(1) "Consumer good" means a new consumer good as defined in ORS 79.0102 and includes, but is not limited to, a new motor vehicle, new manufactured dwelling, new modular home, new machine, new appliance or new like product used or bought for use primarily for personal family or household purposes. However, "consumer good" does not include a soft good or a consumable.
(2) "Buyer" or "retail buyer" means any person who buys a consumer good from a person engaged in the business of manufacturing, distributing or selling consumer goods at retail.
(3) "Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures, assembles or produces consumer goods.
(4) "Distributor" means any person who stands between the manufacturer and the retail seller in purchases, consignments or contracts for sale of consumer goods.
(5) "Retail seller," "seller" or "retailer" means a person who engages in the business of selling consumer goods to retail buyers.
(6) "Soft good" means any pliable product substantially composed of woven material, natural or synthetic yarn or fiber, textile or similar product.
(7) "Consumable" means any product which is intended for consumption by individuals, or use by individuals for purposes of personal care or in the performance of services ordinarily rendered within the household, and which usually is consumed or expended in the course of such consumption or use.
(8) "Implied warranty of merchantability" of a consumer good or "implied warranty that a consumer good is merchantable" is a warranty that the consumer good:
(a) Passes without objection in the trade under the contract description;
(b) Is fit for the ordinary purposes for which the good is used;
(c) Is adequately contained, packaged and labeled; and
(d) Conforms to the promises or affirmations of fact made on the container or label.
(9) "Implied warranty of fitness" means that when the retailer, distributor or manufacturer has reason to know any particular purpose for which the consumer good is required, and further, that the buyer is relying on the skill and judgment of the seller to select and furnish a suitable good, then there is an implied warranty that the good shall be fit for such purpose. [1973 c.413 §1; 2001 c.445 §140]
Note: 72.8010 to 72.8200 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 72 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code
Section 72.1030 - Definitions and index of definitions.
Section 72.1040 - Definitions: "merchant"; "financing agency"; "between merchants."
Section 72.1050 - Definitions: "goods"; "future" goods; "lot"; "commercial unit."
Section 72.1070 - Goods to be severed from realty; recording.
Section 72.2010 - Formal requirements: statute of frauds.
Section 72.2020 - Final written expression: parol or extrinsic evidence.
Section 72.2040 - Formation in general.
Section 72.2060 - Offer and acceptance in formation of contract.
Section 72.2070 - Additional terms in acceptance or confirmation.
Section 72.2090 - Modification, rescission and waiver.
Section 72.2100 - Delegation of performance; assignment of rights.
Section 72.3020 - Unconscionable contract or clause.
Section 72.3040 - Price payable in money, goods, realty or otherwise.
Section 72.3050 - Open price term.
Section 72.3060 - Output, requirements and exclusive dealings.
Section 72.3080 - Absence of specified place for delivery.
Section 72.3090 - Absence of specific time provisions; notice of termination.
Section 72.3100 - Open time for payment or running of credit; authority to ship under reservation.
Section 72.3110 - Options and cooperation respecting performance.
Section 72.3130 - Express warranties by affirmation, promise, description, sample.
Section 72.3140 - Implied warranty: merchantability; usage of trade.
Section 72.3160 - Exclusion or modification of warranties; livestock warranty.
Section 72.3170 - Cumulation and conflict of warranties express or implied.
Section 72.3190 - F.O.B. and F.A.S. terms.
Section 72.3200 - C.I.F. and C. and F. terms.
Section 72.3220 - Delivery "ex-ship."
Section 72.3230 - Form of bill of lading required in overseas shipment; "overseas."
Section 72.3240 - "No arrival, no sale" term.
Section 72.3250 - "Letter of credit" term; "confirmed credit."
Section 72.3260 - Sale on approval and sale or return; rights of creditors.
Section 72.3270 - Special incidents of sale on approval and sale or return.
Section 72.3280 - Sale by auction.
Section 72.4010 - Passing of title; reservation for security; limited application of ORS 72.4010.
Section 72.4020 - Rights of seller’s creditors against sold goods.
Section 72.4030 - Power to transfer; good faith purchase of goods; "entrusting."
Section 72.5010 - Insurable interest in goods; manner of identification of goods.
Section 72.5020 - Buyer’s right to goods on seller’s repudiation, failure to deliver or insolvency.
Section 72.5030 - Manner of seller’s tender of delivery.
Section 72.5040 - Shipment by seller.
Section 72.5050 - Seller’s shipment under reservation.
Section 72.5060 - Rights of financing agency.
Section 72.5070 - Effect of seller’s tender; delivery on condition.
Section 72.5080 - Cure by seller of improper tender or delivery; replacement.
Section 72.5090 - Risk of loss in the absence of breach.
Section 72.5100 - Effect of breach on risk of loss.
Section 72.5110 - Tender of payment by buyer; payment by check.
Section 72.5120 - Payment by buyer before inspection.
Section 72.5130 - Buyer’s right to inspection of goods.
Section 72.5150 - Preserving evidence of goods in dispute.
Section 72.6010 - Buyer’s rights on improper delivery.
Section 72.6020 - Manner and effect of rightful rejection.
Section 72.6030 - Merchant buyer’s duties as to rightfully rejected goods.
Section 72.6050 - Waiver of buyer’s objections by failure to particularize.
Section 72.6060 - What constitutes acceptance of goods.
Section 72.6080 - Revocation of acceptance in whole or in part.
Section 72.6090 - Right to adequate assurance of performance.
Section 72.6100 - Anticipatory repudiation.
Section 72.6110 - Retraction of anticipatory repudiation.
Section 72.6120 - "Installment contract"; breach.
Section 72.6130 - Casualty to identified goods.
Section 72.6140 - Substituted performance.
Section 72.6150 - Excuse by failure of presupposed conditions.
Section 72.6160 - Procedure on notice claiming excuse.
Section 72.7020 - Seller’s remedies on discovery of buyer’s insolvency.
Section 72.7030 - Seller’s remedies in general.
Section 72.7050 - Seller’s stoppage of delivery in transit or otherwise.
Section 72.7060 - Seller’s resale including contract for resale.
Section 72.7070 - "Person in the position of a seller."
Section 72.7080 - Seller’s damages for nonacceptance or repudiation.
Section 72.7090 - Action for the price.
Section 72.7110 - Buyer’s remedies in general; buyer’s security interest in rejected goods.
Section 72.7120 - "Cover"; buyer’s procurement of substitute goods.
Section 72.7130 - Buyer’s damages for nondelivery or repudiation.
Section 72.7140 - Buyer’s damages for breach in regard to accepted goods.
Section 72.7150 - Buyer’s incidental and consequential damages.
Section 72.7160 - Buyer’s right to specific performance or replevin.
Section 72.7180 - Liquidation or limitation of damages; deposits.
Section 72.7190 - Contractual modification or limitation of remedy.
Section 72.7220 - Who can sue third parties for injury to goods.
Section 72.7230 - Proof of market price: time and place.
Section 72.7250 - Statute of limitations in contracts for sale.
Section 72.8010 - Definitions for ORS 72.8010 to 72.8200.
Section 72.8020 - Manufacturer’s implied warranty of merchantability.
Section 72.8030 - Manufacturer’s implied warranty of fitness.
Section 72.8040 - Retailer’s or distributor’s implied warranty of fitness.
Section 72.8060 - Express warranty.
Section 72.8090 - Form of express warranty; designation of service and repair facilities.
Section 72.8140 - Unauthorized or unreasonable use after sale.
Section 72.8150 - Service contract in addition to or in lieu of express warranty.
Section 72.8160 - Express warranty in addition to implied warranties.
Section 72.8180 - Buyer’s waiver of ORS 72.8010 to 72.8200.
Section 72.8190 - Status of remedies under ORS 72.8010 to 72.8200; effect of unconstitutionality.