Chapter 801 — Chapter 801

ORS 801.340 [1983 c.338 §58; 1985 c.16 §16; repealed by 1993 c.696 §19]

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ORS 801.341 “Medium-speed electric vehicle.” “Medium-speed electric vehicle” means an electric motor vehicle with four wheels that is equipped with a roll cage or a crushproof body design, can attain a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour on a paved, level surface, is fully enclosed and has at least one door for entry. [2009 c.865 §12]

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ORS 801.345 “Moped.” “Moped” means a vehicle, including any bicycle equipped with a power source, other than an electric assisted bicycle as defined in ORS 801.258 or a motor assisted scooter as defined in ORS 801.348, that complies with all of the following

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ORS 801.348 “Motor assisted scooter.” “Motor assisted scooter” means a vehicle that

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ORS 801.350 “Motor home.” “Motor home” means a motor vehicle that

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ORS 801.355 “Motor truck.” “Motor truck” means a motor vehicle that is primarily designed or used for carrying loads other than passengers. [1983 c.338 §61]

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ORS 801.360 “Motor vehicle.” “Motor vehicle” means a vehicle that is self-propelled or designed for self-propulsion. [1983 c.338 §62]

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ORS 801.365 “Motorcycle.” “Motorcycle” means any self-propelled vehicle other than a moped or farm tractor that

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ORS 801.366 “Motorcycle helmet.” “Motorcycle helmet” means a protective covering for the head consisting of a hard outer shell, padding adjacent to and inside the outer shell and a chin-strap type retention system with a sticker indicating that the motorcycle helmet meets standards established by the United States Department of Transportation. [1995 c.492 §2]

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ORS 801.368 “Narrow residential roadway.” “Narrow residential roadway” means a two-way roadway that is

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ORS 801.370 “Operation.” “Operation” means any operation, towing, pushing, movement or otherwise propelling. [1983 c.338 §66]

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ORS 801.373 “Organ transport vehicle.” (1) “Organ transport vehicle” means any motor vehicle operated or contracted by an organ procurement organization for the emergency transportation of body parts intended to be transplanted

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ORS 801.375 “Owner.” “Owner” when referring to the owner of a vehicle means

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ORS 801.377 “Ownership record.” “Ownership record” means

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ORS 801.380 “Park” or “parking.” “Park” or “parking” means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers. [1983 c.338 §68]

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ORS 801.385 “Pedestrian.” “Pedestrian” means any person afoot or confined in a wheelchair. [1983 c.338 §69]

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ORS 801.387 “Person with a disability.” “Person with a disability” means

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ORS 801.390 “Pole trailer.” “Pole trailer” means a trailer attached or secured to the towing vehicle and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregular loads capable generally of sustaining themselves as beams between the towing vehicle and the trailer. The definition in this section is based on design features and, except as otherwise provided in this section, does not prohibit a pole trailer from fitting into another category of trailer based on use. [1983 c.338 §70]

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ORS 801.395 “Police officer.” “Police officer” includes a member of the Oregon State Police, a sheriff, a deputy sheriff, a city police officer, an authorized tribal police officer as defined in ORS 181A.940, a police officer commissioned by a university under ORS 352.121 or 353.125, a Port of Portland peace officer, a reserve officer as defined in ORS 133.005 or a law enforcement officer employed by a service district established under ORS 451.410 to 451.610 for the purpose of law enforcement services. [1983 c.338 §71; 2007 c.558 §1; 2009 c.299 §4; 2011 c.506 §47; 2011 c.641 §3; 2011 c.644 §§32,55; 2013 c.180 §§52,53; 2015 c.174 §23]

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ORS 801.397 “Prefabricated structure.” “Prefabricated structure” has the meaning given that term in ORS 455.010. [1993 c.696 §4; 2003 c.655 §90]

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ORS 801.400 “Premises open to the public.” “Premises open to the public” includes any premises open to the general public for the use of motor vehicles, whether the premises are publicly or privately owned and whether or not a fee is charged for the use of the premises. [1983 c.338 §72]

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ORS 801.402 “Primary ownership record.” “Primary ownership record” means

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ORS 801.403 [2001 c.522 §2; renumbered 801.406 in 2007]

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ORS 801.404 “Racing activity vehicle.” “Racing activity vehicle” means a motor vehicle that

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ORS 801.405 [1983 c.338 §75; 1985 c.402 §4; renumbered 801.408 in 2007]

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ORS 801.406 “Rail fixed guideway public transportation system.” “Rail fixed guideway public transportation system” means any light, heavy or rapid rail system, monorail, inclined plane, funicular, trolley, streetcar or automated guideway used primarily for carrying passengers. [Formerly 801.403; 2017 c.46 §1]

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ORS 801.407 [1993 c.696 §5; renumbered 801.409 in 2007]

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ORS 801.408 “Reconstructed vehicle.” “Reconstructed vehicle” means either

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ORS 801.409 “Recreational vehicle.” “Recreational vehicle” has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.101. [Formerly 801.407; 2019 c.422 §40]

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ORS 801.410 “Registration” or “register.”

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ORS 801.415 “Registration plate.” “Registration plate” means a plate issued by a jurisdiction as evidence of vehicle registration. This state issues registration plates under ORS 803.520. [1983 c.338 §78; 1985 c.16 §22]

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ORS 801.420 “Registration weight.” “Registration weight” means the combined weight or the loaded weight required to be declared and established as the maximum combined weight or loaded weight at which certain vehicles will be operated on the highway. Vehicles for which registration weights must be declared and established and the procedures for establishing registration weights are described under ORS 803.430. [1983 c.338 §77; 1985 c.16 §21; 1989 c.723 §5; 1991 c.284 §7; 2007 c.50 §1]

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ORS 801.425 “Replica.” “Replica,” when used to refer to vehicles, means a vehicle with a body built to resemble and be a reproduction of another vehicle of a given year and given manufacturer. [1985 c.402 §2]

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ORS 801.430 “Residence district.” “Residence district” means territory not comprising a business district that is contiguous to a highway that

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ORS 801.435 “Revoked.” “Revoked” with reference to driving privileges, vehicle registration or vehicle title means the termination thereof with new driving privileges or vehicle registration or vehicle title obtainable only as permitted by law. [1983 c.338 §80]

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ORS 801.440 “Right of way.” “Right of way” means the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other. [1983 c.338 §81]

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ORS 801.445 “Road authority.” “Road authority” means the body authorized to exercise authority over a road, highway, street or alley under ORS 810.010. [1983 c.338 §82]

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ORS 801.447 “Road machinery.” “Road machinery” means machinery used to maintain a highway or alley and includes, but is not limited to, a backhoe, chip spreader, excavator, forklift, front-end loader, mower, road grader, snowblower and utility tractor. [2009 c.91 §2]

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ORS 801.450 “Roadway.” “Roadway” means the portion of a highway that is improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the shoulder. In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways the term “roadway” shall refer to any such roadway separately, but not to all such roadways collectively. [1983 c.338 §83]

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ORS 801.451 “Roundabout.” “Roundabout” means an intersection characterized by a circulatory roadway, channelized approaches and yield control of entering traffic. A roundabout encompasses the area bounded by the outermost curb line or, if there is no curb, the edge of the pavement, and includes crosswalks on any entering or exiting roadway. [2001 c.464 §2]

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ORS 801.453 [1987 c.887 §2; repealed by 2003 c.819 §19]

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ORS 801.454 “Salvage title certificate.” “Salvage title certificate” means a document issued by this state under the provisions of ORS 803.140 as evidence of vehicle ownership. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, a salvage title certificate is not a “certificate of title” for purposes of the Oregon Vehicle Code or the rules of the Department of Transportation. [1991 c.873 §24]

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ORS 801.455 “School activity vehicle.” “School activity vehicle” means a vehicle, other than a school bus, that is used to transport students to or from authorized school activities and that is not described by any of the following

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ORS 801.460 “School bus.” “School bus” means a motor vehicle that is described by any of the following

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ORS 801.462 “School zone.” (1) “School zone” means both of the following

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ORS 801.465 “Security interest.” “Security interest” means an interest in a vehicle reserved or created by agreement and which secures payment or performance of an obligation as more particularly defined by ORS 71.2010 (2)(jj). [1983 c.338 §85; 1985 c.16 §24; 2009 c.181 §109; 2025 c.33 §106]

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ORS 801.470 “Self-supporting trailer.” “Self-supporting trailer” means a trailer, other than a pole trailer, designed so that no part of the weight of the trailer or the weight of any load on the trailer rests upon the towing vehicle. The definition in this section is based on design and, except as otherwise provided in this section, does not prohibit a self-supporting trailer from fitting into another category of trailer based on use. [1983 c.338 §86]

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ORS 801.475 “Semitrailer.” “Semitrailer” means a trailer designed so that part of the weight of the trailer and part of the weight of any load on the trailer rests upon or is carried by another vehicle and coupled to another vehicle by a fifth wheel hitch. The definition in this section is based on design and, except as otherwise provided in this section, does not prohibit a semitrailer from fitting into another category of trailer based on use. [1983 c.338 §87]

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ORS 801.477 [1991 c.185 §7; 1995 c.733 §81; 2003 c.819 §14; 2005 c.649 §22; 2007 c.122 §7; 2009 c.482 §2; 2011 c.355 §26; repealed by 2013 c.237 §12]

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ORS 801.480 “Shoulder.” “Shoulder” means the portion of a highway, whether paved or unpaved, contiguous to the roadway that is primarily for use by pedestrians, for the accommodation of stopped vehicles, for emergency use and for lateral support of base and surface courses. [1983 c.338 §88]

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