Oregon Statutes - Chapter 701 - Construction Contractors and Contracts

701.002 Short title.
Chapter 928, Oregon Laws 1989, shall be known as the Construction Contractors Licensing Act. [Formerly 701.900] Note: Legislative Counsel has substituted �chapter 928, Oregon Laws...
701.005 Definitions.
As used in this chapter: (1) �Board� means the Construction Contractors Board. (2) �Commercial contractor� means a licensed contractor that holds an endorsement as a:...
701.007 [1989 c.928 §3; repealed by 1991 c.79 §3]
701.010 Exemptions from licensure; rules.
The Construction Contractors Board may adopt rules to make licensure optional for persons who offer, bid or undertake to perform work peripheral to construction, as...
701.013 Intent relating to certain business license requirements.
It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly to reduce the number of city business licenses that construction contractors are required to obtain in order...
701.015 Business license requirements in cities and metropolitan service districts; fees; distribution of fees.
(1) A contractor shall pay directly to any city within the boundaries of a metropolitan service district any business license tax imposed by the city...
701.020 Certain cities exempt from application of ORS 701.015.
(1) A city that imposes a business license tax based on or measured by adjusted net income earned by conducting business within the city shall...
701.021 License requirement; endorsements.
(1) Except as provided in ORS 701.010, a person or joint venture that undertakes, offers to undertake or submits a bid to do work as...
701.025 [1989 c.762 §1; 1989 c.870 §§3,3a; renumbered 670.600 in 1991]
701.026 License requirement; subcontractor licensing; landscaping.
(1) A person or joint venture may not undertake, offer to undertake or submit a bid to do work as a contractor unless that person...
701.030 [1989 c.762 §1a; renumbered 670.605 in 1991]
701.031 Evidence of doing business as contractor.
(1) It is prima facie evidence that a person is doing business as a contractor if: (a) The person for that person�s own use performs,...
701.035 Applicant required to be independent contractor to be eligible for license; classes of licenses.
(1) An applicant must qualify as an independent contractor under ORS 670.600 to be eligible for a license with the Construction Contractors Board. (2) The...
701.038 Residential limited contractors.
A residential limited contractor may not: (1) Perform work as a contractor exceeding $40,000 in gross annual volume; or (2) Enter into contracts to perform...
701.042 Licensed developers; residential or commercial developers.
A licensed developer or a residential or commercial developer: (1) Shall act only in association with licensed general contractors, one or a combination of whom...
701.046 License application.
(1) An applicant for a construction contractor license must submit the application on a form prescribed by the Construction Contractors Board. The application shall include,...
701.050 Commercial contractor key employees.
(1) A commercial general contractor or commercial specialty contractor shall certify upon license application or renewal that the contractor has one or more key employees...
701.055 [1971 c.740 §7; 1975 c.721 §2; 1981 c.618 §10; 1983 c.616 §6; 1989 c.430 §6; 1989 c.624 §1; 1989 c.928 §4; 1995 c.771 §1; 1997 c.785 §3; 1999 c.35 §1; 1999 c.325 §2; 1999 c.402 §14; 2001 c.196 §4; 2001 c.197 §11; 2005 c.249 §1; 2005 c.432 §8; 2007 c.114 §8; 2007 c.639 §2; 2007 c.648 §17; renumbered 701.026 in 2007]
701.056 Licensing application fee; rules.
Each applicant shall pay to the Construction Contractors Board: (1) For an application for the issuance or renewal of a contractor license, an application fee...
701.058 [2003 c.675 §68; repealed by 2007 c.836 §51]
701.058 Licensed developers.
The Construction Contractors Board shall develop a separate class of contractor license for contractors who are licensed developers.
701.060 Licensing in another category; fee.
Any contractor licensed under this chapter may at any time apply for an additional or different endorsement. The Construction Contractors Board may charge a fee...
701.063 Term of license; fee; renewal; inactive status; license identification card.
(1) A license is valid for two years from the date of issuance unless the license is revoked or suspended as set forth in ORS...
701.065 [1971 c.740 §8; 1973 c.832 §55; 1975 c.654 §1; 1979 c.874 §1; 1983 c.616 §8; 1989 c.870 §§10,10a; 1989 c.928 §6; 1997 c.818 §3; 1999 c.402 §16; 2003 c.675 §71; 2007 c.793 §6; renumbered 701.131 in 2007]
701.067 [1989 c.870 §9; 1995 c.618 §124; 1999 c.402 §17; renumbered 701.128 in 2007]
701.068 Bonding requirements; action against surety; rules.
(1) An applicant for issuance or renewal of a contractor license shall file with the Construction Contractors Board a surety bond with one or more...
701.070 [1975 c.383 §§2,3; repealed by 1983 c.616 §17]
701.072 [2005 c.432 §2; 2007 c.836 §19; renumbered 701.122 in 2007]
701.073 Insurance required of licensed contractors.
(1) A contractor who possesses a license as required under this chapter shall have in effect public liability, personal injury and property damage insurance covering...
701.075 [1971 c.740 §9; 1973 c.832 §56; 1979 c.312 §2; 1981 c.618 §12; 1989 c.624 §2; 1989 c.870 §2; 1989 c.928 §7; 1995 c.216 §6; 1999 c.344 §1; 1999 c.402 §18a; 2001 c.160 §2; 2001 c.196 §5; 2003 c.675 §73; 2005 c.432 §9; 2007 c.478 §2; 2007 c.648 §24; 2007 c.836 §58a; renumbered 701.046 in 2007]
701.077 [2005 c.432 §4; 2007 c.648 §25; renumbered 701.094 in 2007]
701.078 [2005 c.432 §3; 2007 c.113 §1; 2007 c.648 §26; 2007 c.836 §21; renumbered 701.091 in 2007]
701.080 [1979 c.312 §5; 1983 c.616 §9; 1989 c.928 §8; 1997 c.301 §1; 1999 c.402 §20; renumbered 701.117 in 2007]
701.081 Residential contractors; bond; insurance; responsible managing individual.
(1) A residential general contractor shall: (a) Obtain a surety bond under ORS 701.068 in the amount of $20,000; (b) Obtain general liability insurance under...
701.084 Commercial contractors; bond; insurance; responsible managing individual; key employees.
(1) A commercial general contractor level 1 shall: (a) Obtain a surety bond under ORS 701.068 in the amount of $75,000; (b) Obtain general liability...
701.085 [1971 c.740 §10; 1975 c.383 §4; 1975 c.721 §3; 1979 c.874 §2; 1981 c.618 §1; 1983 c.616 §10; 1989 c.430 §3; 1989 c.624 §3; 1989 c.928 §10; 1991 c.181 §4; 1995 c.771 §2; 1997 c.301 §2; 1999 c.325 §3; 1999 c.344 §2; 1999 c.402 §21a; 2001 c.157 §1; 2001 c.196 §6; 2001 c.197 §12; 2003 c.675 §74; 2007 c.648 §22; 2007 c.793 §7; 2007 c.836 §61; renumbered 701.068 in 2007]
701.088 Contractor rehabilitating illegal drug manufacturing site; substitution for bond; fee; rules.
(1) As used in this section: (a) �Illegal drug manufacturing site� has the meaning given that term in ORS 453.858. (b) �Nonprofit organization� means an...
701.091 Responsible managing individual.
(1) A business licensed under this chapter must at all times have at least one responsible managing individual. (2) Subsection (1) of this section does...
701.094 Definition for ORS 701.098 and 701.102; rules.
(1) As used in ORS 701.098 and 701.102, �owner� means: (a) A sole proprietor of, partner in or holder of a controlling interest in a...
701.095 [1971 c.740 §11; 1975 c.721 §4; 1981 c.618 §5; repealed by 1987 c.414 §172]
701.098 Grounds for discipline; rules; suspension or refusal of license without prior hearing; hearing; civil penalty; injunctions; cease and desist orders; restoration or reissuance of license.
(1) The Construction Contractors Board may revoke, suspend or refuse to issue or reissue a license and the board may assess a civil penalty as...
701.100 [1989 c.870 §5; 1991 c.67 §185; 1991 c.181 §5; 1995 c.771 §8; 1999 c.344 §3; 1999 c.402 §22; 2001 c.850 §5; 2001 c.924 §24; 2003 c.778 §3; repealed by 2007 c.114 §16]
701.102 Sanction for past unresolved activity; probation.
(1) As used in this section, �construction contractor license� means a license issued within the United States to engage in the business of construction contracting....
701.103 [2001 c.850 §2; 2007 c.793 §9; renumbered 701.112 in 2007]
701.105 [1971 c.740 §12; 1975 c.383 §5; 1979 c.312 §3; 1983 c.616 §11; 1989 c.624 §4; 1989 c.928 §12; 1991 c.181 §6; 1999 c.325 §4; 1999 c.402 §24a; 2001 c.196 §7; 2003 c.675 §75; 2003 c.766 §§1,2; 2007 c.648 §§19,20; 2007 c.836 §§23,24; renumbered 701.073 in 2007]
701.106 Sanction for violation or failure to comply with certain laws.
(1) A contractor that violates or fails to comply with any of the following provisions or any rules adopted under those provisions is subject to...
701.109 Reporting of final judgments.
(1) As used in this section, �judgment� means: (a) A judgment issued in a court action; or (b) A court order that confirms an arbitration...
701.112 Continuation of board authority when change occurs in license status.
A lapse, surrender, suspension or other change in license status does not affect any authority otherwise granted the Construction Contractors Board to proceed with an...
701.114 Change in responsible managing individual or persons exercising control of contractor.
A contractor licensed under this chapter shall immediately notify the Construction Contractors Board of any change in the identity, name or address of a person...
701.115 [1971 c.740 §13; 1975 c.721 §5; 1983 c.616 §12; 1989 c.624 §6; 1989 c.928 §13; 1993 c.470 §2; 1997 c.818 §2; 1999 c.402 §25; 2001 c.196 §8; 2003 c.675 §76; 2005 c.432 §11; renumbered 701.063 in 2007]
701.117 Contractor to notify board of address change; effect of mail to last-known address.
A contractor shall notify the Construction Contractors Board of any change of address while licensed and for one year following the date the contractor�s license...
701.120 Specialized education programs; standards; specialized education notation in credentials; removal of notation; rules for use of credentials.
(1) As used in this section, a �specialized education program� means one or more of the following: (a) A structured program that is approved or...
701.122 Training requirements for individuals and businesses; testing of business license applicant; exception; rules.
(1) The Construction Contractors Board, by rule, shall impose training requirements for individuals and businesses seeking to be licensed under this chapter. The training required...
701.124 Key employee continuing education.
(1) A commercial general contractor level 1 or commercial specialty contractor level 1 shall have a key employee, or combination of key employees, who completes...
701.125 [1971 c.740 §14; 1973 c.832 §57; 1975 c.721 §6; 1983 c.180 §3; 1999 c.402 §26; 2005 c.432 §12; renumbered 701.056 in 2007]
701.126 Continuing education; rules; fees.
(1) The Construction Contractors Board shall adopt rules establishing a continuing education system for all persons licensed by the board. The rules adopted by the...
701.128 Suit for damages for misrepresentation.
If any person suffered costs or damages as a result of an individual providing a false or invalid Construction Contractors Board number or otherwise misleading...
701.130 [1983 c.180 §2; 1989 c.624 §5; 1989 c.928 §14; 1991 c.703 §38; 1999 c.402 §27; 2005 c.432 §13; renumbered 701.238 in 2007]
701.131 License required to perfect lien or obtain judicial or administrative remedy; exception.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a contractor may not perfect a construction lien, file a complaint with the Construction Contractors...
701.133 Notice of intent to file complaint; fees; rules.
(1) Unless otherwise provided by the Construction Contractors Board by rule, before filing a complaint under ORS 701.139, a person must send notice to the...
701.135 [1971 c.740 §15; 1975 c.721 §7; 1979 c.874 §3; 1981 c.618 §6; 1987 c.414 §40b; 1989 c.430 §7; 1989 c.744 §4; 1989 c.870 §§11,11a; 1989 c.928 §15; 1991 c.67 §186; 1991 c.181 §7; 1993 c.446 §1; 1995 c.216 §2; 1999 c.344 §4; 1999 c.402 §28c; 1999 c.689 §10; 2001 c.160 §3; 2001 c.196 §9; 2001 c.850 §6; 2005 c.432 §14; 2007 c.114 §10; 2007 c.648 §28b; 2007 c.793 §10; renumbered 701.098 in 2007]
701.137 [Subsection (2) enacted as 1989 c.744 §2; subsection (1) enacted as 1989 c.928 §9; 1991 c.181 §8; 1995 c.771 §3; renumbered 701.102 in 1997]
701.138 [1991 c.598 §§1,2,5; 1999 c.402 §29; 1999 c.551 §15; 2007 c.114 §11; 2007 c.836 §27; renumbered 701.348 in 2007]
701.139 Board authority over disputes; resolution processes.
The Construction Contractors Board may determine the validity of a complaint described in ORS 701.140 filed against a licensed contractor. A person must file the...
701.140 Types of allowable complaints; restriction on processing complaint for recoupment of lien.
A complaint under ORS 701.139 must arise from the performance, or a contract for the performance, of work that requires a contractor license issued by...
701.143 Requirement for timely filing of complaints; timelines.
The Construction Contractors Board may not process a complaint against a licensed contractor, including a complaint based upon a court judgment or an arbitration award,...
701.145 Resolution of complaints involving work on residential structures or certain small commercial structures.
For a complaint described in ORS 701.139 (1) or (3)(a) or a complaint under ORS 701.139 (3)(b) that a complainant elects to have resolved under...
701.146 Resolution of complaints involving work on large commercial structures or certain small commercial structures.
For a complaint described in ORS 701.139 (2) or (3)(c) or a complaint under ORS 701.139 (3)(b) that a complainant elects to have resolved under...
701.147 [2001 c.414 §5; 2001 c.414 §§5b,7b; 2003 c.75 §61; 2003 c.294 §§2,3; 2005 c.207 §3; 2007 c.793 §16; renumbered 701.133 in 2007]
701.148 Use of binding arbitration and contested case hearings; rules.
(1) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, if the resolution of a complaint under ORS 701.145 requires a hearing, the Construction Contractors Board may...
701.149 Conducting arbitration and contested case hearings; court filings; rules.
(1) An arbitration conducted under ORS 701.148 must be held before an administrative law judge assigned under ORS 183.600 to 183.690 to act as arbitrator...
701.150 Satisfaction of unpaid order from bond.
(1) A Construction Contractors Board final order that is not paid by the contractor and that: (a) Arises out of a complaint filed under ORS...
701.153 Recording of order as lien; satisfaction of order against residential contractor.
(1) If an order of the Construction Contractors Board that determines a complaint under ORS 701.145 becomes final by operation of law or on appeal...
701.155 [1973 c.832 §59; repealed by 1981 c.618 §18]
701.157 Satisfaction of order against commercial contractor.
(1)(a) Payments from the surety bond of a commercial contractor pursuant to Construction Contractors Board order and notice are satisfied in the following priority in...
701.160 Nonlawyer may represent certain forms of businesses before board; rules for additional business forms.
Notwithstanding ORS 9.320: (1) A party may appear or be represented by an individual who is not a member of the Oregon State Bar in...
701.170 [1989 c.430 §4 and 1989 c.928 §20; repealed by 1993 c.18 §153 and 1993 c.470 §5]
701.175 [2001 c.850 §3; 2007 c.793 §20; renumbered 701.315 in 2007]
701.180 Waiver of mediation or arbitration.
Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 36.600 to 36.740, any other provision of law or any contractual provision, failure of a contractor to initiate mediation or...
701.205 Construction Contractors Board; members; terms; confirmation; vacancies; qualifications.
(1) The Construction Contractors Board is established, consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by the Senate in the manner provided...
701.215 Officers; quorum; compensation and expenses; advisory committees.
(1) The Construction Contractors Board shall select from among its members a chairperson, a vice chairperson and such other officers for such terms and with...
701.225 Investigatory powers of board; use of city or county inspectors; notice of noncompliance; conduct of hearings; authority of board to order work stopped.
(1) The Construction Contractors Board may investigate the activities of any person engaged in the building and construction industry to determine compliance with this chapter....
701.227 Disqualification from eligibility for certain public contracts; list of disqualified contractors.
(1) The Construction Contractors Board shall begin an action to determine whether a contractor or a subcontractor shall be considered not qualified to hold or...
701.230 Board to provide names of unlicensed contractors to other state agencies.
At least once each month, the Construction Contractors Board shall provide to investigative units of the Department of Revenue, Department of Consumer and Business Services...
701.235 Rulemaking.
(1) The Construction Contractors Board shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this chapter including, but not limited to, rules that: (a) Establish...
701.238 Determination of licensing application fee; rules.
(1) Before July 1 of each year, the Construction Contractors Board shall determine the amounts of the fees to be charged for applications under ORS...
701.240 Provision of licensed contractors list to other state agencies; rules.
(1) The Construction Contractors Board shall supply the Department of Revenue and the Employment Department with a partial or complete list of licensees as deemed...
701.245 [1971 c.740 §23; 1975 c.721 §10; repealed by 1979 c.31 §1]
701.250 Board to provide licensee�s status on request; fee.
(1) Any individual may request and the Construction Contractors Board shall provide notification of the status of one or more licensees. Status information provided by...
701.252 [1999 c.174 §2; 2001 c.104 §281; 2007 c.793 §24; repealed by 2007 c.836 §51]
701.252 Board to maintain record of grievances against licensed contractors.
The Construction Contractors Board shall maintain and make available to the public a record of grievances made to the board against contractors that are licensed...
701.255 Funds retained for collection of civil penalties.
The Construction Contractors Board may retain 20 percent annually from the funds collected under ORS 701.992. The amount retained under this section shall be continuously...
701.260 Appeal committee; membership; duties.
(1) From within its membership, the Construction Contractors Board shall appoint three members, including one of the public members or the elected official, as an...
701.270 [1989 c.928 §25; repealed by 1993 c.470 §5 and 1993 c.742 §11]
701.280 [1991 c.732 §§2,3,4; 1995 c.216 §5; 1997 c.814 §5; 1999 c.173 §1; 1999 c.402 §38; 2001 c.160 §7; repealed by 2005 c.432 §18]
701.285 [Formerly 456.752; repealed by 2001 c.160 §8]
701.290 [1995 c.560 §1; repealed by 2001 c.850 §8]
701.295 Board duty to investigate and seek prosecution of illegal activity.
The Construction Contractors Board shall investigate allegations of illegal activity in the construction industry and seek civil or criminal prosecution of illegal activity that warrants...
701.300 [1989 c.928 §11; repealed by 1991 c.181 §16]
701.305 Requirement for written contract; standard contractual terms; rules.
(1) A contractor may not perform work subject to this section for an owner of a residential structure or zero-lot-line dwelling without a written contract...
701.310 Cancellation of contract.
(1) A property owner who enters into an initial written contract for the construction, improvement or repair of a residential structure or zero-lot-line dwelling may...
701.315 Contents of contract for work on residential structure.
A contract that is for the performance of work on a residential structure and that is subject to this chapter may not contain a provision...
701.320 Offer of warranty; withdrawal of contract offer.
(1) A licensee that enters into a contract to construct a new residential structure or zero-lot-line dwelling shall make a written offer to the first...
701.325 Condition for obtaining building permit; information notice; business licenses; local regulation.
(1) If a person is required under this chapter to be licensed as a contractor, a city, county or state agency may not issue the...
701.330 Consumer notice form; notice of procedure form; rules.
(1) The Construction Contractors Board shall adopt by rule a consumer notice form designed to inform a property owner of the actions the property owner...
701.335 Recommended maintenance schedule; rules.
(1) A contractor that constructs a new residential structure or zero-lot-line dwelling shall provide a recommended maintenance schedule to the first purchaser or owner of...
701.340 Commercial structure warranty.
A commercial general contractor level 1 or level 2 that constructs a new large commercial structure shall provide the owner with a two-year warranty of...
701.345 Subcontractor list.
(1) A contractor shall maintain a list that includes the names, addresses and license numbers for all subcontractors or other contractors performing work on a...
701.348 Sewer contractor requirements.
(1) Every person offering to undertake or undertaking construction of building sewer piping shall comply with the requirements of ORS chapter 701. (2) Every person...
701.350 Home inspectors; certification; rules; fees; exemption.
(1) An individual may not undertake, offer to undertake or submit a bid to do work as a home inspector unless the individual is certified...
701.355 Home inspector undertaking of repair work on inspected structure.
A business licensed as a contractor under this chapter and providing home inspector services by a home inspector certified under ORS 701.350 may not undertake,...
701.410 Definitions.
(1) As used in ORS 279C.555, 279C.570, 701.410, 701.420, 701.430, 701.435 and 701.440, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) �Construction� includes: (A) Excavating, landscaping, demolishing...
701.420 Partial payment; retainage; effect; interest; notice of completion; payment by contractor and owner.
(1) Partial payment shall be allowed and made on contracts for construction. Except as provided in ORS 701.430 (2), an amount equal to not more...
701.430 Performance bond; terms; effect of not obtaining bond.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a contractor or subcontractor may execute and deliver to the owner, contractor or subcontractor before...
701.435 Deposits in lieu of cash retainage.
(1) When a contractor on a public contract deposits bonds or securities under ORS 279C.560 (3), if the subcontract price exceeds $50,000 and constitutes more...
701.440 Applicability to federal projects.
ORS 279C.555, 701.410, 701.420 and 701.430 do not apply when the owner is the United States or any agency thereof or when the construction is...
701.500 Legislative findings.
The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) The federal government regulates lead poisoning and lead hazard reduction through: (a)(A) The Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act; (B)...
701.505 Definitions for ORS 431.920 and 701.500 to 701.515.
For the purposes of ORS 431.920 and 701.500 to 701.515: (1) �Abatement� has the meaning given that term in P.L. 102-550, section 1004, 40 C.F.R. 745.223...
701.510 License required to engage in lead-based paint activity.
(1) A person may not perform lead-based paint activities in this state unless the person is licensed in the appropriate lead-based paint discipline under ORS...
701.515 Licensing and business registration system; fees; rules.
(1) In accordance with any applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Construction Contractors Board by rule shall establish a system to license persons and...
701.525 Provision of accessible features list to purchaser; effect.
(1) As used in this section and ORS 701.530: (a) �Developer� means a person who contracts to construct, or arrange for the construction of, new...
701.530 Model list of accessibility features; rules.
The Construction Contractors Board shall adopt by rule a model list of features recommended for inclusion in a list of features that a developer supplies...
701.550 Notice of Department of Consumer and Business Services rules regarding thermostats containing mercury.
The Construction Contractors Board shall provide an annual notice to each contractor licensed under this chapter that informs contractors of the rules developed by the...
701.555 Barrier-type exterior insulation and finish systems.
(1) As used in this section, �barrier-type exterior insulation and finish system� means a foam insulation board inner layer, a polymer and cement base coat...
701.560 Definitions for ORS 701.560 to 701.595 and 701.605.
As used in ORS 701.560 to 701.595 and 701.605: (1) �Contractor� means a person that performed services for the construction, alteration or repair of a...
701.565 Notice of defect requirement; contents; mailing.
(1) An owner may not compel arbitration or commence a court action against a contractor, subcontractor or supplier to assert a claim arising out of...
701.570 Secondary notice of defect; inspection of residence; response to notice or secondary notice.
(1) A contractor, subcontractor or supplier that receives a notice of defect sent under ORS 701.565 shall, not later than 14 days after receiving the...
701.575 Availability of residence; scope of inspection; report of inspection results.
(1) An owner sending a notice of defect under ORS 701.565 shall make the residence available for visual examination pursuant to any written request sent...
701.580 Offer by contractor, subcontractor or supplier; effect of accepting offer; nonperformance; compelling arbitration or commencing court action; admissibility of response or reply.
(1) An owner may accept an offer contained in a written response under ORS 701.570 by delivering a written acceptance to the offering contractor, subcontractor...
701.585 Effect of notice of defect on time for commencing court action.
(1) If an owner sends a contractor, subcontractor or supplier a notice of defect within the time allowed for the owner to commence a court...
701.590 [2003 c.660 §7; 2007 c.114 §12; repealed by 2007 c.648 §18]
701.595 Failure to follow notice of defect procedure.
If an owner compels arbitration or commences a court action against any contractor, subcontractor or supplier to assert a claim arising out of or related...
701.600 Nonapplicability of ORS 701.560 to 701.595 and 701.605.
ORS 701.560 to 701.595 and 701.605 do not apply: (1) To personal injury or death claims. (2) To claims or complaints filed pursuant to ORS...
701.605 Recording of written warranty agreement.
(1) To facilitate the handling of warranty work or remediation of defects to a new commercial or residential structure or a zero-lot-line dwelling, a contractor...
701.620 Definitions for ORS 701.620 to 701.640.
As used in ORS 701.620 to 701.640: (1) �Construction contract� means a written or oral construction agreement, including all plans, specifications and addenda relating to:...
701.625 Progress payments; alternative billing cycle; certification of billing or estimate; payment in full; prohibited agreements.
(1) By mutual agreement with an original contractor, an owner may make progress payments to the original contractor on a construction contract that is anticipated...
701.630 Payments to subcontractors and material suppliers; failure to pay; omission of payment; board discipline.
(1) Performance by an original contractor, subcontractor or material supplier in accordance with the provisions of a construction contract entitles the original contractor, subcontractor or...
701.635 Suspension of performance.
(1) An original contractor may suspend performance under a construction contract, or terminate a construction contract if performance is suspended for longer than 30 days,...
701.640 Prohibition against contrary provisions, covenants or clauses.
(1) A construction contract may not include any provision, covenant or clause that: (a) Makes the contract subject to the laws of another state or...
701.645 Contracts and housing not subject to ORS 701.620 to 701.640.
ORS 701.620 to 701.640 do not apply to: (1) A contract for the construction, alteration, repair, maintenance, moving or demolition of a building that is...
701.900 [1989 c.928 §31; 1999 c.402 §40; renumbered 701.002 in 2001]
701.990 Criminal penalties.
(1) Violation of ORS 701.026 (1) is a Class A misdemeanor. (2) The intentional use of a contractor�s license number without the authorization of the...
701.992 Civil penalties and other sanctions; enforcement.
(1) Except as provided in subsections (4) and (5) of this section, any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted...

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