Section 100.116 - Plat amendment; fees(1) A plat, including any floor plans that are a part of a plat, recorded before October 15, 1983, may be amended as provided in this section.(2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 100.600, the following must be made by a plat entitled "Plat Amendment":(A) A change to the boundary of the property, a unit or a limited common element;(B) The creation of an additional unit from common elements; or(C) A change to the configuration of other information required to be graphically depicted on the plat.(b) The plat amendment must reference in the title of the amendment the recording information of the original plat and any previous plat amendments.(3) The plat amendment must comply with ORS 92.050, 92.060 (1), (2) and (4), 92.080 and 92.120 and must include: (a) A graphic depiction of the change;(b) For a change to the boundary of the property, a surveyor's certificate that complies with ORS 92.070;(c) If the plat amendment is an amendment by correction under ORS 100.118, a statement that the plat amendment is an amendment by correction under ORS 100.118;(d) A certification, including signature and official seal, of a registered professional land surveyor that: (A) The plat amendment accurately depicts the amendments to the plat described in the declaration amendment recorded under subsection (5) of this section; and(B) Any construction that changes the boundaries of a unit or limited common element or the construction of any additional unit or limited common element has been completed; and(e) A declaration executed by the association that the plat is being amended pursuant to this section. If the amendment to the declaration required under subsection (5) of this section is a correction amendment under ORS 100.117, the declaration must be made by the declarant if the declarant adopts the correction amendment under ORS 100.117.(4) The declaration required under subsection (3)(e) of this section must be executed and acknowledged.(5) The plat amendment must be accompanied by an amendment to the declaration authorizing the plat amendment. The declaration amendment must be executed, approved and recorded in accordance with ORS 100.110 and 100.135 or, if the declaration amendment is a correction amendment, with ORS 100.117.(6) Before a plat amendment may be recorded, it must be approved by the city or county surveyor as provided in ORS 92.100. The surveyor shall approve the plat amendment if it complies with the requirements of this subsection. The person offering the plat amendment shall: (a) Submit a copy of the proposed amendment to the declaration required under subsections (3) to (5) of this section when the plat amendment is submitted.(b) Submit the original or a copy of the executed amendment to the declaration approved by the Real Estate Commissioner if required by law prior to approval of the plat amendment.(c) Upon request of the county assessor or county surveyor, file an exact copy, certified by the surveyor who made the plat to be an exact copy of the plat amendment, with the county assessor and the county surveyor. The exact copy must be made on suitable drafting material having the strength, stability and transparency required by the county surveyor.(7) A change to a restriction or other information not required to be graphically depicted on the plat, or, in the discretion of the city or county surveyor, a change to graphically depicted information that changes the identity, nature or other descriptive information but does not change the graphic depiction, may be made by amendment of the declaration without a plat amendment described in subsections (3) to (5) of this section. A declaration amendment under this subsection must include:(a) References to recording index numbers and date of recording of the declaration or plat and any applicable supplemental declarations, amendments, supplemental plats or plat amendments.(b) A description of the change to the plat.(c) A statement that the amendment was approved in accordance with the declaration and ORS 100.135.(8) The declaration amendment described in subsection (7) of this section must be executed, approved and recorded in accordance with ORS 100.110 and 100.135.(9) Before the declaration amendment described in subsection (7) of this section may be recorded, it must be approved by the city or county surveyor as provided in ORS 92.100. The surveyor shall approve the declaration amendment if it complies with subsection (7) of this section. The approval must be evidenced by execution of the amendment or by attached written approval.(10)(a) Subject to paragraph (c) of this subsection, floor plans of a condominium for which floor plans were not required to be shown on a plat at the time of creation of the condominium or at the time of the recording of a supplemental declaration annexing property to the condominium may be amended by: (A) An amendment of the declaration under paragraph (b) of this subsection; or(B) A plat amendment under subsections (3) to (5) of this section.(b) An amendment of the declaration must include: (A) References to recording index numbers and date of recording of the declaration and any applicable supplemental declarations or amendments.(B) A description of the change to the floor plans.(C) A graphic depiction of any change to the boundaries of a unit or common element and a statement by a registered architect, registered professional land surveyor or registered professional engineer certifying that such graphic depiction fully and accurately depicts the boundaries of the unit or common element as it currently exists.(c) Notwithstanding that floor plans were not required to be shown on a plat at the time of creation of the condominium or at the time of the recording of a supplemental declaration annexing property to the condominium, if floor plans are shown on a plat, the plat may not be amended under paragraph (b) of this subsection.(11) The declaration amendment described in subsection (10)(b) of this section must be approved and recorded in accordance with ORS 100.110 and 100.135 except that any change to the floor plans need only comply with the requirements of the unit ownership laws in effect at the time the floor plans were initially recorded.(12) After recording any declaration amendment or plat amendment pursuant to this section, the county surveyor may make appropriate changes to the surveyor's copy of all previously recorded plats relating to the condominium and any copies filed under ORS 92.120 (3). The original plat may not be changed or corrected after the plat is recorded.(13) For performing the services described in subsections (6), (9) and (12) of this section, the county surveyor shall collect from the person offering the plat amendment or declaration amendment for approval a fee established by the county governing body.Amended by 2019 Ch. 69, § 5, eff. 1/1/2020.100.116 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 100 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.