Oregon Statutes - Chapter 607 - Livestock Districts; Stock Running at Large

• 607.005   Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) “Class of livestock” means a class, species, genus or sex of livestock, including a class, species or genus of...
• 607.007   “Adequate fence,” “estray,” “taking up” defined.
  As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Adequate fence” means a continuous barrier consisting of natural barriers, structures, masonry, rails, poles,...
• 607.008   Incorporated cities are livestock districts.
  All incorporated cities are livestock districts. [1957 c.604 §3]
• 607.010   Petition for creation of district.
  (1) An elector who desires to create a livestock district may petition the county court or board of county commissioners to hold an election for...
• 607.012   Boundaries of proposed district.
  The boundaries of the proposed livestock district shall follow subdivision lines of sections, section lines, township lines, donation land claim boundaries or lines, lakes, rivers,...
• 607.013   Hearing on proposed formation of district.
  (1) Upon receiving a petition as provided in ORS 607.010, the county court or board of county commissioners shall make an order declaring its intention...
• 607.015   Election to create livestock district.
  Within 15 days after the hearing, the county court or board of county commissioners shall call an election to be held in the proposed district....
• 607.020   Changing boundaries and dissolution of districts.
  (1) Any area containing 2,000 acres or more may be withdrawn from a livestock district, or a complete dissolution may be effected in the same...
• 607.025   Cash deposit by petitioners for special election.
  When, at the request of the petitioners, the election is to be held on a day other than one on which a primary election or...
• 607.030   [Amended by 1957 c.604 §11; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 607.035   [Repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 607.040   Notice of creation of a livestock district; filing of documents by county clerk.
  (1) If a majority of all the votes cast is in favor of the creation of the livestock district, the county clerk shall give notice...
• 607.042   Livestock district not to petition for or vote on another district covering same class of animals; only one election a year on same proposal.
  (1) The electors of a livestock district shall not petition for or vote on a proposed livestock district which includes their livestock district within its...
• 607.043   Land entirely enclosed by federal land.
  The creation or dissolution of a livestock district shall not affect land entirely enclosed by federal land, unless the enclosed land is accurately and completely...
• 607.044   Civil liability for livestock at large in livestock district.
  A person shall be liable to the owner or lawful possessor of land if the person permits an animal of a class of livestock to...
• 607.045   Livestock at large in livestock districts.
  (1) No person owning or having the custody, possession or control of an animal of a class of livestock shall permit the animal to run...
• 607.050   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.051   Status of districts designated by order of State Department of Agriculture.
  The livestock districts designated by order of the State Department of Agriculture under section 33, chapter 604, Oregon Laws 1957, shall be subject in all...
• 607.055   Application of livestock confinement laws to federal lands.
  To the extent permitted by federal law, lands owned or administered by or under the jurisdiction of the United States, other than federal land as...
• 607.105   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.110   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.115   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.120   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.125   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.130   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.135   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.140   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.205   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.210   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.215   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.220   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.225   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.230   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.235   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.240   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.245   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.250   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.255   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.260   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.261   Stock running at large on open range.
  (1) No person shall turn upon, or allow to run upon, the open range, any bull other than a purebred bull of a recognized beef...
• 607.300   Determining adequacy of fences.
  Whenever livestock has broken through a fence on the open range and a determination of the adequacy of the fence is necessary in order to...
• 607.301   [1953 c.367 §1; 1957 c.604 §19; repealed by 1971 c.579 §9]
• 607.303   Owner or lessee of property taking up livestock unlawfully permitted to run at large; notice to owner and department.
  (1) A person who finds livestock unlawfully being permitted to run at large upon the premises of the person, or premises of which the person...
• 607.304   Delivery of livestock to department or owner; payment of costs to person taking up livestock; arbitration; fees.
  (1) If the owner of the livestock does not appear in response to the notice given under ORS 607.303 (2), the livestock shall be delivered...
• 607.305   [Amended by 1953 c.367 §13; renumbered 607.344]
• 607.306   [1953 c.367 §2; repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.308   Alternative procedure for person taking up livestock.
  A person taking up livestock of a known owner, in lieu of following the procedure established by ORS 607.303 and 607.304, may, within five days...
• 607.310   [Repealed by 1953 c.367 §13]
• 607.311   Taking up estray prohibited without giving notice.
  (1) A person who finds an estray upon the premises of the person or premises of which the person has lawful possession or control may...
• 607.313   Notice to department by persons taking up estrays; recovery of costs.
  (1) Any person taking up an estray shall, within five days thereof, give written notice to the State Department of Agriculture of the taking up....
• 607.315   [Repealed by 1953 c.367 §13]
• 607.316   [1953 c.367 §3; repealed by 1971 c.579 §9]
• 607.320   [Repealed by 1953 c.367 §13]
• 607.321   Investigation by department upon receipt of notice; procedure if State Department of Agriculture determines estray owner.
  (1) The State Department of Agriculture, when it receives a notice as described in ORS 607.313, shall attempt to determine the owner of the estray...
• 607.325   [Repealed by 1953 c.367 §13]
• 607.326   [1953 c.367 §5; repealed by 1971 c.579 §9]
• 607.328   Procedure for sale of estrays; notice.
  (1) The State Department of Agriculture shall cause livestock to be sold at public sale: (a) In the event the department does not determine the...
• 607.330   [Repealed by 1953 c.367 §13]
• 607.331   [1953 c.367 §6; repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.332   Claim by owner before sale.
  (1) If the owner of livestock appears and claims it prior to sale, the owner shall pay to the State Department of Agriculture all costs...
• 607.335   [Repealed by 1953 c.367 §13]
• 607.336   Title of purchaser at sale.
  The purchaser of livestock sold in accordance with ORS 607.328 shall have clear and absolute title to such livestock. [1953 c.367 §8; 1975 c.65 §8]
• 607.337   Use of proceeds from sale.
  (1) All costs incurred by the State Department of Agriculture in the taking up and sale of an estray shall be paid from the proceeds...
• 607.338   Use of proceeds where private person has taken up livestock; arbitration of costs; fee.
  (1) If the State Department of Agriculture sells livestock pursuant to ORS 607.328, it shall from the proceeds of the sale first reimburse itself for...
• 607.339   Liability of department.
  Except for gross negligence the State Department of Agriculture shall not be liable for the payment of the proceeds of sale or return of custody...
• 607.340   [Repealed by 1953 c.367 §13]
• 607.341   Jurisdiction of courts.
  Justice courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction with circuit courts of proceedings brought on violations of ORS 607.303 to 607.341. [1953 c.367 §11]
• 607.344   “Freshly branded” defined for ORS 607.345 to 607.360.
  As used in ORS 607.345 to 607.360, “freshly branded” means any animal on which there is a brand that has not been peeled off or...
• 607.345   Interfering with calves and colts on open range; selling freshly branded cattle or horses.
  No person shall: (1) Hold under herd, confine in any pasture, building, corral or other enclosure, or picket out, hobble or tie together, or in...
• 607.350   Producing, on demand, the mothers of calves or colts.
  The person, separating calves or colts from their mothers shall, upon demand of the sheriff, inspector or other officer, produce, within a reasonable time, the...
• 607.355   Disposal of calves and colts wrongfully held.
  All animals held in violation of ORS 607.345 or 607.350 shall be considered estrays. The nearest stock inspector, as soon as the stock inspector has...
• 607.360   Applicability of statutes regulating handling of calves and colts.
  ORS 607.345 to 607.355 do not apply to: (1) The calves of milch cows where such cows are actually used to furnish milk for household...
• 607.365   Driving domestic animals from range.
  (1) No person, who is not the owner of such animal, shall take or drive, cause to be taken or driven, or assist in driving...
• 607.405   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.410   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.415   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.420   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.425   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.430   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.435   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.440   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.445   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.505   Stock running at large and grazing on Klamath Falls-Malin Highway.
  (1) No person shall permit cattle, horses, mules, sheep, goats or hogs to run at large, be pastured, staked or tethered upon the state highway...
• 607.510   Stock running at large and grazing on certain state highways.
  No person shall allow cattle, horses, mules, sheep, goats, swine or other livestock of any kind, to run at large, be pastured, staked or tethered...
• 607.515   Stock at large or grazing on highway from Canyonville to Umpqua National Forest.
  No person shall permit any cattle, horses, mules, sheep, goats, hogs or other livestock, to run at large, be pastured, staked or tethered upon the...
• 607.520   Stock running at large on highways in Washington County.
  No person, either as owner or in possession or control of any horses, mules, cattle, swine, sheep or goats shall permit them to run at...
• 607.525   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.527   Stock herded or grazed on interstate and defense highways.
  (1) Notwithstanding ORS 366.460, 366.465, 374.340 and 607.045 (2) and notwithstanding the existence of an open range area, except as provided by subsection (2) of...
• 607.530   [Amended by 1955 c.275 §1; repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.535   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.540   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.545   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.550   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.555   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.560   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.565   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.570   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.575   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.605   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.610   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.615   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.620   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.625   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.630   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.635   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.640   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.645   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.650   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.655   [Repealed by 1957 c.604 §41]
• 607.990   [Amended by 1953 c.367 §13; subsection (2) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1957 c.604 §39; subsection (3) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1953 c.367 §10; subsection (5) of 1963 Replacement Part formerly 606.990; subsection (10) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1963 c.350 §2; repealed by 1967 c.113 §2 (607.992 enacted in lieu of 607.990)]
• 607.992   Penalties.
  Violation of any provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor. [1967 c.113 §3 (enacted in lieu of 607.990)] _______________

Last modified: August 7, 2008