ORS 726.010 Definitions

As used in this chapter:

“Pawnbroker” means a person, copartnership, association or corporation that:

Lends money at a rate of interest greater than 10 percent per annum on the deposit or pledge of personal property;

Purchases personal property on the direct or implied condition of selling the personal property back at a stipulated price that would amount to paying interest or consideration in excess of 10 percent per annum; or

Does business as a storage warehouse operator and lends money at a rate of interest greater than 10 percent per annum upon goods, wares, merchandise or personal property pledged or deposited as collateral security.

“Personal property” means tangible property a person owns, including:

Chattels and movables, such as merchandise, furniture, goods, machinery, tools and equipment, supplies and media;

Pledges that are not required to be registered with the Department of Transportation;

Snowmobiles, as defined in ORS 801.490;

Trailers that have a loaded weight of not more than 8,000 pounds and that are designed or manufactured, or are otherwise suitable, for carrying a boat, snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle; and

Equipment used for farming.

“Personal property” does not include:

Pledges that are required to be registered with the Department of Transportation, unless the pledge is a snowmobile or a trailer described in paragraph (a) of this subsection;

Choses in action;

Securities or printed evidence of indebtedness; or

Intangible property.

“Pledge” means personal property deposited with a pawnbroker in the course of the business of the pawnbroker.

“Pledgor” means a person who delivers a pledge into the possession of a pawnbroker, unless the person discloses that the person is or was acting for another, in which event “pledgor” means the disclosed principal.

“Pledge loan” means a loan that a pawnbroker makes to a pledgor and that is secured by a pledge.