“Person entitled to enforce” an instrument means the holder of the instrument, a nonholder in possession of the instrument who has the rights of a holder, or a person not in possession of the instrument who is entitled to enforce the instrument pursuant to ORS 73.0309 or 73.0418 (4). A person may be a person entitled to enforce the instrument even though the person is not the owner of the instrument or is in wrongful possession of the instrument.
ORS 73.0301
Known as the Uniform Commercial Code
The act spans §§ 73–73 (149 sections).
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 275 Or. App. 77 - Federal National Mortgage Ass'n v. Goodrich (2015)
Most recently applied in 321 Or. App. 300 - Nationstar Mortgage, LLC v. Hinkle (August 2022)
1993 c.545 §30
How often courts cite this section
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.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.