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698.010[Repealed by 1967 c.344 §10] 698.020[Repealed by 1967 c.344 §10] 698.030[Repealed by 1967 c.344 §10] 698.040[Repealed by 1967 c.344 §10] 698.050[Repealed by 1967 c.344 §10] 698.060[Repealed by 1967 c.344 §10] 698.070[Repealed by 1967 c.344 §10] 698.080[Repealed by 1967 c.344 §10] 698.090[Repealed by 1967 c.344 §10] 698.210[Amended by 1975 c.452 §1; repealed by 1975 c.453 §1] 698.220[Repealed by 1975 c.453 §1] 698.230[Repealed by 1975 c.453 §1] 698.240[Repealed by 1975 c.453 §1] 698.250[Repealed by 1975 c.453 §1] 698.260[Repealed by 1975 c.453 §1] 698.270[Repealed by 1975 c.453 §1] 698.280[Repealed by 1975 c.453 §1] 698.290[Amended by 1975 c.452 §2; repealed by 1975 c.453 §1] 698.300[Repealed by 1975 c.453 §1] 698.310[Amended by 1975 c.452 §3; repealed by 1975 c.453 §1] 698.320[Amended by 1975 c.452 §4; repealed by 1975 c.453 §1] 698.330[Repealed by 1975 c.453 §1] 698.410[1955 c.659 §1; repealed by 1967 c.344 §10] 698.420[1955 c.659 §2; 1965 c.340 §1; repealed by 1967 c.344 §10] 698.430[1955 c.659 §3; repealed by 1967 c.344 §10] 698.440[1955 c.659 §§4,5; repealed by 1967 c.344 §10] 698.450[1955 c.659 §6; repealed by 1967 c.344 §10] 698.460[1955 c.659 §7; repealed by 1967 c.344 §10] 698.510[1957 c.722 §1; 1959 c.308 §1; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.520[1957 c.722 §3; 1959 c.308 §2; 1965 c.313 §5; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.525[1969 c.510 §2; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.530[1957 c.722 §2; 1969 c.510 §4; 1971 c.578 §19; 1975 c.453 §2; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.535[1969 c.510 §3; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.540[1957 c.722 §4; 1959 c.308 §3; 1965 c.313 §6; 1969 c.510 §5; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.550[1957 c.722 §5; 1959 c.308 §4; 1965 c.313 §7; 1975 c.429 §17; 1977 c.873 §23; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.560[1957 c.722 §6; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.570[1957 c.722 §7; 1969 c.510 §6; 1971 c.734 §164; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.580[1957 c.722 §8; repealed by 1971 c.734 §21] 698.585[1971 c.734 §166; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.590[1957 c.722 §9; 1959 c.308 §9; 1963 c.439 §1; 1965 c.313 §8; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.600[1957 c.722 §10; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.610[1957 c.722 §11; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.620[1957 c.722 §12; 1959 c.308 §5; 1959 c.406 §33; 1963 c.461 §28; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5 and by 1979 c.828 §14] 698.630[1965 c.313 §§2,3; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.635Definitions for ORS 698.640 and 698.650 698.640Requirements for auction sales, consignment sales, auctioneers, consignees and auction marts; violation as unlawful trade practice; payments; penalty 698.650Exemptions 698.710[1957 c.722 §13; 1963 c.580 §65; 1967 c.401 §7; 1969 c.314 §99; 1969 c.510 §7; 1971 c.753 §40; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.720[1957 c.722 §14; repealed by 1971 c.753 §74] 698.730[1957 c.722 §18; 1959 c.308 §6; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.740[1957 c.722 §15; repealed by 1971 c.753 §74] 698.750[1957 c.722 §16; 1967 c.637 §36; repealed by 1971 c.753 §74] 698.755[1959 c.308 §8; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.760[1957 c.722 §17; repealed by 1971 c.753 §74] 698.770[1957 c.722 §19; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5] 698.990[Subsection (3) of 1965 Replacement Part enacted as 1955 c.659 §8; subsection (2) enacted as part of 1957 c.722 §19; 1967 c.344 §9; 1975 c.453 §3; repealed by 1977 c.842 §5]

Chapter 698 — Auctions

ORS 698.635 Definitions for ORS 698.640 and 698.650

As used in ORS 698.640 and 698.650:

(1)

“Auction” or “auction sale” means a sale of or an offer to sell real or personal property to the highest bidder.

(2)

“Auctioneer” means a person who sells or offers to sell property at auction, either on the person’s own behalf or for another person.

(3)

“Auction mart” means a fixed or established place designed, intended or used to conduct auction sales where more than one sale has occurred during a calendar year.

(4)

“Consignee” means a person to whom another person offers, gives or entrusts personal property with the expectation that the person will sell the personal property in a manner other than at an auction sale and compensate the other person from the proceeds of the sale.

(5)

“Consignment sale” means a sale of personal property, or a display of personal property for the purpose of selling the personal property, that a consignee conducts in public or with members of the public other than at a public auction.

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