Oregon Code § 701.021·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
License requirement; endorsements.
(1) Except as provided in ORS 701.010, a person or joint venture that
undertakes, offers to undertake or submits a bid to do work as a contractor
must have a current license issued by the Construction Contractors Board and
possess an appropriate endorsement as provided in this section. For purposes of
offering to undertake or submitting a bid to do work, a partnership or joint
venture is licensed and endorsed if any partner or joint venturer whose name
appears in the business name of the partnership or joint venture has a current
license issued by the board and possesses an appropriate endorsement.
(2) A person or
joint venture that undertakes, offers to undertake or submits a bid to do work
as a contractor in preparation for or in connection with a residential
structure must have one of the following endorsements:
(a) Residential
general contractor.
(b) Residential
specialty contractor.
(c) Residential
limited contractor.
(d) Residential
developer.
(e) Residential
locksmith services contractor.
(f) Residential
restoration contractor.
(g) Home
inspector services contractor.
(h) Home services
contractor.
(i) Home energy
performance score contractor.
(3) A person or
joint venture that undertakes, offers to undertake or submits a bid to do work
as a contractor in preparation for or in connection with a small commercial
structure must have one of the following endorsements:
(a) Residential
general contractor.
(b) Residential
specialty contractor.
(c) Residential
limited contractor.
(d) Residential
developer.
(e) Residential
locksmith services contractor.
(f) Residential
restoration contractor.
(g) Commercial
general contractor level 1.
(h) Commercial
specialty contractor level 1.
(i) Commercial
general contractor level 2.
(j) Commercial
specialty contractor level 2.
(k) Commercial
developer.
(4) A person or
joint venture that undertakes, offers to undertake or submits a bid to do work
as a contractor in preparation for or in connection with a large commercial structure
must have one of the following endorsements:
(a) Commercial
general contractor level 1.
(b) Commercial
specialty contractor level 1.
(c) Commercial
general contractor level 2.
(d) Commercial
specialty contractor level 2.
(e) Commercial
developer. [2007 c.836 §2; 2010 c.57 §1; 2013 c.300 §8; 2013 c.383 §10; 2015
c.498 §5]