(1) A person commits the offense of abandoning a boat, floating home or boathouse if the person leaves a boat, floating home or boathouse on the waters of this state or upon any public or private property except with the permission of the property owner, or at an established or attended moorage or in any area leased for occupation by the Department of State Lands under ORS chapter 274.
(2) The owner of the boat, floating home or boathouse as shown by the records of the State Marine Board shall be considered responsible for the abandonment of the boat, floating home or boathouse in the manner prohibited by this section and shall be liable for the cost of removal, cleanup and disposition of the abandoned boat, floating home or boathouse.
(3) A boat, floating home or boathouse abandoned in violation of this section is subject to the provisions for removal of an abandoned boat, floating home or boathouse under ORS 830.912 and 830.914 and to being sold or disposed of as provided under ORS 98.245. [1999 c.692 §3; 2003 c.693 §5]
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