ORS 36.600

Known as the Oregon International Commercial Arbitration and Conciliation Act

The act spans §§ 36–36 (152 sections).

Applied in 21 court decisions — leading case 234 Or. App. 137 - Livingston v. METROPOLITAN PEDIATRICS, LLC (2010)

Most recently applied in Wissenback v. Russi (December 2025)

2003 c.598 §1; 2009 c.294 §3

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

As used in ORS 36.600 to 36.740:

(1) “Arbitration organization” means an association, agency, board, commission or other entity that is neutral and initiates, sponsors or administers an arbitration proceeding or is involved in the appointment of an arbitrator.

(2) “Arbitrator” means an individual appointed to render an award, alone or with others, in a controversy that is subject to an agreement to arbitrate.

(3) “Court” means a circuit court.

(4) “Knowledge” means actual knowledge.

(5) “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, public corporation or any other legal or commercial entity.

(6) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.