Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Lake County Records Inventory
Land Title Registers
1883-1924
Series records the ownership of land within the county. Records may include title registers, land indexes, land registration registers, torrens registry of titles, indexes to registered land, certificates of title, town lot indexes, ownership registers, and plat books. Information includes parties involved, land descriptions, dates, number and nature of titles, subdivisions, title holders, terms, discharge dates, and registrar's signatures. The torrens system of land registration was abolished in 1972 by Oregon law. Additional land ownership records may be found in Deeds and Indexes.
Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:
Index [Land Registration-includes assessment plat and
registration information], 1912 (1 volume);
[Land Registration Book-by township and range], ca.1884-ca.1913 (1
volume);
Township Plat Book, n.d. (1 volume).
Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Assessor's Basement Storage
Room:
Record of Townships and Plats, vol. 3, n.d. (1 volume).
Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Planning and Building Department
Basement Storage Room:
[Plat Map Register], n.d. (1 volume);
Record of Townships and Plats, vol. 1-2, n.d. (2 volumes).
Records at the Lake County Courthouse, District Attorney's Basement Storage Room:
[Land Registration Book-by township and range], ca.1883-ca.1913 (3
volumes).
Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Circuit Court Basement West Storage Room:
Torrens Act Case of State of Oregon vs. Lake County Land and Livestock Company [with
index], vol. 1-2, 1924 (2 volumes).