ORS 671.560: Issuance of license; application form; limited or specialty license; rules; exemption.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) Except as provided in ORS 671.571 and 671.590, the State Landscape Contractors Board shall issue a landscape construction professional license to an applicant who satisfies the requirements of ORS 671.570. (2) The board shall issue a landscape contracting business license to an applicant who satisfies the requirements of the board. (3) An applicant for a license under this section shall apply to the board upon a form furnished by the board and give such information as the board considers necessary. (4)(a) The board may issue a limited or specialty license if the applicant is required to have a landscape construction professional license or landscape contracting business license but is not qualified or required to be licensed for all phases of landscape work. (b) The board may not issue to a person holding an endorsement as a residential or commercial general contractor under ORS chapter 701 a limited or specialty license that: (A) Requires the holder of the limited or specialty landscape construction professional license to be the owner of a licensed landscape contracting business; (B) Limits the permissible amount to be charged by the landscape contracting business for landscape work to, within any 12-month period, an amount set by the board not to exceed $10,000 per customer; and (C) Has reduced qualification or testing requirements. (c) The board may adopt rules to limit or restrict the landscape work performed by probationary landscape construction professionals. (5) A landscape contracting business that qualifies for the exemption described in ORS 571.045 shall indicate on its license application or license renewal application under this section the reasons the business qualifies for the exemption. [1971 c.764 §6; 1975 c.757 §4; 1983 c.452 §5; 1999 c.535 §4; 2007 c.111 §3; 2007 c.541 §16a; 2019 c.682 §1]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 808-002-0100: Definitions Generally — implements
- OAR 808-002-0220: Claims — implements
- OAR 808-002-0240: Compensation — implements
- OAR 808-002-0560: Legal Entity — implements
- OAR 808-002-0760: Person — implements
- OAR 808-003-0015: Application for Landscape Contracting Business and Landscape Construction Professional License; Age Minimum — implements
- OAR 808-003-0020: Business Names — implements
- OAR 808-003-0035: License Categories — implements
- OAR 808-003-0040: Scope of License and Subcontracting — implements
- OAR 808-003-0045: Change to Limited Licenses; Removal from Probationary Status — implements
- OAR 808-003-0100: Licenses; License Cards — implements
- OAR 808-003-0135: Date of Issue/Expiration — implements
- OAR 808-003-0230: Renewal of Landscaping Contracting Business and Landscape Construction Professional License — implements
- OAR 808-003-0450: License Fitness Standards — implements
- OAR 808-003-0500: Application for modified license — implements
- OAR 808-003-0501: Scope of work for modified license — implements
- OAR 808-003-0502: Modified license requirements — implements
- OAR 808-003-0503: Change of license category for modified license — implements
- OAR 808-003-0510: Application for arborist phase of license — implements
- OAR 808-003-0511: Scope of work for arborist phase of license — implements
- OAR 808-003-0512: Arborist license requirements — implements
- OAR 808-003-0720: Change to Limited Licenses, Generally — implements
- OAR 808-030-0015: Managing Employee Requirements — implements
- OAR 808-030-0018: Managing Owner Requirements — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 671.571 — resolved
- 671.590 — resolved
- ORS 671.570 — resolved
- ORS chapter 701 — target_record_not_published
- ORS 571.045 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 90.100: Definitions.
- ORS 90.725: Landlord or agent access to rented space; remedies.
- ORS 90.727: Maintenance of trees in rented spaces.
- ORS 447.060: Engaging in certain plumbing work not affected.
- ORS 571.045: Exemption from licensing requirements.
- ORS 671.530: Licensing requirements; use of title; scope of landscape construction professional license.
- ORS 671.540: Application of ORS 671.510 to 671.760.
- ORS 671.561: Practical skills testing; fees.
- ORS 671.571: Probationary license.
- ORS 671.575: License required to obtain judicial or administrative remedy; exception.
- ORS 671.580: Landscape construction professional license not transferable.
- ORS 671.595: Coursework and examination requirements for noncontractor owners and managing employees; notice of duty changes; rules.
- ORS 701.026: Subcontractor licensing; landscaping.
- OAR 731-005-0460: Eligibility to Bid on Construction or Landscape Contracts
- OAR 808-003-0230: Renewal of Landscaping Contracting Business and Landscape Construction Professional License
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors671.html