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Or. Rev. Stat. § 671.520 (2026)

Definitions for ORS 671.510 to 671.760

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      671.520 Definitions for ORS 671.510 to 671.760. As used in ORS 671.510 to 671.760, unless the context requires otherwise:

      (1) “Landscape construction professional” means an individual who for compensation or with the intent to be compensated performs or supervises activities requiring the art, ability, experience, knowledge, science and skill to:

      (a) Plan or install lawns, shrubs, vines, trees or nursery stock;

      (b) Prepare property on which lawns, shrubs, vines, trees or nursery stock is to be installed;

      (c) Install, maintain or repair ornamental water features and landscape drainage systems;

      (d) Maintain irrigation systems with the use of compressed air and as otherwise provided by the State Landscape Contractors Board by rule;

      (e) Install or repair landscape irrigation systems as provided by the board by rule; or

      (f) Plan, install, maintain or repair fences, decks, arbors, patios, landscape edging, driveways, walkways or retaining walls.

      (2) “Landscape contracting business” means a business that for compensation or with the intent to be compensated arranges, submits a bid, or otherwise offers or contracts, for the performance of activities described in subsection (1) of this section.

      (3) “Licensee” means a person that is licensed under ORS 671.510 to 671.760 as a landscape construction professional or landscape contracting business.

      (4) “Nursery stock” means nursery stock:

      (a) As defined by ORS 571.005 other than stock grown for commercial resale or reforestation; or

      (b) As defined by the board by rule.

      (5) “Ornamental water features” means fountains, ponds, waterfalls, man-made streams and other decorative water-related constructions as identified by the board by rule. [1971 c.764 §2; 1973 c.832 §26; 1975 c.757 §1; 1981 c.536 §22; 1983 c.452 §1; 1985 c.565 §91; 1987 c.414 §45; 1997 c.785 §1; 1999 c.32 §1; 2001 c.48 §1; 2005 c.609 §10; 2007 c.541 §11; 2009 c.483 §1; 2015 c.672 §6]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1991–1996 · leading case: Rhorer v. Vickers, 810 P.2d 1341 (Or. Ct. App. 1991).
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Rhorer v. Vickers, 810 P.2d 1341 (Or. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 5× “” Plaintiff argues that ORS 671.520 does not apply to him, because he is neither a “landscaping business” nor a “landscaping contractor.”
Valley Excavating, Inc. v. Clark, 810 P.2d 869 (Or. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 6× ““Landscape contractor” is defined in ORS 671.520(2) as “any person who engages for compensation in activities requiring the art, ability, experience, knowledge, science and skill to: “(a) Plan and install lawns, shrubs, vines, trees and other decorative vegetation including the…”
J. L. Ward Co. v. Landscape Contractors Bd., 921 P.2d 416 (Or. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 4× “Pertinent to that inquiry is the statutory definition of a “landscape contractor” as “any person who engages for compensation in activities requiring the art, ability, experience, knowledge, science and skill to: “(a) Plan and install lawns, shrubs, vines, trees and other…”
J. L. Ward Co. v. Landscape Contractors Bd., 916 P.2d 887 (Or. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 3× “520(2), in turn, provides that a “landscape contractor” means, in relevant part: “[A]ny person who engages for compensation in activities requiring the art, ability, experience, knowledge, science and skill to: “(a) Plan and install lawns, shrubs, vines, trees and other…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 671.520(2) — 4 cases
Rhorer v. Vickers, 810 P.2d 1341 (Or. Ct. App. 1991). “” Plaintiff argues that ORS 671.520 does not apply to him, because he is neither a “landscaping business” nor a “landscaping contractor.”
Valley Excavating, Inc. v. Clark, 810 P.2d 869 (Or. Ct. App. 1991). ““Landscape contractor” is defined in ORS 671.520(2) as “any person who engages for compensation in activities requiring the art, ability, experience, knowledge, science and skill to: “(a) Plan and install lawns, shrubs, vines, trees and other decorative vegetation including the…”
J. L. Ward Co. v. Landscape Contractors Bd., 921 P.2d 416 (Or. Ct. App. 1996). “Pertinent to that inquiry is the statutory definition of a “landscape contractor” as “any person who engages for compensation in activities requiring the art, ability, experience, knowledge, science and skill to: “(a) Plan and install lawns, shrubs, vines, trees and other…”
J. L. Ward Co. v. Landscape Contractors Bd., 916 P.2d 887 (Or. Ct. App. 1996). “520(2), in turn, provides that a “landscape contractor” means, in relevant part: “[A]ny person who engages for compensation in activities requiring the art, ability, experience, knowledge, science and skill to: “(a) Plan and install lawns, shrubs, vines, trees and other…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 671.520(2)(a)(c) — 1 case
Valley Excavating, Inc. v. Clark, 810 P.2d 869 (Or. Ct. App. 1991). ““Landscape contractor” is defined in ORS 671.520(2) as “any person who engages for compensation in activities requiring the art, ability, experience, knowledge, science and skill to: “(a) Plan and install lawns, shrubs, vines, trees and other decorative vegetation including the…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 671.520(2)(á)(c) — 1 case
Valley Excavating, Inc. v. Clark, 810 P.2d 869 (Or. Ct. App. 1991). ““Landscape contractor” is defined in ORS 671.520(2) as “any person who engages for compensation in activities requiring the art, ability, experience, knowledge, science and skill to: “(a) Plan and install lawns, shrubs, vines, trees and other decorative vegetation including the…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 671.520(3) — 4 cases
Rhorer v. Vickers, 810 P.2d 1341 (Or. Ct. App. 1991). “” Plaintiff argues that ORS 671.520 does not apply to him, because he is neither a “landscaping business” nor a “landscaping contractor.”
J. L. Ward Co. v. Landscape Contractors Bd., 916 P.2d 887 (Or. Ct. App. 1996). “520(2), in turn, provides that a “landscape contractor” means, in relevant part: “[A]ny person who engages for compensation in activities requiring the art, ability, experience, knowledge, science and skill to: “(a) Plan and install lawns, shrubs, vines, trees and other…”
J. L. Ward Co. v. Landscape Contractors Bd., 921 P.2d 416 (Or. Ct. App. 1996). “Pertinent to that inquiry is the statutory definition of a “landscape contractor” as “any person who engages for compensation in activities requiring the art, ability, experience, knowledge, science and skill to: “(a) Plan and install lawns, shrubs, vines, trees and other…”
Valley Excavating, Inc. v. Clark, 810 P.2d 869 (Or. Ct. App. 1991). ““Landscape contractor” is defined in ORS 671.520(2) as “any person who engages for compensation in activities requiring the art, ability, experience, knowledge, science and skill to: “(a) Plan and install lawns, shrubs, vines, trees and other decorative vegetation including the…”
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