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• 498.002   Wildlife as state property; taking, angling, hunting or trapping in violation of wildlife law or rules prohibited.
  (1) Wildlife is the property of the state. No person shall angle for, take, hunt, trap or possess, or assist another in angling for, taking,...
• 498.005   [Amended by 1971 c.658 §26; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.006   Chasing or harassing wildlife prohibited.
  Except as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission by rule may provide otherwise, no person shall chase, harass, molest, worry or disturb any wildlife except...
• 498.010   [Repealed by 1957 c.249 §1]
• 498.012   Taking wildlife causing damage, posing public health risk or that is public nuisance.
  (1) Nothing in the wildlife laws is intended to prevent any person from taking any wildlife that is causing damage, is a public nuisance or...
• 498.015   [Amended by 1959 c.529 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.016   Taking crippled or helpless wildlife.
  Nothing in the wildlife laws is intended to prohibit any person from killing any crippled or helpless wildlife when the killing is done for a...
• 498.019   Purchase, sale or exchange of hides, antlers and other parts of deer, elk and antelope; records required.
  (1) If the State Fish and Wildlife Commission, pursuant to its authority under ORS 498.022, establishes a license for the purchase of deer, elk and...
• 498.020   [Amended by 1959 c.529 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.022   Purchase, sale or exchange of wildlife prohibited.
  Except as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission by rule may provide otherwise, no person shall purchase, sell or exchange, or offer to purchase, sell...
• 498.025   [Amended by 1961 c.276 §1; renumbered 498.820]
• 498.026   Transaction in threatened or endangered wildlife species prohibited.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no person shall take, import, export, transport, purchase or sell, or attempt to take, import,...
• 498.027   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.028   [1955 c.506 §1; 1961 c.143 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.029   Purchase, sale or exchange of fox, skunk or raccoon prohibited; exceptions.
  (1) No person shall offer for sale, trade, barter or exchange as a household pet any fox, skunk or raccoon. (2) An animal specified in...
• 498.030   [Amended by 1971 c.658 §27; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.032   Angling or hunting for compensation in violation of wildlife laws or rules prohibited.
  No person shall angle for or hunt, or offer to angle for or hunt, for compensation, any wildlife in violation of any provision of the...
• 498.035   [Repealed by 1959 c.352 §5]
• 498.036   Possession in field of skinned or plucked wildlife prohibited.
  Except as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission by rule may provide otherwise, no person shall possess in the field or forest, or in transit...
• 498.040   [Repealed by 1959 c.352 §5]
• 498.041   [1965 c.507 §§2,3,4; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.042   Removal of parts of wildlife and waste of wildlife prohibited.
  (1) No person shall remove from the carcass of any game mammal or game bird, the head, antlers, horns, hide or plumage, and utilize only...
• 498.045   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.046   Making toxic substances accessible to wildlife prohibited.
  No person shall place any toxic substance where it is accessible to wildlife unless the substance used and the method of application is approved by...
• 498.050   [Amended by 1965 c.507 §5; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.052   Releasing domestically raised or imported wildlife without permit prohibited.
  No person shall release within this state any domestically raised wildlife or wildlife brought to this state from any place outside this state unless the...
• 498.055   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.056   Aiming rifle from moving motor vehicle prohibited.
  No person who is the occupant of a motor vehicle that is moving on a road open to the public shall aim a rifle or...
• 498.060   [Amended by 1961 c.269 §1; repealed by 1969 c.60 §1]
• 498.065   [Amended by 1953 c.196 §2; 1961 c.269 §2; repealed by 1969 c.60 §1]
• 498.070   [Repealed by 1969 c.60 §1]
• 498.075   [Repealed by 1969 c.60 §1]
• 498.080   [Repealed by 1969 c.60 §1]
• 498.085   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.090   [Repealed by 1955 c.162 §1]
• 498.095   [Amended by 1967 c.166 §2; 1971 c.517 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.100   [Amended by 1967 c.523 §12; 1967 c.594 §4; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.102   Use of dogs to hunt or track game mammals or birds.
  (1) Any dog that is not wearing a collar with a license number thereon in compliance with ORS 609.100 that is found unlawfully hunting, running...
• 498.105   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.106   Competitive field trials for hunting dogs.
  Competitive field trials for hunting dogs may be held at such times and places and under such conditions as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission...
• 498.110   [Amended by 1953 c.157 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.112   Use of live birds for competitive shooting prohibited.
  No person shall use any live bird as a target for the purpose of competitive shooting. [1973 c.723 §86]
• 498.115   [Amended by 1953 c.178 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.120   Hunting on another’s cultivated or enclosed land.
  (1) No person shall hunt upon the cultivated or enclosed land of another without first obtaining permission from the owner or lawful occupant thereof, or...
• 498.125   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.126   Hunting or assisting others to hunt or locate game animals or birds by aircraft prohibited; exemption; rules.
  (1) A person may not: (a) Hunt game mammals or game birds from or with the aid of an aircraft. (b) Transmit from an aircraft...
• 498.130   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.132   [1953 c.184 §3; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.135   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.136   Hunting from motor-propelled vehicle restricted; rules.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person may not hunt wildlife from a motor-propelled vehicle. (2) The State Fish and...
• 498.140   [Amended by 1955 c.64 §1; 1961 c.122 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.142   Hunting with artificial light restricted; rules.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no person shall hunt wildlife with the aid of any artificial light. (2) The State...
• 498.145   [Renumbered 498.272]
• 498.146   Shining artificial light on game mammal, predatory animal or livestock while in or near motor vehicle and while in possession of weapon restricted.
  (1) No person shall cast from a motor vehicle or from within 500 feet of a motor vehicle an artificial light upon any game mammal,...
• 498.150   [1971 c.223 §2; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.152   Agreements restricting parking or use of motor vehicles on certain lands.
  (1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may enter into agreements with the owners or lawful possessors of land to restrict the operation or parking...
• 498.153   Parking vehicle in violation of restrictions; vehicle owner subject to penalty; defense.
  (1) A person who operates or parks a motor-propelled vehicle in violation of restrictions established and posted under ORS 498.152 commits an offense punishable as...
• 498.154   Notice adequate to charge defendant; delivery or posting; jurisdiction.
  (1) In all prosecutions under ORS 498.153 (2), it shall be sufficient for a police officer to charge the defendant by an unsworn written notice...
• 498.155   Failure to appear; issuance of warrant.
  If a vehicle owner cited under ORS 498.154 to appear in a circuit or justice court upon an alleged parking offense fails to appear on...
• 498.158   Hunting or trapping wildlife in certain governmental districts restricted.
  (1) Except as provided in ORS 448.305 and in subsection (2) of this section, no person shall hunt or trap any wildlife within the boundaries...
• 498.160   [1971 c.223 §3; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.164   Use of dogs or bait to hunt black bears or cougars; prohibitions; exemptions; penalties; rules.
  (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) to (4) of this section, a person may not use bait to attract or take black bears or...
• 498.166   Bears or cougars posing threat to human safety.
  (1) Notwithstanding the licensing and tag requirements of ORS 497.102 and 497.112, a person may take a cougar or bear that poses a threat to...
• 498.170   Hunters who have a visual impairment.
  (1) A person who does not have a visual impairment and who accompanies a hunter who possesses a visually impaired hunter license may: (a) Assist...
• 498.172   Trap check requirements.
  (1) A person holding a license issued under ORS 497.142 may not set a trap for fur-bearing mammals without checking the trap at least once...
• 498.202   [1973 c.723 §91; 1981 c.510 §1; repealed by 1997 c.12 §2]
• 498.205   [Amended by 1973 c.723 §109; renumbered 501.400]
• 498.208   Use of electricity or foreign substances to take game fish prohibited; rules.
  (1) Except as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission by rule may provide otherwise, no person shall: (a) Use in any body of water any...
• 498.210   [Amended by 1973 c.723 §110; renumbered 501.405]
• 498.215   [Amended by 1973 c.723 §111; renumbered 501.425]
• 498.216   Angling from fishways restricted; rules.
  Except as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission by rule may provide otherwise, no person shall trespass upon or angle from any fishway or angle...
• 498.220   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.222   Transportation or release of fish without permit prohibited.
  (1) No person shall: (a) Transport any live fish unless the person has first obtained a permit therefor from the State Fish and Wildlife Commission....
• 498.225   [Amended by 1965 c.20 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.228   Possession of fish taken outside state restricted.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section: (a) No person shall possess or import into this state from the waters of the...
• 498.230   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.234   Protection of finfish and shellfish from introduction of disease; rules; exceptions; rules.
  (1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall, by rule, establish a program to protect all finfish and shellfish in waters of this state, both...
• 498.235   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.240   [Amended by 1967 c.523 §13; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.242   Possession of walking catfish and piranha restricted.
  (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, no person shall possess any live fish of the various species: (a) Of...
• 498.245   [Repealed by 1959 c.352 §5]
• 498.246   [1995 s.s. c.3 §41a; repealed by 1996 c.7 §2 (498.247 enacted in lieu of 498.246)]
• 498.247   Protection of juvenile salmonids from cormorants.
  (1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall issue not more than three permits annually for activities involving the protection of juvenile salmonids from cormorants...
• 498.248   [1973 c.723 §98; 1987 c.488 §1; 1995 c.426 §5; renumbered 498.311 in 1995]
• 498.250   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.252   [1989 c.933 §5; 1991 c.858 §3; repealed by 1995 c.426 §11]
• 498.254   [1973 c.723 §99; repealed by 1987 c.488 §5]
• 498.255   [Amended by 1957 c.253 §1; repealed by 1959 c.352 §5]
• 498.256   [1989 c.933 §§6,7; 1995 c.426 §10; renumbered 498.326 in 1995]
• 498.260   [Repealed by 1959 c.352 §5]
• 498.262   [1973 c.723 §100; 1987 c.488 §3; 1995 c.426 §8; renumbered 498.316 in 1995]
• 498.265   [Repealed by 1955 c.160 §1]
• 498.268   [1973 c.723 §101; renumbered 498.351 in 1995]
• 498.270   [Repealed by 1959 c.352 §5]
• 498.272   [Formerly 498.145; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.274   [1973 c.723 §102; 1987 c.488 §4; 1995 c.426 §9; renumbered 498.346 in 1995]
• 498.275   [Repealed by 1959 c.352 §5]
• 498.276   [1991 c.858 §9; renumbered 498.336 in 1995]
• 498.279   Black bass and walleye angling contests; rules.
  (1) A person, or group of persons, may conduct, sponsor and participate in any competition or contest in which prizes are offered for the amount,...
• 498.280   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.284   [1989 c.373 §2; repealed by 2001 c.186 §3]
• 498.285   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.286   Prize limitation.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section and ORS 498.279, no person shall conduct, sponsor or participate in any competition or contest...
• 498.290   [1961 c.129 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.295   [Repealed by 1957 c.235 §1]
• 498.300   [Repealed by 1959 c.352 §5]
• 498.301   Policy.
  It is the policy of the State of Oregon to prevent appreciable damage to game fish populations or populations of nongame fish that are classified...
• 498.305   [Repealed by 1959 c.352 §5]
• 498.306   Screening or by-pass devices for water diversions; fees; costs.
  (1) Any person who diverts water from any body of water in this state in which any fish, subject to the State Fish and Wildlife...
• 498.310   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.311   [Formerly 498.248; repealed by 2007 c.625 §16]
• 498.315   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.316   Exemption from screening or by-pass devices.
  ORS 498.306 does not require the installation of screening or by-pass devices in those water diversions for which the State Fish and Wildlife Commission, by...
• 498.321   Screening or by-pass standards.
  (1) In order to carry out the provisions of ORS 498.301 and 498.306, the following minimum standards and criteria apply to actions of the State...
• 498.326   Department guidelines for screening and by-pass projects; expenditure of funds.
  (1) The State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall establish guidelines to determine the need for and location of potential fish screening and by-pass projects....
• 498.331   [1993 c.478 §11; 1995 c.426 §18; 2001 c.822 §9; repealed by 2007 c.625 §16]
• 498.336   Statutes not construed to limit ability to acquire funding for screening or by-pass devices.
  Nothing in ORS 498.306 or 509.585 shall be construed: (1) To limit the eligibility of a person required to install and operate screening or by-pass...
• 498.341   Additional funding.
  Notwithstanding the limitations imposed by ORS 498.306, if sufficient funds are made available in the Fish Screening Subaccount of the Fish and Wildlife Account, by...
• 498.346   Injunction to require compliance with screening or by-pass requirements.
  The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may maintain a suit to enjoin any person, including governmental agencies of this state and political subdivisions of this...
• 498.351   [Formerly 498.268; repealed by 2001 c.923 §21]
• 498.400   Definitions for ORS 498.400 to 498.464.
  As used in ORS 498.400 to 498.464, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Advertise” means to make public distribution by any means of communication any...
• 498.405   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.406   License to operate certain outdoor clubs required; promotional activities for sale of membership without license prohibited.
  (1) Except as provided in ORS 498.412, no person shall operate an outdoor club unless the person has a valid license for such operation issued...
• 498.410   [Repealed by 1961 c.113 §2]
• 498.412   Application of ORS 498.406.
  ORS 498.406 does not apply to any landowner offering to sell recreational access to property the landowner owns. [1973 c.749 §4]
• 498.415   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.418   License application; form; fee.
  (1) A person who is required to obtain a license from the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to operate an outdoor club shall submit to...
• 498.420   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.424   Report to commission required; suspension of license pending investigation of reported information.
  (1) A person who is licensed to operate an outdoor club shall report immediately to the State Fish and Wildlife Commission any material changes in...
• 498.425   [Repealed by 1961 c.113 §2]
• 498.430   [Amended by 1959 c.372 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.432   Notice to applicant upon receipt of license application; order granting or denying license; procedure.
  (1) Upon receipt in proper form of an application for a license to operate an outdoor club, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall issue...
• 498.435   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.438   Investigatory power of commission over outdoor clubs required to be licensed.
  The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may cause to be investigated, to such extent as the commission considers appropriate, the activities and operations of an...
• 498.440   [Repealed by 1961 c.113 §2]
• 498.444   Information developed in licensing process as public record.
  Each application to the State Fish and Wildlife Commission for a license to operate an outdoor club, all information submitted with the application, and all...
• 498.445   [Amended by 1961 c.113 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.450   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.452   Grounds for denial or revocation of license.
  The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may refuse to issue or renew a license to operate an outdoor club, or may revoke a license that...
• 498.455   [Repealed by 1961 c.113 §2]
• 498.458   Term of license; renewal fee.
  A license to operate an outdoor club expires one year from the date of its issuance. A person who desire to renew a license shall...
• 498.460   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.464   Commission authority to restrain violations of outdoor club laws.
  (1) Whenever the State Fish and Wildlife Commission has cause to believe that any person is engaged in or is about to engage in any...
• 498.465   [1957 c.251 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.505   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.510   [Amended by 1965 c.73 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.515   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.520   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.525   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.530   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.535   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.540   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.545   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.550   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.555   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.560   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.565   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.570   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.575   [Amended by 1967 c.594 §5; 1971 c.359 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.577   [1959 c.341 §1; 1963 c.295 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.580   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.585   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.590   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.605   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.610   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.615   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.620   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.625   [Amended by 1959 c.529 §3; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.630   [Repealed by 1969 c.15 §1]
• 498.635   [Amended by 1955 c.78 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.640   [Amended by 1955 c.62 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.641   [1955 c.507 §1; 1959 c.235 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.645   [Repealed by 1955 c.65 §2]
• 498.646   [1955 c.65 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.650   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.655   [1965 c.201 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.660   [1965 c.201 §§2,3; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.665   [1965 c.201 §4; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.705   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.710   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.715   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.720   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.725   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.730   [Amended by 1955 c.707 §44; 1965 c.167 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.732   [1955 c.707 §46; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.735   [Amended by 1955 c.707 §47; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.740   [Amended by 1955 c.707 §48; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.745   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.750   [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.805   [1961 c.663 §1; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.810   [1961 c.663 §§2,3; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.815   [1961 c.663 §§4,5,6; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.820   [Formerly 498.025; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.990   [Subsection (5) of 1965 Replacement Part enacted as 1953 c.184 §4; subsection (1) of 1965 Replacement Part enacted as 1955 c.506 §2; 1959 c.352 §3; 1967 c.523 §3; subsection (2) enacted as 1971 c.223 §4; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
• 498.992   [Amended by 1959 c.352 §4; repealed by 1967 c.523 §14]
• 498.993   Penalty for violation of outdoor club laws.
  Violation of any provision of ORS 498.029 or 498.400 to 498.464 is a Class A violation, if committed by an individual. If the violation is...
• 498.994   [Repealed by 1967 c.523 §14]
• 498.996   [Repealed by 1967 c.523 §14]
• 498.997   [1955 c.507 §2; 1959 c.235 §2; subsection (2) of 1965 Replacement Part enacted as 1965 c.201 §5; repealed by 1967 c.523 §14]
• 498.998   [Repealed by 1967 c.523 §14]
• 498.999   [1961 c.663 §7; repealed by 1967 c.523 §14]

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