§ 70.005 Definitions
§ 70.010 Name of limited partnership; registration of assumed business name; application of other law
§ 70.015 Reservation of limited partnership name
§ 70.020 Office in state
§ 70.025 Registered agent; registered office; changing agent
§ 70.030 Change of address and resignation procedures for registered agent
§ 70.035 Scope of agency of registered agent
§ 70.040 When Secretary of State to serve as agent; service on Secretary of State; when default may be entered
§ 70.045 Effect of ORS 70.020 to 70.040
§ 70.050 Records required in office in state; inspection
§ 70.055 Authority of limited partnership
§ 70.060 Authority of partner to do business with limited partnership
§ 70.065 Filing, service, copying and certification fees
§ 70.067 Forms; rules
§ 70.070 Filing duty of Secretary of State

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 70 > General Provisions

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Any other state: includes any state and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Assets: means property, a right or a claim with future objectively measurable value that is owned or effectively controlled by a credit union. See Oregon Statutes 723.001
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Broker or facilitator: means a person that conducts a business in which, for a fee or consideration, the person:

    (A) Processes, receives or accepts for delivery to a lender an application for a consumer finance loan, individually or in conjunction or cooperation with another person;

    (B) Accepts and delivers to a lender all or most of the proceeds of a payment made in connection with a consumer finance loan; or

    (C) Assists in making a consumer finance loan in a material capacity other than as a lender. See Oregon Statutes 725.010

  • Capital: means a credit union's reserves, undivided earnings and allowances for loan loss. See Oregon Statutes 723.001
  • Certificate of limited partnership: means the certificate referred to in ORS § 70. See Oregon Statutes 70.005
  • City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Consumer finance loan: means a loan or line of credit that is unsecured or secured by personal or real property and that has periodic payments and terms longer than 60 days. See Oregon Statutes 725.010
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contribution: means any cash, property, services rendered, or a promissory note or other binding obligation to contribute cash or property or to perform services, that a partner contributes to a limited partnership in the capacity as a partner. See Oregon Statutes 70.005
  • Corporate central credit union: means a cooperative organization whose members consist primarily of other credit unions and whose purposes are:

    (a) To accumulate and prudently manage the liquidity of its member credit unions through interlending and investment services;

    (b) To act as an intermediary for member credit unions to the payment systems and facilitate funds transfers between its member credit unions and other financial institutions or their agents;

    (c) To obtain liquid funds from other credit union organizations, financial intermediaries and other sources; and

    (d) To perform such other financial services that benefit its member credit unions and that are authorized in writing by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. See Oregon Statutes 723.001

  • 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.
  • County court: includes board of county commissioners. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Department: means the Department of Consumer and Business Services. See Oregon Statutes 723.001
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Director: means the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. See Oregon Statutes 723.001
  • Domestic limited liability company: means an entity that is an unincorporated association having one or more members and that is organized under ORS Chapter 63. See Oregon Statutes 70.005
  • Domestic nonprofit corporation: means a corporation not for profit incorporated under ORS Chapter 65. See Oregon Statutes 70.005
  • Domestic professional corporation: means a corporation organized under ORS Chapter 58 for the purpose of rendering professional services and for the purposes provided under ORS Chapter 58. See Oregon Statutes 70.005
  • Equal Credit Opportunity Act: Prohibits creditors from discriminating against credit applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, or because an applicant receives income from a public assistance program. Source: OCC
  • Equity: means a credit union's reserves and undivided earnings. See Oregon Statutes 723.001
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit incorporated under laws other than the laws of this state. See Oregon Statutes 70.005
  • Foreign limited liability company: means an entity that is an unincorporated association organized under laws other than the laws of this state and that is organized under a statute under which an association may be formed that affords to each of the entity's members limited liability with respect to liabilities of the entity. See Oregon Statutes 70.005
  • Foreign limited partnership: means a partnership formed under laws other than the laws of this state and having as partners one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. See Oregon Statutes 70.005
  • Foreign nonprofit corporation: means a corporation not for profit organized under laws other than the laws of this state. See Oregon Statutes 70.005
  • Foreign professional corporation: means a professional corporation organized under laws other than the laws of this state. See Oregon Statutes 70.005
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • General partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a general partner in accordance with the partnership agreement and named in the certificate of limited partnership as a general partner. See Oregon Statutes 70.005
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Irrevocable trust: A trust arrangement that cannot be revoked, rescinded, or repealed by the grantor.
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • 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.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Licensee: means a person licensed under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 725.010
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Limited partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a limited partner in accordance with the partnership agreement. See Oregon Statutes 70.005
  • local government: means all cities, counties and local service districts located in this state, and all administrative subdivisions of those cities, counties and local service districts. See Oregon Statutes 174.116
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) Source: OCC
  • Nationwide Multistate Licensing System: means a system that the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators, or assignees of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors or the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators, develop and maintain for participating state agencies to use in licensing and registering mortgage loan originators, as defined in ORS § 86A. See Oregon Statutes 725.010
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Official: means any of the following:

    (a) An individual who is or was a director or officer of the credit union; or

    (b) An individual who is or was a member of a credit union's credit committee or supervisory committee. See Oregon Statutes 723.001

  • Partner: means a limited or general partner. See Oregon Statutes 70.005
  • 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.
  • Partnership agreement: means any valid agreement, written or oral, of the partners as to the affairs of a limited partnership and the conduct of the business of the limited partnership. See Oregon Statutes 70.005
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, limited partnership (domestic or foreign), association or corporation. See Oregon Statutes 70.005
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Regular reserve: means an irrevocable reserve set aside to cover losses. See Oregon Statutes 723.001
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Trustor: The person who makes or creates a trust. Also known as the grantor or settlor.
  • Truth in Lending Act: The Truth in Lending Act is a federal law that requires lenders to provide standardized information so that borrowers can compare loan terms. In general, lenders must provide information on Source: OCC
  • Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
  • Violate: includes failure to comply. See Oregon Statutes 174.100