Oregon Statutes - Chapter 455 - Building Code

455.010 Definitions for ORS chapter 455.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1)(a) �Advisory board� means the board with responsibility for assisting in the adoption, amendment or...
455.020 Purpose; scope of application; exceptions; scope of rules; fees by rule.
(1) This chapter is enacted to enable the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to promulgate a state building code to govern...
455.022 Appropriation of program fees established by department rule.
All moneys deposited to the Consumer and Business Services Fund that are derived pursuant to ORS 455.240 or 460.370, or from state building code or...
455.030 Rulemaking; notice; content; code distribution; amendment process.
(1) Subject to any requirement for approval by the appropriate advisory boards, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may adopt, amend...
455.035 Effective date of rules.
(1) Any rule adopted under this chapter or ORS 447.010 to 447.156 and 447.992 or 479.510 to 479.945 and 479.995 shall not become effective on...
455.040 State building code preempts local ordinances and rules; exemptions; criteria.
(1) The state building code shall be applicable and uniform throughout this state and in all municipalities, and no municipality shall enact or enforce any...
455.042 State building code administrative regions.
The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall establish regions for all areas of the state to carry out the uniform administration...
455.044 Tri-County Building Industry Service Center; fees.
(1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services may establish and staff a Tri-County Building Industry Service Center to make available to licensed contractors and...
455.046 Installation labels; standardized forms and procedures; use of Tri-County Building Industry Service Center resources.
(1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall: (a) Develop and administer an installation label program for minor installations under the state building code,...
455.048 Rules.
In accordance with the applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may adopt rules necessary for...
455.050 Building permits; content.
All building permits issued in this state shall contain the following information: (1) The name and address of the owner of the building or structure...
455.055 Uniform permit, inspection and certificate of occupancy requirements; rules.
The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may adopt rules establishing uniform permit, inspection and certificate of occupancy requirements under the state...
455.060 Rulings on acceptability of material, design or method of construction; effect of approval; fees.
(1) Any person who desires to use or furnish any material, design or method of construction or installation in the state, or any building official,...
455.065 Alternative regulatory options for emerging technologies; rules.
(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or ORS chapter 460, 479, 480 or 693, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services...
455.068 Applicability of construction standards to winery.
(1) For the purposes of this section, �winery� means a facility used primarily for the commercial production of wine or cider, including but not limited...
455.070 Report of suspected code violation; rules; form; appeal.
Any person may report a suspected violation of the state building code, which poses an imminent threat to public health or safety, to the local...
455.080 Inspector may require proof of compliance.
Notwithstanding ORS 455.630 (2), any inspector, including a specialty code inspector licensed under ORS 455.457, authorized by ORS 455.150 or 455.153 to determine compliance with...
455.085 Publication; readability; funding.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall, upon receipt of adequate funds under subsection (2) of this section, publish all...
455.090 Building codes information and services system or network.
The Department of Consumer and Business Services may identify the resources necessary to develop a system or network that provides electronic access to building codes...
455.095 Electronic access to building codes information and services.
The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall develop and implement a system that provides electronic access to building codes information. The department shall make...
455.097 Electronic access system development and implementation; uniform form and format for electronic exchange of building program information; waiver of contrary form and format requirements; rules.
(1) As used in this section, �form and format�: (a) Means the arrangement, organization, configuration, structure or style of, or method of delivery for, providing...
455.100 Duties of director.
The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall have general supervision over the administration of the state building code regulations, including providing...
455.110 Other duties of director; rules.
Except as otherwise provided by ORS chapters 446, 447, 460, 476, ORS 479.015 to 479.220, 479.510 to 479.945, 479.990 and 479.995 and ORS chapter 480:...
455.112 Elimination of unclear, duplicative, conflicting or inadequate provisions; rules.
Notwithstanding ORS 455.030 and 455.110, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may initiate the adoption of rules the director considers necessary...
455.117 Adoption of rules governing licensing, certification or registration.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a regulatory body listed in subsection (2) of this section may adopt rules to administer...
455.122 Combinations of licenses; rules.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, with the approval of the appropriate advisory boards, shall establish a system that allows...
455.125 Denial, suspension, conditioning or revocation of license, certificate, registration or other authorization.
(1) In addition to any other sanction, remedy or penalty provided by law, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services or an...
455.127 Disqualification from obtaining license, registration, certificate or certification.
(1) As used in this section, �person� includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint stock companies, public agencies and an owner or...
455.129 Additional grounds for denial, suspension, conditioning or revocation of license, certificate, registration or application.
(1) Subject to ORS chapter 183, except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, a regulatory body listed in subsection (2) of this section...
455.130 [Formerly 456.780; 1989 c.224 §118; repealed by 1993 c.744 §41]
455.132 Building Codes Structures Board; duties; membership.
(1) There is established in the Department of Consumer and Business Services a Building Codes Structures Board consisting of nine members. (2) The Building Codes...
455.135 Residential Structures Board; duties; membership.
(1) There is established a Residential Structures Board consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor. (2) The members of the board shall assist the...
455.138 Electrical and Elevator Board; duties; membership.
(1) There is established in the Department of Consumer and Business Services an Electrical and Elevator Board consisting of 15 members. (2) The Electrical and...
455.140 Mechanical Board; duties; membership.
(1) There is established a Mechanical Board consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor. (2) The members of the board shall assist the Director...
455.144 Terms; compensation; officers; quorum; meetings; rules; removal of members; confirmation.
(1) The Building Codes Structures Board, the Electrical and Elevator Board, the Residential Structures Board and the Mechanical Board shall each be organized and governed...
455.148 Comprehensive municipal building inspection programs; building officials; rules; program duration, plan, failure, abandonment and resumption.
(1)(a) A municipality that assumes the administration and enforcement of a building inspection program shall administer and enforce the program for all of the following:...
455.150 Selective municipal building inspection programs; building officials; rules; program duration, plan, failure and abandonment; limitation on program resumption.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (14) of this section, a municipality that assumes the administration and enforcement of a building inspection program prior to...
455.152 Objections to municipal assumption of building inspection program.
(1) A municipality, 10 or more persons or an association with 10 or more members may file objections to a municipality�s assumption of a building...
455.153 Municipality authority to administer specialty code or building requirements; effect on jurisdiction of agencies.
(1) A municipality may administer any specialty code or building requirements as though the code or requirements were ordinances of the municipality if the municipality...
455.154 Alternative permit and inspection program.
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 447.076, 455.627, 479.560 and 479.565, the Department of Consumer and Business Services, in consultation with the appropriate advisory boards, may establish special...
455.155 Statewide permit and inspection system for minor construction work.
Notwithstanding ORS 447.076, 455.627, 479.560 and 479.565, the Department of Consumer and Business Services, in consultation with the appropriate advisory boards, may establish a statewide...
455.156 Municipal investigation and enforcement of certain violations; notice of civil penalty; department to develop programs; defense for violation of building inspection program.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, ORS chapter 693 or ORS 447.010 to 447.156, 447.992, 479.510 to 479.945, 479.990 or 479.995, the Department...
455.158 Verification of required license prior to issuance of permit.
(1) As used in this section: (a) �Public body� has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.109. (b) �Work on a structure� means the...
455.160 Failure to provide timely inspections or plan reviews prohibited; demand; mandamus.
(1) The municipality that is responsible for state building code administration and enforcement in a municipality pursuant to ORS 455.148 or 455.150, or the Department...
455.165 Standards for building codes information collected and maintained by municipalities; rules.
(1) As used in this section: (a) �Form and format� has the meaning given that term in ORS 455.097. (b) �Standards� means the content, processing,...
455.170 Director may delegate certain duties; fees.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall delegate to any municipality which requests any of the authority, responsibilities and functions...
455.180 Duty of city, county to issue building permit; restriction.
(1) A city or county shall not refuse to issue or otherwise deny a building permit, development permit, plumbing permit, electrical permit or other similar...
455.190 [1993 c.429 §2; 1995 c.553 §2a; 1995 c.714 §1; 1999 c.59 §127; 1999 c.508 §1; 2001 c.573 §8; repealed by 2003 c.368 §4]
455.210 Fees; appeal of fees; surcharge; reduced fees; rules.
(1) Fees shall be prescribed as required by ORS 455.020 for plan review and permits issued by the Department of Consumer and Business Services for...
455.220 Surcharge on building permit fees; collection; deposit; use.
(1) There is hereby imposed a surcharge in the amount of one percent of the total building permit fees or, if the applicant chooses to...
455.230 Use of Consumer and Business Services Fund moneys.
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, all moneys appropriated or credited to the Consumer and Business Services Fund and received under this chapter, ORS...
455.240 Revenues from sales of building codes publications; use.
(1) All revenues derived from the sale of publications of the Department of Consumer and Business Services relating to building codes shall be deposited in...
455.310 Single-family residence repair and maintenance exempt from codes; exemption itemized.
(1) It is not the purpose of this chapter to require that permits be obtained or fees be paid for repairs and maintenance that do...
455.312 Exemption from code of residential prefabricated structures for out-of-state delivery.
(1) For a residential prefabricated structure manufactured in this state and intended for delivery in another state, the Director of the Department of Consumer and...
455.315 Exemption of agricultural buildings, agricultural grading and equine facilities.
(1) Nothing in this chapter is intended to authorize the application of a state structural specialty code to any agricultural building, agricultural grading or equine...
455.320 Owner-built dwellings exempt from certain structural code provisions; recording of exemption.
(1) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) �Owner� means the owner of the title to real property or the contract...
455.325 Definitions for ORS 455.325 to 455.350.
As used in ORS 455.325 to 455.350, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) �Owner� means the owner of the title to real property or the...
455.330 Counties authorized to exempt owner-built dwellings in rural areas from structural code.
Notwithstanding ORS 455.040, a county may by ordinance: (1) Exempt owner-built dwellings and outbuildings in any rural area within that county from compliance with the...
455.335 Rural areas to be mapped; building permit issuance for exempt dwellings limited.
(1) A county exempting owner-built dwellings and outbuildings in rural areas from the structural code under ORS 455.330 shall designate those rural areas upon publicly...
455.340 Code requirements to which exemption may not apply.
No county shall exempt any building from requirements of the structural code relating to: (1) Fire egress, fire retardant, smoke alarms and smoke detectors; (2)...
455.345 Permit, fee, plan check and inspection provisions apply; notice of noncompliance to owner-builder; recording of notice; notice to purchasers.
(1) Permit, fee, plan check and inspection requirements required by ORS 455.210 shall apply to owner-built dwellings and outbuildings exempted from the structural code under...
455.350 Purchaser�s remedies.
(1) An individual who purchases an owner-built dwelling or outbuilding exempted from the structural code under ORS 455.325 to 455.350 from an owner who has...
455.355 Rules governing mercury thermostats.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall, by rule: (a) Prohibit the installation of thermostats that contain mercury in commercial...
455.380 Department as final authority on farmworker housing; rules; fees.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 455.148 and 455.150, the Department of Consumer and Business Services is the final authority in interpretation, execution and enforcement...
455.390 Definitions for ORS 455.020, 455.390, 455.395 and 455.400.
As used in ORS 455.020, 455.390, 455.395 and 455.400: (1) �Seismic rehabilitation� means construction of structural improvements to a building that result in the increased...
455.395 Admissibility of data or agreements as evidence; immunity from certain causes of action.
(1) No seismic rehabilitation data or seismic rehabilitation agreement is admissible in evidence to prove negligence or culpable acts or omissions in connection with injury,...
455.400 Effect of seismic rehabilitation provisions on exclusive remedy.
Nothing in ORS 455.020, 455.390 and 455.395 and this section shall be construed as expanding or limiting the exclusive means by which subject workers and...
455.410 Relocated buildings; substantial compliance required; permits.
(1) Existing buildings or structures which are removed from their foundation and relocated to another site within this state shall be in substantial compliance as...
455.412 Review of state building code provisions regarding certain smoke alarms and smoke detectors; rules.
(1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall amend the state building code as necessary for the purpose of reducing the frequency of false...
455.415 Identification badges.
(1) A person who is licensed by the State Plumbing Board or the Department of Consumer and Business Services pursuant to ORS 460.057, 460.059, 479.630,...
455.420 Individual electric meters required in multifamily residential buildings; exceptions; standards.
(1) Each individual dwelling unit in a multifamily residential building constructed after October 4, 1977, shall have installed a separate, individual electrical meter for each...
455.422 New construction; recycling containers.
(1) Each multifamily residential dwelling with more than 10 individual residential units that is constructed after October 4, 1997, should include adequate space and access...
455.425 Low-income elderly housing multiservice rooms required; standards; exceptions.
(1) Any low-income housing for the elderly on which construction begins after January 1, 1978, and which is financed in whole or in part by...
455.430 Reciprocity for prefabricated structures.
If the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services determines that the standards for prefabricated structures prescribed by statute, rule or regulation of...
455.440 When site soil analysis required; filing of report and notice; duty of transferor of property; effect of failure to comply.
(1) If a city, county or government agency requires a site soil analysis and site recommendation report as a condition of approval for issuance of...
455.445 Indoor air quality standards for public areas and office workplaces.
(1) After considering the recommendations of the Indoor Air Pollution Task Force, and as expeditiously as possible, the Director of the Department of Consumer and...
455.446 Construction of certain facilities and structures in tsunami inundation zone prohibited; establishment of zone; rules; exceptions.
(1)(a) New essential facilities described in ORS 455.447 (1)(a)(A), (B) and (G) and new special occupancy structures described in ORS 455.447 (1)(e)(B), (C) and (E)...
455.447 Regulation of certain structures vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis; rules.
(1) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) �Essential facility� means: (A) Hospitals and other medical facilities having surgery and emergency...
455.448 Entry and inspection of earthquake-damaged structures; warrant enforcement.
(1) For the purposes of enforcement of this chapter the building inspector or any person appointed by the Department of Consumer and Business Services, after...
455.449 Unsafe condition resulting from earthquake damage; abatement of nuisance; rules.
(1) All buildings or portions thereof which are determined after inspection by a building inspector or a representative of the Department of Consumer and Business...
455.450 Prohibited acts.
A person may not: (1) Violate, or procure or assist in the violation of, any final order of the Director of the Department of Consumer...
455.455 Building inspection and plan review; license required; exception.
(1)(a) A person may not employ an individual to perform specialty code inspections in any specialty area unless the individual has a license issued in...
455.457 Licensing specialty code inspectors and plan reviewers; rules; contents.
In accordance with the applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services by rule shall establish a...
455.459 Specialty code inspection and plan review; conflict of interest.
(1) A person shall not inspect or review any project or installation in which the person, employer of the person or relative of the person...
455.461 Specialty code inspectors and plan reviewers; quality control; rules.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, by rule, shall develop quality control procedures for the activities of specialty code inspectors,...
455.463 Specialty code inspection and plan review; department enforcement authority; investigation.
(1) In addition to any other authority and power granted to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services under this chapter and...
455.465 Department and municipalities to designate persons licensed to conduct specialty code inspection and plan review; fees; exception.
(1) In administering a building inspection program, the Department of Consumer and Business Services or a municipality shall: (a) Designate at least three persons licensed...
455.466 Rapid approval assessment for essential projects.
(1) As used in this section, �essential project� means a: (a) State owned or operated development; (b) Development of industries in the traded sector as...
455.467 Timelines for approval or disapproval of certain specialty code building plans; exceptions; phased permit systems; failure to adhere to timelines.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, for specialty code plan reviews of simple low-rise residential dwellings, the Department of Consumer and...
455.468 Electronic submission of application materials.
A transaction conducted through a state or local system or network that provides electronic access to building codes information and services is exempt from any...
455.469 Municipal building inspection program to include certain policies and ordinances.
A municipality shall add to and make a part of its building inspection program under ORS 455.148 or 455.150 the policies and ordinances adopted by...
455.471 Specialty code inspection and plan review fee authority; disposition of certain fee amounts.
(1) Fee amounts shall not be established by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services or any municipality for fees charged by...
455.473 Disposition of certain fees received by department.
All moneys received by the Department of Consumer and Business Services pursuant to ORS 455.457 and 455.471 shall be paid into the State Treasury and...
455.475 Appeal of decision of building official.
A person aggrieved by a decision made by a building official under authority established pursuant to ORS 455.148, 455.150 or 455.467 may appeal the decision....
455.477 Requirement for suit filed by licensed specialty code inspector or plan reviewer.
A person carrying on, conducting or transacting specialty code inspections or plan reviews or a business employing specialty code inspectors or plan reviewers may not...
455.479 Application to specialty inspections identified by department.
Nothing in ORS 455.455 to 455.477 and 455.897 and section 10, chapter 1045, Oregon Laws 1999, applies to special inspections as described in each specialty...
455.481 Application to inspection and plan review for prefabricated structures.
Nothing in ORS 455.455, 455.457, 455.459, 455.461, 455.467, 455.475 or 455.477 is intended to limit, supersede or otherwise affect the rights, obligations or professional activities...
455.483 Electrical and plumbing code plan review; rules.
(1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services, with the approval of the Electrical and Elevator Board, shall adopt rules to make electrical code plan...
455.510 [Formerly 456.730; repealed by 1993 c.744 §41]
455.520 [Formerly 456.735; repealed by 1993 c.744 §41]
455.525 Rules for energy conservation and passive solar energy in structures; inclusion in building code; application of testing requirements to fenestration products; review of regulations.
(1) In the manner provided in ORS chapter 183 for the adoption of rules and after consideration of available technology and costs, the Building Codes...
455.530 Authority to receive money and to contract.
The Building Codes Structures Board and the Residential Structures Board may: (1) Apply for and receive moneys from any person, from the federal government, from...
455.560 Definitions for ORS 455.560 to 455.580.
As used in ORS 455.560 to 455.580, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) �Department� means the Department of Consumer and Business Services. (2) �Director� means...
455.565 Purpose of ORS 455.560 to 455.580.
It is the purpose of ORS 455.560 to 455.580 to promote, encourage and require measures to conserve energy in public buildings. [Formerly 456.744]
455.570 Maximum lighting standards for new public buildings; exemptions.
(1) After consultation with the Building Codes Structures Board and the State Department of Energy, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services,...
455.575 Advisory lighting standards for public buildings constructed before July 1, 1978.
After consultation with the Building Codes Structures Board and the State Department of Energy, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, as...
455.580 Status of powers of director.
The powers and duties given the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services by ORS 455.560 to 455.580 shall be in addition to,...
455.595 Energy Efficient Construction Account.
The State Treasurer is authorized to establish an Energy Efficient Construction Account for the purpose of providing energy engineering and technical assistance studies to state...
455.610 Low-Rise Residential Dwelling Code; adoption; changes; compatibility of other codes; alternative methods of construction; rules.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall adopt, and amend as necessary, a Low-Rise Residential Dwelling Code that contains all...
455.620 [1987 c.604 §3; repealed by 1991 c.366 §2]
455.622 Certification of inspectors; rules.
Notwithstanding ORS 447.020, 455.715 to 455.740, 479.810 (3) or 479.855, the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall adopt education, training and examination requirements that...
455.625 Rules for permits; schedule of inspections.
The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall, by rule, adopt: (1) A list of information required for low-rise residential dwelling building...
455.626 Rules for accommodating technology.
The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall adopt, amend or repeal the state building code as necessary to establish viable standards...
455.627 Minor electrical installation inspection program; rules.
The Department of Consumer and Business Services, in consultation with the Residential Structures Board, shall adopt rules to create a mandatory random inspection program for...
455.628 Plan review exemption.
(1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services or a municipality administering and enforcing a building inspection program under ORS 455.148 or 455.150 may not...
455.630 Enforcement.
(1) The Low-Rise Residential Dwelling Code shall be enforced by inspectors and building officials qualified pursuant to ORS 455.715 to 455.740. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1)...
455.635 [Formerly 456.787; renumbered 455.085 in 1991]
455.640 Definitions for ORS 455.640 to 455.645.
(1) As used in ORS 455.640 to 455.645, unless the context otherwise requires, the words, terms and phrases defined in subsections (2) to (5) of...
455.642 Application.
The provisions of ORS 455.640 to 455.645 shall not be construed to apply to any building having a ground area of 4,000 square feet or...
455.645 Certain plans for structures of public assembly to be certified.
In order to safeguard life, health and property, all drawings and plans defining the framing systems, shoring systems and foundations for structures of public assembly...
455.675 Authorized substitutions in codes adopted by reference.
For the purposes of the codes of regulations adopted under this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following substitutions shall be made in...
455.680 Plan approval and permits for recreation or picnic park or camp; license; rules.
(1) Plan approval and permits shall be obtained from the Department of Consumer and Business Services prior to construction, enlargement or alteration of any recreation...
455.685 Review of plans and specifications to determine compliance; effect of approval; fees.
The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may, upon an application setting forth a set of plans and specifications that will be...
455.690 Appeal to advisory boards.
Any person aggrieved by the final decision of a municipal appeals board or a subordinate officer of the Department of Consumer and Business Services as...
455.700 Validity of certain building permits.
Building permits or certificates of occupancy validly issued before July 1, 1974, regarding buildings or structures being constructed or altered pursuant thereto, shall be valid...
455.705 Prefabricated structures plan approval and inspections; approval of business or persons performing inspections; rules; fees; manufacturer compliance program; insignia of compliance or certification stamp required for certain transactions.
(1) A manufacturer of prefabricated structures or manufacturer of prefabricated structure components may not contract with a municipality or a person to perform prefabricated structure...
455.715 Definitions for ORS 455.715 to 455.740.
As used in ORS 455.715 to 455.740, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) �Building official� means a person charged by a municipality with responsibility for...
455.720 Standards and qualifications for personnel; rules.
(1) In accordance with applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, to promote effective and uniform enforcement of the state building code by improving the competence...
455.725 Certification of personnel training programs.
(1) Upon application, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services or an authorized representative shall examine and evaluate any program or facility...
455.730 Certification of personnel required.
No person shall be appointed or employed as a building official or inspector by any municipality unless the person has been certified as being qualified...
455.735 Application for certification; fee; issuance of certificate.
(1) Any person desiring to be certified as a building official or inspector pursuant to ORS 455.715 to 455.740 shall make application to the Director...
455.737 Experience and training outside Oregon; examination; rulemaking.
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 455.720 (1), the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, by rule, shall adopt criteria for review of the experience...
455.740 Revocation of certification.
(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may, upon notice and hearing, suspend or revoke the certification of any building official...
455.770 Investigative authority of director over municipalities; corrective action; limitation.
(1) In addition to any other authority and power granted to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services under ORS 446.003 to...
455.775 Investigative authority of director; corrective action.
In addition to any other authority and power granted to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services under this chapter and ORS...
455.800 Definitions for ORS 455.800 to 455.820.
As used in ORS 455.800 to 455.820: (1) �Building official� means a person who is a building official as defined in ORS 455.715 or a...
455.805 Criteria for granting of master builder status.
An individual may apply to the Department of Consumer and Business Services to be tested and certified as a master builder. The department shall establish...
455.810 Certificates; fees; discipline; rules.
(1) An individual seeking certification as a master builder must apply to the Department of Consumer and Business Services on the form prescribed by the...
455.815 Establishment of master builder programs; waiver of inspections; builder verification of performance.
(1) Local government establishment of a master builder program is voluntary. A local government electing to establish or terminate a program shall notify the Department...
455.820 Plan review and verification; documentation; duties of building official; effect of waiver revocation.
(1) A master builder must perform all plan review and required verifications for which government review or inspection has been waived by a building official....
455.840 [Formerly 705.700; repealed by 2003 c.675 §49]
455.842 [Formerly 705.705; 2003 c.675 §41; 2005 c.833 §5; renumbered 455.044 in 2005]
455.844 [Formerly 705.710; 2003 c.675 §42; 2005 c.833 §§6,10; renumbered 455.046 in 2005]
455.846 [Formerly 705.715; 2003 c.675 §43; renumbered 455.048 in 2005]
455.848 [Formerly 705.720; repealed by 2003 c.675 §49]
455.895 Civil penalties.
(1)(a) The State Plumbing Board may impose a civil penalty against a person as provided under ORS 447.992 and 693.992. Amounts recovered under this paragraph...
455.897 Criminal penalties.
Violation of ORS 455.455 or 455.459 is a Class A misdemeanor. [1999 c.1045 §9]
455.990 [Formerly 456.885 (2); repealed by 1995 c.553 §16; 1995 c.675 §6]

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