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Oregon · South Coast · #492
Coos County, Oregon
On Oregon's south coast where Coos Bay - the largest deepwater port between San Francisco and Puget Sound - opens to the Pacific, Coos County has built its identity on timber, fishing, and a working waterfront that the rest of Oregon sometimes forgets and residents wouldn't trade.
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Office: Coos County Emergency Management – 250 N. Baxter, Coquille, OR 97423 | (541) 396-7790 or (541) 396-7791 | Fax: (541) 396-1025 | [email protected]; a division of the Coos County Sheriff’s Office, staffed by one full-time Manager; coordinates RACES (Radio Amateur Communication Emergency Services) volunteers for backup communications.
Roads: OR-42 and US-101 serve Coquille, the county seat, on the southern Oregon coast; Coos Bay and North Bend are the county’s largest population centers.
Notes: Coos County is named for the Coos Native American tribe, whose confederated descendants (Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians) remain present in the region.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Coos County Planning/Building – 250 N. Baxter, Coquille, OR 97423 | confirm current phone via co.coos.or.us.
Notes: Coos Bay hosts the Coos History Museum, established 1947 (originally the Coos-Curry Pioneer and Historical Association Museum) as one of the Oregon Coast’s most substantial regional history museums, with a modern waterfront building completed 2015. Myrtle Point is home to the Coos County Logging Museum, 705 Maple Street, a NRHP-listed 1910 building (added 1979) documenting the region’s historic forest-products industry – a genuinely significant local heritage sector given the county’s history as a major timber and myrtlewood-producing area.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Coos County Veterans Service Office – Pony Village Mall, 1611 Virginia Avenue, Suite 125B, North Bend, OR 97459 | (541) 551-0222 | Fax: (541) 396-7502 | [email protected] | Hours: Mon-Thu 8 AM-5 PM; VSOs Chad Wilkinson and James Lindsey.
Coos Bay: Coos Bay Public Library – 525 Anderson Avenue, Coos Bay, OR 97420 | (541) 269-1101; established 1910 with an Andrew Carnegie Foundation grant; current building constructed 1965, expanded/remodeled 1998; the largest library on the Oregon Coast, serving a population of 28,817 with over 112,000 physical items.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: The Coos History Museum (Coos Bay waterfront) and the Coos County Logging Museum (Myrtle Point, NRHP-listed) are the county’s premier heritage attractions.
Notes: The genuine timber/logging industry heritage – including a nationally registered logging museum – is a distinctive local fact reflecting the county’s economic history.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Coos County Assessor – Coos County Courthouse, 250 N Baxter Street, Coquille, OR 97423 | (541) 396-7600.
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
County: Coos Animal Shelter – 92960 Southport Rd, Coos Bay, OR 97420 | (541) 751-2480.
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Office: Coos County Solid Waste – confirm current contact via co.coos.or.us.
NOTES: Coos County is the sixth county in the Oregon v2 redo’s first batch (Baker, Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Crook). The genuine logging/timber industry heritage – anchored by a NRHP-listed logging museum – is a distinctive local fact. All contact information above was sourced via web search as of early August 2026 and should be reconfirmed directly with the relevant office before a visit, deadline-sensitive filing, or emergency-adjacent decision.
About Coos County
Coos County sits at a geographic juncture that has shaped its economy since settlement: Coos Bay, a natural deepwater harbor the Confederacy once considered as a potential Pacific base, is the largest port between San Francisco and Puget Sound and has handled timber, coal, and agricultural exports for 150 years. The wood products industry that grew up around the bay – Weyerhaeuser, Georgia-Pacific, and their predecessors – defined the county through most of the twentieth century, and the industry’s contraction has left economic marks that have not fully healed.
Coos Bay and North Bend are twin cities sharing a harbor, a rivalry, and increasingly a common understanding that the future lies in tourism and outdoor recreation. The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area north of the bay – 40 miles of shifting coastal sand dunes, some reaching 500 feet – is one of the most unusual landscapes in the Pacific Northwest and draws OHV users, hikers, and photographers from across the region. Shore Acres State Park south of Charleston has some of the most dramatic rocky coastline on the Oregon Coast. The Coos Bay waterfront itself is being redeveloped from industrial use toward arts, hospitality, and the TransAmerica Trail’s western terminus. The county seat of Coquille, inland on the Coquille River, maintains the older agricultural character of the county interior.
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Oregon’s Measure 50 system maintains RMV and MAV; taxes based on MAV capped at 3% annual increase. PVAB appeal deadline is December 31. Oregon’s senior deferral is available for qualifying homeowners 62 or older with income at or below $60,000. Oregon has no estate or inheritance tax.
Courts & Legal
Courts & Legal
SENIOR SERVICES
Coos County Senior Services
1988 Newmark Avenue, Coos Bay, OR 97420
Phone: (541) 396-4849
Senior transportation, Meals on Wheels, in-home services, caregiver support, and long-term care options counseling.
Senior Services
Coos County Senior Services
1988 Newmark Avenue, Coos Bay, OR 97420
Phone: (541) 396-4849
Senior transportation, Meals on Wheels, in-home services, caregiver support, and long-term care options counseling.
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
COUNTY CLERK
250 North Baxter St, Coquille, OR 97423
(541) 396-7801
Genealogy
County-level record sources
Coos County Circuit Court, Coquille (probate/estate case files – see Probate section above).
Local societies
No dedicated Coos County genealogical society was confirmed in available directories.
Probate & Estate
Losing someone and having to deal with courts and paperwork at the same time is hard. This section won’t make that easier, but it should tell you what to expect, what it costs, and where to go – so at least you’re not walking in blind.
Where to go
Coos County Circuit Court 250 North Baxter Street, Coquille, OR 97423 (541) 396-4100 Coos County is along the southern Oregon coast, seated in Coquille.
Step 1: figure out which path applies
Oregon has NOT adopted the Uniform Probate Code, maintaining its own independent probate code under ORS Chapters 111 through 117. Probate is handled in the probate department of the Circuit Court in the county where the decedent lived (ORS 111.085). Oregon does not offer a separate unsupervised/informal probate track – its “simple estate” process and formal administration are the two paths.
Simple Estate Affidavit (ORS 114.505–114.560) – available when the total fair market value of the estate is $275,000 or less, made up of no more than $75,000 in personal property and no more than $200,000 in real property. The affidavit (“Affidavit of Claiming Successor”) cannot be filed until at least 30 days after death and must be filed with the clerk of the probate court. It requires a detailed asset description, a list of known creditors, and notice that claims are barred unless presented within 4 months of filing.
Full Probate Administration – required for estates that exceed the simple estate limits or don’t otherwise qualify. A personal representative is appointed by the court and administers the estate under ongoing court oversight.
Step 2: filing for administration
A petition for probate is filed in the Circuit Court in the county where the decedent resided (or, for simple estates, an Affidavit of Claiming Successor is filed with the probate clerk at least 30 days after death).
If a will exists, it’s filed with the petition or affidavit.
For full administration, the court appoints a personal representative and issues Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration.
Notice is given to heirs, devisees, and creditors; claims against the estate must generally be presented within the statutory period.
The personal representative (or affiant, for simple estates) inventories assets, pays valid debts and taxes, and distributes what remains according to the will or Oregon’s intestacy laws.
Full administration closes once a final account is filed and approved by the court; simple estates close once assets are distributed and any required notices are filed.
What it costs
Filing fees vary; check with Coos County directly for current fees.
Oregon imposes a state estate tax on estates exceeding approximately $1,000,000, with rates ranging from 10% to 16%. No state inheritance tax.
Probate filings, estate administration, and guardianship matters are handled by the following office(s):
Public Safety & Arrests
Arrest records, inmate search, and law enforcement services are handled by the following office(s):
SHERIFF
250 North Baxter St, Coquille, OR 97423
(541) 396-7800
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
ELECTIONS
250 North Baxter St, Coquille, OR 97423
(541) 396-7801
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
Coos Health & Wellness
3705 Sherman Ave, North Bend, OR 97459
(541) 756-2020
Department of Human Services
3255 Kingwood Ave, Coos Bay, OR 97420
(541) 269-2011
Public Health Information
PUBLIC HEALTH
Office: Coos Health & Wellness (Coos County Public Health) – confirm current contact via cooshealthandwellness.org.
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County Facts
County Seat: Coquille
Population: 63,000
Tier: 4
Inmate Services
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