property value appeal forms, click on the following links:

Requirements for Finders of Property

Telephone:  541-388-5300  (see Court Directory for specific departments)

Deschutes County accepts the following death certificates for recording.

Oregon Death Certificates

Any document that has been previously recorded may be re-recorded to make corrections in the original document.  The corrected document need not be acknowledged again.

A statement shall be written on the first page of the document or a first page attached to the document. We recommend you use our cover page if you're attaching a new first page. The statement shall contain the words: