Title 59, Oregon Vehicle Code

To maintain disabled person parking privileges after relocation, a person who relocates to Oregon and who holds a disabled person parking permit from another state shall obtain an Oregon disabled person parking permit pursuant to ORS 811.602. [2001 c.367 §6]

(1) The Department of Transportation shall issue a “Wheelchair User” disabled person parking permit in the form of a “Wheelchair User” placard or decal for use by a person who uses a wheelchair or similar low-powered motorized or mechanically propelled vehicle designed specifical…

(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful parking in a space reserved for persons with disabilities if: (a) The person parks a vehicle in any parking space that is on private or public property and that is marked or signed to provide parking for persons with disabilities and t…

(1) The Department of Transportation shall issue an “Oregon Wounded Warrior” disabled person parking permit in the form of an “Oregon Wounded Warrior” placard or decal for use by a wounded warrior. (2) A person is a wounded warrior who qualifies for an “Oregon Wounded Warrior” pa…

(1) A person commits the offense of blocking a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities if the person: (a) Stops or parks a vehicle in such a way as to block access to a parking space that is on private or public property and that is marked or signed to provide parkin…

If a vehicle is illegally parked in violation of ORS 811.615, the vehicle may be removed and, if notice required under subsection (3) of this section is given, is subject to costs for the removal and storage of the vehicle as provided under the following: (1) The owner of private…

(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of a disabled person parking permit if the person: (a) Is not a person with a disability and is not transporting the holder of a disabled person parking permit to or from the parking location; and (b) Uses a disabled person parking…

(1) A person commits the offense of use of an invalid disabled person parking permit if the person uses a permit that is not a valid permit from another jurisdiction, and that: (a) Has been previously reported as lost or stolen; (b) Has been altered; (c) Was issued to a person wh…

The Department of Transportation shall invalidate a disabled parking permit issued under ORS 811.602 if any of the following occurs: (1) The department receives information that the person issued an individual or “Wheelchair User” placard or permit has since obtained a driver lic…

(1) A person commits the offense of misuse of a program placard if the person: (a) Is the driver of a vehicle that is being used as part of a program for the transportation of persons with disabilities; and (b) Uses a program placard described under ORS 811.607 for any purpose ot…

(1) A law enforcement agency authorized to enforce parking laws may appoint volunteers to issue citations for violations of ORS 811.615, 811.617, 811.625 and 811.630, or of ordinances dealing with parking privileges for persons with disabilities. Volunteers appointed under this s…

All of the following apply to the parking privileges granted to persons with disabilities under a disabled person parking permit other than a program placard described in ORS 811.607: (1) The privileges granted under a permit may be exercised notwithstanding ORS 811.575, any auth…

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 811.635, a program placard described under ORS 811.607 confers only the following privileges: (a) It authorizes the driver of a vehicle that is being used as part of the program to which the placard was issued to park the vehicle for three hours or less in…

(1) A driver of a vehicle who knows or has reason to believe that the driver’s vehicle was involved in a collision commits the offense of failure to perform the duties of a driver when property is damaged if the driver’s vehicle is involved in a collision that results in damage t…

(1) A driver of a vehicle who knows or has reason to believe that the driver’s vehicle was involved in a collision commits the offense of failure to perform the duties of a driver to injured persons if the driver’s vehicle has been in a collision that results in injury or death t…

When a person is convicted of violating ORS 811.700 or 811.705, the court, in addition to any other sentence it may impose, may order the person to pay an amount of money equal to the amount of any damages caused by the person as a result of the incident that created the duties i…

The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall classify the crime of failure to perform the duties of a driver to injured persons as crime category 8 of the sentencing guidelines grid of the commission if a person suffers serious physical injury as defined in ORS 161.015 or dies as…

(1) A driver of a vehicle who knows or has reason to believe that the driver’s vehicle was involved in a collision commits the offense of failure to perform the duties of a driver when an animal is injured if the driver’s vehicle injures or kills a domestic animal and the driver …

(1) A person commits the offense of failure to perform the duties of a witness to an accident if the person: (a) Witnesses an accident that results in injury or death to any person or causes damage to a vehicle that is driven or attended by any person; and (b) Does not furnish to…

(1) The driver of a motor vehicle commits the offense of failure to remove a motor vehicle from the roadway if, after an accident: (a) A person has not suffered any apparent personal injury as a result of the accident; (b) The motor vehicle is operable and does not require towing…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, and notwithstanding ORS 801.020 (9), any place a collision is caused by the motion of a vehicle or its load that results in injury or death to any person, the collision is subject to the reporting requirements under the fo…

(1) The driver of a vehicle commits the offense of driver failure to report a collision if the driver does any of the following: (a) Is driving any vehicle that is involved in a collision required to be reported under ORS 811.720 and does not, within 72 hours of the collision, co…

(1) The owner of a vehicle commits the offense of owner failure to report a collision if the owner does any of the following: (a) If the person owns a vehicle that is involved in a collision that is required to be reported under ORS 811.720 and all of the following apply: (A) The…

(1) A person commits the offense of failure of a vehicle occupant to make a collision report if: (a) The person is an occupant, other than the driver, of a vehicle at a time when the vehicle is involved in a collision required to be reported under ORS 811.720; (b) The driver of t…

(1) A person commits the offense of giving a false collision report if the person gives information in any report required under ORS 811.725 or 811.730, knowing or having reason to believe that such information is false. (2) The offense described in this section, giving a false c…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, and notwithstanding ORS 801.020 (9), any place a collision is caused by the motion of a vehicle or its load that results in injury or death to any person, the collision is subject to: (a) The reporting requirements for dri…

As used in ORS 811.748 and 811.750: (1) “Emergency communications system” has the meaning given that term in ORS 403.105. (2) “Law enforcement agency” means any agency that employs members of the Oregon State Police, a sheriff, a deputy sheriff, a city police officer, a police of…

(1) The driver of a vehicle commits the offense of driver failure to report a collision if the driver is driving any vehicle that is involved in a collision required to be reported under ORS 811.745 and the driver, if physically capable, does not give notice of the collision imme…

(1) A person commits the offense of failure of a vehicle occupant to make a collision report if: (a) The person is an occupant, other than the driver, of a vehicle at a time when the vehicle is involved in a collision required to be reported to a police officer or a law enforceme…

(1) A person commits the offense of operation of a funeral escort vehicle or a funeral lead vehicle with improper lights if the person: (a) Fails to equip the funeral escort vehicle or funeral lead vehicle with at least one “fire company warning light” as provided for under ORS 8…

(1) A person commits the offense of failure to yield the right of way to a funeral procession if the funeral procession is accompanied by a funeral escort vehicle or a funeral lead vehicle and the person does not do the following: (a) Yield the right of way to the funeral process…

(1) While exercising due caution regarding the safety of others, notwithstanding any traffic control device, right of way provisions or other provisions of the Oregon Vehicle Code, if the funeral escort vehicle or funeral lead vehicle lawfully enters an intersection, the followin…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person commits the offense of exceeding the maximum speed for a funeral procession if: (a) The person is driving in a funeral procession on a highway with a speed limit of less than 50 miles per hour and the person drives at a spe…

Notwithstanding ORS 811.111 or 811.295, while overtaking the funeral procession in order to direct traffic at the next intersection, the funeral escort vehicle may exceed the posted speed limit by 10 miles per hour and may cross the center line of a roadway that is divided into t…

(1) A person commits the offense of disrupting a funeral procession if: (a) The person is driving a vehicle that is not a member of the funeral procession and the person drives between the vehicles in a funeral procession; or (b) The person is driving a vehicle that is not a memb…

Any person or vehicle participating in a funeral procession shall be allowed to pass free through all tollgates, tunnels, toll bridges and ferries. [1991 c.482 §11] _______________ CHAPTER 812 [Reserved for expansion]