Oregon Statutes - Chapter 609 - Animal Control; Exotic Animals; Dealers

• 609.010   [Amended by 1959 c.618 §1; 1967 c.495 §1; 1975 c.749 §2; 1987 c.415 §1; 1993 c.252 §6; 1999 c.658 §4; 1999 c.756 §15; 2001 c.636 §6; repealed by 2005 c.840 §9]
• 609.015   Application of ORS 609.030 and 609.035 to 609.110.
  (1) ORS 609.030 and 609.035 to 609.110 apply in every county except as otherwise provided by county charter or ordinance. ORS 609.030 and 609.035 to...
• 609.020   Dogs as personal property.
  Dogs are hereby declared to be personal property.
• 609.030   Establishing dog control district; appointment of supervisors; enforcement; county governing body as supervisors; dog control officer.
  (1) The governing body of any county may declare the county a dog control district. (2) Upon declaration of the dog control district the county...
• 609.035   Definitions for ORS 609.035 to 609.110 and 609.990.
  As used in ORS 609.035 to 609.110 and 609.990: (1) “Dog control board” means a group of persons whose duties include, but need not be...
• 609.040   Election to determine whether dogs may run at large.
  (1) When the petition of 100 or more electors of any county is filed with the county clerk 45 days before the general or special...
• 609.050   [Amended by 1967 c.496 §1; repealed by 1977 c.802 §15]
• 609.060   Notice of election result; dogs running at large prohibited; deposit of fees and fines.
  (1) If a majority of all votes cast in the election provided for by ORS 609.040 is against permitting dogs to run at large, or...
• 609.070   [Repealed by 1969 c.677 §5]
• 609.080   [Amended by 1959 c.618 §2; repealed by 1967 c.495 §4]
• 609.090   Impounding certain dogs; procedure for county disposition of impounded dogs; impoundment fees and costs; release of dog.
  (1) A law enforcement officer or dog control officer may cite a keeper, impound a dog, or both if: (a) The dog is found running...
• 609.092   [1977 c.802 §14; repealed by 1999 c.1051 §299]
• 609.093   Considerations prior to disposing of chasing, menacing or biting dog.
  In determining whether a dog should be killed as provided under ORS 609.090 (7) or 609.990 (6), a dog control board, county governing body or...
• 609.095   Dog as public nuisance; public nuisance prohibited; complaint.
  (1) A dog is a public nuisance if it: (a) Chases persons or vehicles on premises other than premises from which the keeper of the...
• 609.097   [1975 c.499 §4; 1999 c.658 §9; 2001 c.636 §10; repealed by 2005 c.840 §9]
• 609.098   Maintaining dangerous dog.
  (1) As used in this section, “dangerous dog” means a dog that: (a) Without provocation and in an aggressive manner inflicts serious physical injury, as...
• 609.100   Dog licenses, tags and fees; exemptions.
  (1) In a county, precinct or city having a dog control program under ORS 609.030, 609.035 to 609.110 and 609.405, every person keeping a dog...
• 609.105   Exemption for assistance animals.
  Notwithstanding ORS 609.015 or 609.100, a county or city shall not charge a fee to license a dog used as an assistance animal as defined...
• 609.110   Dog License Fund.
  All funds derived under ORS 433.340 to 433.385 and 609.035 to 609.110 shall be turned over to the county treasurer, who shall keep them in...
• 609.115   Liability for injury or property damage caused by potentially dangerous dog.
  (1) As used in this section, “keeper” and “potentially dangerous dog” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 609.035. (2) Except as provided in...
• 609.120   [Amended by 1969 c.677 §3; repealed by 1977 c.802 §15]
• 609.125   Definition of “livestock.”
  As used in ORS 609.135 to 609.190, “livestock” means ratites, psittacines, horses, mules, jackasses, cattle, llamas, alpacas, sheep, goats, swine, domesticated fowl and any fur-bearing...
• 609.130   [Repealed by 1977 c.802 §15]
• 609.135   Applicability of ORS 609.156, 609.162 and 609.168.
  (1) ORS 609.156, 609.162 and 609.168 apply in every county having a dog control program. (2) Except as provided under subsections (1) and (3) of...
• 609.140   Right of action by owner of damaged livestock.
  (1) The owner of any livestock which has been damaged by being injured, chased, wounded or killed by any dog shall have a cause of...
• 609.150   Right to kill dog that harms or chases livestock.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, any dog, whether licensed or not, which, while off the premises owned or under control...
• 609.153   Dog owner education program.
  (1) The State Department of Agriculture shall coordinate the development of a program to educate dog owners concerning their responsibility to avoid conflicts between dogs...
• 609.155   Impoundment for harming or chasing livestock; determination of fact; costs.
  (1) In a county with a dog control program, upon finding a dog engaged in killing, wounding, injuring or chasing livestock or upon receipt from...
• 609.156   Opportunity to request hearing.
  (1) Prior to making a determination whether a dog has killed, wounded, injured or chased livestock, a county shall provide an opportunity for the dog...
• 609.157   [1975 c.749 §5; 1999 c.756 §21; renumbered 609.161 in 1999]
• 609.158   Hearing process; notice of determination; reexamination of determination.
  (1) A hearing may be conducted and a determination whether a dog has killed, wounded, injured or chased livestock may be made by the county...
• 609.160   [Amended by 1975 c.499 §2; 1999 c.756 §22; renumbered 609.169 in 1999]
• 609.161   Disputable presumption that dog harms or chases livestock.
  For purposes of ORS 609.135 to 609.190, a disputable presumption shall arise that a dog has been engaged in killing, wounding, injuring or chasing livestock...
• 609.162   Guidelines for imposing remedial measures, civil penalties or other sanctions.
  (1) If a county determines under ORS 609.156 (2) or after a full and fair hearing that a dog has engaged in killing, wounding, injuring...
• 609.163   Enhanced civil penalties for habitual violators.
  (1) If a county assesses a civil penalty under ORS 609.162 against a dog owner who has previously been assessed a civil penalty, fine or...
• 609.165   Judicial review of county determination.
  (1) A determination issued under ORS 609.156 or 609.158 is subject to judicial review by the circuit court for the county making the determination as...
• 609.166   Record of penalized owners.
  (1) When a civil penalty is assessed against a dog owner under ORS 609.162 or 609.163, the county shall supply the State Department of Agriculture...
• 609.167   Conversion of civil penalty into lien; disposition of proceeds.
  (1) Moneys collected from a dog owner under ORS 609.162 or 609.163 shall be deposited in the county treasury. (2) A civil penalty under ORS...
• 609.168   Microchip identification of dog; rules.
  (1) A county shall implant an identifying microchip into a dog described in ORS 609.162 that is not put to death. Implantation shall be made...
• 609.169   Keeping dog with knowledge that it has harmed livestock.
  (1) Except as provided under subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a person may not own, harbor or keep any dog with knowledge that...
• 609.170   Claim by owner of livestock.
  In a county with a dog control program the owner of any livestock killed, wounded, chased or injured by any dog may, within 10 days...
• 609.180   Hearing and payment of claims.
  All claims presented as provided by ORS 609.170 shall be heard at the first regular session of the dog control board or county governing body...
• 609.190   Subrogation of county paying claim; collection by district attorney.
  In each case where a claim against the Dog License Fund of any county has been paid by the dog control board or county governing...
• 609.205   Prohibitions against keeping of wild or exotic animals.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS chapters 496, 497 and 498 relating to wildlife, and ORS 609.305 to 609.335 and 609.992 relating to exotic animals, a...
• 609.305   Definitions for ORS 609.305 to 609.335 and 609.992.
  As used in ORS 609.305 to 609.335 and 609.992, “exotic animal” means: (1) Any member of the family Felidae not indigenous to Oregon, except the...
• 609.309   Policy on exotic animals.
  It is the policy of this state that the keeping of exotic animals be regulated so as to ensure the health, welfare and safety of...
• 609.310   [1963 c.217 §1; repealed by 1977 c.802 §15]
• 609.312   Seller to provide buyer with informational material.
  A person who sells an exotic animal must, prior to accepting the offer to purchase, provide the prospective purchaser of the animal with informational material...
• 609.315   Exceptions to permit requirement.
  The requirements for a permit in ORS 609.319 and 609.335 shall not apply to: (1) A wildlife rehabilitation center operated under a valid permit issued...
• 609.319   Permit required to keep exotic animal.
  No person may keep an exotic animal in this state unless, before acquiring the animal, the person possesses a valid State Department of Agriculture permit...
• 609.320   [1963 c.217 §2; repealed by 1977 c.802 §15]
• 609.325   Conditions for keeping exotic animal.
  Any person who keeps an exotic animal shall keep the animal under conditions of confinement or control that, given the nature of the animal, would...
• 609.329   Liability for escape or injury.
  (1) A keeper of an exotic animal is strictly liable for: (a) Costs incurred by any person or city, county or state agency in attempting...
• 609.330   [1963 c.217 §3; repealed by 1977 c.802 §15]
• 609.335   Permits; rules; fee; revocation; warning.
  (1) The State Department of Agriculture shall issue permits for the keeping of exotic animals, as defined in ORS 609.305. (2) The department shall adopt...
• 609.340   [1963 c.217 §4; repealed by 1977 c.802 §15]
• 609.350   [1963 c.217 §5; repealed by 1977 c.802 §15]
• 609.405   Requirement for destroying dogs and cats.
  (1) No city or county or any facility with which the city or county has contracted to perform animal control functions and no humane society...
• 609.500   Definitions for ORS 609.500 to 609.520 and 609.994.
  As used in ORS 609.500 to 609.520 and 609.994, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Animal control officer” means any person operating under the authority...
• 609.505   Unlawfully obtaining dog or cat.
  (1) A person commits the crime of unlawfully obtaining a dog or cat if the person: (a) Is an animal dealer; and (b) Obtains a...
• 609.510   Animal dealers required to keep records; report to State Department of Agriculture; fee; public inspection of records.
  (1) Every animal dealer shall establish and maintain records on each dog or cat and the dog’s or cat’s offspring in the dealer’s possession or...
• 609.515   Required period of possession of animal by dealer.
  Every animal dealer shall maintain possession of each dog or cat received for a period of at least 10 days after initial receipt of the...
• 609.520   Inspection of dealer records; procedure for obtaining animal held by dealer; penalty for failure to turn over animal; inspection of dealer facilities.
  (1)(a) An animal dealer shall permit inspection during normal business hours of companion animal records and the location at which companion animals are kept. The...
• 609.650   Legislative findings.
  The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) There is a clear link between animal cruelty and crimes of domestic violence, including child abuse; and (2) It...
• 609.652   Definitions for ORS 609.654.
  As used in ORS 609.654: (1)(a) “Aggravated animal abuse” means any animal abuse as described in ORS 167.322. (b) “Aggravated animal abuse” does not include:...
• 609.654   Public or private official reporting of aggravated animal abuse; immunity.
  (1) Notwithstanding ORS 40.225 to 40.295, a public or private official who has reasonable cause to believe that an animal with which the official has...
• 609.805   Misrepresentation of pedigree; mutilation of certificate or proof of pedigree; violation.
  (1) No person shall: (a) By any false representation and with intent to defraud, obtain from any corporation, club, association, society or company organized in...
• 609.990   Penalties for ORS 609.060, 609.095, 609.098, 609.100, 609.169 and 609.405; disposition of dog by court.
  (1) Violation of ORS 609.060 (2), 609.100 or 609.169 is a Class B violation. (2) Maintaining a public nuisance in violation of ORS 609.095 (2)...
• 609.992   Penalties for ORS 609.319; transfer of rights in exotic animal.
  (1) Violation of ORS 609.319 is a Class B misdemeanor. (2) In addition to and not in lieu of any jail sentence or fine it...
• 609.994   Penalties for ORS 609.510 to 609.520; cause of action for damages; injunctions.
  (1) Violation of ORS 609.510, 609.515 or 609.520 is punishable by a fine of not less than $500, nor more than $50,000. (2) A person...

Last modified: August 7, 2008