Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 479 § 479.620 — Certain electrical license required; electrical installations by unlicensed
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 479 ·
Oregon Code § 479.620·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Certain electrical license required; electrical installations by unlicensed
persons prohibited.
Subject to ORS 479.540, a person may not:
(1) Without an
electrical contractors license, engage in the business of making electrical
installations, advertise as or otherwise purport to be licensed to make
electrical installations or purport to be acting as a business that makes
electrical installations.
(2) Except as
provided in ORS 479.630 (10)(c) and (11)(f), direct, supervise or control the
making of an electrical installation without a supervising electricians
license.
(3) Except as
provided in subsection (5) of this section, make any electrical installation
without a supervising or journeyman electricians license.
(4) Perform work
on an electrical installation as an electrical apprentice without an electrical
apprentices license.
(5) Make any
electrical installation on a single or multifamily dwelling unit not exceeding
three floors above grade, as provided in ORS 479.630 (14), without a limited
residential electricians license.
(6) Permit or
suffer any electrical installation on property that the person owns, controls,
manages or supervises to be made by a person not licensed to make such an
installation. [1959 c.406 §10; 1983 c.733 §2; 1987 c.874 §3; 1995 c.715 §3;
2003 c.675 §67; 2007 c.548 §1; 2011 c.9 §68]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 479.620
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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