Oregon Code § 723.602·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Investment of funds; rules.
A credit union may invest funds not used in loans to members in:
(1) Securities,
obligations or other instruments of or issued by or fully guaranteed as to
principal and interest by the United States or an agency of the United States
or in a trust or trusts established directly or collectively in the securities,
obligations or instruments described in this subsection.
(2) Obligations
of a state of the United States, the agencies or instrumentalities of the
federal government, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
and the several territories organized by Congress, or a political subdivision
of a state, district, commonwealth or territory identified in this subsection.
(3) Certificates
of deposit or passbook type accounts issued by a state or national bank, mutual
savings bank or savings and loan association.
(4) Loans to or
in shares or deposits of other credit unions.
(5) Stocks,
membership units or other ownership interests in, or loans to, a corporation,
limited liability company or mutual association in an aggregate amount not to
exceed five percent of assets, if:
(a) The purposes
for which the corporation, limited liability company or mutual association is
organized are primarily to service or otherwise assist credit union operations;
or
(b) The
corporation, limited liability company or mutual association provides goods or
services associated with the routine operations of the credit union, the
investment or loan is reasonably related to the credit unions use or potential
use of the goods or services provided, the investment or loan is made in
accordance with any rules governing such investments or loans as may be adopted
by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services and the
credit union receives prior approval for the investment or loan from the
director.
(6) Shares of a
credit union cooperative society organized under the laws of this state or of
the laws of the United States in a total amount not exceeding one percent of
the shares, deposits and surplus of the credit union.
(7) Loans to a
national or state credit union association or corporation of which the credit
union is a member, except that the loans must be limited to not more than five
percent of the assets of the credit union.
(8) Other
investments the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services
approves by rule or order. [1975 c.652 §64; 1987 c.286 §11; 1999 c.185 §48;
2005 c.95 §9; 2011 c.327 §4; 2021 c.125 §3; 2023 c.57 §4]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 723.602
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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