Oregon Code § 60.254·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Voting
trusts.
(1) One or
more shareholders may create a voting trust and conferring on a trustee the
right to vote or otherwise act for them by signing an agreement setting out the
provisions of the trust which may include anything consistent with its purpose
and transferring their shares to the trustee. When a voting trust agreement is
signed, the trustee shall prepare a list of the names and addresses of all
owners of beneficial interests in the trust, together with the number and class
of shares each transferred to the trust, and deliver copies of the list and
agreement to the corporations principal office.
(2) A voting
trust becomes effective on the date the first shares subject to the trust are
registered in the trustees name. A voting trust is valid for not more than 10
years after its effective date unless extended under subsection (3) of this
section.
(3) All or some
of the parties to a voting trust may extend it for additional terms of not more
than 10 years each by signing an extension agreement and obtaining the voting
trustees written consent to the extension. An extension is valid for 10 years
from the date the first shareholder signs the extension agreement. The voting
trustee must deliver copies of the extension agreement and list of beneficial
owners to the corporations principal office. An extension agreement binds only
those parties signing it. [1987 c.52 §65]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 60.254
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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