ORS 59.035
Transactions exempt from registration

The following transactions are exempt from ORS 59.049 (Federal covered securities exempt from registration) and 59.055 (Conditions of offer and sale of securities) if they are not part of an attempt to evade fraudulently any provision of the Oregon Securities Law:

(1)

Any transaction by a sheriff, marshal or court appointed fiduciary.

(2)

An isolated nonissuer transaction in this state, whether effected through a broker-dealer or not.

(3)

Any transaction by an issuer in its securities pursuant to a pro rata offering to its existing security holders, if:

(a)

No commission or remuneration, other than a standby fee, is paid or given directly or indirectly in connection with the transaction; and

(b)

The issuer has not had an effective registration under the Oregon Securities Law nor has used this exemption within one year prior to the date of the offering or sale.

(4)

Any offer, sale, transfer or delivery of securities to a bank, savings institution, trust company, insurance company, investment company, pension or profit-sharing trust, or other financial institution or institutional buyer (including but not limited to the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal Housing Administration, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and the Government National Mortgage Association), or to a broker-dealer, mortgage broker or mortgage banker, whether the purchaser is acting for itself or in a fiduciary capacity when the purchaser has discretionary authority to make investment decisions.

(5)

Any transaction by an offeror with an accredited investor as defined in section 2 (15)(i) or (ii) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or rules of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, but only if there is no public advertising or general solicitation in connection with the transaction.

(6)

The issue and delivery of any security in exchange for any other security of the same issuer pursuant to a right of conversion entitling the holder of the security surrendered in exchange to make the conversion without the payment of additional consideration, if the security surrendered was, when issued, convertible and registered or exempt from registration.

(7)

Any transaction in a vendor’s interest in a land sale contract, or a bond or note secured by a mortgage or trust deed upon real estate, so long as the entire vendor’s interest or mortgage or trust deed, with all the bonds or notes secured thereby, are sold to a single purchaser, in a single sale.

(8)

Agency or principal sales by licensed broker-dealers, executed upon customers’ orders on any exchange or on the over-the-counter market, but not the solicitation of such orders, where there is no intent to avoid the provisions of the Oregon Securities Law and a public offering is not involved. Such broker-dealers shall keep and maintain, for two years from the date of the order, a record of all the sales executed upon customers’ orders, giving the name and address of each customer, the name and identity of the security involved, the dates of the sales, the price paid or received for the security, and the commission or other expenses charged to the customer.

(9)

The offer or sale by a licensed broker-dealer of any security acquired in the ordinary and usual course of business, when such security is a part of an issue which has been registered in whole or in part, if the offer or sale is made in good faith and not directly or indirectly for the benefit of the issuer or for the promotion of any scheme or enterprise effecting a violation or an evasion of any provisions of the Oregon Securities Law, unless:

(a)

The registration has been revoked or suspended; or

(b)

The continued sale of the security has been enjoined.

(10)

The offer or sale by licensed broker-dealer, acting either as principal or agent, of securities theretofore sold and distributed to the public, if the sale meets the requirements of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) or (a), (b) and (d) of this subsection:

(a)

Such securities are sold at prices reasonably related to the current market price thereof at the time of sale, and, if such licensed broker-dealer is acting as agent, the commission collected by such licensed broker-dealer on account of the sale thereof is not in excess of usual and customary commissions collected with respect to securities and transactions having comparable characteristics;

(b)

Such securities do not constitute an unsold allotment to or subscription by such broker-dealer as a participant in the distribution of such securities by the issuer or by or through an underwriter;

(c)

The issuer is listed in any recognized securities manual approved by rule by the director, and the listing contains the names of the issuer’s officers and directors, a balance sheet of the issuer as of a date not more than 18 months prior to the date of such sale, and a profit and loss statement for either the fiscal year preceding the date of the balance sheet or the most recent year of operations; and

(d)

The securities are authorized for quotation on a nationwide automated quotations system approved by rule or order of the director.

(11)

An offer, but not the sale, of a security meeting either of the following descriptions:

(a)

A security for which registration statements have been filed under both the Oregon Securities Law and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, if no stop or refusal order or order under ORS 59.105 (Denial, suspension or revocation of registration) is in effect and no public proceeding or examination looking toward such an order is pending. However, an offer for such a security may not be accepted until the securities have been registered as provided in the Oregon Securities Law.

(b)

A security for which a registration statement has been filed under the Oregon Securities Law and the offer is allowed by the director. However, an offer for such a security may not be accepted until the securities have been registered as provided in the Oregon Securities Law.

(12)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

Any transactions in securities by an offeror within or without this state that meet all of the requirements of subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph and all of the requirements of subparagraphs (C), (D) and (E) of this paragraph:

(A)

When the offeror is an issuer, the transactions result in not more than 10 purchasers within this state of securities of the issuer during any 12 consecutive months.

(B)

When the offeror is a nonissuer the securities must have been bought and held for at least 12 consecutive months and the transactions result in not more than 10 purchasers within this state of securities from the nonissuer during any 12 consecutive months.

(C)

No commission or other remuneration is paid or given directly or indirectly in connection with the offer or sale of the securities.

(D)

No public advertising or general solicitation is used in connection with any transaction under this exemption.

(E)

At the time of any transaction under this exemption the offeror does not have under the Oregon Securities Law an application for registration or an effective registration of securities which are part of the same offering.

(b)

In connection with transactions under paragraph (a) of this subsection:

(A)

Purchasers of securities of the offeror registered under ORS 59.065 (Registration procedures), exempt under ORS 59.025 (Securities exempt from registration), exempt under any other subsection of this section, or for which a notice has been filed under ORS 59.049 (Federal covered securities exempt from registration), are not counted as purchasers under this exemption.

(B)

Repeat transactions with persons who are counted as purchasers within Oregon under paragraph (a) of this subsection do not increase the number of purchasers. However, a purchaser remains a purchaser for 12 months following the month of the last sale to that purchaser.

(C)

No limitations are placed on the number of transactions or purchasers without this state. No limitations are placed on the number of offers under this exemption.

(13)

A transaction with security holders, pursuant to a statutory vote by such security holders on a merger, consolidation, partial or complete liquidation, reclassification of securities, plan of exchange or sale of assets, in consideration of the issuance of securities of another issuer.

(14)

Capital stock issued by a professional corporation organized under ORS chapter 58.

(15)

Any other transaction exempted by rule of the director. [1967 c.537 §5; 1971 c.624 §2; 1973 c.823 §§91,156; 1985 c.349 §3; 1987 c.603 §2; 1989 c.197 §3; 1991 c.67 §11; 1997 c.772 §3; 2001 c.32 §1]

Source: Section 59.035 — Transactions exempt from registration, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors059.­html.

Notes of Decisions

This exemption provision relates only to the registration requirements and does not exempt any security transaction from the fraud provisions of ORS 59.135. Chester v. McDaniel, 264 Or 303, 504 P2d 726 (1972)

When checks were drawn on corporate account for purchase of supplies, later sale of securities was not made “before the commencement of any business activity.” Day v. Saunders, 270 Or 432, 528 P2d 513 (1974)

When several defendants purchased securities at same time as plaintiff sale did not qualify as “isolated transaction.” Day v. Saunders, 270 Or 432, 528 P2d 513 (1974)

Whether sales to different persons are repeated and successive transactions depends on whether transactions are made within reasonable time period as to indicate that one general purpose actuates vendor and that sales promote same aim and are not so detached and separate as to form no part of single plan. Marshall v. Harris, 276 Or 447, 555 P2d 756 (1976)

Solicitation of transaction by purchaser does not exempt transaction from securities registration requirement. Marshall v. Harris, 276 Or 447, 555 P2d 756 (1976)

Evidence, inter alia, that brokerage firm did not inform investor that securities were being sold by “insiders” of failing corporation, and that investor suffered loss, was sufficient to show that sale price was not “reasonably related” to market price within meaning of this section. Lewelling v. First California Co., 564 F2d 1277 (1977)

Sale of unregistered security, made in context of two other solicitations of offers in Oregon, was not isolated transaction which, under this section, was exempt from registration requirement. Redhouse v. Preferred Properties, 87 Or App 673, 743 P2d 1125 (1987)

Law Review Citations

55 OLR 43-47 (1976); 68 OLR 921 (1989)

59.005
Short title 59.015
Definitions for Oregon Securities Law 59.025
Securities exempt from registration 59.035
Transactions exempt from registration 59.045
Authority of director to deny, withdraw or condition exemptions 59.049
Federal covered securities exempt from registration 59.051
Statutory references to federal law 59.055
Conditions of offer and sale of securities 59.065
Registration procedures 59.070
Amended registration application 59.075
Registration by director 59.085
Conditions imposed on registration 59.095
Approval of plan to issue securities in exchange for other securities, claims or property 59.105
Denial, suspension or revocation of registration 59.115
Liability in connection with sale or successful solicitation of sale of securities 59.125
Effect of notice of offer to repay purchaser 59.127
Liability in connection with purchase or successful solicitation of purchase of securities 59.131
Effect of notice of intent to return unlawfully purchased security 59.135
Fraud and deceit with respect to securities or securities business 59.137
Liability in connection with violation of ORS 59.135 59.145
Effect of notice filing, registration or license 59.155
Director is agent for service of process 59.165
Licensing of broker-dealers, investment advisers and salespersons required 59.175
Procedures for notice filing and licensing 59.185
Expiration of license 59.195
Licensees to keep records 59.205
Grounds for denying, suspending, revoking or imposing condition or restriction on license 59.215
Action against applicant or licensee for act or omission of associate 59.225
Cancellation of license or application 59.235
General supervision over persons dealing in securities 59.245
Investigations 59.255
Enjoining violations 59.265
Procedure when assets or capital of broker-dealer or investment adviser found impaired 59.275
Burden of proof 59.285
Rules 59.295
Notice of orders 59.305
Judicial review of orders 59.315
Oaths and subpoenas in proceedings before director 59.325
Certified copies of documents 59.331
Scope of Attorney General powers 59.335
Application of certain sections 59.345
When offer to sell or buy is made in this state 59.350
Treatment of certain transactions 59.355
Corporations subject to other laws 59.365
Common-law and statutory rights not limited 59.370
Limitation on liability for good faith act or omission 59.451
Prohibition against filing false statement by person under investigation or examination 59.480
Definitions for ORS 59.480 to 59.505 59.485
Required reporting by certain securities professionals of suspected financial exploitation 59.490
Notifications to third parties 59.495
Delay of disbursements 59.500
Limitation on liability 59.505
Provision of records to law enforcement and certain state agencies 59.535
Definitions for ORS 59.535 to 59.585 59.540
Registration in beneficiary form 59.545
Registration in beneficiary form 59.550
Origination of registration in beneficiary form 59.555
Form of registration in beneficiary form 59.560
Effect of registration in beneficiary form 59.565
Ownership on death of owner 59.570
Protection of registering entity 59.575
Nontestamentary transfer on death 59.580
Terms, conditions and forms for registration 59.585
Short title 59.710
Definitions for ORS 59.710 to 59.830 59.720
Application of ORS 59.710 to 59.830 to real estate contracts and brokers 59.730
Making contract involving securities without intending a bona fide sale or purchase 59.740
Conducting bucket shop or repeatedly making forbidden contracts 59.750
Receipt or communication of prices for purpose of forbidden contract 59.760
Reporting false sale of securities with intent to deceive 59.770
Manipulating market by pretended sales 59.780
Broker’s trading against customer’s order 59.790
Insolvent broker-dealer receiving securities from customer 59.800
Pledge or sale by broker-dealer of customer’s securities 59.810
Delivery to customer of true statement of purchase or sale made by broker 59.820
Actions against corporation for second violation 59.830
Self-incrimination by witness 59.991
Criminal penalties for ORS 59.005 to 59.505 and 59.710 to 59.830 59.995
Civil penalties for ORS 59.005 to 59.505 and 59.710 to 59.830
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through early 2024

§ 59.035’s source at oregon​.gov