OAR 170-135-0000: Purpose

These rules provide uniform procedures for the administration of estates of Decedents who die Intestate without Known Heirs or with some missing Heirs and of Testate Estates with missing Heirs or missing Devisees in accordance with Oregon Revised Statutes 111 through 119. These rules shall be liberally construed to secure just and speedy determination of the assets, liabilities, net worth, and disposition of Decedents' estates.