(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 contractor that the person intends to file the complaint. The person must send the notice at least 30 days before filing the complaint. The notice must be mailed by certified mail to the last known address of the contractor as shown in board records. The board by rule may:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 701.133

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Board: means the Construction Contractors Board. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • 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

  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(a) Specify the manner in which the person may show compliance with this subsection at the time of filing the complaint.

(b) Provide that all or part of the requirements for sending a notice under this subsection may be waived if the contractor, by other means, has actual notice of the dispute with the person filing the complaint.

(2) If the notice described in subsection (1) of this section is mailed to the contractor fewer than 45 days before expiration of the time limitation under ORS § 701.143 for the board to receive the complaint, the time limitation for the board to receive the complaint does not expire until 60 days after the notice is mailed.

(3) The board by rule may impose a processing fee for complaints filed under ORS § 701.139. The fee amount may not exceed $100. The board may impose different processing fees for complaints processed under ORS § 701.145 than for complaints processed under ORS § 701.146.

(4) If the board adopts rules under subsection (3) of this section, the rules:

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection, must provide that a prevailing complainant recover processing fees.

(b) Must provide that the board may waive or defer all or part of the processing fee upon application by the person filing the complaint that shows the person is unable to pay all or part of the fee. The application must be made under oath and notarized. The application must show the average monthly income and expenses of the complainant, assets and liabilities of the complainant and any other information required by board rule.

(c) May provide for the processing fee to be waived for all complaints that are based on the furnishing of labor by a complainant to a contractor. The board may provide for processing fee waiver under this paragraph only if, in the opinion of the board, a majority of complainants who file complaints based on the furnishing of labor to contractors are eligible for fee waivers as described in paragraph (b) of this subsection.

(5) Notice of a valid wage claim received under ORS § 652.333 satisfies the notice of intent to file a complaint required by subsection (1) of this section. [Formerly 701.147; 2010 c.107 49,50; 2011 c.595 § 137; 2011 c.630 42,43,63; 2016 c.99 § 5; 2019 c.444 § 6]

 

[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; 2007 c.836 § 63; renumbered 701.098 in 2007]

 

[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]

 

[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]

 

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