Chapter 801 — Chapter 801

ORS 801.200 “Commercial bus.” “Commercial bus” means every motor vehicle designed or used for carrying passengers and their personal baggage and express for compensation, except

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ORS 801.205 “Commercial bus trailer.” “Commercial bus trailer” means a bus trailer

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ORS 801.207 “Commercial driver license” and “commercial driving privileges.” (1) “Commercial driver license” means a driver license issued by this state or any other jurisdiction that authorizes its holder to drive a commercial motor vehicle if the holder also has any necessary endorsements to the license

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ORS 801.208 “Commercial motor vehicle.” (1) “Commercial motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles and one or more vehicles that

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ORS 801.210 “Commercial vehicle.” “Commercial vehicle” means a vehicle that

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ORS 801.215 “Commission.” “Commission” means the Oregon Transportation Commission. [1983 c.338 §35]

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ORS 801.217 “Converter dolly.” “Converter dolly” means an auxiliary axle assembly equipped with a fifth wheel hitch and used to convert a semitrailer to a full trailer. [1991 c.284 §2]

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ORS 801.220 “Crosswalk.” “Crosswalk” means any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere that is distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface of the roadway that conform in design to the standards established for crosswalks under ORS 810.200. Whenever marked crosswalks have been indicated, such crosswalks and no other shall be deemed lawful across such roadway at that intersection. Where no marked crosswalk exists, a crosswalk is that portion of the roadway described in the following

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ORS 801.225 “Department.” “Department” means the Department of Transportation. [1983 c.338 §37]

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ORS 801.230 “Director.” “Director” means Director of Transportation. [1983 c.338 §38]

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ORS 801.235 [1983 c.338 §39; 1985 c.139 §3; 1987 c.296 §1; 1989 c.243 §1; 2007 c.70 §322; renumbered 801.387 in 2007]

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ORS 801.236 “Dismantler.” (1) “Dismantler” means a person who is engaged in the business of

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ORS 801.237 “District” defined for certain purposes. As used in this section and ORS 267.001, 268.503, 801.040, 801.042, 802.110, 803.420, 803.445 and 803.585, “district” means a mass transit or transportation district of over 400,000 persons established under ORS chapter 267 and a metropolitan service district of over 400,000 persons established under ORS chapter 268. [1989 c.864 §2a; 2009 c.865 §40d]

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ORS 801.240 [1983 c.338 §40; repealed by 1993 c.741 §147]

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ORS 801.245 “Driver license.” “Driver license” or “license” may have any or all of the meanings provided for the terms under this section as required or appropriate under the section referring to the term. The term “driver license” may be used interchangeably with “license” and either term may be used in any or all of the following ways

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ORS 801.250 “Driver permit.” “Driver permit” means a grant of driving privileges by this state or another jurisdiction that is more limited than those available under a license or that is only available under special or limited circumstances. The term may also refer to a document issued as evidence of a grant of driving privileges under a driver permit. Driver permits issued by this state include the following

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ORS 801.255 “Driving privilege.” “Driving privilege” means the grant of authority by a jurisdiction to a person that allows that person to drive a vehicle on highways within that jurisdiction. Driving privileges grant authority to a person not to a vehicle. The driving privilege includes any such grant of authority whether or not documents are issued as evidence of the authority. In this state, driving privileges may be granted under

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ORS 801.258 “Electric assisted bicycle.” (1) “Class 1 electric assisted bicycle” means an electric assisted bicycle that

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ORS 801.259 “Electric personal assistive mobility device.” “Electric personal assistive mobility device” means a device that

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ORS 801.260 “Emergency vehicle.” “Emergency vehicle” means a vehicle that is equipped with lights and sirens as required under ORS 820.350 and 820.370 and that is any of the following

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ORS 801.261 “Endorsement.” ”Endorsement,” when used in relation to driving privileges, means a grant of driving privileges, or the evidence thereof, to a person who holds a license, or in some instances a driver permit, allowing the person to exercise driving privileges that are not granted by the license or driver permit. The types of endorsements granted by this state and the driving privileges granted under each type of endorsement are established by ORS 807.035. [2003 c.14 §461]

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ORS 801.263 “Engine brake.” (1) “Engine brake” means a device that converts a power-producing diesel engine into a power-absorbing air compressor, resulting in a net energy loss

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ORS 801.265 “Farm tractor.” “Farm tractor” means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily in agricultural operations for drawing or operating other farm machines, equipment and implements of husbandry. [1983 c.338 §44]

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ORS 801.270 “Farm trailer.” “Farm trailer” means a vehicle that

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ORS 801.272 “Field sobriety test.” “Field sobriety test” means a physical or mental test, approved by the Department of State Police by rule after consultation with the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, that enables a police officer or trier of fact to screen for or detect probable impairment from an intoxicant or a combination of intoxicants. [1989 c.576 §17; 1997 c.853 §60; 1999 c.619 §4; 2017 c.21 §74; 2021 c.253 §1; 2023 c.498 §7]

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ORS 801.275 “Fifth wheel hitch.” “Fifth wheel hitch” means a coupling device for vehicles that is commonly known as a kingpin and fifth wheel assembly. [1983 c.338 §46]

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ORS 801.280 “Financial responsibility requirements.” “Financial responsibility requirements” means the ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of accidents arising out of the ownership, operation, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle in a manner provided under ORS 806.060. [1983 c.338 §74; 1985 c.16 §20]

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ORS 801.285 “Fixed load vehicle.” “Fixed load vehicle” means all of the following apply to the vehicle

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ORS 801.288 “Funeral escort vehicle”; “funeral lead vehicle”; “funeral procession.” (1) “Funeral escort vehicle” means any two-wheel or three-wheel vehicle that is accompanying a funeral procession and is properly equipped under ORS 811.800

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ORS 801.290 “Future responsibility filing.” “Future responsibility filing” means the requirement described under ORS 806.240 to file and maintain proof of compliance with financial responsibility requirements with the Department of Transportation. [1983 c.338 §48]

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ORS 801.295 “Golf cart.” “Golf cart” means a motor vehicle that

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ORS 801.297 “Gross combination weight rating.” “Gross combination weight rating” means the greater of

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ORS 801.298 “Gross vehicle weight rating.” “Gross vehicle weight rating” means the value specified by the manufacturer as the maximum loaded weight of a single or a combination vehicle. [1989 c.636 §5; 1991 c.185 §2]

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ORS 801.300 “Group of axles.” “Group of axles” means an assemblage of two or more consecutive axles considered together in determining their combined load effect on a bridge or pavement structure. [1983 c.338 §50; 1985 c.172 §2]

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ORS 801.303 “Hazardous materials.” “Hazardous materials” has the meaning given that term in 49 C.F.R. 383.5, as in effect on January 1, 2013. [1989 c.636 §6; 2005 c.649 §31; 2013 c.237 §47]

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ORS 801.305 “Highway.” (1) “Highway” means every public way, road, street, thoroughfare and place, including bridges, viaducts and other structures within the boundaries of this state, open, used or intended for use of the general public for vehicles or vehicular traffic as a matter of right

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ORS 801.307 [2007 c.122 §3; 2009 c.395 §5; repealed by 2013 c.237 §12]

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ORS 801.308 “Identity source documents.” “Identity source documents” means documents required for the issuance, renewal or replacement of a driver license, a driver permit or an identification card by the Department of Transportation. [2008 c.1 §6]

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ORS 801.310 “Implement of husbandry.” “Implement of husbandry” means a vehicle or device used exclusively in agricultural operations. Truck trailers with a loaded weight of more than 8,000 pounds, motor vehicles, bus trailers, manufactured dwellings, prefabricated structures and recreational vehicles greater than eight and one-half feet in width and travel trailers are not implements of husbandry unless limited by design to agricultural uses. [1983 c.338 §52; 1985 c.16 §15; 1987 c.119 §1; 1989 c.723 §3; 1993 c.696 §6; 2003 c.655 §88]

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ORS 801.315 [1985 c.608 §3; 1989 c.636 §9; repealed by 2003 c.14 §459]

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ORS 801.317 “Inhalant.” “Inhalant” means any glue, paint, cement or other substance that is capable of causing intoxication and that contains one or more of the following chemical compounds

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ORS 801.320 “Intersection.” “Intersection” means the area of a roadway created when two or more roadways join together at any angle, as described in one of the following

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ORS 801.321 “Intoxicant.” “Intoxicant” means

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ORS 801.323 “Issue”; “issuance.” “Issue” or “issuance,” when used in relation to title, means either the creation of a record of title for a vehicle or physical delivery of a certificate of title to a person, or both. [1993 c.233 §3]

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ORS 801.325 “Limited visibility condition.” “Limited visibility condition” means

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ORS 801.330 “Loaded weight.” “Loaded weight” means the weight transmitted to the road, through an axle or set of axles, when the vehicle is fully loaded. [1983 c.338 §56; 1989 c.723 §4]

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ORS 801.331 “Low-speed vehicle.” “Low-speed vehicle” means a four wheeled motor vehicle with a top speed of more than 20 miles per hour but not more than 25 miles per hour. [2001 c.293 §5]

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ORS 801.332 [1993 c.696 §2; repealed by 2003 c.655 §143]

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ORS 801.333 “Manufactured structure.” “Manufactured structure” has the meaning given that term in ORS 446.561. [1993 c.696 §3; 2003 c.655 §89]

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ORS 801.335 “Manufacturer.” ”Manufacturer” means any person engaged in the manufacture of new vehicles as a regular business. [1983 c.338 §57]

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