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Or. Rev. Stat. § 701.021 (2026)

License requirement; endorsements

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      701.021 License requirement; endorsements. (1) Except as provided in ORS 701.010, a person or joint venture that undertakes, offers to undertake or submits a bid to do work as a contractor must have a current license issued by the Construction Contractors Board and possess an appropriate endorsement as provided in this section. For purposes of offering to undertake or submitting a bid to do work, a partnership or joint venture is licensed and endorsed if any partner or joint venturer whose name appears in the business name of the partnership or joint venture has a current license issued by the board and possesses an appropriate endorsement.

      (2) A person or joint venture that undertakes, offers to undertake or submits a bid to do work as a contractor in preparation for or in connection with a residential structure must have one of the following endorsements:

      (a) Residential general contractor.

      (b) Residential specialty contractor.

      (c) Residential limited contractor.

      (d) Residential developer.

      (e) Residential locksmith services contractor.

      (f) Residential restoration contractor.

      (g) Home inspector services contractor.

      (h) Home services contractor.

      (i) Home energy performance score contractor.

      (3) A person or joint venture that undertakes, offers to undertake or submits a bid to do work as a contractor in preparation for or in connection with a small commercial structure must have one of the following endorsements:

      (a) Residential general contractor.

      (b) Residential specialty contractor.

      (c) Residential limited contractor.

      (d) Residential developer.

      (e) Residential locksmith services contractor.

      (f) Residential restoration contractor.

      (g) Commercial general contractor level 1.

      (h) Commercial specialty contractor level 1.

      (i) Commercial general contractor level 2.

      (j) Commercial specialty contractor level 2.

      (k) Commercial developer.

      (4) A person or joint venture that undertakes, offers to undertake or submits a bid to do work as a contractor in preparation for or in connection with a large commercial structure must have one of the following endorsements:

      (a) Commercial general contractor level 1.

      (b) Commercial specialty contractor level 1.

      (c) Commercial general contractor level 2.

      (d) Commercial specialty contractor level 2.

      (e) Commercial developer. [2007 c.836 §2; 2010 c.57 §1; 2013 c.300 §8; 2013 c.383 §10; 2015 c.498 §5]

 

      701.025 [1989 c.762 §1; 1989 c.870 §§3,3a; renumbered 670.600 in 1991]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2021–2025 · leading case: Allied Structural v. CCB, 492 P.3d 642 (Or. Ct. App. 2021).
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Allied Structural v. CCB, 492 P.3d 642 (Or. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “098(3) states that a penalty may be assessed for “vio- lation” of ORS 701.021, which describes licensure require- ments (but does not explicitly describe noncompliance as a “violation”).”
Heard Farms, Inc. v. Franzenburg LLC (D. Or. 2025). “” ORS 701.021(1). The term “contractor” refers to “a person that, for compensation or with the intent to sell, arranges or undertakes or offers to undertake or submits a bid to construct, alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, inspect, move, wreck or demolish, for…”
Little v. Branch 9 Design & Contracting, LLC, 505 P.3d 440 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). “” ORS 701.021(1). The Oregon Administrative Rules specify that a “license and its identifying license number will be issued to one entity only.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 701.021(1) — 2 cases
Heard Farms, Inc. v. Franzenburg LLC (D. Or. 2025). “” ORS 701.021(1). The term “contractor” refers to “a person that, for compensation or with the intent to sell, arranges or undertakes or offers to undertake or submits a bid to construct, alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, inspect, move, wreck or demolish, for…”
Little v. Branch 9 Design & Contracting, LLC, 505 P.3d 440 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). “” ORS 701.021(1). The Oregon Administrative Rules specify that a “license and its identifying license number will be issued to one entity only.”
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