Mark Louie
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- Oregon
I am building a new residence on my property. The building inspector and I have gotten sideways with each other and are at a stand still, I have all the proper permits for the residence. He red tagged the home partially based on photos taken inside a separate pumphouse structure far removed from the home. He proceeded to not report this to me until it was beneficial to his case a year later keeping all evidence of the trespass to himself. I am wondering based upon Oregon's right-of-entry law, he needs just-cause(fire, life, safety) to enter and even with this he needed to make an attempt to contact the owner before entering the pumphouse structure. If he dose not have just-cause then he must request and get permission before entering. I can prove that he did neither of these options. Do you believe that I am within my rights to hold the county accountable for this inspectors actions, and violations of my personal property (unlawful search and seizure). The pumphouse if very clearly its own structure and has both man door and garage door so it is significant in size to represent its own structure.