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Oregon Purchase Contracts & Seller Disclosures

Oregon does not prescribe a free government purchase-agreement form for an ordinary home resale. If an agent or broker is handling the transaction, use the current agreement and addenda the brokerage is authorized to provide. If no broker is handling the deal, an Oregon real-estate attorney can prepare or review the written agreement. A separate statutory seller-disclosure process begins when a buyer makes a written offer in a covered residential transaction. Choose your situation:

Working with an agent or broker

Use the current purchase agreement and addenda your brokerage is authorized to provide. Private industry libraries include OREF and Oregon REALTORS®—not government forms. Review every financing, inspection, title, escrow, possession, and default deadline before signing.

See the agent-assisted path

Buying or selling without an agent (FSBO)

Oregon does not provide a government FSBO purchase-agreement blank. Because an agreement to sell real property generally must be written, have an Oregon real-estate attorney prepare or review the agreement and coordinate the current seller-disclosure and escrow requirements.

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Written offer submitted? Track the seller disclosure

For a covered transaction, the seller must complete, sign, and deliver a disclosure substantially in the current ORS 105.464 form to each buyer who makes a written offer. Unless the right has been waived, ORS 105.475 gives the buyer five business days after delivery to deliver a separate signed written revocation disapproving the disclosure. If the seller fails or refuses to provide the required statement, that revocation right continues until closing.

Open the disclosure and revocation statutes

PublicLegal does not sell an OREF or Oregon REALTORS® purchase-contract lookalike. We separate the purchase agreement from the statutory seller disclosure and link primary Oregon sources.

Oregon law and form access checked August 2026 · Sources include ORS 41.580 and ORS 105.462–105.490, OREF, Oregon REALTORS®, the Oregon Real Estate Agency, and EPA lead materials

PublicLegal provides independent self-help guidance and links to primary sources. We do not sell or reproduce OREF or Oregon REALTORS® purchase agreements.

The five-business-day right under ORS 105.475 is tied to Oregon’s seller-disclosure statute. It is not a substitute for inspection, financing, appraisal, title, or other contract contingencies, and it is not a free cancel-for-any-reason right after the window expires, after a valid waiver, or after closing. If the seller fails or refuses to provide the required disclosure, the statutory revocation right can continue until closing.

Last reviewed: August 2026 Sources: ORS 105.464–105.475 · ORS 41.580 · OREF/OR forms · EPA lead

Editorial summary based on ORS 41.580 (statute of frauds for land-sale contracts); ORS 105.462 through 105.490 (seller’s property disclosure statement form, application, exclusions, five-business-day buyer revocation, representations, burden of proof, and cumulative remedies); Oregon Real Estate Forms (OREF) as a private licensed form library for Oregon real-estate professionals; Oregon REALTORS® member form resources; Oregon Real Estate Agency consumer and escrow-licensing materials; and EPA lead-disclosure materials. Confirm the current ORS 105.464 form text—including later session amendments—before use. PublicLegal does not sell an Oregon purchase-agreement substitute on this page.

Who this page is for

  • Buyers or sellers trying to understand how Oregon residential purchase contracts usually work
  • People working with an Oregon agent who want plain-English context before signing brokerage forms
  • FSBO parties who need a safe written-contract path and the statutory seller-disclosure checklist
  • Buyers tracking the five-business-day disclosure-revocation window under ORS 105.475

Who should use another path

  • Anyone looking to download a PublicLegal “official Oregon government purchase agreement” — none is published for ordinary resales
  • Users seeking free OREF or Oregon REALTORS® form libraries without a proper professional or membership license
  • Commercial, heavily customized, development, or entity deals that need specialized Oregon counsel from the start

The purchase agreement creates the parties’ contractual obligations. The seller’s property disclosure statement is a separate statutory form process for covered residential transactions. Escrow and title professionals handle closing logistics. The deed transfers title later when the transaction closes and records. Do not treat a deed form as a substitute for the purchase contract.

Oregon does not prescribe one free government residential purchase blank for ordinary resales. Brokered deals use agreements the brokerage is authorized to provide, which may come from private libraries such as OREF or Oregon REALTORS®. Attorney-drafted or attorney-reviewed agreements are the safer path for FSBO and nonstandard deals. Industry forms are not “official state” purchase contracts merely because they are widely used.

Oregon licenses escrow agents to act as neutral parties that hold and deliver funds and documents according to the parties’ instructions. Title insurance is related but legally distinct. Escrow supervision is not the same as personal legal representation for either party, and it does not replace reviewing the purchase agreement before acceptance.

Two common Oregon situations

Working with an agent or broker

If an Oregon real-estate licensee is handling your transaction, that professional typically supplies the current residential sale agreement and related addenda the brokerage is authorized to use. Private form libraries used in Oregon include Oregon Real Estate Forms (OREF) and Oregon REALTORS® resources. Those are private licensed or member materials—not free public government purchase blanks and not PublicLegal products. Ask which form and revision is being used.

Review financing, inspection, appraisal, title, escrow instructions, possession, personal property, default, and dispute provisions carefully before signing. The purchase agreement creates the binding sale obligations once accepted. PublicLegal does not host, sell, or reproduce OREF or Oregon REALTORS® purchase agreements.

Separately, for covered residential transactions, the seller must complete the statutory seller’s property disclosure statement and deliver it to each buyer who makes a written offer. Track the ORS 105.475 revocation clock from delivery of that disclosure—not from a generic national timeline.

Buying or selling without an agent (FSBO)

Oregon does not publish a free government residential purchase-agreement blank for ordinary FSBO resales. OREF forms are offered to licensed Oregon real-estate professionals and attorneys under license terms; Oregon REALTORS® forms are member resources. Do not treat random internet blanks or scraped association PDFs as authorized public forms.

The safer path is an Oregon real-estate attorney who prepares or reviews the written agreement before anyone signs—covering parties, property description, price, earnest money, financing, inspections, title, risk of loss, closing, possession, fixtures, default, and remedies. Oregon’s statute of frauds generally requires a writing signed by the party to be charged for contracts for the sale of real property (ORS 41.580).

Unrepresented sellers of covered residential property still own the statutory disclosure duties. Select a licensed escrow provider for closing logistics. An escrow agent is a neutral settlement professional—not automatically your personal lawyer. PublicLegal does not sell an Oregon purchase-contract substitute on this page.

Oregon seller disclosures: statutory form and the five-business-day revocation rule

Oregon’s seller’s property disclosure statutes (ORS 105.462 through 105.490) generally require a covered residential seller to deliver a completed and signed disclosure statement substantially in the form set out in ORS 105.464 to each buyer who makes a written offer to purchase. The form is based on the seller’s actual knowledge at the time of disclosure. It is not a warranty of condition and is not a substitute for the buyer’s inspections and other due diligence.

ORS 105.465 and 105.470 define which residential transactions are covered and which transfers are excluded. Covered property generally includes one-to-four-unit residential property and certain related residential interests described in the statutes. Exclusions include categories such as the first sale of a never-occupied dwelling (with required permit statements), certain lender/foreclosure paths, court-appointed fiduciaries, and government transfers—confirm the current exclusion list for your facts before assuming the disclosure statute does not apply.

If the seller issues the disclosure and the buyer has not delivered a written waiver of the right to revoke, ORS 105.475 gives the buyer five business days after delivery of the disclosure statement to revoke the buyer’s offer by delivering to the seller a separate signed written statement of revocation disapproving the seller’s disclosure. If the buyer does not timely revoke, that statutory right expires. Closing the transaction also terminates the statutory revocation right based on those sections.

If the seller fails or refuses to provide a required seller’s property disclosure statement, the buyer has a statutory right of revocation until that right is terminated—commonly understood to remain available until closing. Timely revocation voids the offer and entitles the buyer to immediate return of deposits and other consideration under the statute’s return rules. The seller bears the burden of proving lawful delivery of the disclosure; the buyer bears the burden of proving lawful delivery of a revocation notice.

Representations in the disclosure statement are the seller’s representations. A financial institution or real estate licensee is not bound by and has no liability with respect to another party’s disclosure-statement answers merely because those answers appear in the form—though that rule does not erase independent legal duties licensees or others may have under other law. ORS 105.490 also preserves preexisting common-law and statutory remedies, including fraud, negligence, and equitable relief. Most housing built before 1978 also triggers federal lead-based paint disclosures and the EPA pamphlet. Domestic wells, condominiums, timeshares, and manufactured or floating homes without land can add separate statutory tracks.

Common exemption categories

Key points to keep straight:

  • No free public government residential PSA blank for ordinary resales
  • OREF and Oregon REALTORS® forms are private licensed or member resources—not government downloads
  • Covered sellers must use a disclosure substantially in the current ORS 105.464 form
  • Buyers generally have five business days after disclosure delivery to revoke by separate signed writing (unless waived)
  • Failure or refusal to provide required disclosure can keep the revocation right open until closing
  • The disclosure right is not a substitute for contract contingencies or a free cooling-off after the window expires
  • Oregon closings commonly use licensed escrow; escrow is not automatically your personal lawyer

When in doubt about coverage, exclusions, waiver, or revocation timing, ask Oregon counsel. Use the current statute text and the actual signed sale agreement.

Oregon purchase checklist

Use this as a practical sequence—not a substitute for advice on your facts.

  1. Confirm whether an Oregon real-estate licensee is preparing the purchase agreement
  2. If yes, obtain the current brokerage-authorized form set and all addenda—verify the edition dates
  3. If no, arrange Oregon real-estate attorney preparation or review before anyone signs
  4. For covered residential transfers, complete and deliver the statutory seller’s property disclosure after a written offer
  5. Calendar the five-business-day ORS 105.475 window from disclosure delivery unless the buyer has waived
  6. If disclosure is refused or missing, get Oregon legal advice promptly about the continuing revocation right
  7. Address well, lead, condo/HOA, and manufactured-home issues that apply to the property
  8. Select licensed escrow and title professionals and confirm closing instructions in writing
  9. Treat the deed as part of closing—not a DIY substitute for the purchase contract
  10. If a short deadline or deposit dispute is forming, get Oregon legal advice promptly

Step summary

  1. Identify who supplies the written contract A licensee-assisted deal uses the brokerage’s authorized current agreement. An FSBO deal needs attorney-prepared or attorney-reviewed writing.
  2. Handle the statutory seller disclosure Deliver the current ORS 105.464-form disclosure for covered transfers and track the five-business-day revocation clock carefully.
  3. Investigate during contract contingency windows The disclosure is not a warranty. Preserve inspection, financing, appraisal, and title rights written into the signed sale agreement.
  4. Close through verified escrow instructions Coordinate deed, funding, taxes, and recording with your escrow and title professionals. Verify wires independently.

Wells, property types, inspections, and other deal issues

Depending on the property and transaction, parties may also need to address:

  • Inspection, financing, appraisal, title, survey, insurance, and closing deadlines written into the signed sale agreement
  • Domestic-well testing and reporting rules when a private well serves the property
  • Federal lead materials for most pre-1978 housing
  • Condominium, timeshare, HOA, or planned-community documents and separate statutory cancellation or disclosure regimes when applicable
  • Manufactured or floating homes sold without land—often a different title and tenancy path than a house with land
  • Wire-fraud precautions—verify escrow instructions by phone using a known number

Local practices differ across Oregon markets. Use professionals and primary sources for your address—not a generic national packet.

Oregon escrow, title, and attorneys

Oregon residential transactions commonly close through a licensed escrow agent and a title company. Escrow acts as a neutral party that holds funds and documents and closes when the parties’ written conditions are satisfied. That provider is not automatically your personal lawyer for negotiating contract rights or disclosure disputes.

An Oregon real-estate attorney can prepare or review the purchase agreement, advise on the statutory disclosure and revocation process, title objections, well or property-type issues, estate or entity authority, and custom terms. Consider counsel early in FSBO deals and whenever deadlines, waivers, or disclosure disputes appear.

The purchase agreement creates the sale obligations. The deed conveys title at closing and recording. PublicLegal’s Oregon warranty and quitclaim deed products can help when you need conveyance forms, but a deed is not a substitute for the purchase agreement. There is no live state deeds hub for Oregon—use the specific warranty or quitclaim deed product pages as appropriate.

Independently verify wire instructions. Real-estate wire fraud is common.

When to talk with an Oregon real estate attorney

  • No agent is involved and you need a purchase agreement prepared or reviewed before signing
  • You do not understand brokerage-form deadlines, contingencies, escrow, or default terms
  • Seller disclosure was refused, delayed, amended late, or is the subject of a revocation or deposit dispute
  • The property involves a domestic well, condo/timeshare, manufactured or floating home without land, or complex title issues
  • Seller financing, land-sale contract, trust, estate, entity, or boundary issues appear
  • Custom occupancy, repair, or possession terms are requested

What PublicLegal does not sell for Oregon

  • An “official Oregon government” residential purchase agreement
  • OREF residential sale agreements, addenda, or any lookalike or derivative
  • Oregon REALTORS® purchase forms, or any lookalike or derivative
  • A generic national purchase blank relabeled as Oregon-required
  • A paid copy of the statutory seller’s property disclosure form text
  • A deed or closing packet represented as a substitute for the purchase contract or for Oregon counsel

That keeps this page honest: orientation and primary-source links, not a substitute for authorized brokerage forms or Oregon legal advice.

Frequently asked questions

Does Oregon publish an official home purchase agreement?

Oregon does not prescribe a free government residential purchase-agreement blank for ordinary resales. Brokered deals use agreements the brokerage is authorized to provide. Private libraries include OREF and Oregon REALTORS®. PublicLegal does not sell an OREF or Oregon REALTORS® lookalike.

Can a consumer freely use OREF forms?

OREF is a private form system for licensed Oregon real-estate professionals and attorneys under its license terms. Public samples or marketing pages are not a free transactional download library for the general public.

Is the seller disclosure the purchase contract?

No. The purchase agreement creates the sale obligations. The seller’s property disclosure is a separate statutory form process for covered residential transactions.

When does the five-business-day period begin?

Under ORS 105.475, if the seller issues the disclosure and the buyer has not waived the right, the buyer has five business days after delivery of the seller’s property disclosure statement to deliver a separate signed written revocation disapproving the disclosure.

What if the seller never provides the disclosure?

If the seller fails or refuses to provide a required disclosure statement, the buyer has a statutory right of revocation until that right is terminated—commonly remaining available until closing. Get Oregon legal advice promptly if disclosure is missing or refused.

Can the buyer waive the revocation right?

Yes. The statutory scheme contemplates waiver of the buyer’s right to revoke at or before entering into a sale agreement. Confirm the exact waiver language in the documents you sign.

Is an attorney required at every Oregon closing?

Oregon commonly uses licensed escrow agents as neutral closing professionals. This page does not claim an attorney must personally conduct every ordinary Oregon residential closing. FSBO parties and anyone facing complex terms should still use Oregon counsel for the purchase agreement.

Is a deed the same as a purchase contract?

No. The purchase agreement creates the obligation to buy and sell. Title typically transfers later by deed at closing and recording. A deed form is not a substitute for the purchase agreement.

PublicLegal provides self-help forms and information. This is not legal advice. Real estate purchase and disclosure rules vary by state and transaction. Confirm requirements for your property with a qualified professional when needed.