Section 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 an identification number, from which the vehicle identification number assigned to the vehicle or component has been removed, defaced, covered, altered or destroyed the police officer may seize and hold […]
Section 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 vehicles for sale under ORS 819.210 and 819.215. (2) The department shall establish rules to provide for issuance of vehicle appraiser certificates under this section. Rules adopted by the department […]
Section 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 issued under ORS 819.480 and the person, for consideration, issues an opinion as to the value of a vehicle. (2) This section does not apply to: (a) A person who […]
Section 819.110 – Custody, towing and sale or disposal 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 vehicle into custody and tow the vehicle if: (a) The authority has reason to believe the vehicle is disabled or abandoned; and (b) The vehicle has been parked or left […]
Section 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 department determines necessary if the vehicles or components do not have vehicle identification numbers. The authority granted by this section is subject to the following: (1) A vehicle identification number […]
Section 819.120 – Immediate custody and towing of vehicle constituting hazard or obstruction; rules.
(1) An authority described under ORS 819.140 may immediately take custody of and tow a vehicle that is disabled, abandoned, parked or left standing unattended on a road or highway right of way and that is in such a location as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to motor vehicle traffic using the road or […]
Section 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 a vehicle that has never carried a vehicle identification number and the person does not obtain a vehicle identification number for the vehicle in the manner provided under ORS 819.400. […]
Section 819.140 – Agencies having authority to take vehicle into custody; powers of agency taking custody.
(1) This section establishes which agency has the authority to take vehicles into custody under ORS 819.110 and 819.120. The agency with authority to take a vehicle into custody is responsible for notice and hearings under ORS 819.110 to 819.215. Authority to take a vehicle into custody depends on the location of the vehicle as […]
Section 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 person has a vehicle or vehicle component returned under ORS 819.440 and the person does not obtain a vehicle identification number for the vehicle or component in the manner provided […]
Section 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 819.110 or 819.120: (1) Is liable for all costs and expenses incurred in the towing, preservation and custody of the vehicle and its contents except that: (a) The owner, a […]