SEI, LLC · Santiam Escrow since 1975

Complex Agreements, Executed Precisely. 

Protecting Relationships, Not Just Managing Payments.

Since 1975, Oregonians have trusted us with their most complicated agreements — trust distributions, business buyouts, partnership dissolutions, private property contracts. They've relied on us to administer every payment, every reserve, and every instruction without taking a side.

We can handle the unique, the difficult, the complicated. It's the question we hear most: “Can you handle this one?” The answer is yes.

What is collection escrow?

Collection escrow is how money changes hands exactly as agreed, without either party having to manage or track it themselves. We receive the payments, apply them correctly, and send funds where they need to go — accurately, and without taking sides. This is what protecting relationships looks like in practice.

We Safeguard & Hold

Funds, reserves, deeds, titles, notes, and original signed documents — all secure, protected, and in our care.

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We Track & Administer

Interest, amortization, escrow reserves, balloon dates, payoff figures, and annual statements — tracked accurately, so nothing is ever missed.

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We Disburse According to Your Agreement

Every payment goes to the intended party, at the right time, on schedule — monitored and recorded at every step.

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With other firms you risk:

Unresolved disputes. Inconsistent or lost records. Strained relationships that never fully recover.

We are:

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We are not:

We administer documents. We don’t draft them.

Deeds, agreements, promissory notes, contracts, assignments, and trust deeds come from your attorney, title company, or other appropriate source. Once those documents exist, we administer exactly what they instruct.

What we administer

Real Estate Contracts & Notes:

Seller-financed property sales, land sale contracts, and promissory notes serviced for the life of the agreement.

Trust Deeds & Private
Lending:

Payment servicing, reserve accounts, and payoff administration for private lenders and note investors.

Estates, Trusts & Family
Agreements:

Distributions among heirs, family loans, and multi-generational property transfers— administered carefully, so family relationships don't carry the strain.

Business Sales, Buyouts, Partnership Dissolution:

Installment purchases, earn-outs, and payment structures that run for years after the handshake.

Reserves & Impound Accounts:

Taxes, insurance, and maintenance reserves collected, tracked, and disbursed on schedule according to your agreement. 

Any Agreement with Instructions:

If there’s an agreement, written instructions, and funds to hold; there’s a good chance we handle it. 

Agreements outlive circumstances

In fifty years we’ve carried agreements through recessions, rate swings, and every kind of change a family or a business can go through. When the parties change, the agreement doesn’t. We keep administering it: same terms, same accuracy, same neutrality.

We’ve managed some agreements for decades. Even after the original parties have passed, we remain consistent and accurate.

Economic cycles & recessions

Family transitions

Deaths & probate matters

Business transitions

Changing interest rate environments

Estates & successor-party administration

Divorces

Ownership changes

Since 1975

Handling agreements

50 States

Primarily Oregon, California, Idaho & Washington

210+ Years

Combined experience

54,320+

Agreements administered

“The small town feeling with big city efficiency is second to none!”

Collection escrow is how money changes hands exactly as agreed, without either party having to manage or track it themselves. We receive the payments, apply them correctly, and send funds where they need to go — accurately, and without taking sides. This is what protecting relationships looks like in practice.

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ASSOCIATED SINCE 1975

Most of our work comes through referrals

Title and escrow companies, attorneys, real estate professionals, trustees, and other professional partners send us the agreements that don’t fit anywhere else. If you have a client whose agreement needs a long-term, neutral party, send them our way; we’ll take care of them, and keep you in the loop.

Title & escrow companies

Attorneys

Real Estate Professionals

Trustees

Other professional referral partners

Reliable. Neutral. Committed to protecting relationships, not just managing payments.

Title and escrow companies, attorneys, real estate professionals, trustees, and other professional partners send us the agreements that don’t fit anywhere else. If you have a client whose agreement needs a long-term, neutral party, send them our way; we’ll take care of them, and keep you in the loop.