Oregon Code § 477.993·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Penalties.
(1)
Violation of any of the provisions of ORS 477.510, 477.515, 477.535 to 477.550,
477.565, 477.615, 477.625, 477.635 to 477.670, 477.695, 477.710, 477.720 or
477.740, or any rule or order adopted pursuant thereto, is a violation
punishable as follows:
(a) For the first
offense, as a Class D violation.
(b) For the
second offense, as a Class C violation.
(c) For the third
offense, as a Class A violation.
(2) Multiple
violations of any single requirement of this chapter, or of any rule or order
adopted pursuant thereto, in an operation area shall be considered a single
violation. However, each day a violation continues shall be considered a
separate violation.
(3)
Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, violations of any of the
statutes listed in subsection (1) of this section which proximately cause human
injury, loss of human life or property damage of $10,000 or more, and
unauthorized entry into a fire scene secured under the authority of ORS 477.365
(1)(f), may be punishable as a Class A misdemeanor.
(4) Violations
and punishments set forth in this section and ORS 477.740 are in addition to
and not in lieu of the provisions of ORS 164.305 to 164.335. [Subsections (1)
and (2) of 1963 Replacement Part and subsections (1) to (3) enacted as 1959
c.363 §15 (in lieu of 477.990); subsection (6) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted
as 1959 c.408 §6; subsection (7) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1959 c.320
§8; subsection (8) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.689 §11;
subsection (5) enacted as 1961 c.603 §15; 1965 c.253 §136; 1971 c.562 §2; 1971
c.743 §390; 1993 c.697 §8; 1995 c.605 §4; 1997 c.274 §34; 1999 c.1051 §103]
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01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 477.993
03Subject to legislative amendments
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