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ORS Chapter 815 — Vehicle Equipment Generally

ORS 815.310. (c) Falsely certifies that a diesel engine has been retrofitted with approved retrofit technology under ORS 468A.810. (d) Falsifies any information on the certificate of compliance described under ORS 468A.810. (e) With a purpose to defraud or with intent, causes registration of a motor vehicle that would not otherwise be eligible for registration because of its failure to comply with: (A) Rules and standards adopted by the Environmental Quality Commission under ORS 468A.360; or (B) ORS 803.591. (2) The offense described in this section, unlawful certification of compliance with pollution control requirements, is a Class A misdemeanor, but each day of violation does not constitute a separate offense.
ORS Chapter 815 — Vehicle Equipment Generally

ORS 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 or counterfeit of a certificate of compliance described under ORS 468A.810 or 815.310. (2) The offense described in this section, use of improper certificate for pollution control system, is a Class B traffic violation, but each day of violation does not constitute a separate offense.
ORS Chapter 815 — Vehicle Equipment Generally

ORS 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 certifies that a motor vehicle is equipped with a functioning certified system, as defined in ORS 468A.350, or that the motor vehicle complies with the rules and standards adopted by the Environmental Quality Commission under ORS 468A.360. (b) Falsifies any information on the certificate of compliance described under ORS
ORS Chapter 815 — Vehicle Equipment Generally

ORS 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 issuance of a certification of compliance described under ORS 815.310 or proof of certification described under ORS 468A.810 any repairs or services unnecessary for compliance with ORS 803.591 or with rules or standards adopted under ORS 468A.350, 468A.355, 468A.365 and 468A.385. (2) The offense described in this section, unlawfully requiring repair for certification of compliance with pollution control requirements, is a Class A misdemeanor, but each day of violation does not constitute a separate offense.
ORS Chapter 815 — Vehicle Equipment Generally

ORS 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] (Odometer Offenses)
ORS Chapter 815 — Vehicle Equipment Generally

ORS 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 disclosures or on which the odometer may have been altered. The program may include any procedures the department determines appropriate including, but not limited to, the comparison of odometer disclosures for individual vehicles with statistical information on statistically average mileage for vehicles within a certain period of time. (2) If the department determines under this section that it is likely that a vehicle or vehicles have incorrect odometer disclosures or have odometers that have been illegally altered, the department may do any of the following: (a) Report the findings of the department to the owners or purchasers of the vehicles. (b) Report the findings of the department to enforcement officials charged with enforcing laws relating to odometers, including, but not limited to, police officials, district attorneys or the Attorney Generals office.
ORS Chapter 815 — Vehicle Equipment Generally

ORS 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 installs on any part of a motor vehicle or on any odometer in a motor vehicle any device which causes the odometer to register any mileage other than the true mileage driven. For the purposes of this paragraph the true mileage driven is that mileage driven by the vehicle as registered by the odometer within the manufacturers designed tolerance. (b) With the intent to defraud, operates a motor vehicle on any street or highway knowing that the odometer of such vehicle is disconnected or nonfunctional. (c) Replaces, disconnects, turns back or resets the odometer of any motor vehicle with the intent to reduce the number of miles indicated on the odometer gauge. (2) This section does not apply to a person who is servicing, repairing or replacing an odometer in compliance with ORS 815.415. (3) The owner or subsequent purchaser of a vehicle may bring an action in an appropriate court of this state against any person who violates this section and may recover from the person an amount of $1,500 or treble the actual damage caused by the violation. Only a single recovery is permitted under this subsection for any single violation of this section. The court may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party in an action under this subsection. (4) The offense described in this section, illegal odometer tampering, is a Class C felony.
ORS Chapter 815 — Vehicle Equipment Generally

ORS 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 the person does not comply with all of the following: (a) Whenever possible, the person shall perform the work on the odometer without changing the mileage reading from that shown on the odometer before the work is performed. (b) If it is not possible to perform the work without changing the mileage reading, the person must do all of the following: (A) Adjust the odometer reading to zero. (B) Place a notice on the left door frame of the vehicle specifying the mileage reading prior to the work and the date the work was performed. A notice required under this subparagraph must be in writing and must be in a form established by the Department of Transportation by rule. (C) Make an odometer disclosure in a form required by the department by rule and submit the disclosure to the department within 10 days of completing the work. (2) The owner or any subsequent purchaser of a vehicle may bring an action in an appropriate court of this state against any person who violates this section and may recover from the person an amount of $500 or twice the actual damages caused by the violation, whichever is greater. Only a single recovery is permitted under this subsection for any single violation of this section. The court may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party in an action under this section. (3) A person is not subject to the requirements for work performed on vehicles that are exempt from odometer disclosure requirements under ORS 803.102. (4) The offense described in this section, unlawful repair of an odometer, is a Class C misdemeanor.
ORS Chapter 815 — Vehicle Equipment Generally

ORS 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 an odometer with the mileage reading and the date of the work that has been placed on a vehicle in compliance with ORS 815.415. (2) The offense described in this section, unlawfully removing an odometer repair notice, is a Class C misdemeanor.
ORS Chapter 815 — Vehicle Equipment Generally

ORS 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 to submit an odometer disclosure and the person fails to submit the required odometer disclosure. (2) The offense described in this section, failure to submit an odometer disclosure, is a Class C misdemeanor.
ORS Chapter 815 — Vehicle Equipment Generally

ORS 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 on an odometer disclosure form. (2) The offense described in this section, submitting a false odometer disclosure, is a Class C felony. [1985 c.251 7; 1991 c.873 21] (Traffic Control Signal Operating Devices)
ORS Chapter 815 — Vehicle Equipment Generally

ORS 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 or otherwise distributes a device that is designed to control a traffic control light as a person using the device approaches the light. (2) This section does not apply to persons operating traffic control signal operating devices as authorized by ORS 815.445. (3) For purposes of ORS 133.555, a traffic control signal operating device is contraband if it is used by a person who is not authorized as provided in ORS
ORS Chapter 815 — Vehicle Equipment Generally

ORS 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 purposes: (a) An authorized operator in an emergency vehicle, in order to improve the safety and efficiency of emergency response operations. (b) An authorized operator in a bus, in order to interrupt the cycle of the traffic control signal in such a way as to keep the green light showing for longer than it otherwise would. As used in this paragraph, bus has the meaning given that term in ORS 184.675. (c) An authorized operator in a traffic signal maintenance vehicle, in order to facilitate traffic signal maintenance activities. (2) The owner of a traffic control signal who authorizes additional uses of a traffic control signal operating device, as authorized by this section, shall allocate the incremental costs, if any, of such additional uses to the additional users. (3) A traffic control signal operating device used by an authorized person in an emergency vehicle shall preempt and override a device operated by any other person. (4) A traffic control signal operating device used as authorized under this section must operate in such a way that the device does not continue to control the signal once the vehicle containing the device has arrived at the intersection, regardless of whether the vehicle remains at the intersection. [1997 c.507 3] Note: The definition of bus in 184.675 was deleted by amendment by section 14, chapter 15, Oregon Laws 2020 (first special session). The text of 815.445 was not amended by enactment of the Legislative Assembly to reflect the deletion. Editorial adjustment of 815.445 for the deletion of the definition has not been made. (Vehicle Metering System)
ORS Chapter 815 — Vehicle Equipment Generally

ORS 815.555. Tampering with a vehicle metering system; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of tampering with a vehicle metering system if the person: (a) With the intent to defraud, operates a motor vehicle that is subject to the per-mile road usage charge imposed under ORS 319.885 on a highway knowing that the vehicle metering system is disconnected or nonfunctional. (b) Replaces, disconnects or resets the vehicle metering system of a motor vehicle that is subject to the per-mile road usage charge imposed under ORS 319.885 with the intent of reducing the metered use recorded by the vehicle metering system. (2) This section does not apply to a person who is servicing, repairing or replacing a vehicle metering system. (3) As used in this section, vehicle metering system means a system used to record the metered use by a motor vehicle for the purpose of complying with the reporting requirements under ORS 319.920. (4) Tampering with a vehicle metering system is a Class A traffic violation. [2013 c.781 21] _______________
ORS Chapter 825 — Motor Carriers

ORS 825.005. to audit and approval by the Department of Transportation. (d) In addition to any tax due under this chapter, motor vehicles that exceed the maximum vehicle weight limits for annual variance permits under ORS 818.200 (1)(a) to (c) are subject to the road use assessment fee imposed under ORS 818.225 for the entire motor vehicle weight, minus the road use assessment fee for the maximum vehicle weight allowed under the annual variance permit. (4) The tax for each motor vehicle when table A or B is used shall be computed by multiplying the extreme mileage of travel in Oregon by the appropriate weight group tax rate as it appears in the table. [Formerly 767.815]
ORS Chapter 825 — Motor Carriers

ORS 825.007. Policy. (1) The business of operating as a motor carrier of persons or property for hire upon the highways of this state is declared to be a business affected with the public interest. It is hereby declared to be the state transportation policy to do the following: (a) Promote safe, adequate, economical and efficient service and to promote the conservation of energy. (b) Promote sound, economic conditions in transportation. (c) Encourage the establishment and maintenance of reasonable rates for transportation services, without unjust discriminations, undue preferences or advantages or unfair or destructive competitive practices. (d) Provide specific state action immunity against all antitrust claims and prosecution in those instances when carriers lawfully develop, publish and charge rates relating to the transportation of household goods and joint line rates relating to the transportation of other property and provide services specifically prescribed and subject to regulation by the Department of Transportation and in those instances when carriers lawfully engage in prior consultation for purposes described in this paragraph. (2) The volume of motor carrier traffic presents dangers and hazards on public highways and makes it imperative that: (a) Stringent rules be employed, to the end that the highways may be rendered safe for the use of the general public; (b) The wear of such highways be controlled; (c) A minimum of inconvenience to other users of the highways be effected; (d) A minimum hindrance and stoppage to other users of the highways compatible with needs of the public for adequate transportation service, be effected; (e) The highways be safeguarded from improper or unnecessary usage; (f) Operation by irresponsible persons or any other operation threatening the safety of the public or detrimental to the general welfare be prevented; (g) Congestion of traffic on the highways be minimized; (h) The various transportation agencies of the state be adjusted and correlated so that public highways may serve the best interest of the general public; and (i) A method of assessing privilege taxes be provided to enable the further construction of highways and to provide for the operation, preservation and maintenance of highways already built. (3) The Legislative Assembly hereby declares that to effect the ends and purposes listed in this section, this chapter is adopted.
ORS Chapter 825 — Motor Carriers

ORS 825.010. Compliance with chapter required. No for-hire carrier or private carrier shall operate any motor vehicle for the transportation of persons or property, or both, on any public highway in this state except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. [Formerly 767.040; 1997 c.275 35] ECONOMIC AND SAFETY REGULATION (Applicability)
ORS Chapter 825 — Motor Carriers

ORS 825.015. Nonapplicability of chapter to certain vehicles used in nonprofit transportation of passengers. (1) Except as provided in ORS 825.030, this chapter does not apply to motor vehicles with a seating capacity of less than 16 persons while used in nonprofit operation for commuting to job, job training or educational facilities. (2) For the purposes of this section, nonprofit operation means a voluntary commuter ridesharing arrangement that may charge a fee to defray expenses but remains nonprofit in its operation without reference to any entity that may sponsor it. In establishing the fee, the following items may be included as expenses: (a) The cost of acquiring the vehicle; (b) Insurance; (c) Maintenance of the vehicle; (d) Fuel; and (e) Other reasonable expenses attributable to use of the vehicle for ridesharing purposes.
ORS Chapter 825 — Motor Carriers

ORS 825.018. Report from owners or operators of vehicles exempted by ORS 825.017; rules. Owners or operators of vehicles exempt from the provisions of ORS chapter 825 by ORS
ORS Chapter 825 — Motor Carriers

ORS 825.020. Applicability of chapter to certain vehicles and combinations over 26,000 pounds. Except as otherwise provided in this section and ORS 825.030, this chapter does not apply to the persons or vehicles described in this section. The provisions of ORS 825.100, 825.137, 825.139, 825.141, 825.160, 825.164, 825.166, 825.168,
ORS Chapter 825 — Motor Carriers

ORS 825.022. Nonapplicability of certain provisions to vehicles and combinations. The provisions of ORS 825.160, 825.450, 825.454, 825.470, 825.472, 825.474, 825.476, 825.480,
ORS Chapter 825 — Motor Carriers

ORS 825.024. subject to ORS 825.258 and 825.990 (3) and (4) and the rules adopted by the Department of Transportation relating to the safety of the vehicles while engaged in the transportation of hazardous wastes on public highways.
ORS Chapter 825 — Motor Carriers

ORS 825.026. Applicability of chapter to certain otherwise exempt vehicles when transporting hazardous wastes. This chapter does not apply to the vehicles described in ORS 825.017 and
ORS Chapter 825 — Motor Carriers

ORS 825.028. Transportation services for charitable organizations. (1) For-hire carriers may provide transportation of household goods for charitable organizations or civic nonprofit organizations and festivals at no charge or at reduced rates or in exchange for promotional services by the charitable organization or civic nonprofit organization or festival. (2) As used in this section: (a) Charitable organization has the meaning given that term in ORS 825.017 (13). (b) Civic nonprofit organization or festival means an organization or festival classified under the Internal Revenue Code as having a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) tax exempt status.
ORS Chapter 825 — Motor Carriers

ORS 825.030. do not apply to a motor vehicle or combination owned or leased by a farmer who meets the qualifications under ORS 805.310 if the vehicle or combination: (a) Is used for transportation described under ORS 805.390. (b) Is used for transporting sand, gravel, rock, dirt, debris, cinders or asphaltic concrete mix to a project of a district or corporation organized under ORS chapter 545, 547 or 554 when the project is being constructed on land owned or leased by the farmer and the materials are directly related to the construction of the project. (c) Has three or fewer permanent axles and is used in part to provide transportation services for hire when such services relate to the farm of another and are services that the vehicle owner could perform in the operation of the owners farm under farm vehicle registration issued under ORS 805.300 or with the farm device issued under ORS 805.400. For purposes of this paragraph, a single drop axle is not a permanent axle. (d) Is a combination of a pickup truck and a trailer and is used in part to provide transportation services for hire when such services relate to the farm of another and are services that the vehicle owner could perform in the operation of the owners farm under farm vehicle registration issued under ORS 805.300 or with the farm device issued under ORS 805.400. (2) Vehicles or combinations that either are registered under ORS 805.300 or have a farm device issued under ORS 805.400 are subject to the provisions of ORS
ORS Chapter 825 — Motor Carriers

ORS 825.032. Nonapplicability of economic regulation to specified vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this section, this chapter does not apply to the persons or vehicles described in this section. The provisions of ORS 825.250, 825.252,
ORS Chapter 825 — Motor Carriers

ORS 825.100. Certificate or permit required for commercial transportation of persons or property on public highways. No person shall operate any motor vehicle, whether loaded or empty, on any highway in this state as a carrier in the transportation of persons or property without possessing, in addition to any license required by any other law, a valid certificate or permit from the Department of Transportation authorizing the proposed operation. Each operation of a motor vehicle in violation of this section is a separate violation, whether the prohibited operations occur within the same day or different days or relate to the same motor vehicle or different motor vehicles. [Formerly 767.105]