Oregon Statutes 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 a contractor must have a current license issued by the Construction Contractors Board and possess an appropriate endorsement as provided in this section. For purposes of offering to undertake or submitting a bid to do work, a partnership or joint venture is licensed and endorsed if any partner or joint venturer whose name appears in the business name of the partnership or joint venture has a current license issued by the board and possesses an appropriate endorsement.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 701.021
- Board: means the Construction Contractors Board. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
- Commercial developer: means a developer of property that is zoned for or intended for use compatible with a small commercial or large commercial structure. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
- Contractor: means any of the following:
(a) A person that, for compensation or with the intent to sell, arranges or undertakes or offers to undertake or submits a bid to construct, alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, inspect, move, wreck or demolish, for another, a building, highway, road, railroad, excavation or other structure, project, development or improvement attached to real estate, or to do any part thereof. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
- Developer: means a contractor that owns property or an interest in property and engages in the business of arranging for construction work or performing other activities associated with the improvement of real property, with the intent to sell the property. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
- General contractor: means a contractor whose business operations require the use of more than two unrelated building trades or crafts that the contractor supervises or performs in whole or part, whenever the sum of all contracts on any single property, including materials and labor, exceeds an amount established by rule by the board. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
- Home inspector: means a person who, for a fee, inspects and provides written reports on the overall physical condition of a residential structure. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
- Large commercial structure: means a structure that is not a residential structure or small commercial structure. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Residential developer: means a developer of property that is zoned for or intended for use compatible with a residential or small commercial structure. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
- Specialty contractor: includes a person who performs work regulated under ORS § 446. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
(2) A person or joint venture that undertakes, offers to undertake or submits a bid to do work as a contractor in preparation for or in connection with a residential structure must have one of the following endorsements:
(a) Residential general contractor.
(b) Residential specialty contractor.
(c) Residential limited contractor.
(d) Residential developer.
(e) Residential locksmith services contractor.
(f) Residential restoration contractor.
(g) Home inspector services contractor.
(h) Home services contractor.
(i) Home energy performance score contractor.
(3) A person or joint venture that undertakes, offers to undertake or submits a bid to do work as a contractor in preparation for or in connection with a small commercial structure must have one of the following endorsements:
(a) Residential general contractor.
(b) Residential specialty contractor.
(c) Residential limited contractor.
(d) Residential developer.
(e) Residential locksmith services contractor.
(f) Residential restoration contractor.
(g) Commercial general contractor level 1.
(h) Commercial specialty contractor level 1.
(i) Commercial general contractor level 2.
(j) Commercial specialty contractor level 2.
(k) Commercial developer.
(4) A person or joint venture that undertakes, offers to undertake or submits a bid to do work as a contractor in preparation for or in connection with a large commercial structure must have one of the following endorsements:
(a) Commercial general contractor level 1.
(b) Commercial specialty contractor level 1.
(c) Commercial general contractor level 2.
(d) Commercial specialty contractor level 2.
(e) Commercial developer. [2007 c.836 § 2; 2010 c.57 § 1; 2013 c.300 § 8; 2013 c.383 § 10; 2015 c.498 § 5]
[1989 c.762 § 1; 1989 c.870 3,3a; renumbered 670.600 in 1991]