Chapter 802 — Chapter 802

ORS 802.010 Duties of Department of Transportation regarding motor vehicles and drivers. (1) The Department of Transportation shall perform all of the duties, functions and powers with respect to the following

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ORS 802.012 Rules for acceptance of information submitted other than on paper; effect of submission. (1) Notwithstanding other provisions of the Oregon Vehicle Code relating to certifications, signatures, forms or similar requirements, the Department of Transportation may adopt rules for acceptance and verification by telephone or electronic means of information customarily provided on paper forms. Rules shall address

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ORS 802.020 Administrative facilities for enforcement of motor vehicle laws. The Department of Transportation

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ORS 802.030 [1983 c.338 §116; 1985 c.16 §31; 1985 c.171 §3; 1985 c.416 §6; 1987 c.146 §1; repealed by 1997 c.583 §9]

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ORS 802.031 Designation of dealers and others as agents of department. (1) Nothing in ORS 802.600 prohibits the Department of Transportation from adopting rules to

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ORS 802.033 [2001 c.141 §1; 2005 c.375 §1; renumbered 822.043 in 2005]

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ORS 802.040 Specification of certain ways of reporting. (1) The Department of Transportation shall specify the minimum contents of a report about, and the means for reporting, accidents that are required to be reported under ORS 810.460, 811.725, 811.730 and 811.735. The department shall consult with the state police and city and county law enforcement officials before approving means for accident reports required under ORS 810.460. Any means of reporting specified under this subsection shall require sufficiently detailed information to disclose, with reference to a traffic accident, the cause, conditions then existing and the persons and vehicles involved. Upon request, if the department adopts forms as one means of reporting accidents, the department shall make the forms available through police departments, sheriffs’ offices and other suitable agencies or individuals

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ORS 802.050 Publications; fees. (1) The Department of Transportation may compile, publish and distribute a vehicle code book containing statutes administered by the department concerning vehicles and drivers, along with other related laws. The department may establish and collect a reasonable fee for books issued to groups or persons who are not employees of the department. Any fee established under this section shall not exceed the costs of the compilation, publication and distribution of the books

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ORS 802.060 Acceptance of grants and other moneys for traffic safety programs; contracts. The Department of Transportation may

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ORS 802.070 Department to assist schools in promoting highway safety. The Department of Transportation shall assist accredited schools and educational institutions of this state in the promotion of highway safety and shall carry on with other activities under the laws providing for the registration of motor vehicles and motor vehicle operators and chauffeurs, other projects having for their purpose the prevention of motor vehicle accidents. [1983 c.338 §877]

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ORS 802.075 Rules for accident prevention course. The Department of Transportation shall adopt rules for approval of a motor vehicle accident prevention course that will qualify a person for the reduction in premium provided by ORS 742.490 to 742.494. The rules may include requirements for the contents of a course and qualifications of an organization offering a course. [1989 c.379 §8]

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ORS 802.080 [1983 c.338 §878; 1987 c.55 §1; renumbered 366.157 in 1991]

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ORS 802.085 [1993 c.713 §41; repealed by 2015 c.8 §11]

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ORS 802.087 Rules for assisting offenders in obtaining driver license or identification card. The Department of Transportation and the Department of Corrections jointly shall adopt rules and enter into interagency agreements necessary to assist offenders in obtaining a driver license or identification card prior to an offender’s release from a Department of Corrections institution. [2009 c.138 §2]

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ORS 802.090 [1983 c.338 §870; 1985 c.16 §439; 1989 c.979 §1; 1993 c.713 §4; 1993 c.751 §11; renumbered 247.017 in 1993]

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ORS 802.091 Removal of debris following motor vehicle accident. (1) The Department of Transportation shall pay reasonable costs for the removal of any vehicle, cargo or debris resulting from a motor vehicle accident if

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ORS 802.093 [2020 s.s.1 c.15 §21; repealed by 2022 c.25 §3]

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ORS 802.100 Accounts related to driver and vehicle services; uses. The following accounts are established separate and distinct from the General Fund for the financial administration of those functions of the Department of Transportation dealing with driver and motor vehicle services in accordance with ORS 802.110

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ORS 802.110 Procedures for financial administration; receipt and disposition of moneys; refunds; payments; limitations. Any procedures the Department of Transportation establishes for financial administration of those functions of the department dealing with driver and motor vehicle services and for the disposition and payment of moneys it receives from the provision of driver and motor vehicle services shall comply with all of the following

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ORS 802.112 Surcharge for certain transactions; rules. The Department of Transportation may impose a surcharge on any fee the department is authorized to collect if the fee is imposed for a transaction that can be accomplished by a customer of the department in more than one way and the customer chooses the more expensive way. A surcharge imposed under this section may be added to the amount tendered by the customer to offset fees charged to the department for acceptance and use of a credit card. A surcharge may not be imposed under this section until the department adopts rules specifying transactions for which the surcharge will be imposed. [1993 c.751 §9; 2019 c.312 §35]

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ORS 802.120 Snowmobile fuel tax moneys; amount; disposition. (1) Motor vehicle fuel used and purchased for providing the motive power for snowmobiles shall be considered a nonhighway use of fuel

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ORS 802.125 Transfer of all-terrain vehicle fuel taxes or special use fuel license fees. (1) The Department of Transportation shall transfer to the State Parks and Recreation Department amounts described in subsection (2) of this section that are paid to the Department of Transportation and determined by the department to be paid with respect to fuel used by Class I, Class II, Class III and Class IV all-terrain vehicles in off-highway operation

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ORS 802.130 [1985 c.459 §19; 1987 c.88 §§1,2; 1987 c.254 §1; 1987 c.587 §8; 1989 c.991 §3; 1993 c.233 §11; 1995 c.774 §9; repealed by 1999 c.977 §38]

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ORS 802.140 [1985 c.459 §20; 1987 c.587 §9; 1989 c.661 §2; 1989 c.991 §4; 1997 c.229 §1; repealed by 1999 c.977 §38]

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ORS 802.150 [1985 c.744 §4; 1987 c.730 §8; 1987 c.904 §1; 1987 c.905 §31; repealed by 2015 c.138 §18]

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ORS 802.155 Safety Education Fund; uses. (1) There is created the Safety Education Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the fund shall be credited to the fund

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ORS 802.160 Use of revocation and suspension reinstatement fees. The fees collected under ORS 807.370 for the reinstatement of suspended and revoked driving privileges shall be applied by the Department of Transportation to the cost of preparing and serving notices of suspension or revocation and to the cost of administering the driver improvement program authorized under ORS 809.480. [1983 c.338 §130]

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ORS 802.170 Uncollectible tender of payment; procedures. If any person pays the Department of Transportation any fee or tax with a bank check and the check is returned to the department as uncollectible, or if a person pays the department with a credit or debit card and for any reason the department does not get payment from the issuer of the card, the department may charge the person the fee for dishonored checks or other orders for the payment of money under ORS 30.701 (5). If the person does not pay the fee charged under this section, the department may do all of the following

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ORS 802.175 Definitions for ORS 802.175 to 802.191. As used in ORS 802.175 to 802.191

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ORS 802.177 Prohibition on release of personal information from motor vehicle records. (1) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 802.179, neither the Department of Transportation nor any officer, employee or contractor of the department may knowingly disclose or otherwise make available to any person personal information about an individual that is obtained by the department in connection with a motor vehicle record

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ORS 802.179 Exemptions from prohibition on release of personal information from motor vehicle records; rules. (1) The Department of Transportation, upon request or as required by law, shall disclose personal information from a motor vehicle record to a government agency for use in carrying out its governmental functions

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ORS 802.180 [1983 c.338 §135; 1993 c.751 §13; repealed by 1997 c.583 §9]

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ORS 802.181 Redisclosure by authorized recipients of personal information from motor vehicle records. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) to (5) of this section, a person or government agency that is authorized under ORS 802.179 to receive personal information from motor vehicle records may resell or redisclose the information only

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ORS 802.183 Fees for and rules regarding release of personal information from motor vehicle records. (1) The Department of Transportation may establish fees reasonably calculated to reimburse it for its actual cost in making personal information available to a person or government agency authorized under ORS 802.179 to obtain the information. Fees established under this subsection are subject to the provisions of ORS 192.324 (4) to (6)

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ORS 802.185 Notice to individual of certain requests for information; waiver. The Department of Transportation may establish a procedure under which the department, upon receiving a request for disclosure of personal information that does not come from a person or government agency authorized under ORS 802.179 to receive the information or does not fall within one of the uses permitted under ORS 802.179, may mail a copy of the request to the individual about whom the information was requested. The copy of the request shall be accompanied by a statement that the personal information requested will not be disclosed unless the individual waives any right to privacy created by ORS 802.175 to 802.187. [1997 c.678 §7]

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ORS 802.187 Relationship to other privacy statutes; access to information about self. (1) Nothing in ORS 802.175 to 802.187 authorizes disclosure by the Department of Transportation of personal information that is barred from disclosure by the provisions of ORS 192.355 (2) or 192.368

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ORS 802.189 Criminal penalty for violation of ORS 802.175 to 802.187. Knowingly obtaining or using personal information from a motor vehicle record in violation of ORS 802.175 to 802.187 is a Class A misdemeanor. [1997 c.678 §9]

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ORS 802.191 Civil action for violation of ORS 802.175 to 802.187. (1) A person aggrieved by an intentional violation of ORS 802.175 to 802.187 may bring an action at law against a person who has knowingly obtained or used personal information about the aggrieved person in violation of ORS 802.175 to 802.187. The action shall be for actual damages or $2,500, whichever is greater, plus attorney fees and court costs reasonably incurred in the action

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ORS 802.195 Social Security numbers; disclosure; fees; penalty. (1) As used in this section

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ORS 802.200 Required records; rules. In addition to any other records the Department of Transportation may establish, the department is subject to the following provisions concerning records

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ORS 802.202 Conditions for disclosure of drug test results. The Department of Transportation shall disclose information about a drug test result that is made to the department under ORS 825.410 or 825.415 only if the person who requests the information provides the department with written permission from the person who is the subject of the report. [1999 c.1099 §9; 2013 c.163 §5]

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ORS 802.210 Records of notification of approaching expiration of registration or license not required. The Department of Transportation is not required to maintain records on any of the following

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ORS 802.220 Availability of records; fees authorized. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and ORS 802.177, the records the Department of Transportation maintains under ORS 802.200 on vehicles are public records. The records of vehicles registered under ORS 805.060 are not public records and are exempt from public inspection as provided under ORS 181A.220 and are for the confidential use of criminal justice agencies described under ORS 181A.010. The department may charge the fee established under ORS 802.230 for furnishing information under this section concerning a vehicle or its owner

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ORS 802.222 [1989 c.396 §2; repealed by 1997 c.678 §15]

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ORS 802.224 [1991 c.568 §3; 1993 c.37 §1; 1993 c.224 §1; repealed by 1997 c.678 §15]

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ORS 802.230 Fees for records. (1) The fee for furnishing information concerning vehicle registration records under ORS 802.220 is a reasonable fee established by the Department of Transportation

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ORS 802.240 Driver and vehicle records as evidence. (1) In all actions, suits or criminal proceedings when the title to, or right of possession of, any vehicle is involved, the record of title, as it appears in the files and records of the Department of Transportation, is prima facie evidence of ownership or right to possession of the vehicle. As used in this section, the record of title does not include records of salvage titles unless the record itself is the salvage title. Proof of the ownership or right to possession of a vehicle shall be made by means of any of the following methods

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ORS 802.250 Records containing residence address of eligible public employee or household member. (1) An eligible public employee may request that any driver or vehicle record kept by the Department of Transportation that contains or is required to contain the eligible employee’s residence address contain instead the address of the public agency employing the eligible employee. A request under this section shall

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ORS 802.251 [1991 c.523 §3; 2005 c.292 §4; renumbered 802.255 in 2005]

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ORS 802.253 Records containing residence address of corrections officer or household member. (1) As used in this section

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