2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 072A - Leases
Section 72A.5080 - Lessee’s remedies.

(a) Cancel the lease contract under ORS 72A.5050;
(b) Recover so much of the rent and security as has been paid and is just under the circumstances;
(c) Cover and recover damages as to all goods affected whether or not they have been identified to the lease contract under ORS 72A.5180 and 72A.5200, or recover damages for nondelivery under ORS 72A.5190 and 72A.5200; or
(d) Exercise any other rights or pursue any other remedies provided in the lease contract.
(2) If a lessor fails to deliver the goods in conformity to the lease contract or repudiates the lease contract, the lessee may also:
(a) If the goods have been identified, recover them under ORS 72A.5220; or
(b) In a proper case, obtain specific performance or replevy the goods under ORS 72A.5210.
(3) If a lessor is otherwise in default under a lease contract, the lessee may exercise the rights and pursue the remedies provided in the lease contract, which may include a right to cancel the lease, and in ORS 72A.5190 (3).
(4) If a lessor has breached a warranty, whether express or implied, the lessee may recover damages under ORS 72A.5190.
(5) On rightful rejection or justifiable revocation of acceptance, a lessee has a security interest in goods in the lessee’s possession or control for any rent and security that has been paid and any expenses reasonably incurred in their inspection, receipt, transportation, care and custody and may hold those goods and dispose of them in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner, subject to ORS 72A.5270.
(6) Subject to the provisions of ORS 72A.4070, a lessee, on notifying the lessor of the lessee’s intention to do so, may deduct all or any part of the damages resulting from any default under the lease contract from any part of the rent still due under the same lease contract. [1989 c.676 §55; 1993 c.646 §10]

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