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• 815.005   Consistent parts and equipment authorized.
  Nothing in the vehicle code shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle not inconsistent with the provisions...
• 815.010   Compliance with standards for equipment; federal standards to supersede state.
  (1) Testing requirements for equipment standards adopted under the vehicle code shall be met by the manufacturer submitting a report from a laboratory approved by...
• 815.015   Department inspection of vehicles for compliance.
  The Department of Transportation may at any time inspect any vehicle to determine its compliance with the equipment provisions and other provisions of the vehicle...
• 815.020   Operation of unsafe vehicle; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of operation of an unsafe vehicle if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives or moves on...
• 815.025   Causing unreasonable noise with vehicle; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of causing unreasonable noise with a vehicle if the person operates upon any highway any motor vehicle so as...
• 815.030   State vehicle equipment standards.
  (1) The Department of Transportation shall adopt and enforce minimum standards for vehicle performance or vehicle equipment performance consistent with this section. (2) Standards adopted...
• 815.035   Rules for standards for roadside warning devices.
  The Department of Transportation shall adopt rules to establish standards for roadside vehicle warning devices for purposes of ORS 811.530 and 815.285. The rules shall...
• 815.040   Standards for window and windshield material.
  (1) The Department of Transportation shall establish standards for safety glazing material used in vehicle windows and windshields including standards for any glazing material so...
• 815.045   Rules for use of traction tires, retractable studded tires and chains; signs.
  (1) The Oregon Transportation Commission shall adopt rules necessary to carry out ORS 815.140. The rules adopted by the commission: (a) Shall establish the various...
• 815.050   [1983 c.338 §442; 1985 c.16 §232; 1993 c.751 §73; repealed by 1995 c.492 §8]
• 815.052   Rules establishing standards for protective headgear.
  The Department of Transportation shall adopt and enforce rules establishing minimum standards and specifications for safe protective headgear to be worn by people operating bicycles,...
• 815.055   Rules establishing standards for safety belts, harnesses and child safety systems.
  (1) The Department of Transportation shall adopt and enforce rules establishing minimum standards and specifications for the construction and installation of safety belts, safety harnesses...
• 815.060   Rules establishing standards for slow-moving vehicle emblems.
  The Department of Transportation shall adopt rules for slow-moving vehicle emblems for purposes of ORS 815.110 and 815.115. The rules adopted under this section shall:...
• 815.065   Rules establishing standards for hydraulic brake fluid.
  The Department of Transportation shall adopt and enforce rules for the purpose of regulation of hydraulic brake fluid under ORS 815.085. The rules shall establish...
• 815.070   Road warning signals for tow vehicles or wreckers.
  The Oregon Transportation Commission shall prescribe warning signs or signals for placement on roadways by tow vehicles or wreckers under ORS 822.220. [1983 c.338 §449;...
• 815.075   Selling vehicles or equipment that violates rules; exemptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of selling vehicles or equipment that violates state equipment administrative rules if the person sells or offers for sale...
• 815.080   Providing safety belt, harness or child safety system that does not comply with standards; exemptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of providing a safety belt, harness equipment or a child safety system that does not comply with standards if...
• 815.085   Servicing with or selling unapproved brake fluid; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of servicing with or selling unapproved brake fluid if the person does any of the following: (a) Distributes, has...
• 815.090   Replacement of vehicle windows with unapproved material; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of replacement of vehicle windows with unapproved material if the person makes or procures the replacement of windows or...
• 815.095   Unlawful sales, installations or representations concerning pollution control systems; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of making unlawful sales of, installations of or representations concerning vehicle pollution control systems if the person does any...
• 815.097   Providing vehicle with mercury light switch.
  A person commits the offense of providing a vehicle with a mercury light switch if the person sells or offers for sale in this state...
• 815.100   Operation of vehicle that violates equipment rules; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of operation of a vehicle that violates state equipment administrative rules if the person drives or moves on any...
• 815.105   Exemptions from equipment requirements.
  This section establishes exemptions from ORS 815.030 and 815.100. Exemptions under this section are in addition to any exemptions under ORS 801.026. Exemptions under this...
• 815.107   Exemption from equipment requirements for street rods.
  A vehicle of special interest that is a street rod is exempt from vehicle equipment requirements under ORS 815.075, 815.105, 815.120, 815.135, 815.175, 815.190, 815.210,...
• 815.109   Exemption from equipment requirements for racing activity vehicles.
  A racing activity vehicle is exempt from vehicle equipment requirements under ORS 815.040, 815.075, 815.250, 815.295 and 815.310 if all of the following apply: (1)...
• 815.110   Requirements for and use of slow-moving vehicle emblem.
  This section establishes requirements for ORS 815.115. The requirements under this section are in addition to any other requirements for lighting equipment provided by law....
• 815.115   Violation of emblem requirements; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violation of slow-moving vehicle emblem requirements if the person drives or moves on any highway or owns and...
• 815.120   Exemptions from emblem requirements.
  This section establishes exemptions from the requirements of ORS 815.110 and 815.115. The exemptions under this section are in addition to any exemptions under ORS...
• 815.125   Requirements and standards.
  This section establishes requirements for ORS 815.130. Except as specifically provided by an exemption under ORS 815.135, a vehicle or combination of vehicles is in...
• 815.130   Improper brakes; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of having improper brakes if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives or moves on any highway...
• 815.135   Exemptions from brake requirements.
  This section establishes exemptions from ORS 815.130. The exemptions under this section are in addition to any exemptions under ORS 801.026. The exemptions under this...
• 815.140   Failure to use vehicle traction tires or chains; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to use vehicle traction tires or chains if the person drives or moves or owns and causes...
• 815.145   Exemptions from traction tire or chains requirement.
  This section establishes exemptions from ORS 815.140. The following are completely or partially exempt as described: (1) Police vehicles under any conditions. (2) Fire vehicles...
• 815.150   [1983 c.338 §476; 1985 c.16 §248; 1987 c.145 §1; 1991 c.67 §222; repealed by 1997 c.326 §2 and 1997 c.493 §6]
• 815.155   Unlawful use of device without wheels; exemptions; civil liability; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of devices without wheels if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives or moves...
• 815.160   Unlawful use of metal objects on tires; civil liability; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of metal objects on tires if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives or...
• 815.165   Exemptions from prohibition on tires with metal objects.
  This section establishes exemptions from ORS 815.160. The exemptions under this section are in addition to any under ORS 801.026. Exemptions are partial or complete...
• 815.167   Prohibition on selling studs other than lightweight studs; exemption.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, a tire dealer may not sell a tire equipped with studs that are not lightweight...
• 815.170   Operation without pneumatic tires; civil liability; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of operation without pneumatic tires if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives, operates or moves on...
• 815.175   Exemptions from pneumatic tire requirement.
  This section establishes exemptions from ORS 815.170. The exemptions under this section are in addition to any exemptions under ORS 801.026. Exemptions are partial or...
• 815.180   Standards.
  This section designates fender and mudguard standards for ORS 815.185. Except as specifically provided by an exemption under ORS 815.190, a vehicle is in violation...
• 815.182   Kinds of fenders or mudguards required for specified vehicles; placement.
  (1) The following types of vehicles must be equipped with the proper type of fenders or mudguards as described in ORS 815.180 (2): (a) Type...
• 815.185   Operation without proper fenders or mudguards; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of operation without proper fenders or mudguards if the person drives or moves on any highway or owns and...
• 815.190   Exemptions from mudguard and fender requirements.
  This section establishes exemptions from ORS 815.182 and 815.185. The exemptions under this section are in addition to any exemptions under ORS 801.026. The exemptions...
• 815.195   Requirements and standards.
  This section establishes requirements for ORS 815.200. Except as specifically provided by an exemption under ORS 815.205, a vehicle is in violation of ORS 815.200...
• 815.200   Violation of visible emission limits; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violation of visible emission limits if the person operates, drives and causes or permits to be driven on...
• 815.205   Exemptions from visible emission limits.
  This section establishes exemptions from ORS 815.195 and 815.200. The exemptions under this section are in addition to any exemptions under ORS 801.026. Exemptions under...
• 815.210   Operation of vehicle without approved material in windows; exemptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of operation of a vehicle without approved materials in windows if the person drives or moves on any highway...
• 815.215   Failure to have windshield wipers; exemptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to have windshield wipers if the person drives or moves on any highway or owns and causes...
• 815.220   Obstruction of vehicle windows; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of obstruction of vehicle windows if the person drives or moves on any highway or owns and causes or...
• 815.221   Tinting; authorized and prohibited materials; certificate.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may apply tinting material to the windows of a motor vehicle in compliance with this section....
• 815.222   Illegal window tinting; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of illegal window tinting if the person applies window tinting material that does not comply with ORS 815.221 or...
• 815.225   Violation of use limits on sound equipment; exemptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violation of use limits on sound equipment if the person does any of the following: (a) Uses upon...
• 815.230   Violation of sound equipment requirements; exemptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violation of vehicle sound equipment requirements if the person drives or moves on any highway or owns and...
• 815.232   Unreasonable sound amplification from a vehicle; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of causing unreasonable sound amplification from a vehicle if the person operates, or permits the operation of, any sound...
• 815.233   Enhancement of penalty for violation of ORS 815.232.
  A person otherwise convicted of a violation under ORS 815.232 (4) commits a misdemeanor if: (1) The person has been convicted of three or more...
• 815.235   Operation without rearview mirror; exemptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of operation without a rearview mirror if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives or moves on...
• 815.237   Forward crossview mirror; failure to inspect; exemptions; penalty.
  (1) As used in this section, “forward crossview mirror” means a mirror or device that enables the driver of a motor truck to have a...
• 815.240   Unlawful use of image display device; exemptions; penalty.
  (1) As used in this section, “image display device” means equipment capable of displaying to the driver of a motor vehicle: (a) A broadcast television...
• 815.245   Violation of minimum clearance requirements for passenger vehicles; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violation of minimum clearance requirements for passenger vehicles if the person drives or moves on any highway or...
• 815.250   Operation without proper exhaust system; exemptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of operation without proper exhaust system if the person drives or moves on any highway or owns and causes...
• 815.255   Operation of vehicle for hire without speedometer; exemptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of operation of a vehicle for hire without a speedometer if the person drives or moves on any highway...
• 815.260   Operation of recreational vehicle with unsealed disposal system; exemption; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of operation of a recreational vehicle with unsealed disposal system if: (a) The person has the use, possession or...
• 815.265   [1983 c.338 §499; repealed by 2001 c.335 §5]
• 815.270   Operating vehicle that is loaded or equipped to obstruct driver; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of operating a vehicle that is loaded or equipped to obstruct the driver if the person is operating a...
• 815.275   Failure to mark end of load with light or flag when required; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to mark the end of a load with a light or flag when required if the person...
• 815.280   Violation of bicycle equipment requirements; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violation of bicycle equipment requirements if the person does any of the following: (a) Operates on any highway...
• 815.281   Selling noncomplying bicycle headgear; renting or leasing bicycle without having approved headgear available; penalties.
  (1) A person commits the offense of selling noncomplying bicycle equipment if the person sells or offers for sale any bicycle headgear that does not...
• 815.282   Operating motorized wheelchair on bicycle lane without proper lighting equipment.
  (1) A person commits the offense of operating a motorized wheelchair on a bicycle lane or path without proper lighting equipment if the person operates...
• 815.283   Violation of motor assisted scooter equipment requirements; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violation of motor assisted scooter equipment requirements if the person: (a) Is the parent, legal guardian or person...
• 815.284   Violation of electric personal assistive mobility device equipment requirements; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violation of electric personal assistive mobility device equipment requirements if the person: (a) Operates an electric personal assistive...
• 815.285   Failure to carry roadside vehicle warning devices; exemptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to carry roadside vehicle warning devices if: (a) The person drives or moves on any highway or...
• 815.290   Exemptions from equipment requirements.
  (1) In addition to any other specific exemptions provided for implements of husbandry, implements of husbandry are exempt from any requirements under the following: (a)...
• 815.295   Failure to have required pollution control equipment; exemptions; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to be equipped with required pollution control equipment if the person operates a motor vehicle upon a...
• 815.300   Exemptions from requirement to be equipped with pollution control system.
  This section establishes exemptions from the requirements under ORS 815.295 to be equipped with a certified pollution control system. Exemptions established by this section are...
• 815.305   Disconnection or alteration of pollution control equipment; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unlawful disconnection or alteration of pollution control equipment if the person does any of the following: (a) Disconnects...
• 815.310   Proof of compliance with requirements.
  When proof of compliance with pollution control equipment requirements is required under ORS 803.350, 803.465 and 815.295 the following apply: (1) The proof may be...
• 815.315   Use of improper certificate for pollution control system; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of use of improper certificate for pollution control system if the person makes, issues or knowingly uses any imitation...
• 815.320   Unlawful certification of compliance with pollution control requirements; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unlawful certification of compliance with pollution control requirements if the person does any of the following: (a) Falsely...
• 815.325   Unlawfully requiring repair for certification of compliance with pollution control requirements; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unlawfully requiring repair for certification with pollution control requirements if the person requires as a condition of the...
• 815.400   [1985 c.251 §8; 1987 c.119 §4; 1987 c.750 §11; 1989 c.43 §36; 1989 c.148 §17; repealed by 1991 c.873 §53]
• 815.405   Department review of odometer disclosure statements.
  (1) The Department of Transportation may establish a program of reviewing department records and odometer disclosure statements to determine vehicles that may have incorrect odometer...
• 815.410   Illegal odometer tampering; prohibition; exceptions; civil action; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of illegal odometer tampering if the person does any of the following: (a) Advertises for sale, sells, uses or...
• 815.415   Unlawful repair of odometer; rules; civil action; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unlawful repair of an odometer if the person services, repairs or replaces the odometer on any vehicle and...
• 815.420   Unlawfully removing odometer repair notice; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unlawfully removing an odometer repair notice if the person removes any notice showing service, repair or replacement of...
• 815.425   Failure to submit odometer disclosure; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to submit an odometer disclosure if the person is required by ORS 803.102, 803.370, 805.120 or 815.415...
• 815.430   Submitting false odometer disclosure; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of submitting a false odometer disclosure if the person knowingly makes any false statement or provides any false information...
• 815.440   Unauthorized possession, use or distribution of traffic control signal operating device; exemption; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of unauthorized possession, use or distribution of a traffic control signal operating device if the person owns, uses, sells...
• 815.445   Authority to use traffic control signal operating devices; costs.
  (1) The owner of a traffic control signal may authorize use of a traffic control signal operating device by the following persons for the following...

Last modified: August 7, 2008