Oregon Administrative Code

740-035-0140 Vehicle Additions, Deletions or Alterations Motor carriers must immediately apply for amendment of vehicle registration listing on forms furnished by the Department when: (1) Any motor vehicle has been reconstructed; or (2) Any motor vehicle has been materially alter…

740-035-0142 Solo Vehicle Weight (1) Solo vehicle, for the purposes of ORS 825.005(4) and 825.474, means any motor vehicle that is self-propelled or designed for self-propulsion. It includes, but is not limited to: A truck tractor, a dromedary truck-tractor, a motor truck, a bus,…

740-035-0145 Application for New Permit Authority (1) Applications for new Class 1A intrastate permit authority must be accompanied by the following: (a) A filing fee in the amount provided in ORS 825.180; (b) An “Application For Class 1A Permit,” ODOT Form Number 735-9745; (c) A…

740-035-0150 Application for New Authority, Extension or Transfer of Certificate, Intrastate (1) Applications for new intrastate authority and applications for extension of existing intrastate authority must be accompanied by the following: (a) Exhibits describing the requested t…

740-035-0165 Applications for Authority to Transport Household Goods The application of any person requesting operating authority to transport household goods will be evaluated by the department to determine if it complies with provisions of law set out in ORS 825.110, 825.115 an…

740-035-0200 Motor Carrier Education Program The Motor Carrier Education Program provides motor carriers with basic information required to conduct motor carrier operations in Oregon. The Department administers the program and third party agents provide the education. In addition…

740-035-0250 Penalty for Failure to Participate Failure to participate in the program as required by ORS 825.402 subjects a motor carrier to citation action as provided in 810.530 and civil action as provided in 825.950. For the purposes of 810.530, "requirements for attendance" …

740-035-0260 Motor Carrier Education Curriculum The Department will provide motor carriers with the information needed to meet the participation requirements. The Department will provide educational information including, but not limited to: (1) Driver Qualifications; (2) Vehicle…

740-035-0400 Commissions Paid to Agents Motor carriers are forbidden to pay commissions or grant consideration to their agents upon charges for motor carrier services performed for such agents. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 823 & 825 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 825.224 Histo…

740-040-0010 Insurance (1) Insurance required in compliance with ORS 825.160 or 825.166 must provide for payment of any final judgment recovered against the carrier for bodily injury to or the death of any person or for damage to property resulting from negligence in the operatio…

740-040-0020 Liability Insurance Carriers who are required to file liability insurance shall file evidence of such insurance for a minimum single limit of $750,000 per collision. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 823 & 825 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 825.160 History: MCTD 4-2025…

740-040-0030 Cargo Insurance (1) All Class 1A, 1G, 1B, and 1C for-hire carriers are required under ORS 825.162 to have cargo insurance. A policy or a certificate of insurance in the minimum amount of $10,000, signed by the carrier’s insurer, must be filed with the Department of T…

740-040-0040 Sanctions for Insurance Cancellation If a carrier’s policy required pursuant to ORS 825.160 or 825.162 is cancelled, the motor vehicles assigned to that carrier shall not be operated on the highways of this state and the carrier’s certificate or permit may be suspend…

740-040-0060 Irrevocable Letters of Credit (1) In lieu of filing liability insurance or cargo insurance, a motor carrier may file with the Department an irrevocable letter of credit. (2) Any irrevocable letter of credit must meet the definition and requirements of ORS 75.1010 thr…

740-040-0070 Deposits to Secure Payment of Fees, Taxes, Charges, Penalties and Interest (1) The Department requires each motor carrier that does not qualify for a deposit waiver under section (4) of this rule to deposit with the Department an amount of money necessary to insure t…

740-040-0080 Instruments Filed Become Permanent Records All bonds, except those filed pursuant to ORS 825.166, policies or certificates of insurance filed with the Department as required by statute are permanent records and cannot be returned to insurer or removed from the custod…

740-045-0010 Commercial Vehicle Operating Credentials (1) The Department will authorize operation in one or more of the following forms for each self-propelled vehicle for which registration fees have been paid and which may be listed or added to a certificate or permit: (a) Oreg…

740-045-0020 Oregon Commercial or Apportioned Vehicle Registration Plates, Placement (1) For the purpose of this rule, “front of the vehicle” means the front bumper, grill, headerboard or other front-end cab protection structure, the location of which allows a person facing the f…

740-045-0025 Vehicle Registration Plate — Transfer (1) In the case of lease or sale of a vehicle enrolled in the weight-mile tax program or assigned an Oregon vehicle registration plate, the Department may allow either enrollment in the weight-mile tax program or an Oregon vehicl…

740-045-0030 Identification Devices (1) A carrier, when authorized to use identification devices pursuant to ORS 825.454, in addition to any other applicable provisions in OAR 740-045-0010, shall, in regard to each self-propelled vehicle operated by it in the State of Oregon, ass…

740-045-0050 Trusted Carrier Partner Motor carriers who meet the qualifications found in OAR 740-045-0060 are eligible to participate in Oregon’s Trusted Carrier Partner program. Participants are eligible for the following benefits: (1) Waiver of bond requirement; (2) Being subje…

740-045-0100 Lease of Vehicles by Carriers of Property (Other than Household Goods) (1) Except as otherwise expressly provided, a vehicle may be operated under lease in for-hire or private carriage in Oregon intrastate commerce only in accordance with the terms of OAR 740-045-010…

740-045-0110 Lease of Vehicles by Household Goods Carriers (1) Except as otherwise expressly provided, a vehicle may be operated under lease in for-hire carriage of household goods in Oregon intrastate commerce only in accordance with the terms of OAR 740-045-0110 to 740-045-0130…

740-045-0120 Registration and Identification (1) A vehicle leased by a motor carrier may not be used in Oregon intrastate commerce unless the lease is presented to the Department and the vehicle is registered for use under the lessee’s operating authority. (2) Except as provided …

740-045-0130 Leased Vehicles in Interstate Commerce With the exception of buses, all vehicles operating under lease within the state of Oregon in interstate commerce must carry a copy of the lease, to be produced on request of the Department or its authorized representative. Stat…

740-045-0150 Highway Use Taxes, Responsibility During Lease (1) The lessee of vehicles being operated under OAR 740-045-0110 to 740-045-0130 is responsible for highway use taxes due for all operations of those vehicles in Oregon during the term of the lease. (2) The lessee may be…

740-045-0170 Leasing, Loaning, or Renting of Certificates, Licenses or Permits Prohibited (1) No certificate, permit or license holder shall engage in any conduct which falsely tends to create the appearance that services being furnished or operations under such certificate, perm…

740-050-0010 Regulation of Oregon Intrastate Motor Carrier Rates and Routes, Classifications and Mileage Guides (1) “Participating carriers” means a carrier for whom an agent files a tariff, or any part thereof, with the Department for review and approval. (2) To provide antitrus…

740-050-0020 Tariffs and Time Schedules Must Conform to Rules Prescribed Herein and Must Be Filed All tariffs related to the intrastate for-hire transportation of household goods must be filed and compiled in compliance with and conform to these rules. The Department may direct t…

740-050-0050 Size and Form of Tariffs and Time Schedules (1) Tariffs and time schedules must be in book, loose-leaf, sheet or pamphlet form. Individual pages to loose leaf tariffs shall be designated so that changes can be made by reissuing individual pages or pages published as …

740-050-0060 Form of Appointment of Agent The following form will be used in giving a power of attorney to an agent: POWER OF ATTORNEY To be filed with the Oregon Department of Transportation __________(Name of Carrier in full)________ ___________(Place)__________(Date)_______ Fo…

740-050-0100 Adoption of Tariffs — Time Schedules (1) In case a for-hire household goods carrier tariff, is transferred from the operating control of one company to that of another, or when its name is changed, the new carrier, if it intends to use tariffs issued by the old carri…

740-050-0110 Suspension of Tariff and Schedule Publications (1) When the Department suspends the operation and defers the use of a tariff the following course shall be pursued by carriers. (2) Upon receipt of the order of suspension the carrier or agent shall immediately issue an…

740-050-0120 Rejected Tariffs When a tariff is rejected by the Department, it must not thereafter be referred to, nor the ODOT Oregon number or carrier’s serial number assigned thereto again used, except to note on a new publication that it is issued in lieu of such rejected tari…

740-050-0140 Posting of Tariffs (1) The provisions of this rule shall apply to for-hire carriers transporting household goods. (2) A copy of the tariffs of carriers showing all rates, classifications, charges, or rules and regulations affecting rates, classifications or charges s…

740-050-0220 Title Page of Every Tariff Title page of every tariff shall show: (1) Oregon DOT number of tariff at the top of the page, and immediately thereunder the Oregon DOT number or numbers, if any, cancelled thereby. Oregon DOT serial number will be assigned to each tariff …

740-050-0230 Tariffs Shall Contain in the Order Named All tariffs related to the transportation of household goods shall contain: (1) Table of contents or index: a full and complete statement, in alphabetical order, of the exact location where information under general headings w…

740-050-0240 Amendments and Supplements (1) A change in or addition to a tariff shall be known as an amendment, and, excepting amendments to tariffs issued in loose-leaf form, shall be printed in a supplement to the tariff and shall refer to the page, item or index of the tariff,…

740-050-0500 Filing Requirements for Tariffs (1) Applicants for authority to transport household goods must: (a) File two copies of a proposed tariff of rates, charges, classifications, practices, privileges and rules, compiled in conformity with Division 50 rules and secure tari…

740-050-0600 New Rates Effective on Granting of Authority The initial rates of a household goods carrier shall be effective with the granting of authority to operate as a motor carrier. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 184.616, 184.619, 823.011 & 825.232 Statutes/Other Implemented:…

740-050-0610 Procedures for Changing Tariffs (1) All rates, charges, classifications and rules and regulations governing the practices or services of a motor carrier transporting household goods in intrastate commerce in Oregon must be filed as a tariff and fixed by order of the …

740-050-0620 Tariff Docket Procedures (1) A petition to change a tariff shall be made only upon forms furnished by the Department. (2) A petition shall be assigned a docket number when received by the Department and shall be listed for hearing upon the next appropriate notice of …

740-050-0630 Rates Orders Unless otherwise provided by rule or specific order of the Department, rate orders related the transportation of household goods shall be mandatory upon all carriers enjoying operating authority to transport the affected commodities. Statutory/Other Auth…

740-050-0640 Tariff Bureau Ratemaking Practices and Procedures (1) For-hire carriers may authorize tariff bureaus whose rules of procedure have been approved by the Department to file petitions and publish tariffs in their behalf and to represent their interests before the Depart…

740-050-0800 Delivery of Household Goods — Notification of Shipper (1) All for-hire household goods carriers must make, or arrange for, prompt delivery of goods. (2) In the event the carrier’s tariff does not provide for delivery and no arrangement therefor has been made or autho…

740-050-0810 Storage of Household Goods Carriers of household goods are prohibited from granting free storage of household goods except as provided by tariff. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 823.011, 825.202 & 825.224 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 825.202 & 825.224 History: MCT …

740-050-0820 Collection of Transportation Charges — Extension of Credit (1) The provisions of this rule shall apply to carriers for hire in the transportation of household goods and other for-hire carriers of property that elected to be subject to this rule by filing a written el…

740-050-0830 Overcharge Claims Against Household Goods Carriers (1) Claims by shippers must be submitted to for-hire carriers of household goods in writing. (2) The following documents must be furnished in support of overcharge claims: (a) Original paid freight bill; (b) Original…

740-050-0840 Loss and Damage Claims Against Carriers The rules and regulations prescribed by the U. S. Department of Transportation for the investigation and voluntary disposition of loss and damage claims and for the processing of salvage, contained in 49 CFR Part 370, with all …

740-055-0010 Payment of Weight-Mile Tax, Reporting Period Variations (1) All motor carriers must report and pay fees as provided in ORS Chapter 825 for all motor vehicles they operate. (2) Motor carriers must retain a copy of highway use tax reports and all work papers or referen…