Oregon Statutes 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:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 701.560
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(1) ‘Contractor’ means a person that performed services for the construction, alteration or repair of a residence.
(2) ‘Defect’ means a deficiency, an inadequacy or an insufficiency arising out of or relating to the construction, alteration or repair of a residence. ‘Defect’ includes a deficiency, an inadequacy or an insufficiency in a system, component or material incorporated into a residence.
(3) ‘Owner’ means a person that possesses an interest in a residence or in land that is a residential site or has entered into a contract for the purchase of an interest in the residence or land. ‘Owner’ includes:
(a) A homeowners association as defined in ORS § 94.550;
(b) A managing entity as defined in ORS § 94.803;
(c) An owners’ association as described in ORS § 94.858;
(d) An association of unit owners as defined in ORS § 100.005; and
(e) Any other entity that possesses an interest in a residence or represents owners of a residence.
(4) ‘Remediation’ means the repair or replacement of some or all of the defects described in an owner’s notice of defect sent under ORS § 701.565.
(5) ‘Residence’ means:
(a) A residential structure as defined in ORS § 701.005;
(b) Common property as defined in ORS § 94.550; and
(c) A common element as defined in ORS § 100.005.
(6) ‘Secondary notice’ means a copy of an owner’s notice of defect that a contractor, subcontractor or supplier sends to another contractor, subcontractor or supplier that may be responsible for a defect.
(7) ‘Subcontractor’ means any person that performed services for the construction, alteration or repair of a residence at the request or direction of a contractor.
(8) ‘Supplier’ means any person that furnished or manufactured the systems, components or materials incorporated into a residence as part of the construction, alteration or repair of the residence. [2003 c.660 § 1]
701.560 to 701.605 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS Chapter 701 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.