Chapter 30 — Chapter 30

ORS 30.695 Effect of written release on liability of veterinarian or farrier. (1) No veterinarian or farrier shall be liable to any person who assists the veterinarian or farrier in rendering veterinarian or farrier services to an equine if the person, prior to assisting the veterinarian or farrier, executes a release stating that the person rendering assistance waives the right to bring an action against the veterinarian or farrier for any injury or death arising out of assisting in the provision of veterinarian or farrier services. A release so executed shall be enforceable regardless of lack of consideration

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ORS 30.697 Effect on workers’ compensation benefits. Nothing in ORS 30.687 to 30.695 shall affect the right of any person to any workers’ compensation benefits that may be payable by reason of death, injury or other loss. [1991 c.864 §6]

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ORS 30.698 [Formerly 30.085; renumbered 31.180 in 2003]

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ORS 30.700 [1981 c.670 §§1,2; repealed by 1997 c.182 §1 (30.701 enacted in lieu of 30.700)]

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ORS 30.701 Actions against maker of dishonored check; statutory damages and attorney fees; handling fee. (1) In any action against a maker of a dishonored check, a payee may recover from the maker statutory damages in an amount equal to $100 or triple the amount for which the check is drawn, whichever is greater. Statutory damages awarded under this subsection are in addition to the amount for which the check was drawn and may not exceed by more than $500 the amount for which the check was drawn. The court shall allow reasonable attorney fees at trial and on appeal to the prevailing party in an action on a dishonored check and in any action on a check that is not paid because payment has been stopped

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ORS 30.710 [Amended by 1961 c.344 §103; repealed by 1973 c.640 §1]

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ORS 30.715 Successive actions or suits. Successive actions or suits may be maintained upon the same contract or transaction, whenever, after the former action or suit, a new cause of action or suit arises therefrom. [Formerly 11.030]

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ORS 30.720 [Repealed by 1973 c.640 §1; amended by 1973 c.823 §§88,155]

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ORS 30.725 [Repealed by 1974 c.36 §28]

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ORS 30.730 [Repealed by 1979 c.801 §4]

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ORS 30.740 Right of gambling loser to recover double losses. All persons losing money or anything of value at or on any unlawful game described in ORS 167.117, 167.122 and 167.127 shall have a cause of action to recover from the dealer winning the same, or proprietor for whose benefit such game was played or dealt, or such money or thing of value won, twice the amount of the money or double the value of the thing so lost. [Amended by 1971 c.743 §308; 1977 c.850 §4]

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ORS 30.750 Liability of abstractors. Any person who, after May 24, 1923, certifies to any abstract of title to any land in Oregon, shall be liable for all damages sustained by any person who, in reliance on the correctness thereof, acts thereon with reference to the title of such land, and is damaged in consequence of any errors, omissions or defects therein, regardless of whether the abstract of title was ordered by the person so damaged. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the maker of any abstract of title to land from limiting in the certificate to the abstract the liability of the maker thereunder to any person named in such certificate, but such limitation of liability must be expressly set forth in the certificate

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ORS 30.760 [Amended by 1953 c.565 §2; renumbered 30.150]

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ORS 30.765 Liability of parents for tort by child; effect on foster parents. (1) In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the parent or parents of an unemancipated minor child shall be liable for actual damages to person or property caused by any tort intentionally or recklessly committed by such child. However, a parent who is not entitled to legal custody of the minor child at the time of the intentional or reckless tort shall not be liable for such damages

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ORS 30.770 [1959 c.310 §1; 1965 c.587 §1; 1973 c.827 §8; repealed by 1975 c.712 §5]

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ORS 30.772 Liability of landowner arising out of aviation activity; exceptions. (1) As used in this section

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ORS 30.774 Indemnification of property owner that allows nonprofit organization or educational provider to use property. (1) As used in this section, “educational provider” means a public or private elementary or secondary school or an education service district

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ORS 30.780 Liability for damages caused by gambling. Any person violating ORS 167.108 to 167.164 shall be liable in a civil suit for all damages occasioned thereby. [1959 c.681 §3; 1971 c.743 §309]

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ORS 30.785 Liability of construction design professional for injuries resulting from failure of employer to comply with safety standards. (1) A construction design professional who is retained to perform professional services on a construction project, or an employee of the construction design professional in the performance of professional services on the construction project, shall not be liable for any injury to a worker on the construction project that is a compensable injury under ORS chapter 656 and that results from the failure of the employer of the worker to comply with safety standards on the construction project unless the construction design professional by contract specifically assumes responsibility for compliance with those safety standards. The immunity provided by this section to a construction design professional shall not apply to the negligent preparation of design plans or specifications

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ORS 30.788 Liability of architect, engineer, inspector or building evaluator for emergency relief services. (1) An action for damages arising out of the practice of architecture, as defined in ORS 671.010, may not be maintained by any person against an architect for services rendered by the architect under the provisions of this section

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ORS 30.790 [1963 c.524 §§1,2; repealed by 1971 c.780 §7]

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ORS 30.792 Liability of health care provider or health clinic for volunteer services to charitable organization. (1) As used in this section

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ORS 30.794 Liability of physician or hospital arising out of care provided by direct entry midwife. (1) As used in this section

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ORS 30.795 [1981 c.690 §2; 1985 c.530 §4; repealed by 1993 c.196 §12]

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ORS 30.800 Liability for emergency medical assistance. (1) As used in this section and ORS 30.805, “emergency medical assistance” means

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ORS 30.801 [1999 c.220 §1; repealed by 2005 c.551 §8]

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ORS 30.802 Liability for use of automated external defibrillator. (1) As used in this section

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ORS 30.803 Liability of licensed emergency medical services provider acting as volunteer. A person may not maintain a cause of action for injury, death or loss against a licensed emergency medical services provider who acts as a volunteer without expectation of compensation, based on a claim of negligence unless the person shows that the injury, death or loss resulted from willful and wanton misconduct or intentional act or omission of the emergency medical services provider. [1987 c.915 §11; 2011 c.703 §19]

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ORS 30.805 Liability for emergency medical assistance by government personnel. (1) No person may maintain an action for damages for injury, death or loss that results from acts or omissions in rendering emergency medical assistance unless it is alleged and proved by the complaining party that the acts or omissions violate the standards of reasonable care under the circumstances in which the emergency medical assistance was rendered, if the action is against

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ORS 30.807 Liability for emergency transportation assistance. (1) No person shall maintain an action for damages for injury, death or loss that results from acts or omissions in rendering emergency transportation assistance unless it is alleged and proved by the complaining party that the person rendering emergency transportation assistance was grossly negligent. The provisions of this section apply only to a person who provides emergency transportation assistance without compensation

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ORS 30.809 Liability of fraternal organization that provides used eyeglasses or hearing aids. (1) A fraternal organization, as defined in ORS 307.134, that is also a charitable corporation, as defined in ORS 128.620, and any other charitable corporation, as defined in ORS 128.620, that is affiliated with the fraternal organization are not liable for any damages arising out of providing previously owned eyeglasses or hearing aids to a person if

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ORS 30.810 [1969 c.387 §1; 1973 c.823 §89; renumbered 31.700 in 2003]

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ORS 30.811 Liability of person providing outreach services to homeless individual or individual at risk of becoming homeless individual. (1) As used in this section

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ORS 30.813 Liability of person who enters motor vehicle to remove unattended child or domestic animal; exceptions. (1) As used in this section, “motor vehicle” has the meaning given that term in ORS 801.360

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ORS 30.815 Liability of seller or lessor of law enforcement dog. (1) As used in this section, “law enforcement dog” means a dog that is sold or leased to a law enforcement agency and intended to be a law enforcement animal as defined in ORS 167.310

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ORS 30.817 Action against animal abuser for costs of providing veterinary care; attorney fees. (1) As used in this section, “abuse” means an act or omission in violation of ORS 167.310 to 167.351 that results in physical injury to a domestic animal

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ORS 30.820 Action against seller of drugged horse; attorney fees. In addition to and not in lieu of the penalty provided in ORS 165.825 (2), any person who buys a horse sold in violation of ORS 165.825 (1) may bring an action against the seller for any damages the buyer incurs as a result of the sale. The court may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party in an action under this section. [1971 c.175 §3; 1981 c.897 §8; 1995 c.618 §25]

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ORS 30.822 Action for theft of or injury to search and rescue animal or therapy animal; attorney fees. (1) In addition to and not in lieu of any other penalty provided by state law, the owner of a search and rescue animal or a therapy animal, as defined in ORS 167.352, may bring an action for economic and noneconomic damages against any person who steals or, without provocation, attacks the search and rescue animal or therapy animal. The owner may also bring an action for such damages against the owner of any animal that, without provocation, attacks a search and rescue animal or therapy animal. The action authorized by this subsection may be brought by the owner even if the search and rescue or therapy animal was in the custody or under the supervision of another person when the theft or attack occurred

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ORS 30.825 Action for unlawful tree spiking; attorney fees. Any person who is damaged by an act prohibited in ORS 164.886 (1) to (3) may bring a civil action to recover damages sustained. A party seeking civil damages under this section may recover upon proof by a preponderance of the evidence of a violation of the provisions of ORS 164.886 (1) to (3). The court may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party in an action under this section. [1989 c.1003 §4; 1995 c.618 §27]

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ORS 30.827 False impersonation of union representative; civil action. (1) As used in this section

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ORS 30.830 [1971 c.186 §7; 1981 s.s. c.3 §111; 1983 c.763 §52; 1987 c.905 §3a; repealed by 2011 c.597 §118]

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ORS 30.831 Action for invasion of personal privacy; attorney fees. (1) A plaintiff has a cause of action for invasion of personal privacy if the plaintiff establishes any of the following

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ORS 30.833 Action for dissemination of intimate image; attorney fees. (1) Irrespective of any criminal prosecution or the result thereof, a person depicted in an image disclosed in violation of ORS 163.472, or that person’s parent or guardian, representative or estate, shall have a civil action to secure an injunction, damages or other appropriate relief against any and all persons whose actions are unlawful under ORS 163.472

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ORS 30.834 Action for transmission of intimate image by electronic means. (1) As used in this section, “intimate image” means an image depicting sexual conduct as defined in ORS 167.051 or uncovered human genitals

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ORS 30.835 Action for improper disclosure of private information; attorney fees. (1) As used in this section

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ORS 30.838 Element of malice in certain defamation claims. In a claim for defamation against an individual who makes a communication regarding an incident of sexual assault committed against the individual, in addition to the other elements required to prove a claim of defamation, it is an element of the claim that the individual made the communication with malice. [2025 c.275 §1]

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ORS 30.840 [1975 c.562 §1; renumbered 31.980 in 2003]

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ORS 30.845 Action against person who summons police with improper intent; attorney fees. (1) A person may bring a civil action for damages against any person who knowingly causes a police officer to arrive at a location to contact another person with the intent to

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ORS 30.847 Action for engaging in paramilitary activity; attorney fees. (1) A person or group of persons is subject to an action described in subsection (2) or (3) of this section for engaging in paramilitary activity if the person or group of persons knowingly, while acting as part of a private paramilitary organization or on behalf of or in furtherance of any objective of a private paramilitary organization

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ORS 30.849 Action for injunction compelling private school to comply with certain laws. (1) A person may bring an action for an injunction compelling a private school to comply with the provisions of any of the following laws

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