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OR Rev Stat § 810.160 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.160 - Controlling parking on highways; limitations.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, each road authority has exclusive authority to regulate, control or prohibit the stopping, standing and parking of vehicles upon its own highways. The Oregon Transportation Commission shall act as road authority under this section in lieu of the Department of Transportation. The authority granted in this section is subject to all of the following: (1) The commission has exclusive authority to regulate, control or prohibit the stopping, standing and parking on all state highways: (a) Within the corporate limits of a city except where the highway is routed over a city street under ORS 373.010. (b) Within the corporate limits of any city if access to or from the section of highway and real property abutting thereon was restricted, controlled or prohibited by the commission before the section of highway was included within the corporate limits of the city. (2) Road authorities other than the commission may permit angle parking on any highway where parking is subject to their jurisdiction under this section. For cities, this subsection includes authority to permit angle parking on any city street selected and designated as the route of a state highway under ORS 373.010 and, subject to the authority of the commission under this section, any state highway within the corporate limits of the city. This subsection does not allow any road authority to permit angle parking on a state highway if the commission determines that the highway is not of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic. (3) All regulations, restrictions or prohibitions imposed by the commission under this section shall be by resolution or order entered in the commission’s official records. (4) Regulations, restrictions or prohibitions imposed by the commission under this section shall become effective and have the force of law when signs or markings giving notice thereof have been placed. To comply with this subsection, the commission shall place and maintain appropriate signs or markings at such places as may be necessary to inform the public and to give notice of all regulations, restrictions or prohibitions the commission establishes under this section. (5) Penalties are provided under ORS 811.575 for violation of restrictions placed on state highways under this section. [1983 c.338 §160]
OR Rev Stat § 810.170 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.170 - Winter recreation parking locations; plowing; priorities; enforcement.

(1) The Oregon Transportation Commission shall designate winter recreation parking locations throughout this state where parking is prohibited under ORS 811.590 except for vehicles exempted under that section and vehicles with winter recreation parking permits issued under ORS 811.595. The commission may identify access roads to winter recreation facilities, roadside plow-outs and other areas as winter recreation parking locations under this section. The commission shall designate winter recreation parking locations under this section after consultation with the Winter Recreation Advisory Committee established under ORS 802.350 and with land management agencies managing adjacent land. (2) The commission shall establish priorities for plowing the winter recreation parking locations established under this section. The commission shall establish priorities under this section after consultation with the Winter Recreation Advisory Committee established under ORS 802.350. The Department of Transportation shall provide for the removal of snow accumulating on winter recreation parking locations established under this section according to the priorities established by the commission under this section. Snow removal provided for under this subsection may be performed by any of the following: (a) By the department itself. (b) By persons with whom the department contracts. If the department contracts with persons for the removal of snow under this paragraph payments under the contracts shall be made from funds designated for that purpose under ORS 802.110. (3) The commission may enter into agreements with county or municipal law enforcement agencies or individual police officers for the enforcement of ORS 811.590. The commission shall only enter into agreements under this subsection after consultation with the Winter Recreation Advisory Committee established under ORS 802.350. [1983 c.338 §161]
OR Rev Stat § 810.200 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.200 - Uniform standards for traffic control devices; uniform system of marking and signing highways.

(1) The Oregon Transportation Commission may exercise the following authority with respect to the marking, signing and use of traffic control devices in this state: (a) The commission shall adopt a manual and specifications of uniform standards for traffic control devices consistent with the provisions of the vehicle code for use upon highways in this state. (b) The commission is authorized to provide a uniform system of marking and signing highways within the boundaries of this state. (c) The commission is authorized to determine the character or type of traffic control devices to be used in this state. (2) The authority granted under this section is subject to all of the following: (a) The system of marking and signing established under this section shall correlate with and, as far as possible, conform to the system adopted in other states. The commission may include in the system signs and signals that show internationally recognized and approved symbols. (b) So far as practicable, all traffic control devices in this state shall be uniform as to type and location. (c) All traffic control devices placed or operated in this state shall conform to specifications approved by the commission. (d) Stop signs and yield signs shall be illuminated at night or so placed as to be illuminated by the headlights of approaching vehicles or by street lights. [1983 c.338 §164; 1985 c.16 §53; 1993 c.522 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 810.212 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.212 - Requirements for certain speed limit signs.

Any sign that is posted on a highway in this state that expresses a speed limit in kilometers per hour shall also show the speed limit in miles per hour. The limit in miles per hour shall be printed above the limit in kilometers per hour and shall be of equal size lettering. [1993 c.284 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 810.214 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.214 - Signs prohibiting unmuffled engine brakes.

(1) The Oregon Transportation Commission shall adopt uniform standards for posting signs prohibiting the use of unmuffled engine brakes as described in ORS 811.492. (2) The commission is authorized to provide a uniform system of posting signs within the boundaries of the state. Any sign posted shall inform the driver that the use of unmuffled engine braking is prohibited and shall give the dollar amount of the maximum fine provided for violation of ORS 811.492. (3) All signs placed shall conform to specifications approved by the commission. The commission may use signs that show internationally recognized and approved symbols. [1993 c.314 §11; 1999 c.1051 §228]
OR Rev Stat § 810.220 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.220 - Exemption from traffic control device specifications.

Official traffic control devices placed or constructed by road authorities before June 27, 1975, are not required to conform to specifications and location criteria approved by the Oregon Transportation Commission. Any new or amended specifications approved by the commission under ORS 810.200 after June 27, 1975, for the placement or construction of traffic control devices do not apply to such devices in place on June 27, 1975. However within a reasonable period after June 27, 1975, traffic control devices shall be altered or relocated to comply with the manual and specifications under ORS 810.200. [1983 c.338 §166]
OR Rev Stat § 810.230 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.230 - Unlawful sign display; exceptions; penalty.

(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful sign display if the person does any of the following: (a) Without authority under ORS 810.200 or 810.210, places, maintains or displays upon or in view of any highway any sign, signal, marking or device that: (A) Purports to be or is an imitation or resembles an official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal; (B) Attempts to direct the movement of animal, pedestrian, vehicle or any other traffic; or (C) Hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of a traffic control device or railroad sign or signal. (b) Places or maintains upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising device. (2) This section does not prohibit the placing and maintaining of signs, markers or signals bearing thereon the name of an organization authorized to place the same by the appropriate public authority. (3) Every prohibited sign, signal, marking or device is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the authority with jurisdiction over the highway, without notice, may remove it or cause it to be moved. (4) The offense described in this section, unlawful sign display, is a Class B traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §708; 1985 c.16 §342; 1995 c.383 §41]
OR Rev Stat § 810.240 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.240 - Unlawful interference with traffic control device or railroad sign; penalty.

(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful interference with a traffic control device or railroad sign if the person, without lawful authority and with criminal negligence, attempts to or does alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove any traffic control device or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield or insignia thereon or any other part thereof. (2) The offense described in this section, unlawful interference with traffic control device or railroad sign, is a Class A traffic violation. [1983 c.338 §709; 1995 c.383 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 810.243 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.243 - Operation of flashing light indicating children in school zone.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a flashing light used as a traffic control device to indicate that children may be arriving at or leaving school and operated to provide notice under ORS 811.111 or 811.235 may be operated only at times when children are scheduled to arrive at or leave the school. (2) A flashing light may be used to provide notice under ORS 811.111 or 811.235 of the presence of a school zone and may be operated between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on a day when school is in session if: (a) The school has a parking lot located across the street from the school; and (b) That street has a speed limit, or designated speed posted by authority granted under ORS 810.180, of 45 miles per hour or greater. [Formerly 811.106; 2015 c.139 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 810.245 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.245 - Signs giving notice of consequences of traffic offenses committed in school zones.

A road authority may post signs designed to give motorists notice of the provisions of ORS 811.235. The road authority may also develop procedures that enable individuals or entities to petition and pay for the erection of signs described in this section. [1997 c.682 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 810.247 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.247 - Signs giving notice of multilane roundabouts.

A road authority shall place signs prior to each multilane roundabout located on a highway under its jurisdiction that warns drivers of the hazard of driving next to a commercial motor vehicle. [2011 c.85 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 810.250 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.250 - Use of traffic control device placement or legibility as evidence.

(1) A person shall not be convicted of violating a provision of the vehicle code for which an official traffic control device is required if the device is not in proper position and legible to a reasonably observant person at the time and place of the alleged violation. (2) Whenever a particular section of the vehicle code does not state that traffic control devices are required, the section is effective even though no devices are erected or in place. (3) When a traffic control device is placed in position approximately conforming to the requirements of the traffic regulations or other laws of this state, the device is presumed to have been placed by an official act or at the direction of lawful authority unless the contrary is established by competent evidence. (4) A traffic control device placed under the vehicle code or other laws or regulations of this state and purporting to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to that device is presumed to comply with the requirements of the vehicle code unless the contrary is established by competent evidence. [1983 c.338 §167]
OR Rev Stat § 810.260 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.260 - Standards for installation, operation and use of traffic control signal operating devices; rules.

(1) The Department of Transportation shall adopt standards for the installation, operation and use of traffic control signal operating devices authorized under ORS 815.445. In adopting standards, the department shall consider the impact of traffic control signal operating devices on: (a) Safety. (b) The efficiency of emergency response operations. (c) The requirements for traffic signal maintenance. (d) The efficiency of public transit operations. (e) Traffic flow. (2) The Department of Transportation shall adopt rules establishing priorities and preemptive use among users of traffic control signal operating devices. The rules shall take into account: (a) Local standards for response times to emergencies by emergency service providers; and (b) The weight, operating speed and braking distance required for vehicles operated by all authorized users. [1997 c.507 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 810.300 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.300 - Security for appearance on traffic crime.

(1) A court, including a magistrate or clerk or deputy clerk authorized by the magistrate, shall release a person brought before it if the person gives an adequate undertaking to appear in answer to the offense at the time and place fixed by the court. A court, as it deems appropriate, is authorized to accept and may require any of the following as security for the appearance of an arrested person before the court on a traffic crime: (a) An automobile membership card as described under ORS 810.330 and subject to limitations under that section. (b) A guaranteed arrest bond certificate as described under ORS 810.320 and subject to limitations under that section. (c) A license as described under ORS 810.310 and subject to limitations under that section. (d) Such sum as may be required by the court. (2) A magistrate or clerk or deputy clerk authorized by the magistrate has authority to accept security for the appearance of a person arrested for a traffic crime and brought before the magistrate or clerk or deputy clerk, as provided in this section. The following apply to security that is accepted by a court under this section or that is forwarded to a court by a police office under ORS 810.448 or 810.450: (a) The security shall be returned to the person when the person delivers any security amount required by the court. The court may require that any moneys deposited as security be applied against the security amount set by the court. (b) If the magistrate does not have jurisdiction of the crime, the magistrate shall promptly forward the security accepted and all documents in connection with the case to the most conveniently located court having jurisdiction of the crime and in which the venue may properly be laid. [1983 c.338 §376; 1999 c.1051 §285]
OR Rev Stat § 810.310 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.310 - Use of license as security deposit.

The current valid license of a person that is issued by this state is acceptable, when authorized under ORS 810.300, as a security deposit for a person on a traffic crime. The use of a license as security under this section is subject to all of the following: (1) Upon acceptance of the license as security, the magistrate or clerk or deputy clerk authorized by the magistrate shall issue the person a court bail driver permit under ORS 807.330. (2) If the person appears at the time fixed, the person’s license shall be returned to the person unless taken up by the court under ORS 809.275. (3) If the person fails to appear at the time fixed, the court shall forward the license to the Department of Transportation along with a notification that the person failed to appear and a notification to suspend the driving privileges of the person. The department shall take action on the license and notice as provided under ORS 809.280. [1983 c.338 §377; 1985 c.16 §196; 1993 c.627 §4; 1999 c.1051 §286]
OR Rev Stat § 810.320 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.320 - Use of guaranteed arrest bond certificate as security deposit.

The unexpired guaranteed arrest bond certificate, as defined in ORS 742.372, of a member of an automobile club or automobile association is acceptable, when authorized under ORS 810.300, 810.448 or 810.450, as a security deposit for that member for any traffic crime, other than a felony, if the security deposit required does not exceed $1,000. The use of an unexpired guaranteed arrest bond certificate as a security deposit under this section is subject to all of the following: (1) To qualify for use as a security deposit, a guaranteed arrest bond certificate must have a surety company that has become a surety on the certificate as provided under ORS 742.372 to 742.376. (2) If the individual does not make the appearance, the surety for the certificate is subject on the undertaking of the surety under ORS 742.374 to any forfeiture or enforcement provision of any statute, charter or ordinance that otherwise applies to security deposits on their undertaking. [1983 c.338 §378; 1985 c.16 §197; 1989 c.634 §4; 1999 c.1051 §287]
OR Rev Stat § 810.330 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.330 - Use of automobile membership card as security deposit.

The unexpired membership card of any member of an automobile association is acceptable as a security deposit for that member as provided under this section. The use of an unexpired membership card as security deposit is subject to the following: (1) The membership card may only be used as a security deposit: (a) For the violation of any motor vehicle law of this state or traffic crime of any city in this state if the security amount in any individual case does not exceed $1,000; and (b) When authorized under ORS 810.300, 810.448 or 810.450. (2) To qualify for use as a security deposit, the membership card must be the card of an automobile association incorporated under the laws of this state that has deposited with and maintains with the State Treasurer the sum of $2,000 in cash or in bonds approved by the State Treasurer. (3) If a person deposits that person’s membership card as a security deposit and the person fails or neglects to appear in court at the time and place required, the magistrate or other officer before whom the case is brought, upon declaring a forfeiture of the security amount, shall at once notify the association of the forfeiture, and the amount thereof, by mail. (4) The association, within five days after the receipt of notice, under subsection (2) of this section, shall remit the amount of the security amount so forfeited to the magistrate or other officer. If the association fails or refuses to remit the security amount within that period, the magistrate or other officer having the matter in charge or the district attorney shall notify the State Treasurer, who shall: (a) Pay the security amount to the officer or magistrate lawfully entitled to receive it; (b) Deduct that amount from the amount of deposit with the State Treasurer by the association under this section; and (c) Immediately notify the association and require it to deposit a like sum with the State Treasurer. (5) If the association fails or neglects for a period of 10 days to comply with the notice of the treasurer under subsection (3) of this section, the membership cards of such association shall not thereafter be accepted as a security deposit while the default continues. (6) Upon the payment of the security amount under this section by the association, the membership card so deposited shall be immediately returned to the association by the officer who accepted it as a security deposit. [1983 c.338 §379; 1989 c.634 §5; 1999 c.1051 §288]
OR Rev Stat § 810.340 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 810 - Road Authorities; Courts; Police; Other Enforcement Officials|Section 810.340 - Proceedings; jurisdiction of financial responsibility requirements and suspension.

(1) All proceedings concerning traffic offenses shall conform to the provisions of the vehicle code and those provisions of ORS chapter 153 relating to traffic offenses. (2) All circuit courts, municipal courts and justices of the peace have concurrent jurisdiction, within their respective city or county, of all violations of the provisions of the vehicle code relating to financial responsibility requirements or the suspension of driving privileges or registration. [1983 c.338 §380; 1985 c.16 §198; 1985 c.173 §5; 1985 c.725 §15; 1999 c.788 §60; 1999 c.1051 §141]