Title 59, Oregon Vehicle Code

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]

(1) A person commits the offense of driving while under the influence of intoxicants if the person drives a vehicle while the person: (a) Has 0.08 percent or more by weight of alcohol in the blood of the person as shown by chemical analysis of the breath or blood of the person ma…

(1) Driving under the influence of intoxicants under ORS 813.010 shall be a Class C felony if at least two times in the 10 years prior to the date of the current offense the defendant has been convicted of any of the following offenses in any combination: (a) Driving under the in…

(1) The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission shall classify felony driving while under the influence of intoxicants that is committed under the circumstances described in ORS 813.010 (5) as crime category 6 of the rules of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. (2) In determining …

(1) As used in this section, “drug” has the meaning given that term in ORS 475.005. (2) In a prosecution under ORS 813.010 for driving while under the influence of intoxicants other than a prosecution involving intoxicating liquor, a controlled substance, an inhalant, cannabis or…

When a person is arraigned on a charge of driving while under the influence of intoxicants in violation of ORS 813.010, a court shall ensure that the defendant submits to booking, if the person has not already been booked on that charge. [2015 c.145 §2]

When a person is convicted of driving while under the influence of intoxicants in violation of ORS 813.010, a court shall comply with the following in addition to any fine or other penalty imposed upon the person under ORS 813.010: (1) The court shall require the person to: (a) P…

(1) When a court, in accordance with ORS 813.020, requires a person to complete a screening interview and a treatment program, the court shall require the person to do all of the following: (a) Complete a screening interview for the purpose of determining appropriate placement of…

(1) A person who has been convicted of driving while under the influence of intoxicants under ORS 813.010 shall provide proof to the Department of Transportation that the person completed a treatment program to which the person was referred under ORS 813.021. (2) The department m…

A person required to pay for a screening interview or treatment program under ORS 813.021, 813.200, 813.210 or 813.240 who is eligible for the state medical assistance program or is enrolled in a health benefit plan, as defined in ORS 743B.005, may utilize the state medical assis…

A court may designate a single agency or organization to perform the screening interviews and treatment programs described in ORS 813.021 and 813.260 (1) when the Director of the Oregon Health Authority certifies that: (1) An agency or organization may accept such designations du…

(1) The fee required by ORS 471.432 and 813.020 (1) shall be in the amount of $255, except that the court may waive all or part of the fee in cases involving indigent defendants. The court may make provision for payment of the fee on an installment basis. A circuit court shall de…

This section establishes, for purposes of ORS 471.432 and 807.060, when a person has a problem condition involving intoxicants. For purposes of ORS 471.432 and 807.060, a person has a problem condition involving intoxicants if it is determined that the person has a problem condit…

(1) A police officer or a person authorized by the Department of Transportation to perform vehicle safety inspections shall issue an out-of-service order to the operator of a commercial motor vehicle if any of the following applies: (a) The person has reasonable grounds to believ…

(1) The Department of Transportation shall impose a civil penalty on the operator of a commercial motor vehicle if: (a) The operator has violated an out-of-service order issued under ORS 813.050 or any other out-of-service order or notice issued by the department or an authorized…

(1) A person commits the offense of refusal to take a test for intoxicants if the person refuses to: (a) Take a breath test when requested to do so in accordance with the provisions of ORS 813.100; or (b) Take a urine test when requested to do so in accordance with the provisions…

(1) Any person who operates a motor vehicle upon premises open to the public or the highways of this state shall be deemed to have given consent, subject to the implied consent law, to a chemical test of the person’s breath, or of the person’s blood if the person is receiving med…

(1) Except as otherwise provided by this section, police officers, on behalf of the Department of Transportation, shall issue temporary driving permits described under this section to persons when required under ORS 813.100. (2) The department shall provide police departments and…

(1) A report required by ORS 813.100 shall disclose substantially all of the following information: (a) Whether the person, at the time the person was requested to submit to a test, was under arrest for driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants in violation…

(1) For the purposes of ORS 813.100 and 813.410, the information about rights and consequences shall be substantially in the form prepared by the Department of Transportation. The department may establish any form it determines appropriate and convenient. (2) Except as provided i…

(1) A person may be asked to provide a urine sample under ORS 813.140 or subsection (2) of this section. (2) Any person who operates a motor vehicle upon premises open to the public or the highways of this state shall be deemed to have given consent, subject to the Motorist Impli…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a refusal to submit to a urine test requested under ORS 813.131 shall be treated for all purposes as a refusal to submit to a breath test. A suspension imposed for refusal to submit to a urine test under ORS 813.131 (2) shall be c…

Any person who operates a vehicle upon premises open to the public or the highways of the state shall be deemed to have given consent to submit to field sobriety tests upon the request of a police officer for the purpose of determining if the person is under the influence of into…

If a person refuses or fails to physically submit to field sobriety tests as required by ORS 813.135 after the person has been informed of the consequences of refusing to submit, evidence of the person’s refusal or failure to physically submit is admissible in any criminal or civ…

Nothing in ORS 813.100, 813.131 or 813.132 is intended to preclude the administration of a chemical test described in this section. A police officer may obtain a chemical test of the breath or blood to determine the amount of alcohol in any person’s blood or a test of the person’…

In addition to a chemical test of the breath, blood or urine administered under ORS 813.100 or 813.140, upon the request of a police officer, a person shall be permitted upon request, at the person’s own expense, reasonable opportunity to have any licensed physician and surgeon, …

(1) A chemical analysis is valid under ORS 813.300 if: (a) It is an analysis of a person’s blood for alcohol content and is performed in: (A) A laboratory certified or accredited under 42 C.F.R. part 493 and approved for toxicology testing; (B) A laboratory certified under ORS 43…

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 135.405 to 135.445, a person charged with the offense of driving under the influence of intoxicants shall not be allowed to plead “guilty” or “no contest” to any other offense in exchange for a dismissal of the offense charged. No district attorney or city…

(1) The court shall inform at arraignment a defendant charged with the offense of driving while under the influence of intoxicants as defined in ORS 813.010 or a city ordinance conforming thereto that a diversion agreement may be available if the defendant meets the criteria set …

(1) After an accusatory instrument has been filed charging the defendant with the offense of driving while under the influence of intoxicants, a defendant may file with the court a petition for a driving while under the influence of intoxicants diversion agreement described in OR…

(1) A defendant is eligible for diversion if the defendant meets all of the following conditions: (a) On the date the defendant filed the petition for a driving while under the influence of intoxicants diversion agreement, the defendant had no charge, other than the charge for th…

After the time for requesting a hearing under ORS 813.210 has expired with no request for a hearing, or after a hearing requested under ORS 813.210, the court shall determine whether to allow or deny a petition for a driving while under the influence of intoxicants diversion agre…

(1) If a driving while under the influence of intoxicants offense involves damage to property of a person other than the defendant, the victim of the property damage has a right to be present and to be heard at any hearing on a petition for a diversion agreement. (2) The district…

(1) A defendant may apply by motion to the court in which a driving while under the influence of intoxicants diversion agreement described in ORS 813.230 was entered for an order extending the diversion period: (a) Within 30 days prior to the end of the diversion period; or (b) I…

(1) When the court allows a petition for a driving while under the influence of intoxicants diversion agreement filed as provided in ORS 813.210, the judge taking that action shall: (a) Accept the guilty plea or no contest plea filed as part of the petition for a diversion agreem…

In lieu of completing a treatment program in this state as a part of completing the conditions of a driving while under the influence of intoxicants diversion agreement in this state, the court may allow a defendant who is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the re…

In a county that has a victim impact program a court may require as a condition of a driving while under the influence of intoxicants diversion agreement that the defendant attend a victim impact treatment session. The court may not require a defendant to attend a victim impact t…

(1) The filing fee paid by a defendant at the time of filing a petition for a driving while under the influence of intoxicants diversion agreement as provided in ORS 813.210 is $490. A fee collected under this subsection in the circuit court shall be deposited by the clerk of the…

When a court grants a petition for a driving while under the influence of intoxicants diversion agreement, a court shall ensure that the defendant submits to booking, if the defendant has not already been booked on the charge of driving while under the influence of intoxicants in…

(1) At any time after the conclusion of the period of a driving while under the influence of intoxicants diversion agreement described in ORS 813.230, a defendant who has fully complied with and performed the conditions of the diversion agreement may apply by motion to the court …

(1) At any time before entry of a judgment of conviction and within 180 days after the conclusion of the period of a driving while under the influence of intoxicants diversion agreement described in ORS 813.230 or an extension described in ORS 813.225, a defendant who has complie…

(1) At any time before the court dismisses with prejudice the charge of driving while under the influence of intoxicants, the court on its own motion or on the motion of the district attorney or city attorney may issue an order requiring the defendant to appear and show cause why…

(1) Courts having jurisdiction over driving while under the influence of intoxicants offenses shall designate agencies or organizations to perform the screening interview and treatment required under driving while under the influence of intoxicants diversion agreements described …

The Intoxicated Driver Program Fund is created to consist of moneys placed in the fund under ORS 813.030 and 813.240 or as otherwise provided by law and of gifts and grants made to the fund for carrying out the purposes of the fund. The moneys in the fund may be used only for the…

(1) At the trial of any civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding arising out of the acts committed by a person driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants, if the amount of alcohol in the person’s blood at the time alleged is less than 0.08 percent by wei…

If a person refuses to physically submit to a chemical test under ORS 813.100 or 813.131, evidence of the person’s refusal is admissible in any civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding arising out of acts alleged to have been committed while the person was driving a motor veh…