Oregon Code § 446.746·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Manufactured structure dealer criminal offenses; penalties.
(1) A manufactured structure
dealer improperly operates a manufactured structure dealership and is subject
to the penalties under this section if the dealer commits any of the following
crimes:
(a) A
manufactured structure dealer commits the crime of failure to obtain a
supplemental license if the dealer has a manufactured structure dealer license
and opens any additional place of business using the same business name without
first obtaining a supplemental license under ORS 446.716.
(b) A
manufactured structure dealer commits the crime of failure to obtain a
corrected dealer license if the dealer moves a place of business or changes the
business name without first obtaining a corrected dealer license under ORS
446.716.
(c) A
manufactured structure dealer commits the crime of failure to maintain proper
manufactured structure dealer records if the dealer does not keep records or
books with all of the following information concerning a used manufactured
structure the dealer handles:
(A) A record of
the purchase, sale or exchange or of the dealers receipt for purpose of sale.
(B) A description
of the manufactured structure.
(C) The name and
address of the seller, the purchaser and the alleged owner or other person from
whom the manufactured structure was purchased or received or to whom it was
sold or delivered.
(D) A duly
assigned ownership document or other document evidencing ownership or a bill of
sale from the registered owner of the manufactured structure from the time of
delivery to the dealer until the dealer disposes of the manufactured structure.
(d) A
manufactured structure dealer commits the crime of failure to allow
administrative inspection if the dealer refuses to allow the Department of
Consumer and Business Services to inspect the dealers records and manufactured
structures in the possession of the dealer at any time during normal business
hours.
(e) A
manufactured structure dealer commits the crime of failure to allow police
inspection if the dealer refuses to allow a police officer to conduct an
inspection of the dealers records and manufactured structures in the
possession of the dealer at any time during normal business hours.
(f) A
manufactured structure dealer commits the crime of failure to exhibit the
manufactured structure dealer license if the dealer fails to exhibit the
license at the place of business of the dealer at all times while the license
is in force. This paragraph does not apply to dealer activity at a temporary
exhibition of manufactured structures.
(g) A
manufactured structure dealer commits the crime of failure to satisfy an
interest in a manufactured structure if, within 15 days after transfer of any
interest in a manufactured structure to the dealer by a person other than
another manufactured structure dealer, or within 15 days after receiving the
ownership document for a manufactured structure obtained from another
manufactured structure dealer, the dealer fails to satisfy:
(A) The interest
of any person from whom the dealer purchased or obtained the manufactured
structure;
(B) The interest
of any person from whom the person described in subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph leased the manufactured structure; and
(C) All security
interests in the manufactured structure entered into prior to the time of
transfer.
(h) Except as
provided in subsection (2) of this section, a manufactured structure dealer
commits the crime of failure to report an interest transfer for a manufactured
structure if, 90 calendar days after a transfer of interest that is subject to
ORS 446.736, the dealer has failed to submit:
(A) An
application to the Department of Consumer and Business Services for an
ownership document; or
(B) Sufficient
information to a lender to allow the lender to make an application to the
department for an ownership document.
(i) A person
commits the crime of acting as a manufactured structure dealer while under
suspension, revocation or cancellation if the person conducts business as a
manufactured structure dealer in this state and the persons manufactured
structure dealer license is revoked, canceled or suspended, regardless of
whether the person is licensed as a manufactured structure dealer in another
jurisdiction.
(j) A
manufactured structure dealer commits the crime of failure to maintain bond or
letter of credit coverage if the dealer permits a bond or letter of credit to
lapse during the period that the bond or letter of credit is required under ORS
446.691, 446.696 or 446.701 or if the dealer fails to purchase a bond or letter
of credit that complies with ORS 446.726.
(2) A dealer is
not considered to have committed the crime described in subsection (1)(h) of
this section if the dealer demonstrates that:
(a) The dealer
has made a good faith effort to comply; and
(b) The dealers
failure to make an application or provide informati