Oregon State Bar Legal Publications

Cannabis, both medical and recreational, has been legal in Oregon since 2015. The legislatures and agencies continue to add to the statutes and rules to address this rapidly evolving area of law. Get the latest edition of Oregon Cannabis Codebook and have the statutes and related administrative rules in this growing area of law at your fingertips.

Includes:

Volume 1 – Statutes

ORS chapter 475B—Cannabis Regulation—is provided in its entirety

Below is a list of some of the areas of law included in volume 1 of the Cannabis Codebook. Relevant statutes are provided from the following ORS chapters:

Property Rights and Transactions:
ORS chapter 90 – Residential landlord and tenant
ORS chapter 105 – Property rights

Criminal Procedure:
ORS chapter 135 – Arraignment and pretrial provisions
ORS chapter 137 – Judgment and execution; parole and probation
ORS chapter 144 – Parole; post-prison supervision
ORS chapter 146 – Investigations of deaths, injuries, and missing persons

Crimes and Punishments:
ORS chapter 161 – Crimes and punishments
ORS chapter 163 – Offenses against persons
ORS chapter 166 – Offenses against public order
ORS chapter 167 – Offenses against general welfare

Revenue and Taxation:
ORS chapter 316 – personal tax
ORS chapter 317 – corporation excise tax

Human Services and Juvenile Code:
ORS chapters 419A–419C – Juvenile Code
ORS chapter 420 – Youth correction facilities
ORS chapter 423 – Corrections and crime control administration

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment:
ORS chapter 430 – Substance abuse treatment programs

Agriculture:
ORS chapter 571 – Licensed agricultural crops

Occupations and Professions:
ORS chapter 676 – health professions
ORS chapter 689 – pharmacists; drug outlets and sales

Oregon Vehicle Code:
ORS chapter 801 – Oregon Vehicle Code
ORS chapter 807 – Driving privileges
ORS chapter 809 – Refusal, suspension, and cancellation of driving privileges
ORS chapter 811 – Rules of the road
ORS chapter 813 – Driving under the influence

New legislation enacted by the 2019 Legislature includes provisions affecting production and licensing of marijuana and cannabis; new provisions relating to expungement of marijuana-related convictions, and reduction of offense classification of marijuana convictions; and new provisions relating to agreements with other states regarding delivery of marijuana between states and cross-jurisdictional enforcement of marijuana-related businesses.

Volume 2 – Administrative Rules

The following divisions are provided in their entirety:

OAR chapter 333 division 7 – Marijuana labeling, concentration limits, and testing
OAR chapter 333 division 8 – Medical marijuana
OAR chapter 603, division 48 – Industrial hemp
OAR chapter 845 division 25 – Recreational marijuana

Below is a list of some of the areas of law included in volume 2 of the Cannabis Codebook. Relevant rules are taken from the following OAR chapters and divisions:

Department of Revenue:
OAR chapter 150, division 475 – Marijuana point-of-sale tax

Criminal Justice Commission:
OAR chapter 213, division 19 – drug offense subcategories

Oregon Health Authority:
OAR chapter 333, division 15 – standards for reducing sale of inhalant delivery systems
OAR chapter 333, division 64 – accreditation of laboratories
OAR chapter 415, division 54 – DUII, drug evaluation and screening

Department of Human Services – Self-sufficiency programs:
OAR chapter 461, division 120 – eligibility requirements
OAR chapter 461, division 160 – calculating benefits
OAR chapter 461, division 165 – issuing benefits
OAR chapter 461, division 195 – liens and overpayments

Department of Transportation:
OAR chapter 735, division 61 – third-party testing for Class C driver license
OAR chapter 735, division 64 – special driver permits
OAR chapter 735, division 70 – driver licenses

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This second edition of Rights of Foreign Nationals addresses issues affecting foreign nationals living in Oregon by combining relevant statutes, rules, and cases on matters such as domestic relations, employment, personal injuries, criminal offenses, business law, and public benefits. It includes a brand new chapter on airport issues. This valuable reference will help lawyers avoid potential pitfalls, and highlights situations in which standard advice for a citizen client might be inappropriate for a noncitizen client.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Automobile Issues
2 Business Law
3 Criminal Law—Immigration Consequences Arising from Criminal Actions of U.S. Citizens and Noncitizens
4 Employment Issues
5 Family Law
6 Housing
7 Public and Financial Benefits
8 Tax Law
9 Noncitizen Juveniles: Special Rules and Challenges
10 Noncitizen Survivors of Crimes and Domestic Abuse
11 Estate Planning
12 Airport and Boarder Issues

Table of Statutes and Rules
Table of Cases
Subject Index

A special thank you to the following editors and authors for their time and contribution to this new edition:

Teresa Statler, Philip Hornik, Mark Kinzler, Turid Owren, David N. Shamloo, Michael Dale, Christ Frost, Bradley Lechman-Su, Aukjen Ingraham, William J. Ohle, David Henretty, Megan Dorton, Beth Englander, Carol-Ann Simon, Siovhan Sheridan-Ayala, Michael M. Moore, Lucas, A. Welliver, and Bradley Maier.

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• 2 volumes; loose-leaf
• 1,500 pages ~
• Publication Date: May 2020
• Editorial Review Board: William Earle, Chris Carson, Emily Miller, Ronald Clark, and Seth Row

This new edition of Insurance Law in Oregon is completely reorganized and updated, with 12 chapters covering new subject matter never before included in this publication. Our expert authors explain the fundamental issues of insurance law, such as interpreting policy language and the insurer’s duty to defend, settle, and pay. In addition, they address cutting edge issues, such as cyber and privacy insurance and employment practices liability insurance. This comprehensive resource will make a perfect addition to your library.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A special thank you to the following editors and authors for their time and contribution to this new edition:

William Earle, Chris Carson, Emily Miller, Ronald Clark, Seth Row, Jacki Mitchson, Ivan Resendiz Gutierrez, Michael B. Merchant, Matthew D. Colley, Martin W. Jaqua, Thomas A. Ped, Taryn M. Basauri, Melia Marie Shears, Eric E. Meyer, Bernard S. Moore, Robert S. May, Douglas M. Bragg, Kevin S. Mapes, Lloyd Bernstein, Dwain Clifford, Dan Thenell, Margaret E. Schroeder, Michael Farnell, Shanelle A. Honda, Gabriel Le Chevallier, Paul Mockford, Kevin Sasse, Jack Levy, Vicki M. Smith, Rick A. Lee, Kyle Sturm, Heather Beasley, John R. Bachofner, Katie D. Buxman, Cliff J. Wilson, Hilary A. Boyd, Jonathan M. Hoffman, Andrew Guess, James Walker, Erica Clausen, Katelyn Fulton, Frank Langfitt, David J. Riewald, Margaret Van Valkenburg, Chester D. Hill, Brian Talcott, Darren Beatty, Megan Glor, Hans Huggler, Michael J. Knapp, Jeremy Bordelon, Scott Sell, Jay W. Beattie, Chris M. Parker, Francis J. (FJ) Maloney, III, Scott A. MacLaren, Christine A. Webb, Rick Pope, Everett W. Jack, Drew Passmore, Steve Rizzo, Shaun Morgan, Ryan M. DesJardins, Krisopher L. Kolta, W. Blake Mikkelsen, Clint Tapper, Lou Ferreira, Guy Thompson, Richard Williams, Robert Bonaparte, Dean Heiling, Hon. Karsten Rasmussen, and Audrey L. Stone

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This small paperback codebook puts the essential probate and uniform trust code statutes at your fingertips. Serves as a companion to Administering Trusts in Oregon, but is also a useful stand-alone resource. Includes significant 2019 legislation. This publication is not available on BarBooks™.

Includes:

• ORS Chapter 111 — General Provisions
• ORS Chapter 112 — Interstate Succession and Wills
• ORS Chapter 113 — Initiation of Estate Proceedings
• ORS Chapter 114 — Administration of Estates Generally
• ORS Chapter 115 — Claims; Actions and Suits
• ORS Chapter 116 — Accounting, Distribution and Closing
• ORS Chapter 117 — Estates of Absentees
• ORS Chapter 118 — Estate Tax
• ORS Chapter 128 — Trusts; Charitable Activities
• ORS Chapter 129 — Uniform Principal and Income Act
• ORS Chapter 130 — Uniform Trust Code

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With Oregon Uniform Jury Instructions you will always be prepared for trial with up-to-date and customizable jury instructions, save time by using instructions already drafted by the experts, and represent your clients with confidence using the comments to the instructions.

Oregon Uniform Civil Jury Instructions

• 1 New instruction
• 10 Revised instructions

In 2019, The Uniform Civil Jury Instructions Committee updated 10 instructions and issued one new instruction. The committee completed its multi-year review of the disability-discrimination instructions, completely reorganizing them and issuing a new instruction. The committee also updated instructions in the areas of fiduciary duty and condemnation.

Oregon Uniform Criminal Instructions

• 2 New instruction
• 19 Revised instructions
• 11 Instructions were reviewed for accuracy

In 2019, the Uniform Criminal Jury Instructions Committee significantly revised a number of instructions, including those dealing with attempt, physical injury, failure to appear, sex abuse, and harassment. It also wrote two new instructions on vouching and modified evidence. Other instructions have been updated with recent case law.

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• 1 volume; loose-leaf
• 1000 pages ~
• Publication Date: December 2019

Most of your clients have at least one automobile, or are impacted by the presence of automobiles in their lives. Whether it’s a consumer issue, an insurance coverage issue, or a tort or criminal law problem, Oregon Automobile Law Compilation has the answers you need. The second edition of this popular volume pulls together, in one convenient resource, chapters from several other Legal Publications titles, each of which deals with automobiles in some way.

Highlights Include:

Issues with Buying and Owning an Automobile
o Retail Installment Contracts
o Consumer Leasing Act
o Warranties (Lemon Laws)
o Unlawful Trade Practices
o Vehicles and Business Entities

Automobile Insurance Issues
o Automobile Insurance – Liability, Comprehensive, and Collision
o Commercial Auto & Garage Policies
o UM/UIM and PIP Insurance
o Steps Following Loss + Powers and Duties of Adjusters

Torts, Accidents, and Damages Involving Automobiles
o Vehicle Collisions
o Dram Shop Act [reserved for expansion]
o Compensatory Damages
o Punitive Damages
o Pain and Suffering
o Mental Distress
o Loss of Earnings and Earning Capacity
o Medical Expenses
o Impaired Living Capacity
o Contributory Negligence and Comparative Fault
o Loss of Services
o Wrongful Death
o Physical Injury to or Loss of Chattels
o Dispossession of Personal Property
o Mitigation of Damages
o Collateral Benefits and the Collateral-Source Rule
o Additur and Remittitur
o Attorney Fees

Criminal Laws Involving Automobiles
o Investigatory Stops and Frisks
o Search and Seizure—without Warrants
o Search and Seizure—with Warrants
o Seizure of Property
o DUII
o Diversion, Civil Compromise, and Other Alternatives [reserved for expansion]
o Traffic Offenses
o Former Jeopardy
o Sentencing
o Setting Aside Conviction or Record of Arrest

Dispossession of Automobiles
o Creditors’ Claims – Statutory & Possessory Liens
o Exemptions
o Self-help Remedies under the Uniform Commercial Code
o Judicial Foreclosure of Security Interests in Personal Property
o Automobile Issues Arising after Owner’s Death [reserved for expansion]

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• 1 volume; loose-leaf
• 1,100 pages ~
• Publication Date: December 2019
• Editorial Review Board: Andrew H. Ognall; John R. Thomas; Ernie Bootsma; and Mark von Bergen

Covering partnerships, limited liability companies, C and S corporation formation and operation, corporate reorganizations, business acquisitions, and intellectual property agreements, Advising Oregon Businesses, volume 5 puts a myriad of forms and agreements at your fingertips. Each form relates to material covered in the rest of the Advising Oregon Businesses series. Most forms include comments, citations to statutes and legal authorities, and alternative clauses to help you tailor them to your clients’ needs.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introductory Comment

PARTNERSHIPS
1 Partnership Agreement Checklist
2 Partnership Agreement
3 Limited Liability Partnership—Amendment to Partnership Agreement
4 Certificate of Limited Partnership
5 Agreement of Limited Partnership

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES
6 Limited Liability Company Articles of Organization
7 Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement—Safe-Harbor Manager-Managed LLC
8 Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement—Simple Member-Managed LLC
9 Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement—Single-Member LLC

CORPORATIONS—ORGANIZATION
10 Letter to Client Regarding Incorporation of a Closely Held Business
11 Letter to Client Disclosing Potential Conflicts in the Context of Entity Formation
12 Preincorporation Checklist
13 Articles of Incorporation—Business Corporation (Short Form)
14 Articles of Incorporation—Business Corporation (Long Form)
15 Articles of Incorporation—Benefit Company (Short Form)
16 Articles of Incorporation—Professional Corporation
17 Articles of Incorporation—Nonprofit Public-Benefit Corporation
18 Articles of Incorporation—Nonprofit Mutual-Benefit Corporation
19 Bylaws—Business Corporation
20 Bylaws—Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation

CORPORATIONS—STOCK
21 Bylaws—Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation
22 Minutes of Organizational Meeting of Directors
23 Consent in Lieu of Organizational Meeting of Directors
24 Subscription Agreement
25 Stock Certificate for Common Stock
26 Stock Certificate for Preferred Stock
27 Legends for Stock Certificates
28 Affidavit of Loss of Stock Certificate and Indemnity Agreement
29 Buy-Sell Agreement Introductory Comment

CORPORATIONS—MEETINGS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
30 Voting Trust Agreement
31 Voting Trust Certificate
32 Voting Agreement
33 Irrevocable Authorization of a Proxy
34 Notice of Special Meeting of Board of Directors

CORPORATIONS—MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
35 Waiver of Notice of Meeting of Board of Directors
36 Minutes of Annual Meeting of Board of Directors
37 Resolution for Annual Meeting of Board of Trustees
38 Notice of meeting of Shareholders
39 Minutes of Meeting of Shareholders
40 Resolutions for Meeting of Shareholders

OTHER CORPORATE MATTERS
41 Certificate of Mailing
42 Proxy Statement for Annual Meeting of Shareholders
43 Proxy for Annual Meeting of Shareholders
44 Indemnification Agreement
45 Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation—Before Shares Issued
46 Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation—After Shares Issued
47 Restated Articles of Incorporation and Accompanying Certificate
48 Stock-Transfer Agreement
49 Preferred Stock-Purchase Agreement
50 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
51 Employment Agreement
52 Independent Contractor Agreement
53 Employee or Consultant Confidentiality Agreement

SUBCHAPTER S CORPORATIONS
54 Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation, and Nondisclosure Agreement
55 Key Employees’ Stock-Option Plan

CORPORATE REORGANIZATIONS
56 Stock-Option Agreement
57 Agreement to Preserve S Corporation Status
58 Statement of Revocation of S Corporation Election
59 Type A Reorganizations: Agreement and Plan of Merger
60 Articles of Merger
61 Divisive Type D Reorganizations: Agreement and Plan of Corporate Separation

BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS
62 Type E Reorganizations: Agreement and Plan of Recapitalization
63 Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders to Approve Proposed Merger
64 Plan of Conversion
65 Acquisition Due Diligence Checklist
66 Letter of Intent for Sale of Assets in a Company Acquisition
67 Letter of Intent for Sale of Stock in a Company Acquisition
68 Certified Resolutions Authorizing Sale of Business Assets
69 Agreement for Sale and Purchase of Business Assets
70 Stock Purchase Agreement
71 Promissory Note
72 Guaranty Agreement
73 Security Agreement
74 Pledge Agreement
75 Escrow Agreement for Pledge of Stock
76 Blank Stock Power
77 Closing Memorandum – Asset Purchase
78 Closing Memorandum – Stock Purchase
79 Opinion Letter—Sale of Assets
80 Opinion Letter—Sale of Shares
81 Officer’s Certificate to Support Opinion

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
82 Bill of Sale for Personal Property
83 Assignment and Assumption
84 Submitted Idea Agreement (Reverse Confidentiality Agreement)
85 One-Way Confidentiality Agreement
86 Mutual Confidentiality Clause
87 Mutual Confidentiality Agreement
88 Assignment or License by Independent Contractor, Hired to Create
89 Patent License Agreement
90 Patent Assignment
91 Copyright Assignment
92 Trademark Assignment
93 End User License Agreement
94 Software Development Agreement
95 Website/Mobile App Development Agreement

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
96 Online Services or Software-As-A-Service Agreement
97 Franchise Agreement
98 Miscellaneous Provisions

A special thank you to all our volunteer authors and editors for their time and contributions to this new edition. Order your copy today by visiting our online bookstore. You may also contact our CLE Service Center at (503) 431-6413 or 1-800-452-8260, x 413.