Oregon Statutes 92.465 – Fraud and deceit prohibited
No person shall, in connection with the offer, sale or lease of any lot, parcel or interest in a real estate subdivision or series partition, directly or indirectly:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 92.465
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(1) Employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud;
(2) Make any untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state a material fact necessary to make the statement made, in the light of the circumstances under which it is made, not misleading;
(3) Engage in any act, practice or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deception upon any person;
(4) Issue, circulate or publish any prospectus, circular, advertisement, printed matter, document, pamphlet, leaflet or other literature which contains an untrue statement of a material fact or fails to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein made, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading;
(5) Issue, circulate or publish any advertising matter or make any written representation, unless the name of the person issuing, circulating or publishing the matter or making the representation is clearly indicated; or
(6) Make any statement or representation, or issue, circulate or publish any advertising matter containing any statement to the effect that the real estate subdivision or series partition has been in any way approved or indorsed by the Real Estate Commissioner. [1974 c.1 § 15; 1975 c.643 § 11; 1983 c.570 § 25]