Oregon Code § 809.525·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Serious traffic offenses; rules.
(1) Except as provided in this section, the Department of Transportation shall
suspend the commercial driving privileges of a person for a period of 60 days
if:
(a) The
department receives a record of a conviction of a serious traffic offense;
(b) The offense
was committed within three years of the commission of another serious traffic
offense for which the department received a record of a conviction; and
(c) The offenses
did not arise out of the same incident.
(2) The
department shall suspend the commercial driving privileges of a person for a
period of 120 days if:
(a) The
department receives a record of a conviction of a serious traffic offense;
(b) The offense
was committed within three years of the commission of two or more other serious
traffic offenses for which the department received records of conviction; and
(c) The offenses
did not arise out of the same incident.
(3) The
department by rule shall designate traffic offenses that constitute serious
traffic offenses for the purposes of this section. To the extent practicable,
rules adopted by the department under this section shall be uniform with any
applicable federal regulations related to offenses that constitute serious
traffic offenses.
(4) A report of a
conviction in another jurisdiction has the same effect as if the serious
traffic offense conviction had occurred in this state.
(5) A suspension
imposed under this section is consecutive to any other suspension imposed under
this section or ORS 809.510, 809.530 or 809.535 if the suspensions do not arise
out of the same incident. [2013 c.237 §7; 2017 c.190 §2]