342 sections in this chapter.
ORS 94.850 [Repealed by 1971 c.478 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 94.853 Payment of common expenses. (1) Until the closing of the first timeshare sale the developer shall pay all common expenses
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(2) After the closing of the first timeshare sale, the managing entity shall charge an annual assessment for the payment of common expenses based on the projected annual budget. The assessment shall be against: (a) Each owner in the proportion specified in the timeshare instrumen…
ORS 94.855 [Repealed by 1971 c.478 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 94.856 Assessment of common expenses as lien; recording; foreclosure; fees; remedies; exception. (1) Whenever a managing entity levies an assessment for common expenses against a timeshare estate, the managing entity, upon complying with subsection (2) of this section, shall have a lien upon the timeshare estate for the reasonable value of the expenses, for any unpaid assessment and interest as provided in subsection (2)(b) of this section and for any late charges, fines and costs of collection, including but not limited to attorney fees and court costs. The lien shall be prior to any other lien or encumbrance upon the timeshare estate except
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(a) Blanket encumbrances of record; (b) Tax and assessment liens; and (c) A purchase money mortgage of record, a purchase money trust deed of record or a purchase agreement of record. (2)(a) A managing entity claiming a lien under subsection (1) of this section shall record in th…
ORS 94.858 Owners’ association; powers and duties. (1) The timeshare instrument may provide that an association of timeshare owners be organized to serve as a means through which the timeshare owners may take action with regard to the administration, management and operation of the timeshare plan and the timeshare property. The association shall be organized as a corporation for profit or nonprofit corporation. The name of the association shall include the complete name of the timeshare plan
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(2) Membership in the association shall be limited to timeshare owners. (3) The affairs of the association shall be governed by a board of directors or other governing body as provided for in the bylaws adopted under the applicable incorporation requirements. (4) Subject to the p…
ORS 94.863 Developer’s duty to managing entity. The developer shall deliver to the designated managing entity before the closing of the first timeshare sale, the following
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(1) The original or a photocopy of the recorded timeshare instrument for the timeshare plan and any supplements and amendments thereto. (2) A copy of any other document creating the managing entity. (3) Any rules and regulations that have been promulgated. (4) A report of the pre…
ORS 94.867 Judicial declaration of failure in management. (1) A court of competent jurisdiction, upon petition by timeshare owners constituting at least 10 percent of the total number of timeshare owners in a timeshare plan, may declare a failure in the management of the timeshare plan and timeshare property and appoint a trustee to assume the duties of a managing entity for the timeshare plan, if the court finds that
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(a) The management of the timeshare plan and timeshare property has failed to carry out the duties of a managing entity under the timeshare instrument and ORS 94.846 to 94.858; (b) The rights of the timeshare owners under the timeshare instrument will be substantially impaired if…
ORS 94.869 Insurance coverage. (1) If the managing entity has the sole authority to decide whether to repair or reconstruct an accommodation or facility that has suffered damage or that an accommodation or facility must be repaired or reconstructed, the managing entity shall obtain and maintain at all times and shall pay for out of the funds for payment of common expenses, insurance covering the accommodations and facilities which may include reasonable deductible amounts reflecting self-insurance by the owners as a common expense and which shall include
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(a) Insurance for all insurable improvements in the timeshare property against loss or damage by fire or other hazards, including extended coverage, vandalism and malicious mischief. The insurance shall cover the full replacement costs of any repair or reconstruction in the event…
ORS 94.871 When purchase money agreement prohibited; escrow requirements. (1) Unless a lien payment trust is established under ORS 94.890, no timeshare estate shall be sold by a developer by means of a purchase money agreement as defined in ORS 94.890 unless a collection escrow is established within this state with a person or firm authorized to receive escrows under the laws of this state and all of the following are deposited in the escrow
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(a) A copy of the title report or abstract, as it relates to the timeshare estate being sold. (b) The original or an executed copy of the sales document relating to the purchase of the timeshare estate clearly setting forth the legal description of the interest being purchased, t…
ORS 94.873 Escrow account; closing; release. (1) All funds, negotiable instruments, purchase money agreements and credit card authorizations and proceeds thereof received in this state by a developer from or on behalf of a purchaser or prospective purchaser in connection with the purchase or reservation of a timeshare must be placed in an escrow account with an escrow agent authorized under ORS 94.881 or the trustee of a lien payment trust established under ORS 94.890
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(2) The establishment of an escrow account under subsection (1) of this section shall be by written agreement between the developer and the escrow agent. The escrow agreement must provide for the handling of a purchaser’s funds, negotiable instruments, purchase money agreements a…
ORS 94.876 Requirements for closing escrow. (1) Subject to the requirements of ORS 94.871 and 94.873, an escrow for the sale of a timeshare estate may close only if one of the following alternatives for protecting the purchaser is satisfied
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(a) The timeshare estate is conveyed to the purchaser free and clear of any blanket encumbrance; (b) The timeshare property in which the timeshare estate is granted is conveyed to a trustee under a lien payment trust established under ORS 94.890 and every person holding an intere…
ORS 94.878 Duties of escrow agent. An escrow agent holding funds under ORS 94.873
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(1) May invest the escrowed funds in securities of the federal government or any agency thereof or in savings or time deposits in institutions insured by an agency of the federal government according to the terms of the agreement between the escrow agent and the developer. (2) Sh…
ORS 94.881 Who may serve as escrow agent. (1) Funds placed into escrow under ORS 94.873 shall be placed into an escrow account established solely for that purpose with one of the following acting as an escrow agent
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(a) An attorney who is a licensee of the Oregon State Bar; (b) An insured institution, as defined in ORS 706.008, that is authorized to accept deposits in this state; (c) A trust company, as defined in ORS 706.008, that is authorized to transact trust business in this state; or (…
ORS 94.885 Rights of lienholder. (1) When a nondisturbance agreement has been executed by the lienholder and recorded, the lienholder, its successors and anyone who acquires the property through foreclosure, by deed, assignment or transfer in lieu of foreclosure, shall take the property subject to the rights of the owners under the timeshare plan
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(2) When a notice of timeshare plan is recorded, any claim by the developer’s creditors and any claim upon or by a successor to the interest of the titleholder who executed the notice shall be subordinate to the interest of the timeshare owners if the sale is closed after the not…
ORS 94.890 Lien payment trust; payments; delinquencies. (1) A lien payment trust may be established with a trust company as defined in ORS 706.008 that is authorized to transact trust business in this state, for the conveyance of timeshare property to the trustee under ORS 94.876 if the trust instrument provides for at least the following
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(a) Title to the timeshare property must be transferred to the trustee before the purchaser’s funds, negotiable instruments, purchase money agreements or credit card authorizations or proceeds are disbursed by the escrow agent. (b) The trustee shall not convey or transfer all or …
ORS 94.895 Trust irrevocable without alternative arrangement. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section
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(a) If a trust is established for timeshare property subject to timeshare licenses, the trust for the timeshare property shall be irrevocable during the time that any purchaser of a timeshare license has a right to the use of the timeshare property. (b) If a trust is established …
ORS 94.900 Alternative to lien payment trust. (1) If it is impossible or impractical for a developer to satisfy any of the requirements of ORS 94.890 because of factors over which the developer has little or no control, the Real Estate Commissioner may accept arrangements other than those prescribed by ORS 94.890 which in the commissioner’s judgment will give rights and remedies affording equivalent benefits and protection to timeshare owners and which are at least comparable in scope though not necessarily in nature to those afforded by ORS 94.890
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(2) If the commissioner is asked to accept alternative arrangements under this section, the commissioner may contract with an attorney and with any other private consultant the commissioner considers necessary or advisable, in connection with the review of the proposed arrangemen…
ORS 94.905 Surety bond. Any surety bond furnished to the Real Estate Commissioner under ORS 94.890 must be in an amount which is not less than 110 percent of the remaining principal balance of every indebtedness secured by a blanket encumbrance affecting the timeshare property. The surety bond must be issued by a surety authorized to do business in Oregon and having sufficient net worth to be acceptable to the commissioner. The bond shall provide for payment, up to the limit of the bond, of all amounts secured by the blanket encumbrance, including costs, expenses and legal fees of the lienholder, if for any reason the blanket encumbrance is enforced. The obligee of the surety bond shall be the commissioner on behalf of the timeshare owners. The bond may be reduced periodically in proportion to the reduction of the remaining principal balance of the indebtedness secured by the blanket encumbrances. Upon being furnished with a surety bond satisfying the foregoing requirements, the developer shall prepare and the commissioner shall execute and acknowledge a document in recordable form accepting the surety bond and identifying the timeshare property to which it applies. [1983 c.530 §35]
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(Enforcement)
ORS 94.915 Inspection of records; rules; uniform standards. (1) Records of the sale of timeshares in a timeshare plan shall be subject to inspection by the Real Estate Commissioner
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(2) The Real Estate Agency shall adopt rules necessary to carry out ORS 94.803 and 94.807 to 94.945. (3) The agency may cooperate with agencies performing similar functions in other jurisdictions to develop uniform filing procedures, forms, disclosure standards and administrative…
ORS 94.920 Consent to service by out-of-state developer. (1) Every nonresident developer, at the time of filing the notice required by ORS 94.823, also shall file with the Real Estate Commissioner an irrevocable consent that if, in any suit or action commenced against the nonresident developer in this state arising out of a violation of ORS 94.803 and 94.807 to 94.945, personal service of summons or process cannot be made upon the developer in this state after the exercise of due diligence, a valid service may be made upon the developer by service on the commissioner
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(2) The consent required under subsection (1) of this section shall be in writing executed and verified by an officer of a corporation or association, a general partner of a partnership or by a developer and shall set forth: (a) The name of the developer. (b) The address to which…
ORS 94.925 Civil penalty. (1) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, the Real Estate Commissioner may impose a civil penalty for violation of the provisions of ORS 94.803 and 94.807 to 94.945. No civil penalty shall exceed $1,000 per violation
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(2) Civil penalties under this section shall be imposed as provided in ORS 183.745. [1983 c.530 §44; 1989 c.706 §8; 1991 c.734 §5]
ORS 94.930 Commissioner order; injunctive relief. (1) If the Real Estate Commissioner finds that an owner, developer or other person is violating any of the provisions of ORS 94.803 and 94.807 to 94.945, the commissioner may order the person to desist and refrain from violating the provisions or requirements, or from the further sale of interests in the timeshare plan
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(2) If the commissioner finds that a developer or other person is violating, has violated or is about to violate, any of the provisions of ORS 94.803 and 94.807 to 94.945, the commissioner may bring an action in the circuit court of the county where the violation or threatened vi…
ORS 94.940 False practices prohibited. No person shall, in connection with an offering, sale or lease of an interest in a timeshare plan
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(1) Employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud; (2) Make any untrue statement of a material fact; (3) Fail to state a material fact necessary to make a statement clear; (4) Issue, circulate or publish any prospectus, circular, advertisement, printed matter, document, pamphl…
ORS 94.945 Advertising regulation. It shall be unlawful for any developer or the agent or employee of a developer with intent to sell or lease a timeshare in a timeshare plan, to authorize, use, direct or aid in the publication, distribution or circularization of any advertisement, radio broadcast or telecast concerning a timeshare plan, that contains any false or misleading statement, pictorial representation or sketch. Nothing in this section shall be construed to hold the publisher or employee of any newspaper, any job printer, broadcaster or telecaster liable for any publication referred to in ORS 94.940 unless the publisher, employee, printer, broadcaster or telecaster has actual knowledge that the material is false or has an interest in the timeshare plan advertised. [1983 c.530 §42]
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MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUNDS
ORS 94.953 Definitions for ORS 94.953 to 94.989. As used in ORS 94.953 to 94.989
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(1) “Blanket encumbrance” means any mortgage, deed of trust, option to purchase, vendor’s lien or interest under a contract or agreement of sale, or other material financing lien or encumbrance which secures or evidences the obligation to pay money or to sell or convey on any cam…
ORS 94.956 Registration required to sell membership camping contract. Except as provided in ORS 94.959, and except for transactions pursuant to ORS 94.962, no person shall offer to sell or sell a membership camping contract in this state unless the membership camping contract is registered under ORS 94.953 to 94.989. [1985 c.639 §2]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 94.959 Application for registration. (1) A membership camping operator wishing to offer to sell or sell a membership camping contract in this state shall register the contract with the Real Estate Commissioner. The application for registration shall include all of the following if it is applicable to the membership camping operator
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(a) Written disclosures, in any format the commissioner is satisfied accurately and clearly communicates the required information, which include: (A) The name and address of the membership camping operator and any person who, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermedia…
ORS 94.962 Exemptions from registration. The following transactions are exempt from registration
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(1) An offer, sale or transfer by any one person of not more than one membership camping contract for any membership camping operator in any 12-month period, unless the person receives a commission or similar payment for the sale or transfer. (2) An offer or sale by a government,…
ORS 94.965 Effective date of registration. The application for registration shall automatically become effective upon the expiration of 45 calendar days following filing of a completed application with the Real Estate Commissioner unless
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(1) The application for registration is denied under ORS 94.968; (2) The commissioner grants the registration effective as of an earlier date; or (3) The applicant consents to a delay of the effective date. [1985 c.639 §5]
ORS 94.968 Denial, suspension and revocation of registration; other sanctions. (1) The Real Estate Commissioner may order that a registration of an offer or sale of membership camping contracts be denied, suspended or revoked if the commissioner makes findings pursuant to ORS 183.430 that any of the following is true
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(a) The membership camping operator has failed to comply with any provisions of ORS 94.953 to 94.989 which materially affect the rights of purchasers or prospective purchasers of membership camping contracts. (b) The membership camping operator is representing to purchasers in co…
ORS 94.971 Fee for registration or amendment of an offer or sale of membership camping contract. (1) The fee for registration or amendment of an offer or sale of a membership camping contract shall be an amount sufficient to recover any administrative expenses in staff review and action upon the registration or amendment. The fee is subject to the review of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. The Real Estate Commissioner shall set an estimated fee to be paid with the application. The final fee shall be paid before final registration becomes effective
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(2) No fee shall be required for an amendment unless additional work is required by Real Estate Agency staff on disclosures. (3) The fee for registration or renewal of an existing registration of a broker or salesperson is $50. [1985 c.639 §7; 1991 c.377 §9; 1993 c.18 §18]
ORS 94.974 Written disclosures required; procedures; inspection of records. (1) Except in a transaction exempt under ORS 94.962, any person who sells a membership camping contract shall provide the prospective purchaser with those written disclosures required under ORS 94.959. Disclosures shall be substantially accurate and complete and made to a prospective purchaser before the prospective purchaser signs a membership camping contract or gives any consideration for the purchase of such contract. The person shall take a receipt from the prospective purchaser upon delivery of the disclosures. Each receipt shall be kept on file by the membership camping operator within this state subject to inspection by the Real Estate Commissioner or the commissioner’s authorized representative for a period of three years from the date the receipt is taken
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(2) Records of the sale of membership camping contracts shall be subject to inspection by the commissioner or the commissioner’s authorized representative. Any list identifying campground members obtained by the commissioner or the commissioner’s authorized representative shall b…
ORS 94.975 False practices prohibited. No person shall, in connection with an offering or sale of a membership camping contract
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(1) Employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud; (2) Make any untrue statement of a material fact; (3) Fail to state a material fact necessary to make a statement clear; (4) Issue, circulate or publish any prospectus, circular, advertisement, printed matter, document, pamphl…
ORS 94.976 Advertising regulation. It shall be unlawful for any membership camping operator or the agent or employee of any membership camping operator with intent to sell a membership camping contract, to authorize, use, direct or aid in the publication, distribution or circularization of any advertisement, radio broadcast or telecast concerning a membership camping contract, that contains any materially false or misleading statement, pictorial representation or sketch. Nothing in this section shall be construed to hold the publisher or employee of any newspaper, any job printer, broadcaster or telecaster liable for any publication referred to in this chapter, unless the publisher, employee, printer, broadcaster or telecaster has actual knowledge that the material is false or has an interest in the membership camping contract being advertised. [1991 c.377 §3]
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Note: See note under 94.975.
ORS 94.977 Registration as salesperson or broker. (1) Unless the transaction is exempt under ORS 94.962, it is unlawful for any person to act as a salesperson or membership camping contract broker in this state without first registering as a salesperson or membership camping contract broker as provided in ORS 94.980. Individuals licensed as real estate brokers or principal real estate brokers under ORS chapter 696 are exempt from registration under this section
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(2) A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor. [1985 c.639 §9; 2001 c.300 §54; 2007 c.319 §26]
ORS 94.980 Application for registration; fee. (1) A salesperson or membership camping contract broker may apply for registration by filing with the Real Estate Commissioner an application which includes the following information
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(a) A statement whether or not the applicant has been convicted of any misdemeanor or felony involving theft, fraud or dishonesty or whether or not the applicant has been enjoined from, had any civil penalty assessed for, or been found to have engaged in any violation of any act …
ORS 94.983 Cancellation of contract by purchaser; notice of right to cancel. (1) Any membership camping contract may be canceled at the option of the purchaser, if
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(a) The purchaser sends notice of the cancellation by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the membership camping operator; and (b) The notice is posted not later than midnight of the third business day following the day on which the membership camping contract is signed.…
ORS 94.986 Requirements for sale of membership camping contract; nondisturbance agreements. With respect to any campground offered for sale in this state and acquired and put into operation by a membership camping operator after September 1, 1985, the membership camping operator shall not sell membership camping contracts in this state granting the right to use such campground until one of the following requirements has been satisfied
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(1) Each person holding an interest in a blanket encumbrance executes and delivers to the Real Estate Commissioner a nondisturbance agreement and records such agreement in the real estate records of the county in which the campground is located. “Nondisturbance agreement” means a…
ORS 94.987 Judicial declaration of failure in management. (1)(a) Upon petition by the Real Estate Commissioner or a majority of active purchasers not then in default under their membership camping contracts, a court of competent jurisdiction may declare a failure of management of the membership camping operator and appoint a trustee to assume the membership camping operator’s duties under the membership camping contracts, if the court finds that
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(A) Irreparable injury to the rights of the purchasers is likely to occur unless a trustee is appointed; and (B) There is no reasonable alternative to appointment of a trustee. (b) For purposes of this subsection, “active purchaser” means a current, dues-paying member of the memb…
ORS 94.989 Interpretation of membership camping contracts; application of Unlawful Trade Practices Act. (1) Membership camping contracts, campgrounds and facilities are not subdivisions or series partitions under ORS chapter 92, are not condominiums under ORS chapter 100, are not timeshare properties under ORS chapter 94, and are not securities under ORS 59.005 to 59.505, 59.710 to 59.830, 59.991 and 59.995
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(2) Membership camping contracts covered by ORS 94.925 to 94.983 are retail installment contracts under ORS 83.010 to 83.190. (3) The Attorney General shall protect the rights of purchasers through the application of ORS 336.184 and 646.605 to 646.652. [1985 c.639 §12]
ORS 94.990 [Repealed by 1971 c.478 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 94.991 [Formerly 91.990; 1987 c.320 §15; renumbered 100.990 in 1989]
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