Oregon Statutes 72.3160 – Exclusion or modification of warranties; livestock warranty
(1) Words or conduct relevant to the creation of an express warranty and words or conduct tending to negate or limit warranty shall be construed wherever reasonable as consistent with each other; but subject to the provisions of ORS § 72.2020 on parol or extrinsic evidence negation or limitation is inoperative to the extent that such construction is unreasonable.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 72.3160
- Buyer: means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods. See Oregon Statutes 72.1030
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- 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.
- Livestock: means equines, cattle, sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas and swine. See Oregon Statutes 72.1030
- Seller: means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods. See Oregon Statutes 72.1030
(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, to exclude or modify the implied warranty of merchantability or any part of it the language must mention merchantability and in case of a writing must be conspicuous, and to exclude or modify any implied warranty of fitness the exclusion must be by a writing and conspicuous. Language to exclude all implied warranties of fitness is sufficient if it states, for example, that ‘There are no warranties which extend beyond the description on the face hereof.’
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section:
(a) Unless the circumstances indicate otherwise, all implied warranties are excluded by expressions like ‘as is,’ ‘with all faults’ or other language which in common understanding calls the buyer‘s attention to the exclusion of warranties and makes plain that there is no implied warranty; and
(b) When the buyer before entering into the contract has examined the goods or the sample or model as fully as the buyer desired or has refused to examine the goods there is no implied warranty with regard to defects which an examination ought in the circumstances to have revealed to the buyer; and
(c) An implied warranty can also be excluded or modified by course of dealing or course of performance or usage of trade; and
(d) With respect to the sale of livestock between merchants, excluding livestock sold for immediate slaughter, there shall be no implied warranty that the livestock animal is free from disease except where the seller had knowledge or reason to know that the animal was not free from disease at the time of the sale.
(4) Remedies for breach of warranty can be limited in accordance with the provisions of ORS § 72.7180 on liquidation or limitation of damages and ORS § 72.7190 on contractual modification of remedy. [1961 c.726 § 72.3160; 1979 c.636 § 2]