(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may examine the accounts, books and papers of every person the director has reasonable cause to believe is violating any provision of ORS § 707.005 or 707.010.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 707.020

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(2) When the director believes, from evidence satisfactory to the director, that any person is violating the provisions of ORS § 707.005 or 707.010, the director may cause a complaint to be filed in the circuit court of the county in which the person conducts business to enjoin and restrain the person from continuing the violation. The court shall have jurisdiction of the proceeding and may make and enter an order or judgment awarding such preliminary or final injunctive relief as in its judgment is proper. [Amended by 1973 c.797 § 52; 1997 c.631 § 31]

 

[1993 c.229 § 7; repealed by 1997 c.631 § 567]

 

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