Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 59 § 59.480 — Definitions for ORS 59.480 to 59.505
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 59 ·
Oregon Code § 59.480·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Definitions for ORS 59.480 to 59.505.
As used in ORS 59.480 to 59.505:
(1)(a) Financial
exploitation means:
(A) Wrongfully
taking assets, funds or property belonging to or intended for the use of
another person;
(B) Alarming
another person by conveying a threat to wrongfully take or appropriate money or
property of the person if the person would reasonably believe that the threat
conveyed would be carried out;
(C)
Misappropriating, misusing or transferring without authorization any money from
any account held jointly or singly by another person; or
(D) Using the
income or assets of another person for purposes other than the support and
maintenance of the person without the persons consent.
(b) Financial
exploitation does not include a transfer of money or property that is made for
the purpose of qualifying a person for Medicaid benefits or for any other state
or federal assistance program, or the holding and exercise of control over
money or property after such a transfer.
(2) Financial
institution has the meaning given that term in ORS 706.008.
(3) Qualified
individual means an individual who is:
(a) A
salesperson;
(b) An investment
adviser representative; or
(c) A person who
serves in a supervisory, compliance or legal capacity for a broker-dealer or
state investment adviser, or who is otherwise identified in the written
supervisory procedures of a broker-dealer or state investment adviser.
(4) Trust
company has the meaning given that term in ORS 706.008.
(5) Vulnerable
person has the meaning given that term in ORS 124.100. [2017 c.514 §2]
Plain English Explanation
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 59.480
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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