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Oregon Statutes, Title 59

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Title 59, Oregon Vehicle Code

22 chapters · 1,605 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 591,605 Ch 811186 Ch 801164 Ch 803127 Ch 825113 Ch 80795 Ch 81588 Ch 81380 Ch 82479 Ch 82278 Ch 81069 Ch 81468 Ch 80966 Ch 80262 Ch 80559

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ORS 802.253 Records containing residence address of corrections officer or household member
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(1) As used in this section: (a) “Correctional facility” means an institution used for the confinement of persons convicted of a criminal offense or held by court order. (b) “Corrections officer” means a person employed in a correctional facility, wherever it may be located, who …
ORS 802.255 Exchange of information for implementation of ORS 802.250 and 802.253
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The Department of Transportation on behalf of the State of Oregon may enter into contracts with other states and with the federal government for the exchange of employment information necessary to implement and administer ORS 802.250 and 802.253. [Formerly 802.251]
ORS 802.260 Driver license and identification card records; contents; copies to counties; fees
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(1) In addition to any other information required or permitted by law, the records of driver licenses maintained by the Department of Transportation and the records of identification cards issued under ORS 807.400 maintained by the department shall include the name, address, date…
ORS 802.270 Records of insurance information
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(1) The Department of Transportation shall maintain computerized records of insurance information. The department’s computer system shall contain information submitted by insurers under ORS 742.580 and 806.195 and shall be accessible to law enforcement agencies in the state for t…

ORS 802.275 Emergency contact information; rules

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(1) As used in this section, “emergency situation” means a situation in which the following occurs: (a) An individual is killed, seriously injured or rendered unconscious and is unable to independently communicate with police officers; and (b) The individual’s emergency contact i…

ORS 802.278 Retention of collision reports by law enforcement agencies; disclosure of nonpersonal information

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(1) As used in this section: (a) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given that term in ORS 811.747. (b) “Personal information” means the following information that identifies an individual: (A) A Social Security number; (B) A driver license number or identification card num…

ORS 802.300 Transportation Safety Committee; members, compensation, expenses; staff

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(1) The Transportation Safety Committee is created within the Department of Transportation to advise the department and the Oregon Transportation Commission concerning the functions described under ORS 802.310 and to perform any other functions related to transportation safety th…

ORS 802.310 Transportation safety programs; administrator

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(1) The administrator for transportation safety shall serve as the Governor’s representative for highway safety in conformity with the Federal Highway Safety Act of 1966. The Director of Transportation and the Oregon Transportation Commission shall be responsible to the Governor …

ORS 802.315 Department authority to apply for and receive federal highway safety program grants and other funds; local government program participation

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(1) The Department of Transportation, with the advice of the Transportation Safety Committee, may apply for, accept, receive and disburse grants available from the federal government or any of its agencies to carry out approved state highway safety programs conducted under the Fe…

ORS 802.320 Motorcycle safety program; contents; fees; contracts

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(1) In addition to any duties under ORS 802.310, the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Transportation Safety Committee, shall establish a motorcycle safety program that complies with this section to the extent moneys are available for such program from the Mo…

ORS 802.325 Bicycle safety program; contents; fees

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(1) The Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Transportation Safety Committee, shall establish a bicycle safety program that complies with this section to the extent moneys are available for such program. The program established may include the following: (a) Bic…

ORS 802.329 City and county highway safety program participation authorized

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Any city or county may participate in the highway safety program and do all things necessary to secure the benefits available under ORS 802.310 and 802.315 and under the Federal Highway Safety Act of 1966 and any amendments thereto. [Formerly 802.420]

ORS 802.331 Highway Safety Trust Account

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The Highway Safety Trust Account is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. All moneys received by the Department of Transportation under ORS 802.315 shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the account established under this section. All moneys in t…

ORS 802.340 Transportation Safety Account; uses; Motorcycle Safety Subaccount

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(1) The Transportation Safety Account is established in the General Fund of the State Treasury. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all money credited to the account established under this section is appropriated continuously for and shall be used by the Departm…

ORS 802.348 Membership of advisory committees must reflect state racial, ethnic and ability composition

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(1) The Department of Transportation shall ensure that the membership of advisory committees to the department reflects the racial and ethnic and ability composition of this state as determined by the most recent American Community Survey from the United States Census Bureau. (2)…

ORS 802.350 Winter Recreation Advisory Committee; members; meetings; rules

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(1) The Winter Recreation Advisory Committee is created to perform the functions described for the committee under ORS 810.170. (2) The committee created under this section shall consist of seven members appointed by the Oregon Transportation Commission as follows: (a) Two person…

ORS 802.370 Advisory committee on vehicle dealer regulation; members; compensation

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(1) The Director of Transportation shall establish an advisory committee to advise the Department of Transportation on the administration of laws regulating vehicle dealers under the vehicle code. (2) The department shall consult with the committee established under this section …

ORS 802.500 Authority for reciprocal registration agreements; permitted provisions; requirements; limitations

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The Director of Transportation may enter into agreements with the duly authorized representatives of any jurisdiction that issues registration to establish reciprocal privileges or registration exemptions for vehicles as described in this section. All of the following apply to an…

ORS 802.520 Authority to grant registration privileges or exemptions to vehicles registered in other jurisdictions; declaration; limitations

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The Director of Transportation may examine the laws and requirements of any jurisdiction that issues out-of-state registration and may grant a privilege or a registration exemption described in this section to vehicles or owners of vehicles registered in that jurisdiction. All of…

ORS 802.530 Authority of department for reciprocal agreements concerning traffic offenses; permitted provisions; fees; limitations; rules; report

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The Department of Transportation is authorized to enter into bilateral or multilateral reciprocal agreements with other jurisdictions to provide mutual assistance in the disposition of traffic offenses committed by residents of one jurisdiction while in another jurisdiction. Agre…

ORS 802.540 Driver License Compact

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The Driver License Compact is enacted into law and entered into on behalf of this state with all other states legally joining therein in a form substantially as follows: ______________________________________________________________________________ ARTICLE I FINDINGS AND DECLARAT…

ORS 802.550 Administrative provisions relating to license compact

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The following relate to the Driver License Compact under ORS 802.540: (1) The Director of Transportation or the director’s deputy shall act as the compact administrator. The compact administrator shall not be entitled to any additional compensation on account of service as compac…

ORS 802.560 Multistate Highway Transportation Agreement

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The Multistate Highway Transportation Agreement is hereby enacted into law and entered into on behalf of this state with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in a form substantially as follows: ___________________________________________________________________________…

ORS 802.565 Participation by department and payment of fees

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The Director of Transportation shall: (1) Appoint an employee of the Department of Transportation to participate in meetings held by the cooperating committee created pursuant to the Multistate Highway Transportation Agreement under ORS 802.560. (2) Pay any membership fee require…

ORS 802.570 Compensation and reimbursement for legislative representative under Multistate Highway Transportation Agreement

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A legislator who is a designated representative under ORS 802.560 is entitled to compensation and expense reimbursement under ORS 171.072, payable from funds appropriated to the Legislative Assembly. [1987 c.879 §21; 2001 c.610 §2] AGREEMENTS WITH PRIVATE CONTRACTORS

ORS 802.600 Agreements to transact department business; fees; rules

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(1) The Department of Transportation may enter into an agreement with any qualified provider to transact on behalf of the department the following functions of the department: (a) Any vehicle-related transaction for which the department is responsible. (b) Processing of fees or t…

ORS 803.010 Proof of ownership

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A certificate of title is prima facie evidence of the ownership of a vehicle or of an interest therein. In all actions, suits or criminal proceedings, when the title to or right of possession of any vehicle is involved, proof of the ownership or right to possession shall be made …

ORS 803.012 Rules for title forms and fees

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(1) The Department of Transportation may adopt rules authorizing different forms of title and specifying the uses of the different forms. The rules may include, but need not be limited to, rules authorizing and describing uses of electronic titles and certificates of title. (2) R…

ORS 803.015 Certificate contents

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The Department of Transportation shall design a certificate of title for vehicles for situations in which the department determines that certificates will be issued. A certificate of title issued by the department shall conform to all of the following: (1) The certificate shall b…

ORS 803.016 Titles in form other than certificate

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If title to a vehicle is not to be issued in the form of a certificate, the record of title kept by the Department of Transportation shall include all information required by ORS 803.015. Nothing in this section requires that title issued in a form other than a certificate: (1) B…

ORS 803.025 Violating title requirements; penalty

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(1) A person commits the offense of violating vehicle title requirements if the person owns or operates any vehicle in this state for which this state has not issued title. (2) Exemptions from this section are established by ORS 803.030. The exemptions are subject to ORS 803.040.…

ORS 803.030 Exemptions from title requirement

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This section establishes exemptions from the requirements under ORS 803.025 to obtain title issued by this state. The exemptions are subject to ORS 803.040. The exemptions are in addition to any exemptions under ORS 801.026. Vehicles exempted by this section from the requirements…

ORS 803.035 Optional titling; rules

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(1) The Department of Transportation, by rule, may provide for optional titling of vehicles that are not subject to the vehicle titling requirements under ORS 803.025 or that are exempt from vehicle titling requirements by ORS 803.030. The rules adopted for purposes of this subse…

ORS 803.036 Optional titling; park model recreational vehicles; rules

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(1) As used in this section: (a) “Mobile home park” has the meaning given that term in ORS 446.003. (b) “Park model recreational vehicle” means a recreational vehicle, as defined in ORS 174.101, that: (A) Is designed for use as temporary living quarters; (B) Is built on a single …

ORS 803.040 Effect of title

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(1) If this state has issued title for a vehicle, the vehicle shall remain titled by this state and subject to all of the provisions of the vehicle code relating to vehicles titled by this state until one of the following occurs: (a) The vehicle becomes legally titled under the l…

ORS 803.045 Issuance of title; rules

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(1) The Department of Transportation shall issue title for a vehicle if the applicant and the vehicle meet the following qualifications: (a) The applicant must satisfy the department that the applicant is the owner of the vehicle and is otherwise entitled to have title issued in …

ORS 803.050 Application; contents

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(1) An application for title required under ORS 803.045 shall be in a form specified by the Department of Transportation and shall contain all the following: (a) A full description of the vehicle, including, but not necessarily limited to, the vehicle identification number. (b) T…

ORS 803.053 Expedited titling; vehicle dealers; rules; fee

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(1) At the request of a vehicle dealer, the Department of Transportation shall provide expedited titling services if the vehicle dealer pays the fee imposed under this section. A request under this section must be made in the manner required by the department. The department shal…

ORS 803.055 Delivery of evidence of title; rules

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(1) When a certificate of title is issued by this state, the Department of Transportation shall deliver the certificate as follows unless otherwise provided by law: (a) To the security interest holder with the highest priority. (b) If there are no security interest holders, to th…

ORS 803.060 Renewal

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A title does not require a renewal and is valid until one of the following occurs: (1) The vehicle is destroyed or dismantled. (2) Any interest reflected on the title changes. [1983 c.338 §182; 1985 c.316 §1; 1993 c.233 §24; 2019 c.17 §5]

ORS 803.065 Duplicate or replacement certificate; fee; application; rules

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(1) The Department of Transportation may issue a duplicate or replacement certificate of title when all of the following occur: (a) The department is satisfied as to the loss, mutilation or destruction of a certificate of title or salvage title certificate. (b) The fee for issuan…

ORS 803.070 False statement in application or assignment; penalty

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(1) A person commits the offense of false statement on title or transfer of vehicle if the person knowingly makes any false statement of a material fact in an application for title to a vehicle, in an application for salvage title for a vehicle or in any assignment of title to a …

ORS 803.075 False swearing prohibited; penalty

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(1) A person commits the offense of false swearing relating to titling of vehicles if the person knowingly makes any false affidavit or knowingly swears or affirms falsely to any matter or thing relating to the titling of vehicles under the vehicle code. For purposes of this sect…

ORS 803.080 Unlawfully publishing certificate of title forms prohibited; penalty

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(1) A person commits the offense of unlawfully publishing certificate of title forms if the person produces in any way, or causes to be produced, without the authority of the Department of Transportation, facsimiles of the blank forms upon which the department issues certificates…

ORS 803.085 Selling untitled vehicle prohibited; penalty

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(1) A person commits the offense of selling an untitled vehicle if the person sells a vehicle without complying with the requirements under ORS 803.025 and 803.045 to obtain a title for the vehicle or the requirements of ORS 819.016 to obtain a salvage title for the vehicle, as a…

ORS 803.090 Fees for certificate of title

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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the fee to issue a certificate of title under ORS 803.045 or 803.140, to transfer title under ORS 803.092, to issue a duplicate or replacement certificate of title under ORS 803.065 or to issue a new title due to name or a…

ORS 803.091 Title fees based on miles per gallon

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(1) As used in this section, “miles per gallon” or “MPG” means the distance traveled in a vehicle powered by one gallon of fuel. (2) The Department of Transportation shall determine the combined MPG ratings for each motor vehicle pursuant to a method determined by the department.…

ORS 803.092 Application for title upon transfer of interest; when and by whom required; exceptions

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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, upon the transfer of any interest in a vehicle covered by an Oregon title the transferee shall submit an application for title to the Department of Transportation. Such application shall be submitted to the department within 30 da…

ORS 803.094 Release or assignment of title interest; rules; when and by whom required; exceptions

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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, upon the transfer of any interest shown on an Oregon title any person whose interest is released, terminated, assigned or transferred, shall release or assign that interest in a manner specified by the Department of Transportation…

ORS 803.097 Perfection of security interest in vehicle; rules

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(1) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, the exclusive means for perfecting a security interest in a vehicle is by application for notation of the security interest on the title in accordance with this section. The application may accompany the application for a …