Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 701.312

• Board: means the Construction Contractors Board. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contractor: means any of the following:

  (a) A person that, for compensation or with the intent to sell, arranges or undertakes or offers to undertake or submits a bid to construct, alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, inspect, move, wreck or demolish, for another, a building, highway, road, railroad, excavation or other structure, project, development or improvement attached to real estate, or to do any part thereof. See Oregon Statutes 701.005

• Home improvement: means a renovation, remodel, repair or alteration by a residential contractor to an existing owner-occupied:

  (A) Residence that is a site-built home;

  (B) Condominium, rental residential unit or other residential dwelling unit that is part of a larger structure, if the property interest in the unit is separate from the property interest in the larger structure;

  (C) Modular home constructed off-site;

  (D) Manufactured dwelling; or

  (E) Floating home, as defined in ORS § 830. See Oregon Statutes 701.005

• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.