Oregon Statutes - Chapter 801 - General Provisions and Definitions for Oregon Vehicle Code
- 801.010 Short title.
(1) ORS chapters 801 to 826 may be cited as the Oregon Vehicle Code. (2) ORS 809.600 to 809.660 may be cited as the Habitual...
- 801.015 Effect of naming offenses.
The names given offenses in the vehicle code do not establish or limit the elements of the offense described but are merely for the convenience...
- 801.020 Statements of policy and purpose; applicability of vehicle code.
This section contains statements of purpose or intent that are applicable to portions of the vehicle code as described in the following: (1) The provisions...
- 801.025 [1983 c.338 §5; 1985 c.16 §5; 1987 c.447 §139; repealed by 1989 c.400 §1 (801.026 enacted in lieu of 801.025)]
- 801.026 General exemptions; exceptions.
(1) Persons, motor vehicles and equipment employed or used by a public or telecommunications utility, electric cooperative or by the United States, this state or...
- 801.030 Exemptions from amendments to vehicle code.
This section describes exemptions from specific changes to the vehicle code. The exemptions allow some practice or right to continue after the change is made....
- 801.035 [1983 c.338 §7; 1985 c.16 §6; 1985 c.400 §1; 1989 c.43 §15; 1991 c.407 §19; repealed by 1995 c.733 §74]
- 801.038 Local government regulation of cell phones in motor vehicles.
A city, county or other local government may not enact or enforce any charter provision, ordinance, resolution or other provision regulating the use of cellular...
- 801.040 Authority to adopt special provisions.
This section describes circumstances where special provisions are made concerning the authority of cities, counties or other political subdivisions in relation to some portion of...
- 801.041 Terms and conditions for imposition of registration fee by county.
The following apply to the authority granted to counties by ORS 801.040 to establish registration fees for vehicles: (1) An ordinance establishing registration fees under...
- 801.042 Terms and conditions for imposition of registration fee by district.
The following apply to the authority granted to a district by ORS 801.040 to establish registration fees for vehicles: (1) Before the governing body of...
- 801.043 Moneys required by department for initial implementation of registration fees.
Moneys required by the Department of Transportation to establish a system for the initial implementation of the collection and distribution of additional registration fees authorized...
- 801.045 Permissive use of private roadway.
Nothing in the provisions of the vehicle code described in this section shall prevent the owner of real property used by the public for purposes...
- 801.050 Privilege of motorist to use highways.
Subject to compliance with the motor vehicle law of this state, owners and operators of motor vehicles are granted the privilege of using the highways...
- 801.055 Weight standards; Department of Transportation responsibility for weight determination; rules.
(1) References in the vehicle code to weights and measures refer to United States Standards thereof. (2) For purposes of the vehicle code, the weights...
- 801.100 Definitions generally.
Except where the context requires otherwise, the definitions given in the vehicle code govern its construction. [1983 c.338 §12]
- 801.105 [1983 c.338 §13; repealed by 1993 c.741 §147]
- 801.110 “Alley.”
“Alley” means a street or highway primarily intended to provide access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban areas and not...
- 801.115 “Ambulance.”
“Ambulance” means any privately or publicly owned motor vehicle that is regularly provided or offered to be provided for the emergency transportation of persons who...
- 801.120 “Ambulatory disability.”
“Ambulatory disability” means a disability because of which a person: (1) Has a physical and permanent disability to such a degree that the person is...
- 801.125 “Antique vehicle.”
“Antique vehicle” means a vehicle that is older than one-half the number of years between the current year and 1900 and that is maintained as...
- 801.127 “Arterial.”
“Arterial” or “arterial highway” means a highway that is used primarily by through traffic. [1997 c.404 §2]
- 801.130 “Assembled vehicle.”
“Assembled vehicle” means a vehicle: (1) With a body that does not resemble any particular year model or make of vehicle; (2) That is not...
- 801.135 “Axle.”
“Axle” means any structure or structures, whether in one or more segments, of any vehicle, supported by wheels and on which the wheels rotate, so...
- 801.140 “Balance trailer.”
“Balance trailer” means every trailer, other than a self-supporting trailer, pole trailer or semitrailer, designed so that its weight and that of its load is...
- 801.145 “Base fine amount.”
“Base fine amount” means the amount established under ORS 153.125 to 153.145 for the purposes specified in ORS chapter 153. [1983 c.338 §21; 1999 c.1051
- 801.150 “Bicycle.”
“Bicycle” means a vehicle that: (1) Is designed to be operated on the ground on wheels; (2) Has a seat or saddle for use of...
- 801.155 “Bicycle lane.”
“Bicycle lane” means that part of the highway, adjacent to the roadway, designated by official signs or markings for use by persons riding bicycles except...
- 801.160 “Bicycle path.”
“Bicycle path” means a public way, not part of a highway, that is designated by official signs or markings for use by persons riding bicycles...
- 801.163 “Biometric data.”
“Biometric data” means measurements of the physical characteristics of an individual’s face that can be used to authenticate the identity of an individual. [2005 c.775...
- 801.165 “Bus trailer.”
“Bus trailer” means any trailer designed or used for carrying human beings. [1983 c.338 §25]
- 801.170 “Business district.”
“Business district” means the territory contiguous to a highway when 50 percent or more of the frontage thereon for a distance of 600 feet or...
- 801.175 “Canceled”; “cancellation.”
(1) “Canceled,” with reference to vehicle registration or title, means that the registration or title is declared void and terminated and new registration or title...
- 801.180 “Camper.”
“Camper” means a structure that: (1) Has a floor; (2) Is designed to be mounted upon a motor vehicle; (3) Is not permanently attached to...
- 801.183 “Certificate of sale.”
“Certificate of sale” means a document that contains the name and address of the purchaser and seller of a motor vehicle or component part, the...
- 801.185 “Certificate of title.”
“Certificate of title” means a paper document issued by any jurisdiction specifically as evidence of vehicle ownership. A certificate of title is not necessarily the...
- 801.187 “Circulatory roadway.”
“Circulatory roadway” means the portion of a highway within a roundabout that is used by vehicles to travel counterclockwise around a central island. A circulatory...
- 801.190 “Class I all-terrain vehicle.”
“Class I all-terrain vehicle” means a motorized, off-highway recreational vehicle 50 inches or less in width with a dry weight of 800 pounds or less...
- 801.193 “Class II all-terrain vehicle.”
“Class II all-terrain vehicle” means any motor vehicle that: (1) Weighs more than a Class I all-terrain vehicle; (2) Is designed for or capable of...
- 801.194 “Class III all-terrain vehicle.”
“Class III all-terrain vehicle” means an off-highway motorcycle with a dry weight of 600 pounds or less that travels on two tires. [1989 c.991 §2]
- 801.195 [1983 c.338 §31; renumbered 801.198 in 1997]
- 801.196 [1989 c.723 §2; 1991 c.284 §4; renumbered 801.199 in 1997]
- 801.197 “Collector.”
“Collector” or “collector highway” means a highway that serves primarily to funnel traffic from one local highway to another or between arterials and local highways....
- 801.198 “Combination of vehicles.”
“Combination of vehicles” means two or more vehicles coupled together. [Formerly 801.195]
- 801.199 “Combined weight.”
“Combined weight” means the total empty weight of all vehicles in a combination plus the total weight of the load carried on that combination of...
- 801.200 “Commercial bus.”
“Commercial bus” means every motor vehicle designed or used for carrying passengers and their personal baggage and express for compensation, except: (1) Taxicabs that: (a)...
- 801.205 “Commercial bus trailer.”
“Commercial bus trailer” means a bus trailer: (1) That is designed or used for carrying passengers and their personal baggage for compensation. (2) Other than...
- 801.207 “Commercial driver license.”
“Commercial driver license” means a driver license issued by this state or any other jurisdiction that authorizes its holder to drive a commercial motor vehicle...
- 801.208 “Commercial motor vehicle.”
(1) “Commercial motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles that: (a) Has a gross combination weight rating of 26,001 pounds or...
- 801.210 “Commercial vehicle.”
“Commercial vehicle” means a vehicle that: (1) Is used for the transportation of persons for compensation or profit; or (2) Is designed or used primarily...
- 801.215 “Commission.”
“Commission” means the Oregon Transportation Commission. [1983 c.338 §35]
- 801.217 “Converter dolly.”
“Converter dolly” means an auxiliary axle assembly equipped with a fifth wheel hitch and used to convert a semitrailer to a full trailer. [1991 c.284
- 801.220 “Crosswalk.”
“Crosswalk” means any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere that is distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on...
- 801.225 “Department.”
“Department” means the Department of Transportation. [1983 c.338 §37]
- 801.230 “Director.”
“Director” means Director of Transportation. [1983 c.338 §38]
- 801.235 [1983 c.338 §39; 1985 c.139 §3; 1987 c.296 §1; 1989 c.243 §1; 2007 c.70 §322; renumbered 801.387 in 2007]
- 801.236 “Dismantler.”
“Dismantler” means a person who is engaged in the business of: (1) Buying, selling, dealing in or processing, except for processing into scrap metal, motor...
- 801.237 “District” defined for certain purposes.
As used in this section and ORS 267.001, 268.503, 801.040, 801.041, 801.042, 802.110, 803.420, 803.445 and 803.585, “district” means a mass transit or transportation district...
- 801.240 [1983 c.338 §40; repealed by 1993 c.741 §147]
- 801.245 “Driver license.”
“Driver license” or “license” may have any or all of the meanings provided for the terms under this section as required or appropriate under the...
- 801.250 “Driver permit.”
“Driver permit” means a grant of driving privileges by this state or another jurisdiction that is more limited than those available under a license or...
- 801.255 “Driving privilege.”
“Driving privilege” means the grant of authority by a jurisdiction to a person that allows that person to drive a vehicle on highways within that...
- 801.258 “Electric assisted bicycle.”
“Electric assisted bicycle” means a vehicle that: (1) Is designed to be operated on the ground on wheels; (2) Has a seat or saddle for...
- 801.259 “Electric personal assistive mobility device.”
“Electric personal assistive mobility device” means a device that: (1) Is self-balancing on two nontandem wheels; (2) Is designed to transport one person in a...
- 801.260 “Emergency vehicle.”
“Emergency vehicle” means a vehicle that is equipped with lights and sirens as required under ORS 820.350 and 820.370 and that is any of the...
- 801.261 “Endorsement.”
”Endorsement,” when used in relation to driving privileges, means a grant of driving privileges, or the evidence thereof, to a person who holds a license,...
- 801.263 “Engine brake.”
(1) “Engine brake” means a device that converts a power-producing diesel engine into a power-absorbing air compressor, resulting in a net energy loss. (2) “Unmuffled...
- 801.265 “Farm tractor.”
“Farm tractor” means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily in agricultural operations for drawing or operating other farm machines, equipment and implements of husbandry....
- 801.270 “Farm trailer.”
“Farm trailer” means a vehicle that: (1) Is without motive power; (2) Is a vehicle other than an implement of husbandry; (3) Is designed to...
- 801.272 “Field sobriety test.”
“Field sobriety test” means a physical or mental test, approved by the Department of State Police by rule after consultation with the Department of Public...
- 801.275 “Fifth wheel hitch.”
“Fifth wheel hitch” means a coupling device for vehicles that is commonly known as a kingpin and fifth wheel assembly. [1983 c.338 §46]
- 801.280 “Financial responsibility requirements.”
“Financial responsibility requirements” means the ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of accidents arising out of the ownership, operation, maintenance or use...
- 801.285 “Fixed load vehicle.”
“Fixed load vehicle” means all of the following apply to the vehicle: (1) It is a vehicle with or without motive power that is designed...
- 801.288 “Funeral escort vehicle”; “funeral lead vehicle”; “funeral procession.”
(1) “Funeral escort vehicle” means any two-wheel or three-wheel vehicle that is accompanying a funeral procession and is properly equipped under ORS 811.800. (2) “Funeral...
- 801.290 “Future responsibility filing.”
“Future responsibility filing” means the requirement described under ORS 806.240 to file and maintain proof of compliance with financial responsibility requirements with the Department of...
- 801.295 “Golf cart.”
“Golf cart” means a motor vehicle that: (1) Has not less than three wheels in contact with the ground; (2) Has an unloaded weight less...
- 801.297 “Gross combination weight rating.”
“Gross combination weight rating” means the gross vehicle weight rating of the power unit of a vehicle plus the gross vehicle weight rating of any...
- 801.298 “Gross vehicle weight rating.”
“Gross vehicle weight rating” means the value specified by the manufacturer as the maximum loaded weight of a single or a combination vehicle. [1989 c.636...
- 801.300 “Group of axles.”
“Group of axles” means an assemblage of two or more consecutive axles considered together in determining their combined load effect on a bridge or pavement...
- 801.303 “Hazardous materials.”
“Hazardous materials” has the meaning given that term in 49 C.F.R. 383.5, as in effect on July 27, 2005. [1989 c.636 §6; 2005 c.649 §31]
- 801.305 “Highway.”
(1) “Highway” means every public way, road, street, thoroughfare and place, including bridges, viaducts and other structures within the boundaries of this state, open, used...
- 801.307 “Holds a commercial driver license.”
“Holds a commercial driver license” means a person holds a commercial driver license that is: (1) Valid; (2) Expired less than one year; or (3)...
- 801.310 “Implement of husbandry.”
“Implement of husbandry” means a vehicle or device used exclusively in agricultural operations. Truck trailers with a loaded weight of more than 8,000 pounds, motor...
- 801.315 [1985 c.608 §3; 1989 c.636 §9; repealed by 2003 c.14 §459]
- 801.317 “Inhalant.”
“Inhalant” means any glue, paint, cement or other substance that is capable of causing intoxication and that contains one or more of the following chemical...
- 801.320 “Intersection.”
“Intersection” means the area of a roadway created when two or more roadways join together at any angle, as described in one of the following:...
- 801.323 “Issue”; “issuance.”
“Issue” or “issuance,” when used in relation to title, means either the creation of a record of title for a vehicle or physical delivery of...
- 801.325 “Limited visibility condition.”
“Limited visibility condition” means: (1) Any time from sunset to sunrise; and (2) Any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions,...
- 801.330 “Loaded weight.”
“Loaded weight” means the weight transmitted to the road, through an axle or set of axles, when the vehicle is fully loaded. [1983 c.338 §56;...
- 801.331 “Low-speed vehicle.”
“Low-speed vehicle” means a four wheeled motor vehicle with a top speed of more than 20 miles per hour but not more than 25 miles...
- 801.332 [1993 c.696 §2; repealed by 2003 c.655 §143]
- 801.333 “Manufactured structure.”
“Manufactured structure” has the meaning given that term in ORS 446.561. [1993 c.696 §3; 2003 c.655 §89]
- 801.335 “Manufacturer.”
”Manufacturer” means any person engaged in the manufacture of new vehicles as a regular business. [1983 c.338 §57]
- 801.340 [1983 c.338 §58; 1985 c.16 §16; repealed by 1993 c.696 §19]
- 801.345 “Moped.”
“Moped” means a vehicle, including any bicycle equipped with a power source, other than an electric assisted bicycle as defined in ORS 801.258 or a...
- 801.348 “Motor assisted scooter.”
“Motor assisted scooter” means a vehicle that: (1) Is designed to be operated on the ground with not more than three wheels; (2) Has handlebars...
- 801.350 “Motor home.”
“Motor home” means a motor vehicle that: (1) Is reconstructed, permanently altered or originally designed to provide facilities for human habitation; or (2) Has a...
- 801.355 “Motor truck.”
“Motor truck” means a motor vehicle that is primarily designed or used for carrying loads other than passengers. [1983 c.338 §61]
- 801.360 “Motor vehicle.”
“Motor vehicle” means a vehicle that is self-propelled or designed for self-propulsion. [1983 c.338 §62]
- 801.365 “Motorcycle.”
“Motorcycle” means any self-propelled vehicle other than a moped or farm tractor that: (1) Has a seat or saddle for use of the rider; (2)...
- 801.366 “Motorcycle helmet.”
“Motorcycle helmet” means a protective covering for the head consisting of a hard outer shell, padding adjacent to and inside the outer shell and a...
- 801.368 “Narrow residential roadway.”
“Narrow residential roadway” means a two-way roadway that is: (1) Located in a residence district; and (2) Not more than 18 feet wide at any...
- 801.370 “Operation.”
“Operation” means any operation, towing, pushing, movement or otherwise propelling. [1983 c.338 §66]
- 801.375 “Owner.”
“Owner” when referring to the owner of a vehicle means: (1) The person in whose name title to a vehicle is issued, and who is...
- 801.377 “Ownership record.”
“Ownership record” means: (1) A primary ownership record; or (2) A transitional ownership record. [1989 c.927 §2; 1993 c.233 §8]
- 801.380 “Park” or “parking.”
“Park” or “parking” means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in...
- 801.385 “Pedestrian.”
“Pedestrian” means any person afoot or confined in a wheelchair. [1983 c.338 §69]
- 801.387 “Person with a disability.”
“Person with a disability” means: (1) A person who has severely limited mobility because of paralysis or the loss of use of some or all...
- 801.390 “Pole trailer.”
“Pole trailer” means a trailer attached or secured to the towing vehicle and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregular loads capable generally of sustaining...
- 801.395 “Police officer.”
“Police officer” includes a member of the Oregon State Police, a sheriff, a deputy sheriff, a city police officer or a law enforcement officer employed...
- 801.397 “Prefabricated structure.”
“Prefabricated structure” has the meaning given that term in ORS 455.010. [1993 c.696 §4; 2003 c.655 §90]
- 801.400 “Premises open to the public.”
“Premises open to the public” includes any premises open to the general public for the use of motor vehicles, whether the premises are publicly or...
- 801.402 “Primary ownership record.”
“Primary ownership record” means: (1) The manufacturer’s certificate of origin or equivalent record as determined by the Department of Transportation by rule; (2) The current...
- 801.403 [2001 c.522 §2; renumbered 801.406 in 2007]
- 801.404 “Racing activity vehicle.”
“Racing activity vehicle” means a motor vehicle that: (1) Is primarily used for racing on a race track and that has: (a) A bodiless tubular...
- 801.405 [1983 c.338 §75; 1985 c.402 §4; renumbered 801.408 in 2007]
- 801.406 “Rail fixed guideway system.”
“Rail fixed guideway system” means any light, heavy or rapid rail system, monorail, inclined plane, funicular, trolley, streetcar or automated guideway used primarily for carrying...
- 801.407 [1993 c.696 §5; renumbered 801.409 in 2007]
- 801.408 “Reconstructed vehicle.”
“Reconstructed vehicle” means either: (1) A vehicle that: (a) Has a body that resembles and primarily is a particular year model or make of vehicle;...
- 801.409 “Recreational vehicle.”
“Recreational vehicle” has the meaning given in ORS 446.003. [Formerly 801.407]
- 801.410 “Registration” or “register.”
“Registration” or “register” means, when used in reference to vehicles, the recording of a vehicle as authorized for use within a jurisdiction and includes any...
- 801.415 “Registration plate.”
“Registration plate” means a plate issued by a jurisdiction as evidence of vehicle registration. This state issues registration plates under ORS 803.520. [1983 c.338 §78;...
- 801.420 “Registration weight.”
“Registration weight” means the combined weight or the loaded weight required to be declared and established as the maximum combined weight or loaded weight at...
- 801.425 “Replica.”
“Replica,” when used to refer to vehicles, means a vehicle with a body built to resemble and be a reproduction of another vehicle of a...
- 801.430 “Residence district.”
“Residence district” means territory not comprising a business district that is contiguous to a highway that: (1) Has access to property occupied primarily by multifamily...
- 801.435 “Revoked.”
“Revoked” with reference to driving privileges, vehicle registration or vehicle title means the termination thereof with new driving privileges or vehicle registration or vehicle title...
- 801.440 “Right of way.”
“Right of way” means the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching...
- 801.445 “Road authority.”
“Road authority” means the body authorized to exercise authority over a road, highway, street or alley under ORS 810.010. [1983 c.338 §82]
- 801.450 “Roadway.”
“Roadway” means the portion of a highway that is improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the shoulder. In the event a...
- 801.451 “Roundabout.”
“Roundabout” means an intersection characterized by a circulatory roadway, channelized approaches and yield control of entering traffic. A roundabout encompasses the area bounded by the...
- 801.453 [1987 c.887 §2; repealed by 2003 c.819 §19]
- 801.454 “Salvage title certificate.”
“Salvage title certificate” means a document issued by this state under the provisions of ORS 803.140 as evidence of vehicle ownership. Unless the context clearly...
- 801.455 “School activity vehicle.”
“School activity vehicle” means a vehicle, other than a school bus, that is used to transport students to or from authorized school activities and that...
- 801.460 “School bus.”
“School bus” means a motor vehicle that is described by any of the following: (1) A vehicle that is marked with or displays the words...
- 801.462 “School zone.”
(1) “School zone” means both of the following: (a) A specific segment of highway that is adjacent to school grounds and that is marked by...
- 801.465 “Security interest.”
“Security interest” means an interest in a vehicle reserved or created by agreement and which secures payment or performance of an obligation as more particularly...
- 801.470 “Self-supporting trailer.”
“Self-supporting trailer” means a trailer, other than a pole trailer, designed so that no part of the weight of the trailer or the weight of...
- 801.475 “Semitrailer.”
“Semitrailer” means a trailer designed so that part of the weight of the trailer and part of the weight of any load on the trailer...
- 801.477 “Serious traffic violation.”
“Serious traffic violation” means: (1) A violation, while operating a motor vehicle and holding a commercial driver license, of: (a) ORS 811.140, reckless driving; (b)...
- 801.480 “Shoulder.”
“Shoulder” means the portion of a highway, whether paved or unpaved, contiguous to the roadway that is primarily for use by pedestrians, for the accommodation...
- 801.485 “Sidewalk.”
“Sidewalk” means the area determined as follows: (1) On the side of a highway which has a shoulder, a sidewalk is that portion of the...
- 801.490 “Snowmobile.”
“Snowmobile” means a self-propelled vehicle that: (1) Is capable of traveling over snow or ice; (2) Uses as its means of propulsion an endless belt...
- 801.500 “Special use trailer.”
(1) “Special use trailer” means a trailer described under any of the following: (a) A trailer that is eight and one-half feet or less in...
- 801.505 “Stand” or “standing.”
“Stand” or “standing” means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in...
- 801.507 “Stinger-steered.”
“Stinger-steered” in relation to a combination of vehicles means that the coupling device on the power unit is located back of the tread of the...
- 801.510 “Stop.”
“Stop” means the following: (1) When required, it means the complete cessation from movement. (2) When prohibited, it means any halting even momentarily of a...
- 801.513 “Street rod.”
“Street rod” means a motor vehicle that: (1) Was manufactured prior to 1949 or was manufactured to resemble a motor vehicle manufactured prior to 1949;...
- 801.515 “Suspend.”
“Suspend,” with reference to identification cards, driving privileges or vehicle registration, means the temporary withdrawal of the identification card, driving privileges or registration. [1983 c.338...
- 801.520 “Tandem axles.”
“Tandem axles” means any two or more consecutive axles that have centers more than 40 inches but not more than 96 inches apart and: (1)...
- 801.522 “Tank vehicle.”
“Tank vehicle” means a commercial motor vehicle that is designed to transport any liquid or gaseous material within a tank that is either permanently or...
- 801.524 “Throughway.”
“Throughway” means every highway, street or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of...
- 801.525 “Tire.”
“Tire” means the band of material used on the circumference of a wheel, on the outer face of a track or on a runner of...
- 801.526 “Title.”
“Title” means an ownership interest in a vehicle that is evidenced by a record of the Department of Transportation or of some other jurisdiction. The...
- 801.527 “Totaled vehicle”; “totaled.”
“Totaled vehicle” or “totaled” means: (1) A vehicle that is declared a total loss by an insurer that is obligated to cover the loss or...
- 801.529 “Tow dolly.”
“Tow dolly” means an auxiliary axle assembly equipped with a tow bar and used to tow a motor vehicle behind another motor vehicle. [1991 c.284
- 801.530 “Tow vehicle.”
“Tow vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is: (1) Altered or designed for, equipped for and used in the business of towing vehicles; and (2)...
- 801.535 [1983 c.338 §98; renumbered 801.524 in 1991]
- 801.540 “Traffic control device.”
“Traffic control device” means: (1) Any sign, signal, marking or device placed, operated or erected by authority under ORS 810.210 for the purpose of guiding,...
- 801.545 “Traffic crime.”
“Traffic crime” means any traffic offense that is punishable by a jail sentence. [1983 c.338 §100]
- 801.550 [1983 c.338 §102; 1999 c.1051 §83; renumbered 801.557 in 1999]
- 801.555 “Traffic offense.”
“Traffic offense” means any of the following offenses: (1) Any violation of a traffic ordinance of a city, municipal or quasi-municipal corporation, except ordinances governing...
- 801.557 “Traffic violation.”
“Traffic violation” means a traffic offense that is designated as a traffic violation in the statute defining the offense, or any other offense defined in...
- 801.560 “Trailer.”
“Trailer” means every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle. Trailer includes, but is not limited to, the following types of...
- 801.562 “Transitional ownership record.”
“Transitional ownership record” means a record containing all of the following: (1) The date of sale or if no sale is involved, the date the...
- 801.565 “Travel trailer.”
“Travel trailer” means: (1) A recreational vehicle without motive power that is eight and one-half feet or less in width and is not being used...
- 801.570 [1983 c.338 §105; repealed by 2001 c.522 §12]
- 801.575 “Truck tractor.”
“Truck tractor” means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and constructed so as not to carry any load other than...
- 801.580 “Truck trailer.”
“Truck trailer” means any trailer designed and used primarily for carrying loads other than passengers whether designed as a balance trailer, pole trailer, semitrailer or...
- 801.585 “Unloaded weight.”
“Unloaded weight” means the weight of a vehicle when the vehicle is fully equipped exclusive of load. [1983 c.338 §108; 1985 c.172 §4]
- 801.590 “Vehicle.”
“Vehicle” means any device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway and...
- 801.592 “Vehicle appraiser.”
“Vehicle appraiser” means an individual who has been issued a vehicle appraiser certificate under ORS 819.480 and who, for consideration, issues opinions as to the...
- 801.595 “Vehicle code.”
“Vehicle code” means the Oregon Vehicle Code. [1983 c.338 §110]
- 801.600 “Vehicle identification number.”
“Vehicle identification number” means a distinguishing number assigned and affixed to a vehicle or vehicle component, such as an engine or transmission or other severable...
- 801.605 “Vehicle of special interest.”
“Vehicle of special interest” means any American or foreign made vehicle that is maintained as a collector’s item and that: (1) Is a street rod...
- 801.608 “Vulnerable user of a public way.”
“Vulnerable user of a public way” means a pedestrian, a highway worker, a person riding an animal or a person operating any of the following...
- 801.610 “Worker transport bus.”
“Worker transport bus” means a vehicle that is described under ORS 820.010 that has a seating capacity of 12 or more passengers. [1983 c.338 §113]
Last modified: August 7, 2008