Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 701 > General Provisions

• Board: means the Construction Contractors Board. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
• City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• 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
• 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

• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• 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
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Large commercial structure: means a structure that is not a residential structure or small commercial structure. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Officer: means any of the following persons:

  (a) A president, vice president, secretary, treasurer or director of a corporation. 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
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Residential contractor: means a licensed contractor that holds an endorsement as a:

  (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; or

  (i) Home energy performance score contractor. See Oregon Statutes 701.005

• 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
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Worker leasing company: means a person licensed under ORS § 656. See Oregon Statutes 701.005