ORS 658.808 Landowner liability for operation of unregistered farmworker camp on landowner’s property; rebuttable presumption

As used in this section, “landowner” means any person that has a substantial ownership interest in real property.

A landowner who, at the time of the farmworker camp’s operation, knows or should have known that the landowner’s property is being used as the site of a farmworker camp shall be jointly and severally liable with the person acting as the farmworker camp operator to the same extent and in the same manner as provided in ORS 658.805 (3) and (4).

There is a rebuttable presumption that a landowner did not know and could not reasonably have known of the operation of an unregistered farmworker camp on the landowner’s property if the landowner produces a written lease agreement or a copy thereof that expressly prohibits the operation of an unregistered farmworker camp on the property by the lessee or any other person. The presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence that the landowner knew or should have known of the operation of the farmworker camp.