ORS 671.045: Liability of architectural firm.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
ORS 671.041 to 671.047 do not affect the law applicable to the professional relationship and liabilities between an architect or architectural firm rendering professional service in the practice of architecture and a person receiving the architect’s or architectural firm’s service, and ORS 671.041 to 671.047 do not affect the standards of professional conduct that apply to architects or architectural firms. A shareholder, director, member, officer, employee or agent of an architectural firm may be held personally liable for negligent or wrongful acts or misconduct committed by the shareholder, director, member, officer, employee or agent, or by a person under the direct supervision and control of the shareholder, director, member, officer, employee or agent, while rendering professional service on behalf of the architectural firm to a person receiving the service the same as though the service were being rendered by an individual. A shareholder, director, member or officer may also be held liable for negligent or wrongful acts or misconduct in participation with such acts or misconduct of another shareholder, director, member or officer of the architectural firm. The architectural firm is jointly and severally liable up to the full value of the architectural firm’s assets for the architectural firm’s acts or misconduct, but the shareholders, directors, members, officers, employees and agents of the architectural firm are not personally liable for the debts or other contractual obligations of the architectural firm. [1969 c.596 §3; 1977 c.803 §5; 1991 c.910 §4; 1997 c.249 §203; 2023 c.70 §6]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 806-001-0000: Reasonable Notice — implements
- OAR 806-001-0003: Biennial Budget — implements
- OAR 806-001-0004: Rules of Procedure — implements
- OAR 806-010-0001: Definitions — implements
- OAR 806-010-0002: Definitions of Building Size Limitations — implements
- OAR 806-010-0010: Approved Architect and Firm Registration and Evaluation Programs — implements
- OAR 806-010-0020: Registration by Examination — implements
- OAR 806-010-0033: Recognized Jurisdictions — implements
- OAR 806-010-0035: Registration by Reciprocity — implements
- OAR 806-010-0037: Architect Title — implements
- OAR 806-010-0040: Architect Certificates — implements
- OAR 806-010-0045: Stamps and Signatures — implements
- OAR 806-010-0050: Observation — implements
- OAR 806-010-0060: Inactive Status and Reinstatement — implements
- OAR 806-010-0075: The Practice of Architecture — implements
- OAR 806-010-0078: Construction Contractor Offering Architectural Services — implements
- OAR 806-010-0080: Registration of Architectural Firms — implements
- OAR 806-010-0090: Renewal of Registration — implements
- OAR 806-010-0095: Filing and Maintenance of Current Contact Information — implements
- OAR 806-010-0105: Fee Schedule — implements
- OAR 806-010-0106: Public Record Requests — implements
- OAR 806-010-0115: Construction Document Modification — implements
- OAR 806-010-0130: Architect Emeritus, Emerita, or Emerit — implements
- OAR 806-010-0145: Continuing Education — implements
- OAR 806-020-0010: Truthful Statements to the Board — implements
- OAR 806-020-0020: Responsibility to the Public — implements
- OAR 806-020-0030: Competence — implements
- OAR 806-020-0040: Conflict of Interest — implements
- OAR 806-020-0080: Misconduct — implements
- OAR 806-020-0085: Incompetency — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 671.041 — resolved
- 671.047 — resolved
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors671.html