(1) Except as provided in ORS § 65.231 pertaining to proxies or as set forth in or authorized by the articles of incorporation or bylaws, a member may not transfer a membership or any right arising from a membership.

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 65.147

  • Articles of incorporation: means the articles of incorporation described in ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Bylaws: means a set of provisions for managing and regulating a corporation's affairs that the corporation must adopt under ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: means a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Member: means a person that is entitled, under a domestic corporation's or foreign corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws, to exercise any of the rights described in ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Membership: means the rights and obligations a member has under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
  • Public benefit corporation: means a domestic corporation that:

    (a) Is formed as a public benefit corporation under ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001

  • Religious corporation: means a domestic corporation that is formed as a religious corporation under ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001

(2) A member of a public benefit corporation or religious corporation may not transfer for value a membership or any right arising from a membership, unless the transferring member is a public benefit corporation or religious corporation.

(3) If transfer rights have been provided, a restriction on the transfer rights is not binding with respect to a member holding a membership issued before the adoption of the restriction unless the restriction is approved by the members and the affected member. [1989 c.1010 § 43; 2019 c.174 § 32]