Title 59, Oregon Vehicle Code

Upon sale of a vehicle registered under ORS 805.300, prior to operation of the vehicle on a highway, the new owner must reregister the vehicle unless the new owner is qualified under ORS 805.310 to register the vehicle under ORS 805.300. [1983 c.338 §774; 1985 c.16 §371; 1993 c.7…

(1) A person commits the offense of violation of farm registration limits if the person uses or owns and permits to be used a vehicle registered under ORS 805.300 for purposes other than purposes described under ORS 805.390. (2) The offense described in this section, violation of…

(1) A person commits the offense of failure to register a farm vehicle properly if the person is the new owner of a vehicle with registration under ORS 805.300, and the person operates the vehicle before properly registering it. (2) Nothing in this section prohibits a person from…

(1) A person commits the offense of false certification on farm registration if the person knowingly certifies falsely to any information on any application for issuance of registration under ORS 805.320. (2) The offense described in this section, false certification on farm regi…

The Department of Transportation shall have the authority to investigate and verify information provided in conjunction with application for registration under ORS 805.300. The department may cancel the registration of any vehicle that has registration issued under ORS 805.300 if…

This section establishes the uses allowed for vehicles registered under ORS 805.300, and for vehicles authorized by ORS 805.400 to be registered under ORS 826.009 or 826.011. Vehicles with farm vehicle registration or farm vehicle proportional registration may only be used for pu…

(1) Any person who qualifies under ORS 805.310 for farm vehicle registration under ORS 805.300 may choose to register farm qualified vehicles under the proportional registration provisions of ORS 826.009 or 826.011 in lieu of registering the vehicles under the farm vehicle regist…

(1) The Department of Transportation shall have the authority to investigate and verify information provided in conjunction with application for proportional registration of a farm vehicle under ORS 805.400. The department may cancel an identification device for a proportionally …

(1) A person commits the offense of driving uninsured if the person operates a motor vehicle in this state on any highway or premises open to the public in this state without either: (a) The person being insured while driving the vehicle under a motor vehicle liability insurance …

(1) Proof of insurance issued as provided in ORS 742.447, or other current proof of compliance with financial or future responsibility requirements approved by rule by the Department of Transportation, shall be carried in each motor vehicle that is operating in this state and tha…

(1) A person commits the offense of failure to carry proof of compliance with financial responsibility requirements if the person operates a motor vehicle in this state and does not have in the vehicle current proof of compliance with financial responsibility requirements. (2) Th…

This section provides exemptions from the necessity for compliance with or proof of compliance with financial responsibility requirements in accident reports under ORS 811.725, when applying for vehicle registration under ORS 803.370 or 803.460 and for operating a vehicle under O…

Financial responsibility requirements are designed to provide for minimum payment of judgments of the type described in this section. For the purposes of ORS 806.130, 806.140, 809.130 and 809.470, judgments of the type described in this section must: (1) Have become final by expi…

(1) A person commits the offense of falsification of financial responsibility if the person does any of the following: (a) Forges or, without authority, signs any evidence of proof of compliance with financial responsibility requirements. (b) Files or offers for filing any eviden…

(1) A person commits the offense of giving false information about liability insurance to a police officer if the person knowingly gives false information about the person’s motor vehicle liability insurance coverage to any police officer who is enforcing motor vehicle laws. (2) …

A person who is required to comply with the financial responsibility requirements of this state must be able to respond in damages, in amounts required under this section, for liability on account of accidents arising out of the ownership, operation, maintenance or use of motor v…

(1) This section establishes a schedule of payments for the following purposes: (a) An insurance policy described under ORS 806.080 must provide for payment of at least amounts necessary to cover the minimum required payments under this section to qualify for use for financial re…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person convicted of driving under the influence of intoxicants under ORS 813.010 is subject to the following requirements for the method of complying with and the amounts needed to meet financial responsibility requirements a…

(1) A motor vehicle liability insurance policy used to comply with financial responsibility requirements under ORS 806.060 must meet all of the following requirements: (a) It must be a policy or part of a policy designating, by explicit description or by appropriate reference, al…

(1) To qualify as a self-insurer for purposes of financial responsibility requirements under ORS 806.060, a person must do all of the following: (a) Apply to the Department of Transportation and be issued by the department a certificate of self-insurance under ORS 806.140. (b) Ei…

(1) The Department of Transportation shall issue a certificate of self-insurance for purposes of financial responsibility requirements under ORS 806.060 and future responsibility filings under ORS 806.240 to any person who qualifies under ORS 806.130. (2) The department may cance…

The Department of Transportation shall establish by rule a program to verify compliance with the financial responsibility requirements of operating a motor vehicle in this state. The program established under this section shall comply with all of the following: (1) The department…

The Department of Transportation shall investigate all certifications of compliance with financial responsibility requirements made on reports of accidents under ORS 811.725 and 811.730. The department shall contact the insurers listed on the certifications to determine whether e…

A person who is required under ORS 803.460 or 811.725 to provide proof of compliance with financial responsibility requirements shall certify proof of compliance in a manner prescribed by the Department of Transportation by rule and shall provide any information that the departme…

(1) Every insurance carrier that issues property and casualty insurance policies, as defined in ORS chapter 731, in this state shall report to the Department of Transportation any person the carrier has reason to believe is involved in an accident while the person is operating a …

(1) The Department of Transportation shall specify by rule: (a) Any information that insurers shall submit to the department in addition to that specifically required by ORS 742.580. (b) The form in which the information required by ORS 742.580 and by rules adopted under this sec…

(1) A person commits the offense of failure to make a future responsibility filing after an accident if: (a) The person is the owner or driver of a motor vehicle involved in an accident; (b) At the time of the accident the vehicle was operated in violation of ORS 806.010; (c) The…

As appropriate, the driver or the owner, or both, are exempt from the requirement under ORS 806.200 to make a future responsibility filing if the person claiming exemption furnishes to the Department of Transportation proof of any of the following: (1) At the time of the accident…

(1) A person commits the offense of failure of a previous violator to make a future responsibility filing if the person is convicted of a violation of ORS 806.010 or 806.050 and the person does not make a future responsibility filing within 30 days after the conviction. (2) In ad…

Future responsibility filings required by ORS 806.200 or 806.230 or by any other law of this state are subject to all of the following: (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the person required to make the filing must file with the Department of Transportation…

A termination of the requirement to maintain a future responsibility filing does not remove a person’s responsibility to comply with financial responsibility requirements. The Department of Transportation shall terminate requirements for a future responsibility filing when any of…

(1) A certificate of insurance that is used to comply with future responsibility filing requirements under ORS 806.240 is subject to all of the following: (a) Except as provided by ORS 806.280, the certificate must be issued by an insurance carrier doing business in this state. (…

The Department of Transportation may not accept a certificate of insurance for purposes of future responsibility filings from an insurer that is not authorized to do business in Oregon unless the insurer is an eligible surplus lines insurer as defined in ORS 735.405 or a risk ret…

An insurance policy for which a certificate of insurance is filed to comply with future responsibility requirements is terminated with respect to any operator or vehicle designated in the certificate if the operator or vehicle is also covered by an insurance policy subsequently p…

(1) A person commits the offense of failure to surrender license and registration on cancellation of future responsibility filing if the person does not immediately return the person’s license or driver permit and registration to the Department of Transportation when any of the f…

(1) A person commits the offense of operating a vehicle without driving privileges if the person operates a motor vehicle upon a highway or premises open to the public in this state and the person does not have an appropriate grant of driving privileges from this state in the for…

A person holds commercial driving privileges for the purposes of the Oregon Vehicle Code if: (1) The person has an unexpired commercial learner driver permit; or (2) The person’s most recently issued driver license is or was a commercial driver license issued by the Department of…

A person who is granted a driving privilege by this section may exercise the driving privilege described without violation of the requirements under ORS 807.010. A grant of driving privileges to operate a motor vehicle under this section is subject to suspension and revocation th…

(1) Before issuing, renewing or replacing a driver license, driver permit or identification card, the Department of Transportation shall require a person to provide the Social Security number assigned to the person by the United States Social Security Administration or a written …

(1) Before issuing, renewing or replacing a driver license, driver permit or identification card, the Department of Transportation may verify with the issuing agency the validity and completeness of each identity source document presented by the applicant. (2) The department may …

(1) A person who applies for issuance, renewal or replacement of a driver license, driver permit or identification card shall submit to collection of biometric data by the Department of Transportation for the purpose of establishing the person’s identity. Submitting to collection…

(1) The Department of Transportation shall retain biometric data collected by the department in the course of issuing, renewing or replacing driver licenses, driver permits and identification cards. (2) The biometric data may not be made available to anyone other than employees o…

The following licenses grant the driving privileges described: (1) A Class A commercial driver license authorizes a person to operate any vehicle or combination of vehicles except that the person may not operate any vehicle for which an endorsement is required unless the person o…

This section describes the type of driving privileges granted by various endorsements issued by this state. Except as provided in ORS 807.285, the following endorsements grant the driving privileges described: (1) A motorcycle endorsement authorizes a person to operate any motorc…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the operator of a tow vehicle is not required to have an endorsement for towing a disabled vehicle that can be operated only by a person with an endorsement if the towing operation is the first move of the disabled vehicle and is perfor…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school bus manufacturer, school bus dealer or school bus mechanic is not required to have a school bus endorsement while operating a school bus that is not transporting students. [2007 c.122 §2]