Administration and General Provisions (Insurance Code)
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 731
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Edition. Oregon Revised Statutes 2025 Edition, chapter 731 page as served by oregonlegislature.gov and fetched 2026-09-29 (HTTP 200); the ORS index identifies the 2025 Edition as current. The chapter page prints no edition marker of its own.
Status. US state statute; public domain.
What this document is
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 731 - Administration and General Provisions (Insurance Code) is a state statute published by Oregon Legislative Assembly, oregonlegislature.gov. It is one of the Oregon documents that insurance license exam questions are written from, including oregon property & casualty practice questions. This page summarizes it and points to the official version, which is the text to rely on.
Sections cited in practice questions
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- ORS 731.252(2) (Cease and desist orders)
“No order of the director under this section or order of a court to enforce the same shall in any way relieve or absolve any person affected by such order from any liability under any other laws of this state.”
- ORS 731.988(2) (Civil penalties)
“In addition to the civil penalty specified in subsection (1) of this section, a person that violates any provision of the Insurance Code, any lawful rule or final order of the director or any judgment that a court makes in response to the director’s application, may be required to forfeit and pay...”
- ORS 731.992(4) (Criminal penalty)
“A violation of any provision of the Insurance Code for which the Insurance Code or other applicable laws of this state do not provide a greater penalty, in addition to any applicable prescribed denial, suspension or revocation of any certificate or license or any civil forfeiture, is a Class A misdemeanor.”
- ORS 731.256(3) (Enforcement generally; restitution)
“If the director has reason to believe that a person has violated a provision of the Insurance Code or another law that applies to insurance operations, and if the violation is subject to criminal prosecution and in the opinion of the director criminal prosecution is warranted, the director shall...”
- ORS 731.296 (Director’s inquiries)
“Any such person so addressed shall promptly and truthfully reply to such inquiries using the form of communication requested by the director. The reply shall be verified by an officer of such person, if the director so requires.”
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