ORS 63.140
Agency power of managers and members

  • interest in real property

(1)

Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section:

(a)

Each member is an agent of the limited liability company for the purpose of its business, and an act of a member, including the signing of an instrument in the limited liability company’s name, for apparently carrying on in the ordinary course the business of the limited liability company, or business of the kind carried on by the limited liability company, binds the limited liability company unless the member had no authority to act for the limited liability company in the particular matter and the person with whom the member was dealing knew or had notice that the member lacked authority.

(b)

An act of a member that is not apparently for carrying on in the ordinary course the business of the limited liability company, or business of the kind carried on by the limited liability company, binds the limited liability company only if the act was authorized by the other members.

(2)

Subject to subsection (3) of this section, in a manager-managed limited liability company:

(a)

A member is not an agent of the limited liability company for the purpose of its business solely by reason of being a member. Each manager is an agent of the limited liability company for the purpose of its business, and an act of a manager, including the signing of an instrument in the limited liability company’s name, for apparently carrying on in the ordinary course the business of the limited liability company, or business of the kind carried on by the limited liability company, binds the limited liability company unless the manager had no authority to act for the limited liability company in the particular matter and the person with whom the manager was dealing knew or had notice that the manager lacked authority.

(b)

An act of a manager that is not apparently for carrying on in the ordinary course the business of the limited liability company, or business of the kind carried on by the limited liability company, binds the limited liability company only if the act was authorized under ORS 63.130 (Rights of members and managers).

(3)

Unless the articles of organization limit their authority, any member of a member-managed limited liability company or manager of a manager-managed limited liability company may sign and deliver any instrument transferring or affecting the limited liability company’s interest in real property. The instrument is conclusive in favor of a person who gives value without knowledge of the lack of the authority of the person signing and delivering the instrument. [1993 c.173 §30; 1999 c.86 §5]

Source: Section 63.140 — Agency power of managers and members; interest in real property, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors063.­html.

Notes of Decisions

Limited liability company is not bound by transaction made by manager if manager lacked authority to enter into transaction and other party knew or should have known of lack of authority. Synectic Ventures I, LLC v. EVI Corporation, 353 Or 62, 294 P3d 478 (2012)

“Ordinary course” includes routine and expected business activity both directly related and ancillary or incidental to company’s primary business purpose, and act or transaction can be ordinary even if it occurs occasionally as long as transaction is sufficiently related to or incidental to maintaining or performing normal, everyday business operations and whether particular transaction is ordinary is fact-specific inquiry. Smith v. Central Point Pawn, LLC, 296 Or App 341, 438 P3d 436 (2019)

Law Review Citations

73 OLR 113 (1994)

63.001
Definitions
63.002
Inclusion of limited liability companies and managers and members of limited liability companies in definitions
63.004
Filing requirements
63.007
Filing, service, copying and certification fees
63.011
Effective time and date of document
63.014
Correcting filed document
63.016
Forms
63.017
Filing duty of Secretary of State
63.021
Appeal from Secretary of State’s refusal to file document
63.024
Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document
63.027
Certificate of existence or authorization
63.031
Powers
63.032
Investigations of violations of chapter
63.034
Knowledge and notice
63.044
Formation
63.047
Articles of organization
63.051
Organization
63.054
Liability for preorganization transactions
63.057
Operating agreements
63.074
Purposes
63.077
General powers
63.094
Limited liability company name
63.097
Reserved name
63.101
Registered name
63.111
Registered office and registered agent
63.114
Change of registered office or registered agent
63.117
Resignation of registered agent
63.121
Service on limited liability company
63.130
Rights of members and managers
63.140
Agency power of managers and members
63.155
Duties and standard of conduct
63.160
Limitation of liability and indemnification
63.165
Liability of members and managers
63.170
Liability of limited liability company for acts, omissions or conduct of member or manager
63.175
Contributions
63.180
Liability for contributions
63.185
Allocation of profits and losses
63.195
Allocation of interim distributions
63.200
Right to interim distributions
63.205
Voluntary withdrawal of member
63.209
Expulsion of member
63.219
Distribution in kind
63.225
Right to distribution
63.229
Limitations on distribution
63.235
Liability for wrongful distribution
63.239
Nature of membership interest
63.245
Admission of members
63.249
Assignment of membership interest
63.255
Rights of assignee who becomes member
63.259
Rights of judgment creditor against member
63.265
Cessation of membership
63.431
Operating agreement
63.434
Amendment to articles of organization
63.437
Restated articles of organization
63.441
Amendment by managers
63.444
Amendment by members
63.467
Definitions for ORS 63.467 to 63.497
63.470
Conversion
63.473
Action on plan of conversion
63.476
Articles and plan of conversion
63.479
Effect of conversion
63.481
Merger
63.487
Action on plan of merger
63.494
Articles and plan of merger
63.497
Effect of merger
63.621
Dissolution
63.625
Distribution of assets upon dissolution
63.629
Agency power of members and managers after dissolution
63.631
Articles of dissolution
63.637
Effect of dissolution
63.641
Known claims against dissolved limited liability company
63.644
Unknown claims against dissolved limited liability company
63.645
Enforcement of claims against dissolved limited liability company
63.647
Grounds for administrative dissolution
63.651
Procedure
63.654
Reinstatement following administrative dissolution
63.657
Appeal from denial of reinstatement
63.661
Grounds for judicial dissolution
63.664
Procedure for judicial dissolution
63.671
Judgment of dissolution
63.674
Deposit with State Treasurer
63.701
Authority to transact business required
63.704
Consequences of transacting business without authority
63.707
Application for authority to transact business
63.711
Amendment to application for authority
63.714
Effect of authority
63.717
Name of foreign limited liability company
63.721
Registered office and registered agent of foreign limited liability company
63.724
Change of registered office or registered agent of foreign limited liability company
63.727
Resignation of registered agent of a foreign limited liability company
63.731
Service on a foreign limited liability company
63.734
Withdrawal of foreign limited liability company
63.737
Grounds for revocation
63.741
Procedure for and effect of revocation
63.744
Appeal from revocation
63.747
Reinstatement of authority
63.771
Limited liability company records
63.777
Scope of inspection right
63.781
Court-ordered inspection
63.784
Certain expense reports to members
63.787
Annual report
63.801
Derivative proceedings
63.810
Taxation of limited liability companies and members
63.951
Short title
63.955
Interstate application
63.960
Applicability of chapter to practice of dentistry
63.965
Reservation of power to amend or repeal
63.990
Penalty for signing false document
63.992
Liability for certain actions in connection with operation of shell entity
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