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Section 646.020 - Definitions and explanations. - (a) "Commerce" means trade or commerce within this state, exclusive...
Section 646.040 - Price discrimination prohibited; price differentials. - (2) Subsection (1) of this section does not prevent: (a)...
Section 646.140 - Enjoining violations; treble damages; attorney fees; limitation on commencement of actions. - (2) The court may not award attorney fees to a...
Section 646.461 - Definitions for ORS 646.461 to 646.475. - (1) "Improper means" includes theft, bribery, misrepresentation, breach or inducement...
Section 646.463 - Enjoining misappropriation; payment of royalties; affirmative acts. - (2) In exceptional circumstances, an injunction may condition future use...
Section 646.465 - Damages for misappropriation. - (2) Damages may include both the actual loss caused by...
Section 646.467 - Attorney fees. - (1) A claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith;...
Section 646.473 - Conflicting tort, restitution or other law providing civil remedies; exclusions for certain other remedies; limited immunity for public bodies and officers, employees and agents. - (2) ORS 646.461 to 646.475 shall not affect: (a) Contractual...
Section 646.475 - Application and construction of ORS 646.461 to 646.475; short title; effect of invalidity. - (2) ORS 646.461 to 646.475 may be cited as the...
Section 646.515 - Definitions for ORS 646.515 to 646.545. - (1) "Agricultural commodity" means any and all agricultural, horticultural, viticultural...
Section 646.535 - Unfair trade practices prohibited; exception. - (a) Interfere with, restrain, coerce or boycott a producer in...
Section 646.545 - Remedy for unfair trade practices; attorney fees. - (2) The prevailing party in any action brought pursuant to...
Section 646.551 - Definitions for ORS 646.551 to 646.557. - (1)(a) "Business opportunity" means a commercial arrangement in which: (A)...
Section 646.553 - Registration of telephonic sellers; fee; Attorney General as attorney for service of process; rules. - (2) A registration shall be effective for one year from...
Section 646.557 - Required disclosures by telephonic seller. - (1) If the telephonic seller represents or implies that a...
Section 646.561 - Definitions for ORS 646.561 to 646.565. - (1) "Charitable organization" means an organization organized for charitable purposes...
Section 646.565 - Notice of provisions of ORS 646.561 and 646.563; rulemaking by Public Utility Commission. - (1) Annual inserts in the billing statements mailed to parties;...
Section 646.567 - Definitions for ORS 646.567 to 646.578. - (1) "Charitable organization" means an organization organized for charitable purposes...
Section 646.568 - Findings and purpose. - (a) Fraud committed by means of unwanted telephone solicitations causes...
Section 646.569 - Prohibition on telephone solicitation of party whose name is included on list described in ORS 646.574 or on federal registry designated under ORS 646.572. - (a) Published by the administrator of the telephone solicitation program...
Section 646.572 - Administration of telephone solicitation program through contract or by designation of federal registry; contract provisions; duty of Attorney General. - (a) Advertise for bids and enter into a contract with...
Section 646.574 - List of persons who do not wish to receive telephone solicitations; fee; disclosure of list; complaints. - (a) Adding the numbers of parties who have filed notice...
Section 646.578 - Notice of provisions of ORS 646.567 to 646.578; rulemaking by Public Utility Commission. - (1) Annual inserts in the billing statements mailed to parties;...
Section 646.605 - Definitions for ORS 336.184 and 646.605 to 646.652. - (1) "Appropriate court" means the circuit court of a county:...
Section 646.607 - Unlawful business, trade practices. - (1) Employs any unconscionable tactic in connection with selling, renting...
Section 646.608 - Additional unlawful business, trade practices; proof; rules. - (a) Passes off real estate, goods or services as the...
Section 646.611 - Information required to be given by telephone or door to door seller to potential customer. - (1) Within 30 seconds after beginning the conversation: (a) Provides...
Section 646.612 - Application of ORS 646.607 and 646.608. - (1) Conduct in compliance with the orders or rules of,...
Section 646.618 - Investigative demand; petition to modify. - (2) At any time before the return date specified in...
Section 646.622 - Method of serving investigative demand. - (1) By personal service outside this state; (2) By registered...
Section 646.626 - Effect of failure to obey investigative demand. - (a) Granting injunctive relief to restrain the person from engaging...
Section 646.632 - Enjoining unlawful trade practices; assurance of voluntary compliance; attorney fees. - (2) Except as provided in subsections (5) and (6) of...
Section 646.633 - Action by prosecuting attorney prohibited without request of Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services. - (a) A banking institution as defined in ORS 706.008; (b)...
Section 646.638 - Civil action by private party; damages; attorney fees; effect of prior injunction; time for commencing action; counterclaim; class actions. - (2) A person that brings an action under subsection (1)...
Section 646.639 - Unlawful collection practices. - (a) "Charged-off debt" means a debt that a creditor treats...
Section 646.641 - Civil action for unlawful collection practice; damages; attorney fees; time for commencing action. - (2) In any action brought by a person under this...
Section 646.642 - Civil penalties. - (2) Any person who willfully violates any provision of an...
Section 646.644 - Free offer; required disclosures; limitations on financial obligation incurred by consumer; enforcement; exception. - (a) "Affirmative consent" means a consumer’s agreement to incur a...
Section 646.647 - Unlawful use of recording group name; exceptions. - (a) "Recording group" means a group of vocal or instrumental...
Section 646.648 - Unlawful practice by manufactured dwelling dealer. - (a) "Buyer" means a person who buys or agrees to...
Section 646.705 - Definitions for ORS 136.617 and 646.705 to 646.805. - (2) As used in ORS 646.775, "natural persons" shall not...
Section 646.715 - Declaration of purpose. - (2) Without limiting the scope of ORS 646.705 to 646.805...
Section 646.735 - Exemption for coordinated care organizations; state action immunity; permitted activities. - (2) The Director of the Oregon Health Authority or the...
Section 646.736 - Public policy; certain cooperative activities not unlawful. - (2) A negotiating committee of dealers, as defined in ORS...
Section 646.737 - Exemption for negotiations governing sale price of Oregon blackberries; supervision by Director of Agriculture; rules; fees. - (a) "Blackberry" means a bramble of the genus Rubus identified...
Section 646.738 - Exemption for negotiations governing price for sale of grass seed; supervision by Director of Agriculture; rules; fees. - (a) "Parties" or "party" means seed producers, seed associations, seed...
Section 646.739 - Exemption for negotiations governing season starting price for sale of Oregon seafood; supervision by Director of Agriculture; rules; fees. - (a) "Dealer" has the meaning given that term in ORS...
Section 646.740 - Permitted activities. - (1) The activities of any labor organization or individual working...
Section 646.745 - Joint operation of Memorial Coliseum and Arena in Portland; definitions; legislative findings and goals; state supervision. - (a) "Affiliate" means an individual, or a corporation or other...
Section 646.750 - Investigative demand by Attorney General; petition to modify. - (2) At any time before the return day specified in...
Section 646.760 - Civil penalties; attorney fees; mitigation. - (2) The complaint may also seek and the court may...
Section 646.770 - Equitable remedies; attorney fees. - (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section,...
Section 646.775 - Actions by Attorney General; damages; attorney fees. - (b) The court shall exclude from the amount of monetary...
Section 646.780 - Recovery of treble damages; exception; recovery of fees and costs; action under federal law as bar; action parens patriae by Attorney General. - (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, the state may...
Section 646.800 - Time of commencing action. - (2) An action under ORS 646.780 to recover damages shall...
Section 646.805 - Effect of prior final judgment or decree. - (2) A final judgment or decree to the effect that...
Section 646.815 - Criminal prosecutions; compromise of criminal charges; effect of prior action seeking civil penalties. - (2) The commencement of trial seeking civil penalties in any...
Section 646.826 - Counsel for persons testifying; grounds for refusing to answer questions; compelling testimony; exclusion of spectators. - (2) Such person may refuse to answer any question on...
Section 646.836 - Confidential status of investigative material; permitted disclosures; use of information in other proceedings; return of investigative material. - (a) The person providing such material or answers; (b) The...
Section 646.881 - Definitions for ORS 646.881 to 646.885. - (1) "Advertisement" means any oral, written or graphic statement or...
Section 646.883 - Price comparison in advertisement prohibited; exceptions. - (1) The seller clearly and conspicuously identifies in the advertisement...
Section 646.885 - Use of terms in advertisement containing price comparison. - (2) Unless the seller states otherwise in the advertisement, use...
Section 646.905 - Definitions for ORS 646.910 to 646.923. - (1) "Alcohol" means a volatile flammable liquid having the general...
Section 646.910 - Sale of gasoline blended with alcohol prohibited unless mixture meets federal specifications or requirements. - (a) As a fuel for motor vehicles that are operated...
Section 646.913 - Limitations on gasoline sales; requirements for ethanol content in gasoline; rules. - (2) The State Department of Agriculture shall adopt standards for...
Section 646.922 - Limitations on sale of diesel fuel; requirements for biodiesel content; exception for certain additives and for certain sellers and users; certificate of analysis; rules. - (2) A retail dealer, nonretail dealer or wholesale dealer may...
Section 646.923 - Retention of certificate of analysis; powers of Director of Agriculture; biodiesel testing; rules. - (2) The Director of Agriculture, or the director’s authorized agent,...
Section 646.930 - Motor vehicle fuel prices; requirements for display. - (a) May display on a sign visible from the street...
Section 646.932 - Requirement to post amount per gallon of gasoline that is federal, state and local tax; option to disclose cost per gallon of low carbon fuel standard; information from Department of Transportation and State Department of Agricultur... - (2) The owner or operator of a gas station shall...
Section 646.935 - Diesel fuel sales; price discrimination. - (2) A price differential or method of delivery designed to...
Section 646.945 - Definitions for ORS 646.947 to 646.963. - (1) "Bulk facility" means a facility, including pipeline terminals, refinery...
Section 646.947 - Prohibited activities. - (1) A dealer to sell or offer for sale any...
Section 646.949 - Signs identifying octane rating. - (2) Rules adopted pursuant to this section shall conform, to...
Section 646.951 - Testing of motor vehicle fuel. - (2) The director or the director’s authorized agent shall have...
Section 646.953 - Orders of Director of Agriculture. - (2) No person shall use, remove from the premises specified...
Section 646.955 - Records required. - (2) The Director of Agriculture, upon reasonable oral or written...
Section 646.957 - Rules. - (2) Testing requirements, specifications and frequency of testing for each...
Section 646.959 - Annual fee for metering instrument or device. - (b) A dealer shall pay the fee described in paragraph...
Section 646.963 - Civil penalties. - (2) The director may impose civil penalties for violations described...
Section 646.990 - Penalties. - (2) Violation of ORS 646.725 or 646.730 is a Class...