Oregon Statutes - Chapter 818 - Vehicle Limits

• 818.010   Maximum allowable weight.
  This section establishes maximum weight limitations for purposes of ORS 818.020. Except as provided in subsections (4) and (5) of this section or where an...
• 818.012   Wheel load on certain vehicles; rules.
  The Department of Transportation may adopt rules approving tires for the use described in ORS 818.010 (5). In adopting the rules, the department shall consider...
• 818.020   Violating maximum weight limits; civil liability; penalties.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violating maximum weight limits if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives or moves on a...
• 818.030   Exemptions from weight limitations.
  This section establishes exemptions from the maximum weight limitations under ORS 818.010 and 818.020. The exemptions under this section are in addition to any exemptions...
• 818.040   Violation of posted weight limits; civil liability; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violation of posted weight limits if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives or moves on...
• 818.050   Exemptions from posted weight limits.
  This section establishes exemptions from the posted weight limits under ORS 818.040. The exemptions under this section are in addition to any exemptions under ORS...
• 818.060   Violation of administratively imposed weight or size limits; civil liability; penalties.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violation of administratively imposed weight or size limits if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives...
• 818.070   Exemptions from administratively imposed weight or size limitations.
  This section establishes exemptions from ORS 818.060. The exemptions under this section are in addition to any exemptions under ORS 801.026. Exempt, partially or completely...
• 818.080   Maximum size limits.
  This section establishes maximum size limits for purposes of ORS 818.090. Except where an exemption under ORS 818.100 specifically provides otherwise, any vehicle or load...
• 818.090   Violation of maximum size limits; civil liability; penalties.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violation of maximum size limits if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives or moves on...
• 818.100   Exemptions from size limitations.
  This section establishes exemptions from the maximum size limitations under ORS 818.080 and 818.090. The exemptions under this section are in addition to any exemptions...
• 818.105   Request for unrestricted access to specified highway for overlength combination; mandated responses to request.
  (1) Any person who transports property, or causes property to be transported, by motor vehicle may request that a road authority, other than a city,...
• 818.110   Exceeding maximum number of vehicles in combination; civil liability; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of exceeding the maximum number of vehicles in combination if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives...
• 818.120   Exemptions from limits on number of vehicles in combinations.
  This section establishes exemptions from ORS 818.110. The exemptions under this section are in addition to any exemptions under ORS 801.026. Operation in accordance with...
• 818.130   Violation of posted limits on use; civil liability; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violation of posted limits on use of a road if the person does any of the following: (a)...
• 818.140   Exemptions from posted use limits.
  This section establishes exemptions from ORS 818.130. The exemptions under this section are in addition to any under ORS 801.026. Operation in accordance with one...
• 818.150   Safety requirements for towing.
  This section establishes safety requirements for towing for purposes of ORS 818.160. Except where an exemption under ORS 818.170 specifically provides otherwise, the safety requirements...
• 818.160   Violating towing safety requirements; civil liability; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of violating towing safety requirements if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives or moves on a...
• 818.170   Exemptions from towing safety requirements.
  This section establishes exemptions from the towing safety requirements under ORS 818.150 and 818.160. Exemptions under this section are in addition to any under ORS...
• 818.200   Authority to issue variance permits; effect of permit; violation of permit.
  (1) A road authority, or a private contractor authorized by a road authority to do so, may issue a variance permit if it determines the...
• 818.205   Continuous operation variance permit; standards; relationship to permit issued under ORS 818.200; fee.
  (1) The Department of Transportation, in consultation with other road authorities, shall develop and implement a system of issuing continuous operation variance permits. The system...
• 818.210   Limits on authority to issue variance permit.
  Except as provided under ORS 818.220, a road authority shall not issue a variance permit under ORS 818.200 for any vehicle or load that can...
• 818.220   Requirements, conditions and procedures for issuance of variance permit; duration; cancellation; rules.
  This section establishes requirements, conditions and procedures for issuance of variance permits under ORS 818.200 as follows: (1) In issuing a permit, the road authority...
• 818.225   Road use assessment fee for single-trip nondivisible load permittee; definition of “equivalent single-axle load”; rules.
  (1)(a) In addition to any fee for a single-trip nondivisible load permit, a person who is issued the permit or who operates a vehicle in...
• 818.230   Sifting or leaking load permit; duration; fee.
  A sifting or leaking load permit is a vehicle permit that is issued as evidence of a grant of authority to operate a vehicle loaded...
• 818.235   Permit for wide load of hay bales.
  Notwithstanding ORS 818.210, a granting authority may issue a permit under ORS 818.200 for any vehicle or combination of vehicles engaged in the transportation of...
• 818.240   Dragging permit; fee.
  A dragging permit is a vehicle permit that is issued as evidence of a grant of authority to drag something upon or over the surface...
• 818.250   Permit for fire company warning lights.
  The governing body of a rural fire protection district or of a municipal fire department may issue written authorization for the use of fire company...
• 818.260   Permit for use of bus safety lights on certain buses; rules; fee.
  (1) Upon receipt of a qualifying application and payment of any fee required, the Department of Transportation shall issue a permit that will allow the...
• 818.270   Fees for permits.
  (1) The fee for issuance of a variance permit under ORS 818.200 may be any amount determined by a road authority, not to exceed $8....
• 818.300   Operating with sifting or leaking load; civil liability; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of operating with a sifting or leaking load if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives or...
• 818.310   Exemptions from prohibition on sifting and leaking load.
  This section establishes exemptions from ORS 818.300. The exemptions under this section are in addition to any exemptions under ORS 801.026. Exemptions are partial or...
• 818.320   Dragging objects on highway; civil liability; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of dragging objects on a highway if the person does any of the following: (a) Drives or moves on...
• 818.330   Exemptions from prohibition on dragging objects on highway.
  This section establishes exemptions from ORS 818.320. The exemptions in this section are in addition to any under ORS 801.026. Exemptions are partial or complete...
• 818.340   Operating in violation of variance permit; exception; civil liability; penalties.
  (1) A person commits the offense of operating in violation of a variance permit if the person has been issued a variance permit under ORS...
• 818.350   Failure to carry and display variance permit; penalty.
  (1) The driver of any vehicle or combination of vehicles for which a variance permit or a permit identification card has been issued under ORS...
• 818.400   Failure to comply with commercial vehicle enforcement requirements; penalty.
  (1) A person commits the offense of failure to comply with commercial vehicle enforcement requirements if the person is driving a vehicle or combination of...
• 818.410   Civil liability for certain violations.
  The owner and driver of anything using a state, county or city highway, street or bridge in violation of the sections described in this section...
• 818.420   Penalties for certain violations.
  (1) This subsection establishes a schedule of penalties for certain offenses in ORS 818.060 and 818.090. Commission of any of the described offenses relating to...
• 818.430   Penalties for violation of weight requirements.
  This section establishes schedules of penalties for violations of maximum weight requirements under the vehicle code. The particular schedule applicable is the schedule designated in...
• 818.440   Penalty for procuring, aiding or abetting violation of this chapter.
  Any person who knowingly and willfully procures, aids or abets in the violation of a provision of this chapter is subject to the penalty provided...
• 818.450   Civil penalty for violations of chapter.
  In addition to any penalty provided in a specific statute in this chapter, any person who violates a provision of this chapter is subject to...

Last modified: August 7, 2008