Grant County v. Guyer

This appeal presents the question whether notice of foreclosure by publication as provided by ORS 312.040(1) violates the due process provision of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and whether it violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or Article I, section 20 of the Oregon Constitution.

Defendants are named in this tax foreclosure proceeding for failure to pay property taxes. The record shows defendants were mailed the normal annual notices of taxes due. ORS 311.250. The tax assessor also sent letters to the defendants at their…