(1) "Business entity" means:
(a) Any of the following for-profit entities:
(A) A professional corporation organized under ORS chapter 58, predecessor law or comparable law of another jurisdiction;
(B) A corporation organized under ORS chapter 60, predecessor law or comparable law of another jurisdiction;
(C) A limited liability company organized under ORS chapter 63 or comparable law of another jurisdiction;
(D) A partnership organized in Oregon after January 1, 1998, or that is registered as a limited liability partnership, or that has elected to be governed by this chapter, and a partnership governed by law of another jurisdiction that expressly provides for conversions and mergers; and
(E) A limited partnership organized under ORS chapter 70, predecessor law or comparable law of another jurisdiction; and
(b) A cooperative organized under ORS chapter 62, predecessor law or comparable law of another jurisdiction.
(2) "General partner" means a partner in a partnership and a general partner in a limited partnership.
(3) "Limited partner" means a limited partner in a limited partnership.
(4) "Limited partnership" means a limited partnership created under ORS chapter 70, predecessor law or comparable law of another jurisdiction.
(5) "Organizational document" means the following for an Oregon business entity or, for a foreign business entity, a document equivalent to the following:
(a) In the case of a corporation, professional corporation or cooperative, articles of incorporation;
(b) In the case of a limited liability company, articles of organization;
(c) In the case of a partnership, a partnership agreement and, for a limited liability partnership, its registration; and
(d) In the case of a limited partnership, a certificate of limited partnership.
(6) "Owner" means a:
(a) Shareholder of a corporation or of a professional corporation;
(b) Member or shareholder of a cooperative;
(c) Member of a limited liability company;
(d) Partner of a partnership; and
(e) Partner of a limited partnership.
(7) "Partner" includes both a general partner and a limited partner. [1997 c.775 §40; 1999 c.362 §40; 2003 c.80 §28]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code
Chapter 067 - Partnerships; Limited Liability Partnerships
Section 67.011 - Filing requirements.
Section 67.017 - Effective time and date of document.
Section 67.021 - Filing duty of Secretary of State.
Section 67.024 - Appeal from actions of Secretary of State.
Section 67.027 - Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.
Section 67.030 - Certificate of existence or authorization.
Section 67.040 - Knowledge and notice.
Section 67.042 - Effect of partnership agreement; nonwaivable provisions.
Section 67.044 - Supplemental principles of law.
Section 67.046 - Governing law.
Section 67.050 - Partnership as entity.
Section 67.055 - Creation of partnership.
Section 67.065 - When property is partnership property.
Section 67.090 - Partner agent of partnership.
Section 67.095 - Transfer of partnership property.
Section 67.100 - Partnership liable for partner’s actionable conduct.
Section 67.105 - Partner’s liability.
Section 67.110 - Actions by and against partnership and partners.
Section 67.115 - Liability of purported partner.
Section 67.140 - Partner’s rights and duties.
Section 67.150 - Partner’s rights and duties with respect to information.
Section 67.155 - General standards of partner’s conduct.
Section 67.160 - Actions by partnership and partners.
Section 67.165 - Continuation of partnership beyond definite term or particular undertaking.
Section 67.200 - Transfer of whole or part of partner’s transferable interest.
Section 67.205 - Partner’s transferable interest subject to charging order.
Section 67.220 - Events causing partner’s dissociation.
Section 67.225 - Partner’s power to dissociate; wrongful dissociation.
Section 67.230 - Effect of partner’s dissociation.
Section 67.250 - Purchase of dissociated partner’s interest.
Section 67.255 - Dissociated partner’s power to bind and liability to partnership.
Section 67.260 - Dissociated partner’s liability to other persons.
Section 67.290 - Events causing dissolution and winding up of partnership business.
Section 67.295 - Partnership continues after dissolution.
Section 67.300 - Right to wind up partnership business.
Section 67.305 - Partner’s power to bind partnership after dissolution.
Section 67.310 - Partner’s liability to other partners after dissolution.
Section 67.315 - Settlement of accounts and contributions among partners.
Section 67.340 - Definitions for ORS 67.340 to 67.365.
Section 67.344 - Action on plan of conversion.
Section 67.346 - Articles and plan of conversion.
Section 67.348 - Effect of conversion; entity existence continues; assumed business name.
Section 67.362 - Action on plan of merger.
Section 67.364 - Articles and plan of merger.
Section 67.365 - Effect of merger.
Section 67.600 - Eligibility for registration as a limited liability partnership; required vote.
Section 67.606 - Cancellation of registration; effect.
Section 67.615 - Distributions to partners.
Section 67.625 - Limited liability partnership name.
Section 67.645 - Annual report; updates; rules.
Section 67.655 - Grounds for administrative revocation.
Section 67.660 - Procedure for and effect of administrative revocation.
Section 67.665 - Reinstatement following administrative revocation.
Section 67.670 - Appeal from denial of reinstatement.
Section 67.680 - Interstate application.
Section 67.700 - Authority to transact business.
Section 67.705 - Consequences of transacting business without authority.
Section 67.710 - Application for authority to transact business; effective date of authorization.
Section 67.715 - Amendment to application for authority.
Section 67.720 - Limitations applicable to foreign limited liability partnerships.
Section 67.730 - Name of foreign limited liability partnership.
Section 67.740 - Withdrawal of foreign limited liability partnership.
Section 67.750 - Grounds for revocation.
Section 67.755 - Procedure for and effect of revocation.