Chapter 820 — Chapter 820
46 sections in this chapter.
ORS 820.010 Vehicles subject to safety regulation; Department of Consumer and Business Services jurisdiction; rules. (1) A motor vehicle is subject to safety regulation under ORS 820.030 to 820.070, if the vehicle is furnished by an employer and is used to transport one or more workers to and from their places of employment. All of the following apply to this subsection
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(a) The employer must be an individual who employs or uses two or more workers. (b) The workers employed or transported may be any individuals who are employed for any period in any work for which the workers are compensated, whether full- or part-time. (c) The place of employmen…
ORS 820.020 Vehicles other than worker transport vehicles that are subject to safety regulation. Vehicles used in transportation of persons for hire by a nonprofit entity are subject to safety regulation under ORS 820.030 to 820.070 in addition to worker transport vehicles subjected to such regulation under ORS 820.010. [1983 c.338 §739; 1989 c.992 §23; 2015 c.283 §9]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 820.030 Safety code; rules; standards; tentative draft; hearings; notice; amendment. The Department of Transportation shall make and enforce reasonable rules relating to vehicles described under ORS 820.010 and 820.020. Authority for enforcement of the rules is established under ORS 820.040 to 820.070. The rules shall be embodied in a safety code and the safety code is subject to all of the following
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(1) The safety code shall establish minimum standards for all of the following aspects of the safety and operation of vehicles described under ORS 820.010 and 820.020: (a) For the construction and mechanical equipment of a motor vehicle, including its coupling devices, lighting d…
ORS 820.040 Inspection of vehicles. (1) The Department of Transportation, in enforcing the safety code established under ORS 820.030, may inspect any vehicle that is described under ORS 820.010 or 820.020
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(2) Upon request, the Superintendent of State Police shall assist the department in these inspections. [1983 c.338 §741]
ORS 820.050 Orders regarding noncomplying vehicles or drivers. (1) Whenever the Department of Transportation finds that a vehicle described under ORS 820.010 or 820.020 violates any provision of the safety code adopted under ORS 820.030 or an amendment thereto, the department shall make, enter and serve upon the owner of the vehicle any order necessary to protect the safety of persons transported in the vehicle
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(2) The department may direct in an order, as a condition to the continued use of the motor vehicle for authorized purposes, that such additions, repairs, improvements or changes be made and such safety devices and safeguards be furnished and used as are reasonably required to sa…
ORS 820.060 Safety requirement; owner violation of worker transport vehicle safety code; penalty. (1) The following vehicles shall be maintained in a safe condition and operated in a safe manner at all times
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(a) Vehicles described in ORS 820.010. This paragraph applies whether or not the vehicle is used upon a public highway. (b) Vehicles described in ORS 820.020. (2) A person commits the offense of owner violation of the worker transport vehicle safety code if the person is the owne…
ORS 820.070 Driver violation of worker transport vehicle safety code; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of driver violation of worker transport vehicle safety code if the person, at any time, operates a vehicle described under ORS 820.010 or 820.020 in a manner that violates any provision of the safety code established under ORS 820.030 or any amendment thereto
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(2) The offense described in this section, driver violation of worker transport vehicle safety code, is a Class B traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §744; 1985 c.393 §51] SCHOOL VEHICLES
ORS 820.100 Adoption of safety standards for construction and equipment of school vehicles. (1) The State Board of Education shall adopt and enforce such reasonable standards relating to school bus and school activity vehicle construction and school bus and school activity vehicle equipment as the board deems necessary for safe and economical operation, except that the board may not authorize the use of school buses manufactured before April 1, 1977
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(2) The governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002 may adopt and enforce separate standards of the type described under this section for school buses and school activity vehicles that are under the governing board’s jurisdiction, except that the governing board …
ORS 820.105 School bus stop arms. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, school buses may be equipped with an octagonal shaped mechanical stop arm that indicates when the bus is stopped to load or unload passengers on a roadway. The stop arms authorized by this section shall be equipped with two alternately flashing red bus safety lights showing both to the front and rear of the bus. [1987 c.654 §5]
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Note: 820.105 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 820 but was not added to any smaller series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
ORS 820.110 Rules and standards for driver qualification and training and accident reports. (1) The State Board of Education shall adopt and enforce rules to establish requirements of operation, qualifications or special training of drivers and special accident reports for school buses and school activity vehicles
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(2) The governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002 may adopt and enforce separate standards of the type described under this section for school buses and school activity vehicles that are under its jurisdiction. (3) The rules and standards adopted under this sec…
ORS 820.120 Rules and standards for school vehicle inspection. (1) The State Board of Education shall adopt and enforce rules to provide for the inspection of school buses and school activity vehicles to assure that the vehicles are in compliance with requirements under standards and rules established under ORS 820.100 and 820.110, as applicable, and that the vehicles are safe for operation. The rules may include intervals of inspections
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(2) The governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002 may adopt and enforce separate standards of the type described under this section for school buses and school activity vehicles that are under its jurisdiction. (3) The rules and standards adopted under this sec…
ORS 820.130 School bus registration. The Department of Transportation shall issue registration for a school bus when notified that the vehicle conforms to applicable standards and rules under ORS 820.100 to 820.120 and that the vehicle is safe for operation on the highways. Notification required by this section shall be from
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(1) The State Board of Education or its authorized representative regarding vehicles under its regulatory authority. (2) The governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002 or the authorized representative of the governing board regarding vehicles under the governing…
ORS 820.140 Revocation of registration. The Department of Transportation may revoke the registration of any school bus if the department determines that the vehicle
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(1) Is not maintained and operated in accordance with standards and rules applicable to the vehicle under ORS 820.100 to 820.120; or (2) Is not safe for operation over or is not safely operated over the public highways. [1983 c.338 §753; 1985 c.16 §360; 1985 c.420 §18; 2013 c.768…
ORS 820.150 Rules and standards for exemption of certain vehicles from Oregon Vehicle Code. (1) The State Board of Education, by rule, may establish classes or types of vehicles that are not considered school buses or school activity vehicles for purposes of the Oregon Vehicle Code or classes of school buses or school activity vehicles that are not subject to regulation under the Oregon Vehicle Code either partially or completely
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(2) The governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002 may adopt separate standards of the type described under this section for vehicles that are under its jurisdiction. (3) Rules and standards adopted under this section are subject to the following: (a) Any exempt…
ORS 820.160 Illegal display of school bus markings; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of illegal display of school bus markings if the person displays the words “School Bus” on any vehicle unless the vehicle
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(a) Is used in transporting school children to or from school or an authorized school activity or function; and (b) Complies with the applicable requirements under standards and rules established under ORS 820.100 to 820.120. (2) The offense described in this section, illegal dis…
ORS 820.170 Improper school bus markings; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of improper school bus markings if the person displays the words “School Bus” on a vehicle without such words being marked in the front and in the rear in letters eight inches high or higher and of proportionate width
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(2) The offense described in this section, improper school bus markings, is a Class D traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §751; 1985 c.393 §53; 1995 c.383 §99]
ORS 820.180 Unsafe school vehicle operation; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of unsafe school vehicle operation if
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(a) The person operates or owns and causes or permits to be operated a school bus or school activity vehicle in a manner that is in violation of any standards and rules applicable to the vehicle that are adopted under ORS 820.100 to 820.120; (b) The person owns or leases and caus…
ORS 820.190 Minor operating school vehicle; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of being a minor operating a school vehicle if the person is under 18 years of age and the person drives any of the following while it is in use for the transportation of pupils to or from school or an authorized school activity or function
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(a) A school bus. (b) A school activity vehicle. (c) A vehicle owned by a public or governmental agency. (d) A privately owned vehicle that is operated for compensation that is a vehicle other than a vehicle commonly known and used as a private passenger vehicle and not operated …
ORS 820.200 Minor operating public passenger vehicle; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of being a minor operating a public passenger vehicle if the person is under 21 years of age and the person drives a motor vehicle while it is in use as a public passenger-carrying vehicle
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(2) The offense described in this section, minor operating a public passenger vehicle, is a Class B traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §755]
ORS 820.210 Registration exemptions for golf carts and similar vehicles. (1) Golf carts operated in accordance with an ordinance adopted under ORS 810.070 are exempt from registration requirements under the vehicle code
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(2) Golf carts or substantially similar vehicles that are operated by persons with disabilities at not more than 15 miles an hour are exempt from registration requirements under the vehicle code. (3) Notwithstanding any provision of the vehicle code relating to vehicle equipment …
ORS 820.220 Operation of low-speed vehicle in prohibited area; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of operation of a low-speed vehicle in a prohibited area if the person is a person with a disability and the person operates a golf cart or substantially similar motor vehicle on any highway with a speed designation greater than 25 miles per hour
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(2) The offense described in this section, operation of low-speed vehicle in prohibited area, is a Class D traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §781; 2007 c.70 §350] AMBULANCES AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES (Application of Traffic Laws)
ORS 820.300 (1) Subject to conditions, limitations, prohibitions and penalties established for emergency vehicle, organ transport vehicle and ambulance drivers under ORS 820.320, the driver of an emergency vehicle, organ transport vehicle or ambulance may do any of the following
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(a) Park or stand in disregard of a statute, regulation or ordinance prohibiting that parking or standing. (b) Proceed past a red signal or stop sign. (c) Exceed the designated speed limits. (d) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directi…
ORS 820.310 [1983 c.338 §758; 1985 c.16 §363; 1985 c.278 §2; repealed by 1995 c.209 §7]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 820.320 (1) A person commits the offense of illegal operation of an emergency vehicle, organ transport vehicle or ambulance if the person is the driver of an emergency vehicle, organ transport vehicle or ambulance and the person violates any of the following
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(a) The driver of an emergency vehicle, organ transport vehicle or ambulance may only exercise privileges granted under ORS 820.300 when responding to an emergency call or when responding to, but not upon returning from, an emergency. The driver of an emergency vehicle may exerci…
ORS 820.330 Failure to make, maintain and make available ambulance records; exemption; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of failure to make, maintain and make available ambulance records if the person violates any of the following
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(a) When an ambulance is used in an emergency situation the driver of the ambulance, within 24 hours after such use, shall cause to be made and must sign a record that complies with ORS 820.340. (b) The owner of any ambulance shall cause any record required by this section to be …
ORS 820.340 Contents of ambulance records. Records required under ORS 820.330 must contain all of the following
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(1) The time of day and the date when ambulance service was requested. (2) The name of the ambulance driver and the name of the emergency medical services providers, as defined in ORS 682.025, who provided the service, one of whom may be the driver. (3) The name and address of an…
ORS 820.350 (1) Subject to any other law or rule pursuant thereto relating to lighting of a vehicle, the Department of Transportation may prescribe required warning lights for ambulances and organ transport vehicles. The requirements established under this section may include, but are not limited to, numbers required, placement, visibility, rate of flash if applicable and inside indicators
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(2) Enforcement of the requirements established under this section is provided under ORS 820.360.
ORS 820.360 (1) A person commits the offense of illegal ambulance or organ transport vehicle lighting equipment if the person drives or moves on any highway or owns and causes or knowingly permits to be driven or moved on any highway an ambulance or organ transport vehicle that does not contain and is not at all times equipped with warning lights in proper condition and adjustment as required under ORS 820.350
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(2) This section does not apply to any person or ambulance exempted by ORS 682.035 or 682.079 from regulation by the Oregon Health Authority. (3) Authority of political subdivisions to regulate warning lights on ambulances and organ transport vehicles is limited under ORS 682.031…
ORS 820.370 (1) Subject to any other law or rule pursuant thereto relating to the noise of a vehicle, the Department of Transportation may prescribe required sirens or other audible signals for ambulances, organ transport vehicles and emergency vehicles. The requirements established under this section may include, but are not limited to, numbers required, placement, audibility and inside indicators
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(2) Enforcement of the requirements established under this section is provided under ORS 820.380.
ORS 820.380 (1) A person commits the offense of illegal ambulance, organ transport vehicle or emergency vehicle sirens if the person drives or moves on any highway or owns and causes or knowingly permits to be driven or moved on any highway an ambulance, organ transport vehicle or emergency vehicle that does not contain and is not at all times equipped with sirens or other audible signals in proper conditions and adjustment as required under ORS 820.370
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(2) This section does not apply to any ambulance or person operating or owning an ambulance if the ambulance or person is exempted by ORS 682.035 or 682.079 from regulation by the Oregon Health Authority. (3) Authority of political subdivisions to regulate sirens and other audibl…
ORS 820.400 Unlawful operation of implement of husbandry; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of unlawful operation of an implement of husbandry if the person operates an implement of husbandry in violation of any of the following
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(a) Such vehicle must be driven as closely as is practicable to the right-hand edge of the roadbed, including the shoulders, if any. (b) Such vehicle, if the movement of the vehicle occurs during the hours of darkness, must be equipped and operating two headlights, clearance ligh…
ORS 820.500 [1983 c.338 §782; 1985 c.16 §378; 1985 c.416 §7; 1989 c.148 §19; 1991 c.459 §438k; 1991 c.873 §42; 1993 c.233 §66; 1997 c.577 §48; 1999 c.383 §1; 2001 c.675 §14; repealed by 2003 c.655 §143]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 820.510 [1985 c.16 §381; 1993 c.233 §67; 1993 c.696 §10; 1999 c.383 §2; 2003 c.189 §1; repealed by 2003 c.655 §143]
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MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES
ORS 820.520 Travel or special use trailer assessed as manufactured structure; effect of ceasing to be used as permanent home. When a travel trailer or special use trailer ceases to be assessed under the ad valorem tax laws of this state as a manufactured structure under ORS 308.880, the trailer must be registered and licensed as a travel trailer or special use trailer. [1983 c.338 §783; 1985 c.16 §379; 1993 c.18 §171; 1993 c.696 §11; 2003 c.655 §122]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 820.525 [1999 c.383 §4; 2003 c.189 §2; repealed by 2003 c.655 §143]
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ORS 820.530 [1983 c.338 §784; 1985 c.16 §382; 1985 c.401 §16; 1993 c.233 §68; 1995 c.383 §102; repealed by 2003 c.655 §143]
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ORS 820.540 [1983 c.338 §785; 1985 c.16 §383; 1995 c.383 §103; repealed by 2003 c.655 §143]
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ORS 820.550 [1983 c.338 §786; 1995 c.383 §104; repealed by 2003 c.655 §143]
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ORS 820.560 [1983 c.338 §787; 1985 c.16 §384; 1985 c.416 §8; 1989 c.409 §1; 1993 c.551 §4; 1993 c.751 §78; 1999 c.359 §4; repealed by 2003 c.655 §143]
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ORS 820.570 Violating trip permit requirements for manufactured structures; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of violating trip permit requirements for manufactured structures if the person does any of the following
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(a) Moves a manufactured structure on a highway of this state without a trip permit for the movement. This paragraph does not apply to movements of manufactured structures by vehicle transporters as permitted under ORS 822.310. (b) Fails to prominently display a trip permit on th…
ORS 820.580 [1983 c.338 §789; 1985 c.16 §386; repealed by 2003 c.655 §143]
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ORS 820.585 [2001 c.675 §1; repealed by 2003 c.655 §143]
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ORS 820.587 [2001 c.675 §2; repealed by 2003 c.655 §143]
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ORS 820.589 [2001 c.675 §3; repealed by 2003 c.655 §143]
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ORS 820.591 [2001 c.675 §4; repealed by 2003 c.655 §143]
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ORS 820.593 [2001 c.675 §5; repealed by 2003 c.655 §143]
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