Oregon Code § 819.040·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Illegal salvage procedures; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of illegal salvage procedures if the person
engages in crushing, compacting or shredding of vehicles and the person
violates any requirements under the following:
(a) The person
may accept vehicles as salvage material from other persons who hold a
dismantler certificate issued under ORS 822.110.
(b) Except as
otherwise provided in this subsection, the person may not accept vehicles from
another person who does not hold a dismantler certificate issued under ORS
822.110, unless the other person:
(A) Complies with
the requirements of ORS 819.010, or is in possession of a salvage title
certificate; and
(B) Displays a
salvage title certificate, a compliance form issued under ORS 819.030, or a
certificate of sale to the person engaged in salvage.
(c) The person
engaged in salvage may accept a copy of the Department of Transportation form
issued under ORS 819.030 as proof of compliance under ORS 819.010 or may accept
a certificate of sale or a salvage title certificate, as applicable, and
surrender such copy or certificate to the department.
(d) The person
may accept vehicles as salvage material from tow businesses disposing of
vehicles as authorized under ORS 819.215 or 819.280 if the tow business gives
the person a copy of notification made to the department under ORS 819.215 or
819.280.
(2) If a salvage
title has been issued in a form other than a certificate, the person engaged in
salvage may accept documents or information in a manner or form determined by
the department by rule.
(3) The offense
described in this section, illegal salvage procedures, is a Class A
misdemeanor. [1983 c.338 §197; 1985 c.16 §70; 1991 c.873 §39; 1993 c.233 §63;
1993 c.326 §3; 2005 c.654 §28; 2005 c.738 §3; 2009 c.371 §4]
ABANDONED VEHICLES
(Offense)