Oregon Code § 554.070·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Membership;
meetings; voting; proxies; voting trusts; quorum; removal of officers.
(1) Every owner of land described
in the articles of incorporation is a member of the corporation, and membership
is lost or gained through a sale or purchase of any of said land, as the case
may be, by which the legal title is transferred. In case of sale or purchase
under contract without transfer of legal title, the parties may agree with
respect to voting such land as provided in the bylaws, and unless so agreed and
determined pursuant thereto the holder of the legal title shall be entitled to
vote. Corporate owners may by resolution of their board of directors appoint
and designate a proxy as provided by the bylaws.
(2) At all
meetings of the members of the corporation each member who attends in person,
or by proxy appointed in writing, shall be entitled to vote as provided in the
articles of incorporation. In the absence of a provision in the articles of
incorporation, each member shall be entitled to vote the amount of acreage of
the land owned by the member on the basis of one vote for each acre of land.
Nothing in the laws of Oregon shall be construed to prevent any owners of land,
or members of the corporation, from joining in a voting trust or from giving a
proxy or power of attorney to vote such membership for a term of years or until
the happening or performance of a named contingency or condition. Except as
provided in subsection (4) of this section or ORS 554.560, members representing
a majority of the votes entitled to be cast shall be necessary to constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business at all landowners meetings, and a
majority vote shall govern in all cases except as otherwise specially provided
by law.
(3) At any
meeting of the members of the corporation any officer may be removed and
another elected in the place of the officer. There must be at least one regular
meeting of the members in each year, to be fixed by the bylaws, and there shall
be such other meetings as may be called under the provisions of the bylaws.
(4) When members
representing a majority of the votes entitled to be cast or their appointed
proxies do not attend the regular annual meeting of the members of the
corporation or any other meeting called under the bylaws, the directors of the
corporation may call another meeting of the members on a date that is not later
than 60 days after the date of the meeting at which a quorum was not obtained.
At such subsequent meeting, members representing 25 percent or more of the
votes entitled to be cast shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. [Amended by 1985 c.466 §1; 1995 c.233 §2]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 554.070
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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