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OR Rev Stat § 86A.318 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code|Chapter 086A - Mortgage Lending|Section 86A.318 - Required notices to director; rules.

(1)(a) A licensee shall notify the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services in writing at least 30 days before the licensee: (A) Relocates or closes the licensee’s principal place of business or a branch office in this state; or (B) Opens a branch office that the licensee did not list in an application under ORS 86A.309. (b) In a notice under paragraph (a) of this subsection the licensee shall list, as applicable: (A) The new address to which the licensee relocates the licensee’s principal place of business or any branch office; and (B) The address for any new branch office the licensee opens. (2)(a) A licensee shall notify the director in writing not later than 30 days after: (A) Any appointment, resignation or other change occurs in the licensee’s controllers, registered agents or managers; or (B) Any material change occurs in the information that the licensee submitted in an application under ORS 86A.309. (b) The licensee shall provide in a notice under paragraph (a)(A) of this subsection the name, address and title of any new controller, registered agent or manager the licensee appoints. (3)(a) A licensee shall notify the director in writing not later than 10 days after: (A) Filing for bankruptcy or reorganization; (B) A controller, registered agent or manager of the licensee becomes subject to an indictment that is related in any manner to the licensee’s activities; (C) The licensee receives notice of a final order issued in this or another state that: (i) Demands that the licensee cease and desist from any act; (ii) Suspends or revokes a license or registration; or (iii) Constitutes any other formal or informal regulatory action against the licensee; (D) The licensee registers or changes and uses or operates under an assumed business name; or (E) Another change in the licensee’s operations or governance occurs in a manner or with an effect that the director determines by rule is significant enough to warrant the licensee notifying the director. (b) A licensee shall specify in a notice under paragraph (a)(C) of this subsection the reasons for taking a regulatory action against the licensee that are set forth in any final order. (4) A licensee shall notify the director immediately if the licensee changes registered agents or if the name or address for the licensee’s registered agent in this state changes. In the notice the licensee shall update the name and address for the registered agent. [2017 c.636 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 86A.321 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code|Chapter 086A - Mortgage Lending|Section 86A.321 - Director’s supervisory authority; examinations; confidentiality.

(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services has general supervisory authority over: (a) Each licensee in this state; (b) Any person that services a residential mortgage loan in this state, if the person is subject to ORS 86A.303 to 86A.339 or if the director required the person to obtain a license under ORS 86A.306 (3); and (c) Any person that had a license that the director withdrew, canceled, suspended, conditioned or revoked, if the person continues to service a residential mortgage loan. (2)(a) The authority described in subsection (1) of this section includes the authority to examine a licensee or a person described in subsection (1) of this section at any time. (b) The director may charge and collect from a licensee or a person the director examines under this section the costs the director incurs in conducting the examination. (3) In order to carry out an examination under this section, the director may: (a) Retain attorneys, accountants or other professionals and specialists as examiners, auditor or investigators. (b) Enter into agreements or relationships with other government officials or regulatory associations to share resources, use and create standardized methods, procedures, documents, databases, records, information or evidence or to reduce the director’s regulatory burden or improve efficiency. (c) Participate in multistate examinations that the Conference of State Bank Supervisors or the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau schedules and conducts. In conducting an examination under this paragraph, the director shall follow the protocol that the conference or bureau establishes for the examination. (d) Accept and rely on examination or investigation reports from other government officials in this or another state. (4) Books, accounts, papers, records, files, correspondence, contracts and agreements, disclosures, documentation and other information, material or evidence the director obtains in an examination under this section is confidential and subject to the provisions of ORS 705.137, except that a borrower may request to inspect material related to the borrower’s residential mortgage loan that the director by rule specifies is available for inspection. The director shall authenticate the borrower’s identity before disclosing any material to the borrower. [2017 c.636 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 86A.327 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code|Chapter 086A - Mortgage Lending|Section 86A.327 - Complaints; director’s power to investigate; confidentiality; exceptions.

(1) If the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services receives a complaint concerning a person that services a residential mortgage loan, the director: (a) Shall notify the person of the complaint, provide a copy of the complaint in the notice and require the person to respond to the complaint and to the director within 30 days after the date of the notice; (b) May investigate the complaint and require the person to provide books, accounts, papers, records, files, correspondence, contracts and agreements, disclosures, documentation and other information, material or evidence necessary for the director’s investigation; and (c) May investigate the person and the person’s policies and practices with respect to servicing a residential mortgage loan and require the person to provide books, accounts, papers, records, files, documentation and other information, material or evidence necessary for the director’s investigation. (2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, books, accounts, papers, records, files, correspondence, contracts and agreements, disclosures, documentation and other information, material or evidence the director receives or possesses as a consequence of an investigation under subsection (1) of this section are confidential unless state or federal law or a court order permits or requires disclosure. (b) The director may share any item listed in paragraph (a) of this subsection with any state or federal agency. (3) The director may charge and collect from a person the director investigates under this section the costs the director incurs in conducting the investigation. [2017 c.636 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 86A.330 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code|Chapter 086A - Mortgage Lending|Section 86A.330 - Violations; civil penalties; costs of investigation.

(1) If after conducting an investigation, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services determines that a person that services a residential mortgage loan has violated ORS 86A.303 to 86A.339, a rule the director adopted or an order the director issued under ORS 86A.303 to 86A.339 or another applicable law, the director may order the person to: (a) Cease and desist from any act that constitutes a violation of ORS 86A.303 to 86A.339. (b) Resolve any complaint the director received under ORS 86A.327 and pay the borrower that submitted the complaint any damages to which the borrower would be entitled under law. (c) Pay a borrower any amount the person received from the borrower as compensation while engaging in any action that constituted a violation of ORS 86A.303 to 86A.339. (2)(a) In addition to and not in lieu of any other penalty provided by law, the director may impose a civil penalty under ORS 183.745 in an amount of not more than $5,000 for each instance in which a person violates, aids or abets another person in violating or procures a violation of ORS 86A.303 to 86A.339 or an order the director issues under ORS 86A.303 to 86A.339. (b) Each instance described in paragraph (a) of this subsection is a separate violation and each day in which a person engages in a continuous violation is a separate violation. The director may not impose a penalty that exceeds $20,000 for a continuous violation. (3) The director may assess the costs of conducting an administrative proceeding under this section against the person that is the subject of the administrative proceeding or may include the costs of the administrative proceeding in any civil penalty the director imposes under this section. (4) A person that is subject to a civil penalty under this section may appeal the penalty as provided in ORS chapter 183. (5) The director shall deposit any amount the director receives under this section to the General Fund of the State Treasury. [2017 c.636 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 86A.336 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code|Chapter 086A - Mortgage Lending|Section 86A.336 - Suspension or removal of licensee’s director or officer.

(1)(a) If the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services determines that a director or officer of a licensee has violated ORS 86A.303 to 86A.339, a rule the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services adopted or an order the director issued under ORS 86A.303 to 86A.339, directives or instructions the director included in an order or another applicable law, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may order the licensee’s board of directors or controller to suspend or remove the licensee’s director or officer. (b) A director or officer that the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services has ordered a licensee’s board of directors or controller to remove may not, without the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services" permission, act in any official capacity or conduct any business for the licensee and may not in the capacity of a director, officer, controller or stockholder have access to the licensee’s assets, books, accounts, papers, records, files, correspondence, contracts and agreements, disclosures, documentation and other information or material the licensee uses in conducting business. (2) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall issue an order under this section in writing and cause the order to be served personally or by certified mail on the licensee and the director or officer that is the subject of the order. The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may issue the order without an administrative hearing. (3)(a) The board of directors or controller of a licensee that receives an order under this section shall immediately suspend from office the director or officer that is the subject of the order. (b) The director or officer that is the subject of an order under this section may appeal the order as a contested case under ORS 183.415 to 183.500. (4) The board of directors or the controller for a licensee by resolution shall remove a director or officer that is the subject of an order under this section and declare the director’s or officer’s office vacant if: (a) The director or officer does not appeal the order by the date on which the period for an appeal under ORS 183.415 to 183.500 expires; or (b) The order of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services is affirmed on appeal. [2017 c.636 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 86A.339 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code|Chapter 086A - Mortgage Lending|Section 86A.339 - Additional duties of mortgage loan servicer; prohibited practices.

(1) A person that performs a residential mortgage loan modification service for compensation or gain shall: (a) Comply with all applicable state and federal laws; (b) Provide the borrower with a summary of the material terms of any agreement under which the licensee provides services related to a modification of the borrower’s residential mortgage loan; and (c) Inform the borrower immediately in writing if: (A) The owner of the residential mortgage loan needs additional information to process or consider the request; or (B) The owner of the residential mortgage loan will not consider a modification of the terms. (2) A person that performs a residential mortgage loan modification service for compensation or gain may not: (a) Charge a fee before providing the service for which the person charges the fee; (b) Charge a fee that is not reasonable or that exceeds the usual and customary fees for the service the person provides; or (c) Require or encourage a borrower, as a condition of modifying the terms of a residential mortgage loan or providing a service related to modifying the terms of a residential mortgage loan, to: (A) Waive the borrower’s: (i) Legal defenses, available counterclaims or other legal rights against the person; (ii) Right to contest a foreclosure; or (iii) Right to receive notice before a foreclosure proceeding begins; (B) Pay a fee, charge or assessment for which the residential mortgage loan agreement, a servicing agreement or a related agreement does not provide; or (C) Cease communications with the person, the trustee or beneficiary in a trust deed, the owner or a servicer of the borrower’s residential mortgage loan or any other person with which the borrower has the right or duty to communicate concerning the residential mortgage loan. (3) A person that does not comply with subsection (1) of this section or that engages in conduct that is prohibited under subsection (2)(a) or (b) of this section violates ORS 86A.154. [2017 c.636 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 86A.990 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code|Chapter 086A - Mortgage Lending|Section 86A.990 - Criminal penalties for violations of ORS 86A.095 to 86A.198.

(1) A person that knowingly violates a provision of ORS 86A.095 to 86A.198 or a rule adopted by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services under ORS 86A.095 to 86A.198, except ORS 86A.145 (2), commits a Class C felony. (2) Violation of ORS 86A.145 (2) is a Class A misdemeanor. [Formerly 59.992]
OR Rev Stat § 86A.992 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code|Chapter 086A - Mortgage Lending|Section 86A.992 - Civil penalties for violations of ORS 86A.095 to 86A.198.

(1) In addition to all other penalties and enforcement provisions provided by law, any person who violates or who procures, aids or abets in the violation of any provision of ORS 86A.095 to 86A.198 or any rule or order of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $5,000 for every violation, which shall be paid to the General Fund of the State Treasury. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a person who fails to submit a report required under ORS 86A.112 (3) on the date specified is subject to a penalty of not more than $100 per day for each day after the specified date during which the failure continues. (3) Every violation is a separate offense and, in the case of a continuing violation, each day’s continuance is a separate violation, but the maximum penalty for any continuing violation shall not exceed $20,000 for each offense. (4) Civil penalties under this section shall be imposed as provided in ORS 183.745. [Formerly 59.996]
OR Rev Stat § 87.001 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code|Chapter 087 - Statutory Liens|Section 87.001 - Short title.

ORS 87.001 to 87.060 and 87.075 to 87.093 shall be known and may be cited as the Construction Lien Law. [1975 c.466 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 87.010 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code|Chapter 087 - Statutory Liens|Section 87.010 - Construction liens; who is entitled to lien.

(1) Any person performing labor upon, transporting or furnishing any material to be used in, or renting equipment used in the construction of any improvement shall have a lien upon the improvement for the labor, transportation or material furnished or equipment rented at the instance of the owner of the improvement or the construction agent of the owner. (2) Any person who engages in or rents equipment for the preparation of a lot or parcel of land, or improves or rents equipment for the improvement of a street or road adjoining a lot or parcel of land at the request of the owner of the lot or parcel, shall have a lien upon the land for work done, materials furnished or equipment rented. (3) A lien for rented equipment under subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall be limited to the reasonable rental value of the equipment notwithstanding the terms of the underlying rental agreement. (4) Trustees of an employee benefit plan shall have a lien upon the improvement for the amount of contributions, due to labor performed on that improvement, required to be paid by agreement or otherwise into a fund of the employee benefit plan. (5) An architect, landscape architect, land surveyor or registered engineer who, at the request of the owner or an agent of the owner, prepares plans, drawings or specifications that are intended for use in or to facilitate the construction of an improvement or who supervises the construction shall have a lien upon the land and structures necessary for the use of the plans, drawings or specifications so provided or supervision performed. (6) A landscape architect, land surveyor or other person who prepares plans, drawings, surveys or specifications that are used for the landscaping or preparation of a lot or parcel of land or who supervises the landscaping or preparation shall have a lien upon the land for the plans, drawings, surveys or specifications used or supervision performed. [Amended by 1957 c.651 §2; 1973 c.671 §2; 1975 c.466 §3; 1977 c.596 §2; 1981 c.757 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 87.015 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code|Chapter 087 - Statutory Liens|Section 87.015 - Land and interests therein subject to lien; leaseholds.

(1) The site together with the land that may be required for the convenient use and occupation of the improvement constructed on the site, to be determined by the court at the time of the foreclosure of the lien, shall also be subject to the liens created under ORS 87.010 (1), (4) and (5) if, at the time of the commencement of the improvement, the person who caused the improvement to be constructed was the owner of that site and land. If the person owned less than a fee-simple estate in the site and land, then only the interest of the person therein shall be subject to the lien. (2) If a lien created under ORS 87.010 (1), (4) and (5) is claimed against a unit as defined in ORS 100.005, the common elements appertaining to that unit are also subject to the lien. (3) When the interest of the person who caused the improvement to be constructed is a leasehold interest, and that person has forfeited the rights of the person thereto, the purchaser of the improvement and leasehold term at any sale under the provisions of ORS 87.001 to 87.060 and 87.075 to 87.093, is deemed to be the assignee of the leasehold term, and may pay the lessor all arrears of rent or other money and costs due under the lease. If the lessor regains possession of the property, or obtains judgment for the possession thereof prior to the commencement of construction of the improvement, the purchaser may remove the improvement within 30 days after the purchaser purchases it, and the owner of the land shall receive the rent due the owner, payable out of the proceeds of the sale, according to the terms of the lease, down to the time of removal. [Amended by 1975 c.466 §4; 2019 c.69 §36]
OR Rev Stat § 87.018 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code|Chapter 087 - Statutory Liens|Section 87.018 - Delivery of notices.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 87.093, all notices required under ORS 87.001 to 87.060 and 87.075 to 87.093 must be in writing and be delivered in person or by registered or certified mail. (2) A notice that must be given under ORS 87.001 to 87.060 or 87.075 to 87.093 to a mortgagee must be delivered to the mortgagee only if the name and address of the mortgagee appear in a mortgage of record or a trust deed of record as required under ORS 205.234 (1)(b) or in the instrument that assigns a mortgage or trust deed as required under ORS 205.234 (1)(g). [1975 c.466 §5; 1981 c.757 §2; 2007 c.648 §15; 2011 c.505 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 87.021 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code|Chapter 087 - Statutory Liens|Section 87.021 - Notice to owners; notice from owner to original contractor; effect of failure to give notice.

(1) Except when material, equipment, services or labor described in ORS 87.010 (1) to (3), (5) and (6) is furnished at the request of the owner, a person furnishing any materials, equipment, services or labor described in ORS 87.010 (1) to (3), (5) and (6) for which a lien may be perfected under ORS 87.035 shall give a notice of right to a lien to the owner of the site. The notice of right to a lien may be given at any time during the progress of the improvement, but the notice only protects the right to perfect a lien for materials, equipment and labor or services provided after a date which is eight days, not including Saturdays, Sundays and other holidays as defined in ORS 187.010, before the notice is delivered or mailed. However, no lien is created under ORS 87.010 (5) or (6) for any services provided for an owner-occupied residence at the request of an agent of the owner. (2) The notice required by subsection (1) of this section shall be substantially in the form set forth in ORS 87.023. (3)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, a lien created under ORS 87.010 (1) to (3), (5) or (6) may be perfected under ORS 87.035 only to the extent that the notice required by subsection (1) of this section is given. (b) A person who performs labor upon a commercial improvement or provides labor and material for a commercial improvement or who rents equipment used in the construction of a commercial improvement need not give the notice required by subsection (1) of this section in order to perfect a lien created under ORS 87.010. As used in this paragraph: (A) "Commercial improvement" means any structure or building not used or intended to be used as a residential building, or other improvements to a site on which such a structure or building is to be located. (B) "Residential building" means a building or structure that is or will be occupied by the owner as a residence and that contains not more than four units capable of being used as residences or homes. (4) Unless otherwise agreed or the lien claimant who is required to give the notice under subsection (1) of this section is in privity with the original contractor, when a provision in an agreement for the construction of a commercial improvement requires the original contractor to hold an owner harmless or to indemnify an owner for a lien created under ORS 87.010 and perfected under ORS 87.035, that provision is not enforceable as to any lien which requires that a notice under this section be given to the owner unless a copy of the notice is delivered pursuant to ORS 87.018 to the original contractor not later than 10 days after its receipt by the owner. [1975 c.466 §7 (enacted in lieu of 87.020); 1981 c.757 §3; 1983 c.674 §1; 1983 c.757 §1; 1987 c.662 §1; 2001 c.311 §1; 2002 s.s.1 c.6 §§1,4; 2003 c.778 §10]