Oregon Statutes - Chapter 819 - Destroyed, Totaled, Abandoned, Low-Value and Stolen Vehicles; Vehicle Identification Numbers; Vehicle Appraisers

819.010 Failure to comply with requirements for destruction of vehicle; exception; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of failure to comply with requirements for destruction of a vehicle if the person wrecks, dismantles, disassembles or substantially...
819.012 Failure to follow procedures for a totaled vehicle; penalty.
(1) A person other than an insurer commits the offense of failure to follow procedures for a totaled vehicle if the person: (a) Is the...
819.014 Insurer failure to follow procedures for totaled vehicle; penalty.
(1) An insurer commits the offense of insurer failure to follow procedures for a totaled vehicle if the insurer declares that the vehicle is a...
819.016 When salvage title required; rules.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, when the provisions of ORS 819.010, 819.012 or 819.014 require a person to surrender to...
819.018 Failure to notify subsequent purchaser of condition of vehicle; rules; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of failure to notify a subsequent purchaser of the condition of a vehicle if the person sells a totaled...
819.020 [1983 c.338 §195; 1985 c.16 §69; 1985 c.176 §1; 1987 c.119 §5; repealed by 1991 c.820 §20]
819.030 Department procedure on receipt of title or notice.
The Department of Transportation shall comply with the following procedures upon receiving a certificate of title or other notice in accordance with the provisions of...
819.040 Illegal salvage procedures; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of illegal salvage procedures if the person engages in crushing, compacting or shredding of vehicles and the person violates...
819.100 Abandoning a vehicle; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of abandoning a vehicle if the person abandons a vehicle upon a highway or upon any public or private...
819.110 Removal and sale of abandoned vehicle; general provisions.
(1) After providing notice required under ORS 819.170 and, if requested, a hearing under ORS 819.190, an authority described under ORS 819.140 may take a...
819.120 Immediate custody and removal of vehicle constituting hazard; rules.
(1) An authority described under ORS 819.140 may immediately take custody of a vehicle that is disabled, abandoned, parked or left standing unattended on a...
819.130 [1983 c.338 §419; 1985 c.16 §221; 1993 c.385 §4; repealed by 1995 c.758 §23]
819.140 Agencies having authority to remove vehicles; powers of agency taking custody.
(1) This section establishes which agency has the authority to remove and take vehicles into custody under ORS 819.110 and 819.120. The agency with authority...
819.150 Rights and liabilities of owner.
The owner, a person entitled to possession or any person with an interest recorded on the title of a vehicle taken into custody under ORS...
819.160 Lien for towing.
(1) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a person shall have a lien on the vehicle and its contents if the person, at the...
819.170 Notice prior to removal; methods; contents.
If an authority proposes to take custody of a vehicle under ORS 819.110, the authority shall provide notice and shall provide an explanation of procedures...
819.180 Notice after removal; method; contents.
(1) If an authority takes custody of a vehicle under ORS 819.120, the authority shall provide, by certified mail within 48 hours of the removal,...
819.185 Procedure for vehicles that have no identification markings.
If there is no vehicle identification number on a vehicle and there are no registration plates and no other markings through which the Department of...
819.190 Hearing to contest validity of removal and custody.
A person provided notice under ORS 819.170 or 819.180 or any other person who reasonably appears to have an interest in the vehicle may request...
819.200 Exemption from notice and hearing requirements for vehicle held in criminal investigation.
A vehicle that is being held as part of any criminal investigation is not subject to any requirements under ORS 819.170 to 819.190 unless the...
819.210 Sale of vehicle not reclaimed.
(1) If a vehicle taken into custody under ORS 819.110 or 819.120 is not reclaimed within 30 days after it is taken into custody, the...
819.215 Disposal of vehicle appraised at $500 or less; rules.
(1) If an abandoned vehicle is appraised at a value of $500 or less by a person who holds a certificate issued under ORS 819.480,...
819.220 Disposal of vehicle without notice and public auction.
(1) If a vehicle taken into custody under ORS 819.110 or 819.120 is appraised at a value of $1,000 or less, or if it is...
819.230 [1983 c.338 §810; 2007 c.630 §4; renumbered 819.480 in 2007]
819.240 Certificate of sale; issuing title and registration card for vehicle.
(1) When any vehicle is sold under ORS 819.210 or 819.220, the authority selling the vehicle under that section, at the time of the payment...
819.250 Return of sale; proceeds.
(1) When any vehicle is sold under ORS 819.210 or 819.220, the authority selling the vehicle shall transmit to the Department of Transportation, and to...
819.260 Claim by former owner to proceeds of sale.
At any time within two years after the sale of a vehicle under ORS 819.210, the former owner or former interest holder of the vehicle...
819.270 Illegal operation of junk vehicle sold by public body; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of illegal operation of a junk vehicle sold by a public body if the person operates a vehicle previously...
819.280 Disposal of vehicle at request of person in lawful possession; rules.
(1) A person may make a request to an authority described in ORS 819.140 (1)(b) or (c) to dispose of a vehicle that is on...
819.300 Possession of a stolen vehicle; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of possession of a stolen vehicle if the person possesses any vehicle which the person knows or has reason...
819.310 Trafficking in stolen vehicles; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of trafficking in stolen vehicles if the person receives or transfers possession of a vehicle which the person knows...
819.400 Assignment of numbers.
The Department of Transportation shall provide vehicle identification numbers for vehicles required to be registered in this state and components of such vehicles as the...
819.410 Failure to obtain vehicle identification number for unnumbered vehicle; exception; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of failure to obtain a vehicle identification number for an unnumbered vehicle if the person is the owner of...
819.420 Failure to obtain vehicle identification number for vehicle with altered or removed number; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of failure to obtain a vehicle identification number for a vehicle with an altered or removed number if the...
819.430 Trafficking in vehicles with destroyed or altered identification numbers; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of trafficking in vehicles with destroyed or altered identification numbers if the person knowingly buys, sells, receives, disposes of,...
819.440 Police seizure of vehicle without identification number; inspection; disposition of vehicle; disposition of moneys from sale.
When a police officer discovers a vehicle or component, including a transmission, engine or other severable portion of a vehicle which possesses or did possess...
819.480 Vehicle appraiser certificate; rules.
(1) A person who is issued a vehicle appraiser certificate by the Department of Transportation under this section is qualified to appraise any vehicle, including...
819.482 Acting as vehicle appraiser without certificate; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of acting as a vehicle appraiser without a certificate if the person does not hold a vehicle appraiser certificate...

Last modified: August 7, 2008