Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 383 § 383.035 — Toll

Toll payment; failure to pay toll; penalty. (1) A registered owner of a motor vehicle shall pay a toll established under ORS 383.004 in accordance with rules adopted by the Department of Transportation. (2) A person who fails to pay a toll established under ORS 383.004 when due shall pay to the Department of Transportation the amount of the toll and an administrative fee established by the tollway operator not to exceed the actual cost of collecting the unpaid toll. (3) The department may impose a civil penalty on a registered owner who fails to pay any toll established under ORS 383.004 when due. The department shall adopt by rule the amount of civil penalty that may be imposed for violation of subsection (1) of this section. (4) A civil penalty imposed under this section may be remitted or reduced upon such terms and conditions as the department considers proper and consistent. (5) A toll, administrative fee or civil penalty imposed is a personal liability of the registered owner of the motor vehicle at the time the toll is imposed. More than one registered owner of a motor vehicle may be held jointly and severally liable for payment of the toll, administrative fee or civil penalty. (6) In addition to any other penalty, the department may refuse to issue or renew the motor vehicle registration for any person who was or is the registered owner of a motor vehicle when the registered owner of the motor vehicle has not paid a toll, a civil penalty or any administrative fee imposed under this section. (7) This section does not apply to: (a) A person who is a member of a category of persons exempted by the Oregon Transportation Commission from paying a toll; or (b) A person who is a member of a category of persons made eligible by the commission for paying a reduced toll, to the extent of the reduction. (8) Civil penalties imposed under this section shall be imposed in the manner provided by ORS 183.745. (9) The department may enter into an agreement with a commission or a commission’s designee under ORS 381.725 (3) to enforce the payment of tolls and other charges for use of an interstate toll bridge. (10) To enforce the payment of tolls, the department may enter into agreements with units of government, private entities or tribal governments. An agreement may provide that: (a) The department and a unit of government, private entity or tribal government may exchange information to identify registered owners of vehicles who fail to pay a toll, administrative fee or civil penalty related to the use of the tollway. (b) If the unit of government, private entity or tribal government gives notice to the department that the registered owner has not paid a toll, administrative fee or civil penalty for use of a tollway operated by the unit of government, private entity or tribal government, the department may refuse to issue or renew the motor vehicle registration of a motor vehicle operated by the registered owner at the time of the violation. (c) The department may issue or renew a motor vehicle registration for a registered owner upon receipt of a notice from the unit of government, private entity or tribal government indicating that all tolls, administrative fees or civil penalties and other charges described in this section owed by the registered owner have been paid. [2007 c.531 §4; 2013 c.4 §10; 2021 c.630 §142; 2022 c.7 §17; 2025 c.255 §10]